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[FONT="]Title Page

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[FONT="]Acknowledgments

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[FONT="]Abstract

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[FONT="]Table of Contents

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[FONT="]Abbreviations

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[FONT="]Introduction

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[FONT="]1.1. Rationale

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[FONT="]1.2. Objective

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[FONT="]1.3. Scope of the Research

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[FONT="]2.1. Financial Perspective

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[FONT="]2.2. Existent Systems

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[FONT="]2.3. Relative Comparison between Methodologies

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[FONT="]Theoretical Considerations

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[FONT="]3.1. Credit Analysis: What Make a Good Loan?

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[FONT="]3.2. Financial Ratio Analysis of a Customer’s Financial Statements

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[FONT="]3.3. Commercial Loan Decision Making Process

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[FONT="]3.4. Architecture of Expert Systems

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[FONT="]3.5. Applying Expert System to Commercial Loan Decisions

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[FONT="]Design and Methodology

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[FONT="]4.1. Methodology

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[FONT="]4.2. Design

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[FONT="]4.2.1. Overall Structure Design

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[FONT="]4.2.2. Implementing Knowledge Base Design

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[FONT="]Conclusions and Recommendations

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[FONT="]5.1. Overview

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[FONT="]5.2. Recommendations

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[FONT="]References

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[FONT="]Appendix 1: Running the Program

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[FONT="]Appendix 2: System Information

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[FONT="]Appendix 3: Sample Reports

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