An Airline Company Uses a Computer-Based System to Assist in Scheduling

Multiple Choice

An airline company uses a computer-based system to assist in scheduling maintenance for planes. The system combines the knowledge and insights associated with aircraft landing schedules of approximately three dozen aircraft routing specialists. It uses about 500 decision rules to 'reason' on behalf of the users. This system is an example of:

A) an old-fashioned idea in the computer field.
B) likely to replace the judgements of new managers.
C) not likely to work efficiently and effectively.
D) an expert system.
E) designed to handle programmed decisions.