International Business Machines Corporation

Keith K Ho

Chi Shih Chang

Subahu Dhirubhai Desai

Robert A Martone

Phillip A Hartley

Scott A Versprille

Robert D Schoening

Louis J Shaffer

Roy T Mulcahy

Debra A Gernhart

Robert J Haskins, Jr

Rosemary DeSantis Paradis

Stanley Philip Cason

Hope Eleanor Miller

Eric Woisard

Michael Wayne Gearing

Karen Marie D'Andria

Merwin John Barrett

According to the present invention, a system and method for checking expense entries for compliance with policy rules and detecting the possibility of fraud is provided. The preferred embodiment includes a policy checker comprising a knowledge based system designed to determine expense entries' compliance with policy rules and detect a possibility of fraud. The preferred embodiment also includes an auditor workflow system that works with the policy checker to guide manual audits of those expense entries that are not in compliance with the policy rules. The preferred embodiment also includes a data pattern analyzer that detects patterns of behavior that can be indicative of fraud. The preferred embodiment also includes a prioritizer for ranking detected policy violations. These systems work together to provide an automated system for checking expense entries for compliance with company rules, detecting instances where fraud is likely, and generating the appropriate reports.

Compliance-to-policy detection method and system

Disclosed is a design tool and a method of fabricating a multi-layer printed circuit board. The method utilizes the design tool. The knowledge base means has both (1) printed circuit board cross sectional geometric parameter to transmission line parameter data and (2) 'IF . . . THEN . . . ' production rules for lamination, registration, circuitization, testability, test tools, and test procedures. These tools relate to manufacturability, cost, test development, second level packaging and printed circuit board. The printed circuit board begins with the user entering the printed circuit board design parameters and performance parameters into the input/output interface. Next, the knowledge base production rules are applied to the printed circuit board design and performance parameters to generate a set of cross section designs meeting the user specified parameters. The printed circuit board is then built up in accordance with one of the generated cross section designs.

Method and apparatus for the cross-sectional design of multi-layer

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