An intelligent agent-assisted decision support system for family financial planning

The demand for family financial planning (FFP) services is growing dramatically as the financial market grows more complex and people become more aware of the importance of qualified financial guidance. To provide decision support for FFP-related decisions, we formulate a conceptual model for FFP by following Simon's decision-making process model and map our model to the generic FFP process. The design, development, and empirical investigation of an intelligent FFP system for supporting FFP decisions by utilizing intelligent agents and Web-services technology are presented. (C) 2007 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.