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A CTA S2002
THE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT FOR ECONOMICSTHE ACCOUNTING ASSISTANT FOR ECONOMICS
Stefan Kooths
Muenster Institute for Computational Economics
University of Muenster/Germany
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(Inter-) National Accounting at your fingertips
• ESA 95: European System of Accounts(binding framework for all EU member countries)
37 sectors
20 accounts
Aim
Strategy
Educationalfeatures
Innovativeaspects
max. 80.000 transactions
• BPM 93: IMF Balance of Payments System(available in all IMF member countries)
learning by using:free, structured and assisted access for
beginners, advanced students and experts (holistic approach: one tool serves all)
• Real world accountingsystems are thebackbone of ACTAS
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User-tailored complexity
• Account compression/options (vertical complexity)
• Sector consolidation (horizontal complexity)
• 5 degrees of detail hiding (transaction depth)
• ACTAS keeps the system consistent and allows for free navigation and experimental accounting („do and see“)
Aim
Strategy
Educationalfeatures
Innovativeaspects
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Backed freestyle learning and supervised training
• Freestyle mode
Navigation aid and Tracker
Consistency checks(system diagnosis)
Aim
Strategy
Educationalfeatures
Innovativeaspects
Wizard (entry finder)
Authoring/Training Mode
Editor/Viewer for designing/solving exercices
Knowledge check for students
Electronic exams
Indicator generator
Visual data analysis
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Bringing accounts to life
• Real-life accounting system approach allows for easy import of real-world data
ESA-import via Excel
BPM-import via Excel and clipboard from IMF-CDROM
• COM-interface: ACTAS as server for displaying model-based results from client applications
Aim
Strategy
Educationalfeatures
Innovativeaspects
• Multilingual accounting contents:
• English
• French
• German
• more languages can beadded easily without recompilation