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How active learning and process mining can act as Continuous Auditing catalyst

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  • Jans, Mieke
  • Hosseinpour, Marzie

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In the context of Continuous Auditing, different approaches have been proposed to incorporate data analytics to accomplish a continuous audit environment. Some work suggests the use of data mining, some the use of process mining; some work reports on concrete case studies, where other work presents a conceptual approach. In this paper, we present an actionable framework to address one specific level of continuous auditing: the transaction verification level. This framework combines the techniques of data mining and process mining on one hand, and includes the auditor as a human expert to deal with the typical alarm flood on the other hand. Further, different research opportunities are identified in this context.

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  • Jans, Mieke & Hosseinpour, Marzie, 2019. "How active learning and process mining can act as Continuous Auditing catalyst," International Journal of Accounting Information Systems, Elsevier, vol. 32(C), pages 44-58.
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:ijoais:v:32:y:2019:i:c:p:44-58
    DOI: 10.1016/j.accinf.2018.11.002
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