This paper discusses a general framework called FLARE, that integrates inductive learning using prior knowledge together with reasoning in a non-recursive, propositional setting. FLARE learns incrementally by continually revising its knowledge base in the light of new evidence. Prior knowledge is generally given by a teacher and takes the form of pre-encoded rules. Simple defaults, combined wit...

Organizations are increasingly using the Internet to manage activities through geographically dispersed teams. This is particularly appropriate for knowledge acquisition where input from appropriate experts is vital, and placing constraints of time and location on the knowledge engineering process can undermine effective access. This article reports on WebGrid-III, a system using extended reper...

This paper presents a general approach to designing a computer opponent for nondeterministic adversarial games which is able to learn from interaction with a human expert. This approach is based on an integration of planning, knowledge acquisition and learning. We illustrate this approach with WARGLES (WARGame LEarning System), which plays strategic level wargames. WARGLES consists of a game pl...

One of the major issues for knowledge management in a project environment is the poor project success analysis and the lack of proper documentation on the results of the previous projects. In this research, we investigate in which way project success analysis, presented as a framework, can improve knowledge management in project environment. An empirical research was conducted in order to defin...

In this paper, we introduce a set of methodological steps for knowledge acquisition applied to the organization of biomedical information through ontologies. Those steps are tested in a real case involving Human T Cell Lymphotropic Virus (HTLV), which causes myriad infectious diseases. We hope to contribute to providing suitable knowledge representation of scientific domains.

This paper examines how Jordanian banks use the Customer Knowledge process to support Customer Knowledge Acquisition (CKA) and how they foster it. The empirical study is based on a sample of the data collected from 165 respondents, drawn randomly from six banks. The results showed that the six selected factors (Need for Customer Knowledge, Identify Source of Customer Knowledge, Verify Source of...

The paper presents a scheme for categorizing knowledge engineering tools. The classification of knowledge acquisition systems has revealed some interesting facts about these systems. It seems that systems which are able to work on multiple tasks produce very shallow (i.e., not of expert-level) knowledge bases. On the other hand, systems which produce expert-level knowledge bases function on a s...

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The synergies, functional effectiveness and integration of KM within an E-Learning environment have attracted little interest for serious research, despite the overarching importance of knowledge acquisition by students for fostering their innovation and creativity. Learners often fail to reach their desired learning objects due to the failure of indexing methods to provide them with a ubiquito...