Context Analysis (CA) is typically used as an early phase preceding the development of a knowledge-based systems in order to indicate how the system should interact with its environment and the various stakeholders. We undertake a detailed context analysis of business processes of the Malaysian Games (MG)to highlight blind spots of the process and enable the identification of an initial sports ...

In a variety of applications the most appropriate model of interaction with a knowledge based system is the dialectical discussion, in which a proposition is proposed and argued for. In the course of such a dialogue the tenability of the proposition will be established and the arguments in favour of it adduced and refined. To enable such an interaction it is necessary to formalise the principle...

Inconsistencies in knowledge bases are of major concern in knowledge representation and reasoning. In formalisms that employ model-based reasoning mechanisms inconsistencies render a knowledge base useless due to the non-existence of a model. In order to restore consistency an analysis and understanding of inconsistencies is mandatory. Recently, the field of inconsistency measurement has gained...

Designing KBS for dynamic environments requires the consideration of temporal knowledge reasoning and representation (TRR) issues. Although humans present a natural ability to deal with knowledge about time and events, the codification and use of such knowledge in information systems still pose many problems. Hence, the development of applications strongly based on temporal reasoning remains an...

This brief paper discusses the role of information and communication technologies in gathering, storing and disseminating indigenous knowledge, the various community-based structures to be used in order to safeguard and transfer indigenous knowledge and the best practices around the world in using IK systems for development. The paper discusses the link between indigenous knowledge and global k...

Many reported difficulties with real-life applications of knowledge-based technology stem from the fact that the traditionally performed prototyping projects are hard to manage and that interviewing techniques introduce the knowledge engineer as an extra filter in the transfer of expert knowledge to end-users. We propose an Active Expert methodology to cope with some of the difficulties. Briefl...

In respect of the frequent fraud cases of social insurance by government organizations, the inspection procedure usually relies on experts’ experience for verification and experienced personnel in charge for checking. However, due to the heavy work load and the insufficiency of manpower and lack of experience, the ratio of miscarriages of justice is very high, leading to improper settlement of ...

This paper is a summary of the authors’ work on a model of support for decision processes in organisation management. Key decisions in organisations are often made without sufficient knowledge and by people lacking the proper qualifications and experience. Without full support in decision processes, true threats to organisations are created. Therefore, to support decision processes in numerous ...