Complex information systems require more and more advanced knowledge representation, management, and discovery tools and techniques, which converge in a collection of intelligent knowledge-based models and methodologies of emerging interest to research communities. This poses new challenges on the issue of devising innovative methodologies and paradigms in the context of a broad framework encom...

The explosive interest in Knowledge Management and systems to support this as an organizational endeavour, require closer scrutiny than might be normal from the I/S function. Empirical research indicates that knowledge based systems might be better considered as ‘peoplecentric’, rather than from a technology platform perspective.

Natural cataclysms like tsunamis and epidemics raise criti cal questions concerning how best to allocate resources to research and action in order to avoid foreseeable recurrences. Th is pair of news items, following the 26 December 2004 tsunami off the coast of Sumatra that killed 230,000 people in 14 countries, shows contrasting knowledge systems brought to bear in comprehending and construct...

In recent years, practical applications of legal knowledge-based systems have become increasingly common. This raises the issue of their functioning in practice and their actual influence on the quality of decisions. In this paper we investigate to what extent incorrect decisions may be caused by factors that cannot be attributed to flaws in the programme’s knowledge base or reasoning. Based on...

Past literature has claimed that knowledge systems can enhance or facilitate the creation, retention, transfer and application of tacit knowledge. While this paper agrees that this objective is realizable, it argues that the literature has so far failed to successfully operationalize this, since at the core of the models published to date lies the flawed epistemological assumption of knowledge ...

Problem-solving methods are means to describe the inference process of knowledge-based systems. During the last years, a number of these problemsolving methods have been identified that can be reused for building new systems. However, problem-solving methods require specific types of domain knowledge and introduce specific restrictions on the tasks that can be solved by them. These requirements...

Research has suggested that alliance experience contribute to value creation in alliances, although mixed findings have been reported in the past. Using the perspective of knowledge integration, this paper explores the roles of a dedicated alliance function and information technology in the process of integrating previous alliance experience. More importantly, it proposes a potential synergisti...

In this paper we present KBAAA, a prototype system that provides a web-based interface for the analysis and assessment of knowledge base acceleration systems. KBAAA displays items from a voluminous document stream that are deemed central to a given target entity. Results can be visualised on a timeline along with the number of pageviews and edits made for that entity in the knowledge base. If a...

A transformation of the HR function is underway – a transformation from cost center to strategic weapon, from bulwark of bureaucratic inertia to spearhead of global responsiveness. Like prior transformations of functions such as inventory management and customer service, this transformation is enabled by technology. It is driven by the vision of HR as a knowledge organization – a hub for the fl...

In order to help the knowledge engineer to extract and organize explanatory and cooperation knowledge when building an Explainable Knowledge Based System, we propose : 1) an extension of the KADS Conceptual model; 2) an explanatory knowledge extraction method which relies on KADS interpretation models.