Knowledge is an interesting concept that has attracted the attention of philosophers for thousands of years. In more recent times, researchers have investigated knowledge in a more applied way with the chief aim of bringing knowledge to life in machines. Artificial Intelligence has provided some degree of rigour to the study of knowledge and Expert Systems are able to use knowledge to solve pro...

In the context of the Balanced Scorecard development in the Upper Austrian Gesundheitsund Spitals AG (gespag) the methodology of strategy maps was applied in order to build a base for the definition of relevant areas of strategic measures. When applying the methodology it turned out that it is very supportive also from the knowledge management perspective (especially 2 Generation KM), e.g. for ...

The intent of the article is to provide experience-based, basic, practical observations regarding expert knowledge elicitation with concept maps. This article contains a description of techniques for the interactive, collaborative construction of concept maps by a domain expert and a facilitator (who is typically not a domain expert) and the selection or creation of accompanying resources. Afte...

Concept maps (which show the relationship among concepts) are often discussed in the field of education as elements that facilitate the learning experience. In this study, I analyzed whether the concept maps used by knowledge organization researchers employ semiotic theory. I examined the following conference proceedings in their entirety: The International Society for Knowledge Organization (I...