[PDF] Foundations Of Knowledge Systems eBook

Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 293 pages
File Size : 40,51 MB
Release : 2012-07-26
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 1136389822

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'Knowledge Management Foundations' is just what it claims, the first attempt to provide a secure intellectual footing for the myriad of practices called "knowledge management." A breath of fresh air from the usual KM gurus, Fuller openly admits that the advent of KM is a mixed blessing that often amounts to the conduct of traditional management by subtler means. However, Fuller's deep understanding of both the history of management theory and knowledge production more generally enables him to separate the wheat from the chaff of the KM literature. This ground-breaking book will prove of interest to both academics and practitioners of knowledge management. It highlights the ways in which KM has challenged the values associated with knowledge that academics have taken for granted for centuries. At the same time, Fuller resists the conclusion of many KM gurus, that the value of knowledge lies in whatever the market will bear in the short term. He pays special attention to how information technology has not only facilitated knowledge work but also has radically altered its nature. There are chapters devoted to the revolution in intellectual property and an evaluation of peer review as a quality control mechanism. The book culminates in a positive re-evaluation of universities as knowledge producing institutions from which the corporate sector still has much to learn.

Author : Gerd Wagner
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 310 pages
File Size : 45,31 MB
Release : 2012-12-06
Category : Computers
ISBN : 1461557232

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One of the main uses of computer systems is the management of large amounts of symbolic information representing the state of some application domain, such as information about all the people I communicate with in my personal address database, or relevant parts of the outer space in the knowledge base of a NASA space mission. While database management systems offer only the basic services of information storage and retrieval, more powerful knowledge systems offer, in addition, a number of advanced services such as deductive and abductive reasoning for the purpose of finding explanations and diagnoses, or generating plans. In order to design and understand database and knowledge-based applications it is important to build upon well-established conceptual and mathematical foundations. What are the principles behind database and knowledge systems? What are their major components? Which are the important cases of knowledge systems? What are their limitations? Addressing these questions, and discussing the fundamental issues of information update, knowledge assimilation, integrity maintenance, and inference-based query answering, is the purpose of this book. Foundations of Databases and Knowledge Systems covers both basic and advanced topics. It may be used as the textbook of a course offering a broad introduction to databases and knowledge bases, or it may be used as an additional textbook in a course on databases or Artificial Intelligence. Professionals and researchers interested in learning about new developments will benefit from the encyclopedic character of the book, which provides organized access to many advanced concepts in the theory of databases and knowledge bases.

Author : Mark Stefik
Publisher : Morgan Kaufmann
Page : 906 pages
File Size : 45,70 MB
Release : 1995
Category : Computers
ISBN :

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The art of building knowledge systems is multidisciplinary, incorporating computer science theory, programming practice and psychology. This book incorporates these varied fields covering topics ranging from algorithms and representations to techniques for acquiring the task specific knowledge.

Author : Thomas Eiter
Publisher : Springer
Page : 299 pages
File Size : 28,25 MB
Release : 2003-07-31
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540457585

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This volume contains the papers presented at the “Second International S- posium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems” (FoIKS 2002), which was held in Schloß Salzau, Germany from February 20th to 23rd, 2002. FoIKS is a biennial event focusing on theoretical foundations of information and knowledge systems. It aims to bring together researchers working on the theoretical foundations of information and knowledge systems and to attract researchers working in mathematical ?elds such as discrete mathematics, c- binatorics, logics, and ?nite model theory who are interested in applying their theories to research on database and knowledge base theory. FoIKS took up the tradition of the conference series “Mathematical Fundamentals of Database S- tems” (MFDBS) which enabled East-West collaboration in the ?eld of database theory. The ?rst FoIKS symposium was held in Burg, Spreewald (Germany) in 2000. Former MFDBS conferences were held in Dresden (Germany) in 1987, Visegr ́ ad (Hungary) in 1989, and in Rostock (Germany) in 1991. Proceedings of these previous events were published by Springer-Verlag as volumes 305, 364, 495, and 1762 of the LNCS series. In addition the FoIKS symposium is intended to be a forum for intensive d- cussions. For this reason the time slot of long and short contributions is 60 and 30 minutes respectively, followed by 30 and 15 minutes for discussions, respectively. Furthermore, participants are asked in advance to prepare as correspondents to a contribution of another author. There are also special sessions for the pres- tation and discussion of open research problems.

Author : Steve Fuller
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 294 pages
File Size : 13,31 MB
Release : 2002
Category : Business & Economics
ISBN : 0750673656

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This text succinctly teaches new and experienced knowledge professionals the fundamental concepts and theories defining the knowledge management discipline. The book prepares readers to develop KM strategies by pragmatically explaining both what it is and why it is essential for success.

Author : Flavio Ferrarotti
Publisher : Springer
Page : 417 pages
File Size : 40,44 MB
Release : 2018-05-07
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3319900501

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 10th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, FoIKS 2018, held in Budapest, Hungary, in May 2018.The 20 revised full papers presented together with 1 invited talk were carefully reviewed and selected from 40 submissions. The papers address various topics such as big data; database design; dynamics of information; information fusion; integrity and constraint management; intelligent agents; knowledge discovery and information retrieval; knowledge representation, reasoning and planning; logics in databases and AI; mathematical foundations; security in information and knowledge systems; semi-structured data and XML; social computing; the semantic web and knowledge management; and the world wide web.​

Author : Nikola K. Kasabov
Publisher : Marcel Alencar
Page : 581 pages
File Size : 16,61 MB
Release : 1996
Category : Artificial intelligence
ISBN : 0262112124

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Combines the study of neural networks and fuzzy systems with symbolic artificial intelligence (AI) methods to build comprehensive AI systems. Describes major AI problems (pattern recognition, speech recognition, prediction, decision-making, game-playing) and provides illustrative examples. Includes applications in engineering, business and finance.

Author : Klaus-Dieter Schewe
Publisher : Springer
Page : 316 pages
File Size : 11,5 MB
Release : 2003-06-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540465642

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the First International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, FoIKS 2000, held in Burg, Germany, in February 2000. The 14 revised full papers and four short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 45 submissions. Among the topics addressed are logical foundations and semantics of datamodels, dependency theory, integrity and security, temporal aspects, foundations of information systems design including Web-based information services, and query languages and optimization.

Author : Christoph Beierle
Publisher : Springer
Page : 448 pages
File Size : 50,38 MB
Release : 2014-02-20
Category : Mathematics
ISBN : 3319049399

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This book constitutes the proceedings of the 8th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, FoIKS 2014, held in Bordeaux, France, in March 2014. The 14 revised full papers presented together with 5 revised short papers and two invited talks were carefully reviewed and selected from 52 submissions. The papers address various topics such as database design, dynamics of information, information fusion, integrity and constraint management, intelligent agents, knowledge discovery and information retrieval, knowledge representation, reasoning and planning, logics in databases and AI, mathematical foundations, security in information and knowledge Systems, semi-structured data and XML, social computing, the semantic Web and knowledge management as well as the WWW.

Author : Sven Hartmann
Publisher : Springer Science & Business Media
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 31,26 MB
Release : 2008-01-29
Category : Computers
ISBN : 3540776834

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An ideal text for researchers and professionals alike, this book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 5th International Symposium on Foundations of Information and Knowledge Systems, FoIKS 2008 held in Pisa, Italy, in February 2008. The 13 revised full papers are presented together with nine revised short papers and three invited lectures. All of these were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and improvement from a total of 79 submissions.