Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology

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MIT Press, 2000 - Business & Economics - 455 pages

The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledge management, through knowledge analysis andengineering, to the design and implementation of knowledge-intensiveinformation systems.

The disciplines of knowledge engineering and knowledge management are closely tied. Knowledge engineering deals with the development of information systems in which knowledge and reasoning play pivotal roles. Knowledge management, a newly developed field at the intersection of computer science and management, deals with knowledge as a key resource in modern organizations. Managing knowledge within an organization is inconceivable without the use of advanced information systems; the design and implementation of such systems pose great organization as well as technical challenges. The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledge management, through knowledge analysis and engineering, to the design and implementation of knowledge-intensive information systems. The CommonKADS methodology, developed over the last decade by an industry-university consortium led by the authors, is used throughout the book. CommonKADS makes as much use as possible of the new UML notation standard. Beyond information systems applications, all software engineering and computer systems projects in which knowledge plays an important role stand to benefit from the CommonKADS methodology.

 

Contents

The Value of Knowledge
1
KnowledgeElicitation Techniques
8
KnowledgeEngineering Basics
13
The Task and Its Organizational Context
25
Knowledge Management
69
Knowledge Model Components
85
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86
Template Knowledge Models
123
The Housing Application
241
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242
Designing Knowledge Systems
271
KnowledgeSystem Implementation
295
Advanced Knowledge Modelling
317
UML Notations Used in CommonKADS
347
Project Management
377
KnowledgeModel Language
403

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Full Knowledge Model for the Housing Application
419
Glossary of Graphical Notations
433
References
441
Index
447
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Guus Schreiber is Dean of the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences and of the Faculty of Sciences and is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Vrije University Amsterdam.

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