Managing multiple knowledge transfers between headquarters and subsidiaries, among also within each of these units is crucial for multinational corporations’ (MNCs) survival. Therefore, this article aims to uncover the main factors influencing internal in MNCs—including intra-unit units, namely, conventional, horizontal, reverse transfers. To achieve goal, a systematic literature review (SLR) w...

Knowledge mapping tools in the educational technology domain currently support learners and teachers creating visualizing a knowledge repository, usually of subject matter content or links to such content. This research proposes pedagogically-informed map design, where is conceptualised as contextualized competence, tool for recommending appropriate learning teaching materials. An experiment re...

Invisible college, which consists of a small group of highly productive and networked scientists and scholars, is believed to be responsible for growth of scientific knowledge. By analyzing scholarly publications of these researchers using select content analysis, citation network analysis, and information visualization techniques, “knowledge mapping” helps reveal this interconnected invisible ...

In this paper we discuss the concept of ecological strategy in relation to cognitive artefacts that reflect the expressive power of learners engaged in the development of significant knowledge paths. Our experiments show that learners strive to make sense of the fragmentary information surrounding them and in this endeavour they may benefit from the creation of knowledge maps, i.e. branched str...

A review of data mining and analysis techniques that can be used for the mapping of knowledge domains is given. Literature mapping techniques can be based on authors, documents, journals, words, and/or indicators. Most mapping questions are related to research assessment or to the structure and dynamics of disciplines or networks. Several mapping techniques are demonstrated on a data set compri...

A basic task of rescue robot systems is mapping of the environment. Localizing injured persons, guiding rescue workers and excavation equipment requires a precise 3D map of the environment. This paper presents a new 3D laser range finder and novel scan matching method for the robot Kurt3D [9]. Compared to previous machinery [12], the apex angle is enlarged to 360◦. The matching is based on sema...

Knowledge mapping is one of the most popular techniques used to identify knowledge in organizations. Using knowledge mapping techniques; a large and complex set of knowledge resources can be acquired and navigated more easily. Knowledge mapping has attracted the senior managers' attention as an assessment tool in recent years and is expected to measure deep conceptual understanding and allow ex...

Much work has been done in the area of qualitative spatial reasoning over the past years, with application in various domains. However, existing models only capture particular aspects of the spatial relations between objects and therefore are unable to represent these relations accurately. In this paper, we draw together two existing approaches to provide a calculus taking into account topology...