We characterize the states of knowledge that are attainable in distributed systems, where communication is done by unreliable message exchange. The reason that certain states of knowledge are unattainable is a conservation principle which says that information about “nature” that can be obtained by combining all of the knowledge of the members of a closed system is preserved. We axiomatize the ...

This paper describes a narrative based interactive intelligent learning environment which aims to elucidate reasoning using interactive scenarios that may be used in training novices ICU nurses in the application of their knowledge and decision making. Its design is based on an approach to generating narrative from knowledge that has been modelled in specific decision/reasoning domains. The app...

strategic performance evaluation of an organization within the industry environment is one of the basic and most important prerequisites of organizational improvement plans. in today’s knowledge-based economy and dynamic environment, it is essential for universities as the centers of education, knowledge creation and knowledge worker evolvement. till now, variant models with different approache...

todays, decision makers in the organization need toconstantly monitor changes in the environment and organization andmake necessary changes. therefore knowledge about the environmentand organization is necessary in decision making. knowledgemanagement is a key factor for competitive business environment andorganizations are investing heavily in creating centralized knowledgerepositories to impr...

and synthesize External information Review Populate Document repositories, engagements Journals, articles, studies Content identification Internal information Figure 1. Ernst & Young’s leading-practices knowledge-base development environment. .

Problem based learning promotes engagement in meaningful learning and cooperation among students. When applying PBL in distributed groups distance has to be bridged by means of technology. Collaborative virtual environments (CVE) can help to overcome two crucial problems of PBL, if used in a distributed learning situation: Firstly, learners have problems to understand, interact with, and tailor...

This paper presents some of the features of a knowledge engineering environment, called KEEN, created to support a timeline based planning based on the APSI-TRF modeling assumptions. A key feature of the environment is the integration of typical tools for knowledge based modeling and refining with services for validation and verification specialized to planning with timelines.

LIBRARY TRENDS, Vol. 62, No. 2, 2013 (“Essays in Honor of W. Boyd Rayward: Part I,” edited by Alistair Black and Charles van den Heuvel), pp. 429–441. © 2014 The Board of Trustees, University of Illinois Abstract This paper suggests writing a companion work to the Bourne and Hahn book, History of Online Information Services, 1963–1976 (2003), which would feature milestone improvements in subjec...

In this paper we explore a principled, integrated approach to the process of creating complex planning applications and introduce and evaluate a new hybrid task-reduction planner called HyHTN. In the short term our work is leading to an experimental research platform for investigating the synergy of integrated tools. The approach is centred around the use of a GUI called GIPO-II (based on the p...

In settings where heterogenous robotic systems interact with humans, information from the environment must be systematically captured, organized and maintained in time. In this work, we propose a model for connecting perceptual information to semantic information in a multi-agent setting. In particular, we present semantic cooperative perceptual anchoring, that captures collectively acquired pe...