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Showing 1 to 20 of 42 for “"Knowledge Integration"”.
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Knowledge integration in machine reading
… of texts and, from the contents, building a knowledge base that supports automated reasoning and question answering. Success at this task could fundamentally solve the knowledge acquisition bottleneck – the widely recognized problem that knowledge-based AI systems are difficult and expensive to …
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Tacit knowledge integration within the traditional construction procurement system
Knowledge management is a broad concept that has been investigated in many disciplines. Tacit knowledge management is more important in construction industry where common issues exist between the design and construction phase. However, most knowledge is embedded in the minds of professions and …
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Cloud-based solutions supporting data and knowledge integration in bioinformatics
… several aspects (including data deluge, data integration, and scientific collaboration, just to cite a few) and presents new challenges related to the proposal of innovative approaches in the wide scenario of emergent ICT solutions. This thesis aims at facing these challenges in the context of …
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Modular knowledge integration interface for the START natural language engine
Thesis (S.B. and M.Eng.)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, 1998.
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Knowledge Integration in Convergence Research: A Theoretical and Empirical Investigation
… challenges by integrating diverse forms of knowledge across disciplines and sectors. We know relatively little about how such integration is defined, structured, and enacted in practice. This dissertation examines how convergence is conceptualized and operationalized in a large, …
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Knowledge integration for problem solving in the development of complex aerospace systems
… of complex products requires widespread knowledge interactions among a significant number of individuals and teams designing numerous interrelated components. Increasing product complexity typically leads to a corresponding increase in the types and sources of knowledge that need to be …
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Domain knowledge integration in data mining for churn and customer lifetime value modelling: new approaches and applications
… including the use of data mining and domain knowledge,<br/>emphasising and justifying the need of more interpretable and acceptable models.<br/>Supporting the idea of generating acceptable models, one of the main contributions of<br/>this research is to show how domain knowledge can be …
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Knowledge transfer : a critical strategic asset in multinational firms : a corporate view
This thesis examines the effectiveness of Knowledge Integration in a single multinational firm. Knowledge Integration is a concept that includes innovation, transfer and transformation of knowledge and much recent literature suggests that it is a key to competitive succcess, especia!!y within …
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Integrating traditional ecological knowledge in South Africa's small-scale fisheries: the Olifants Estuary Gillnet Fishery
… dimension into small-scale fishery management is knowledge integration. Through pluralising epistemologies, knowledge integration fosters participative dialogue, improves current knowledge bases, and strengthens management...
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An understanding of the capabilities and limitations of technology-based solutions to Child Protective Services : using a knowledge-based and process-oriented mediation model
… face in integrating multiple stakeholders’ knowledge. Based on empirical findings with regard to numerous unsuccessful IT development initiatives, the present study strives to gain an in-depth understanding of the research question: How can CPS caseworkers be supported by their agency in the …
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Designing Better Scaffolding in Teaching Complex Systems with Graphical Simulations
… The study measured two dependent variables: (1) knowledge integration (i.e., integrating and connecting content-specific normative concepts and providing coherent scientific explanations); (2) understanding of the deep causal structure (i.e., being able to grasp and transfer the causal knowledge …
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Organizational design : the integration of pharmaceutical discovery and development
… R&D management generally believes that a greater integration of drug discovery and development will improve the selection and optimization of clinical candidates. I demonstrate the different nature of discovery and development with discovery tasks seen as more uncertain, having more reciprocal …
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Advancing practice in critical care nursing.
… herein contribute to a new and original body of knowledge within critical care nursing practice. This thesis aims to demonstrate how an original contribution to the advancement of critical care practice has developed through an on-going integration of academic and practice work and has led to the …
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Explicit Reflection in an Introductory Physics Course
… activities that are aimed to assist in knowledge integration. Using the framework of cognitive load theory, this intervention should assist in schema acquisition leading to (1) students recognizing the use and appropriately applying physical concepts across different problem contexts, …
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The collective biography of professors and adjuncts of the Imperial University of Vilnius (1803–1832) /
… (science travel, dissemination of scientific knowledge, integration into the European science network) of the Imperial University of Vilnius (1803–1832) group of professors and adjuncts, consisting of 115 university scientists and educators. Based on the prosopographical method, a biographical …
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Pearls of Wisdom : technology for intentional reflection and learning in constructionist cooperatives
… because reflection plays an important role in knowledge integration. In order to leverage the benefits of constructionist learning, learners must go beyond the activities of construction and reflect on their learning. This involves examining and gaining a deeper understanding of the how and why …
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The impact of user interface design on idea integration in electronic brainstorming: an attention-based view
… examines an attention-based theory of idea integration that underscores the importance of IS user interface design. The assumption is that presenting ideas via user interface plays a key role in enabling and motivating idea integration in electronic brainstorming (EBS), and thus advances …
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The duality of innovation : implications for the role of the university in economic development
… for interaction and conversation that enable knowledge integration, provides interlocutors for exploratory conversations, and educates engineers.
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