Knowledge Science

<p>Knowledge science is an emerging discipline resulting from the demands of a knowledge-based economy and information revolution. Explaining how to improve our knowledge-based society<strong> Knowledge Science: Modeling the Knowledge Creation Process</strong> addresses problems in collecting synthesizing coordinating and creating knowledge. The book introduces several key concepts in knowledge science: </p><ul> <p> </p> <li> <em>Knowledge technology</em> which encompasses classification representation modeling identification acquisition searching organization storage conversion and dissemination</li> <li> <em>Knowledge management</em> which covers three different yet related areas (knowledge assets knowing processes knower relations)</li> <li> <em>Knowledge discovery and data mining</em> which combine databases statistics machine learning and related areas to discover and extract valuable knowledge from large volumes of data</li> <li> <em>Knowledge synthesis knowledge justification and knowledge construction</em> which are important in solving real-life problems</li> </ul><p>Specialists in decision science artificial intelligence systems engineering behavioral science and management science the book’s contributors present their own original ideas including an Oriental systems philosophy a new episteme in the knowledge-based society and a theory of knowledge construction. They emphasize the importance of systemic thinking for developing a better society in the current knowledge-based era.</p>