Knowledge source network configuration approach to knowledge logistics

International Journal of General Systems

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 251-269

  Smirnov, Alexander ^a,c,d   Pashkin, Mikhail ^a   Chilov, Nikolai ^a   Levashova, Tatiana ^a   Haritatos, Fred ^b  

^a ST PETERSBURG INSTITUTE FOR INFORMATICS AND AUTOMATION   (Russian Federation)

^b AIR FORCE RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c PETER THE GREAT ST PETERSBURG POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (Russian Federation)

^d SAINT PETERSBURG ELECTROTECHNICAL UNIVERSITY LETI   (Russian Federation)

Author keywords

Intelligent agents; Knowledge fusion; KSNet approach; Ontology representation

Indexed keywords

KNOWLEDGE LOGISTICS (KL); KNOWLEDGE SOURCES (KS);

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; INTELLIGENT AGENTS; OBJECT ORIENTED PROGRAMMING;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 0346712985     PISSN: 03081079     EISSN: 15635104     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/0308107031000107766     Document Type: Article

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