Interweaving knowledge management, argumentation and decision making in a collaborative setting: the KAD ontology model

International Journal of Knowledge and Learning

Volumn 1, Issue 1-2, 2005, Pages 130-145

  Evangelou, Christina ^a   Karacapilidis, Nikos ^a   Khaled, Omar Abou ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PATRAS   (Greece)

^b HES SO   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

argumentation; decision making; knowledge management; ontology

Indexed keywords

EID: 33745322952     PISSN: 17411009     EISSN: 17411017     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijkl.2005.006255     Document Type: Article

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