Knowledge management system for emergency preparedness: An action research study

Proceedings of the Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences

Volumn 2, Issue , 2006, Pages

  Raman, Murali ^a   Ryan, Terry ^b   Olfman, Lorne ^b  

^a MULTIMEDIA UNIVERSITY   (Malaysia)

^b CLAREMONT GRADUATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE SHARING; WIKI TECHNOLOGY;

DATA STRUCTURES; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; INFORMATION RETRIEVAL; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING; SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT;

EID: 33749622423     PISSN: 15301605     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2006.244     Document Type: Conference Paper

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