A generic design environment for the rural industry knowledge acquisition

Knowledge-Based Systems

Volumn 21, Issue 8, 2008, Pages 892-899

  Miah, Shah Jahan ^a   Kerr, Don ^b   Gammack, John ^a   Cowan, Tom ^c  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF THE SUNSHINE COAST   (Australia)

^c DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE AND FISHERIES   (Australia)

Author keywords

Design environment; DSS process; Knowledge acquisition; Rural application

Indexed keywords

ADMINISTRATIVE DATA PROCESSING; AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; AGRICULTURE; APPLICATIONS; ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; DAIRY PRODUCTS; DECISION MAKING; DECISION SUPPORT SYSTEMS; DECISION THEORY; DESIGN; FRACTURE MECHANICS; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS; OBSOLESCENCE; PROBLEM SOLVING; PROCESS ENGINEERING;

BUILDING ENVIRONMENTS; BUSINESS APPLICATIONS; CONTEXTUAL FACTORS; DAIRY INDUSTRIES; DECISION SUPPORTS; DESIGN ENVIRONMENT; DESIGN ENVIRONMENTS; DOMAIN EXPERTS; DSS PROCESS; END USERS; EXPERT KNOWLEDGES; FARMING PRACTICES; GENERIC DESIGNS; OPERATIONAL KNOWLEDGES; PROBLEM DOMAINS; RESEARCH APPROACHES; RURAL APPLICATION;

KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION;

EID: 54949109410     PISSN: 09507051     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.knosys.2008.03.054     Document Type: Article

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