Ontology based approach in knowledge sharing measurement

Journal of Universal Computer Science

Volumn 16, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 956-982

  Zadjabbari, Behrang ^a   Wongthongtham, Pornpit ^a   Hussain, Farookh Khadeer ^a  

^a CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Competency trust; Knowledge complexity; Knowledge sharing; Knowledge transformability; Ontology; Tacit knowledge; Trust measurement; Willingness trust

Indexed keywords

EID: 77953507345     PISSN: 0958695X     EISSN: 09486968     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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