An ontology-based framework for modeling user behavior-A case study in knowledge management

IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics Part A:Systems and Humans

Volumn 41, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 772-783

  Razmerita, Liana ^a  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Knowledge management (KM); knowledge sharing; ontology; personalization; Semantic Web; semantically enhanced knowledge management; user modeling; Web services

Indexed keywords

FRAMEWORK MODELS; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT SYSTEMS; INFORMATION PACKAGE; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM; KNOWLEDGE-SHARING; ONTOLOGY-BASED; PERSONALIZATIONS; SEMANTICALLY ENHANCED KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; USER BEHAVIORS; USER MODELING;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; MANAGEMENT; ONTOLOGY; SEMANTIC WEB; SEMANTICS; USER INTERFACES; WEB SERVICES; WEBSITES;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

EID: 79959590809     PISSN: 10834427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TSMCA.2011.2132712     Document Type: Article

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