Modelling knowledge sharing into a medical facility using human and virtual agents (Knowbots)

Proceedings of the European Conference on Knowledge Management, ECKM

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 578-589

  Maracine, Virginia ^a   Iandoli, Luca ^b   Scarlat, Emil ^a   Nica, Adriana Sarah ^c  

^a BUCHAREST UNIVERSITY OF ECONOMIC STUDIES   (Romania)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NAPLES FEDERICO II   (Italy)

^c CAROL DAVILA UNIVERSITY OF MEDICINE AND PHARMACY   (Romania)

Author keywords

Collective Learning; Community of Practice; Healthcare Knowledge Ecosystems; Knowledge Agent (Knowbot); Knowledge based organization; Social Network Analysis

Indexed keywords

COLLECTIVE LEARNING; COMMUNITY OF PRACTICE; KNOWLEDGE AGENTS; KNOWLEDGE-BASED ORGANIZATION; SOCIAL NETWORK ANALYSIS;

DIAGNOSIS; ECOSYSTEMS; HEALTH; HEALTH CARE; KNOWLEDGE ACQUISITION; KNOWLEDGE BASED SYSTEMS; KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT; RESEARCH; SOCIAL NETWORKING (ONLINE); SURVEYS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 84872666039     PISSN: 20488963     EISSN: 20488971     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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