45 results about "Tacit knowledge" patented technology

A system and method for knowledge management in an organization. The system and method employs an intranet site whereby members of the organization can easily and efficiently access explicit knowledge and tacit knowledge relevant to complete processes in an organization. As members of an organization communicate and collaborate with each other using the present disclosure, new knowledge or ideas or best practices may form as a result of the collaboration which then should also be captured and codified as explicit knowledge.

An enhanced knowledge management system (“KMS”) is provided. The enhanced KMS provides a customizable, person-to-person, knowledge sharing portal that manages concurrent one-on-one conversations between requesters and expert resources. Through the knowledge sharing portal, the KMS provides the automatic capture, organization, and reuse of tacit knowledge, as well as integration with existing systems that manage already documented (explicit) knowledge. Example embodiments provide a Conversation Manager, which manages communication in the form of conversations (question and answer sequences) between users (requesters) and experts (expert resources), and allows system administrators to customize the system. Conversations are organized by subject matter categories and experts are ranked preferably by the system and by users, thereby increasing the likelihood of the KMS providing answers to users' questions. The Conversation Manager, in conjunction with managing these conversations, produces a dynamic knowledge base of knowledge that is searchable by other users. In this manner, the KMS enhances the ability in a multitude of environments to capture previously untapped knowledge and to integrate such knowledge with existing data.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing annotations made for a variety of different type data objects manipulated (e.g., created, edited, and viewed) by a variety of different type applications are provided. Some embodiments allow users collaborating on a project to create, view, and edit annotations from within the applications used to manipulate the annotated data objects, which may facilitate and encourage the capturing and sharing of tacit knowledge through annotations. Further, annotations may be stored separate from the application data they describe, decoupling the tacit knowledge captured in the annotations from the applications used to manipulate the annotated data.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing annotations made for a variety of different type data objects manipulated (e.g., created, edited, and viewed) by a variety of different type applications are provided. Some embodiments allow users collaborating on a project to create, view, and edit annotations from within the applications used to manipulate the annotated data objects, which may facilitate and encourage the capturing and sharing of tacit knowledge through annotations. Further, annotations may be stored separate from the application data they describe, decoupling the tacit knowledge captured in the annotations from the applications used to manipulate the annotated data.

A data construct called a semcard is a semantic (meaning-based) software object including semantic meta-tags and meta-data that describes a target object or thing. A target object can be any type of digital or physical entity or identifier, or it can be tacit knowledge, such as ideas, concepts, processes or other data existing in a user's mind, provided that the user represents this knowledge in the semcard. A semcard embodies information about its own structure-rules, history, state, policies and goals regarding automation, display, access permissions, sharing and other operations of the semcard and any optional target object. It can also represent a semantic link between two semcards, or a semantically typed link or a standard Web hyperlink between a semcard and its referent target. A collection of semcards represents a knowledge network; single semcards, and knowledge networks, can be browsed, shared, searched, disseminated, manipulated, displayed, organized, and stored.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for managing annotations made for a variety of different type data objects manipulated (e.g., created, edited, and viewed) by a variety of different type applications are provided. Some embodiments allow users collaborating on a project to create, view, and edit annotations from within the applications used to manipulate the annotated data objects, which may facilitate and encourage the capturing and sharing of tacit knowledge through annotations. Further, annotations may be stored separate from the application data they describe, decoupling the tacit knowledge captured in the annotations from the applications used to manipulate the annotated data.

Methods, systems, and articles of manufacture for propagating annotations created for data objects appearing in a variety of different application types are provided. Some embodiments present users collaborating on a project with an indication of data objects in a current document that have been annotated, or that related data objects have been annotated, in other documents. Users may then review the annotations and selectively associate the annotations with the related data object in the current document, thereby spreading the tacit knowledge reflected in the annotation about related data objects across many documents in an enterprise network. Further, an annotation management system may maintain a thesaurus of related terms and corresponding annotation points to find annotations for data objects that exist in other documents without having to inspect the data object(s) associated with each existing annotation.

Among other disclosure, a knowledge network and semcards enabling intelligent matching of offers and requests, involving all types of information and knowledge, including information such as classified ads, data about products and services, or knowledge, expertise, ideas, suggestions, opinions, and other forms of tacit knowledge is described.

The present invention provides a system and method for building and analyzing a quantitative model from qualitative tacit knowledge. In one aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for creating and analyzing a model of a user's semantic knowledge. The semantic knowledge model is based on cause and effect relationships as defined by the user. In another aspect of the present invention, there is provided a system for creating and analyzing a model of a user's episodic knowledge. The episodic knowledge model is based on the user's past experiences, including recalled stimuli and responses. The semantic and episodic models are used to describe the users internal mental model.

A computer-implemented knowledge management method enables a user to send a query on one or more specified topics to a selected group of persons. A form is displayed to each recipient, allowing them to respond that they are unable to help or to recommend themselves or one or more other persons as being an expert on one or more of the specified topics. A recipient may also forward the query to another group of people, who can themselves respond. The responses are used to update a searchable database of persons and their areas of expertise. The system thus automatically over time builds up a database defining a tacit knowledge network, based on users' recommendations.

The invention discloses a use-case-based tacit knowledge visualization method, and is applied to the technical field of knowledge visualization. The method mainly comprises the following steps of: (1) performing process presentation on tacit knowledge by using a process analysis method; and (2) describing each process step for the process-represented tacit knowledge in a use case way. The method has the beneficial effects that the tacit knowledge can be directly converted into visual explicit knowledge by a tacit knowledge visualization process, so that the knowledge can be propagated, learned, applied and innovated more favorably; and the use-case-based tacit knowledge visualization method is completely in line with a dual coding theory, and by a text and picture combination representation mode, a user can effectively know the uses of the knowledge, and the memory of the user about the knowledge can be enhanced.

The invention discloses a visual data analysis method and system. The analysis method comprises: obtaining data to be analyzed; obtaining a user-defined data format and a user-defined query condition;generating a visual result according to the analysis data, the user-defined data format, and the user-defined query condition; acquiring a user-defined second query condition and a user-defined visualization parameter; generating a second visual result according to the visual result, the user-defined second query condition and the user-defined visualization parameter; generating a recommendationquery condition according to a historical query condition by using the recommendation algorithm, for the user to selected; and generating a final visual result according to the recommendation query condition selected by the user. The visual data analysis method or system can generate a new query that may be of interest on the basis of the original user query, and can instruct the user to quickly understand the tacit knowledge in the data; and the analysis result is presented to the user in a visual manner, is more intuitive and clear, is easy to understand, and can be displayed in variety of graphics.

The invention relates to a method and system for including tacit and collective information on the strategic value of new business opportunities and corporate decisions, which can be added to firmware, software or other instructions that can be processed in a computer and/or stored in a computer-readable medium. Said addition can include code which can be executed in a web-based application which, when executed on a business intelligence or customer relationship management system, makes a data-processing device provide a graphical representation of the reported value of new business opportunities and corporate decisions. The graphic representation can include a plurality of fields which are grouped together in a bubble chart with prioritization criteria. The invention provides a method for capturing statistical data regarding tacit knowledge of the business strategy and decisions in an organization by means of a business intelligence (BI) or customer relationship management (CRM) system over the internet.

The present invention provides a micro-curriculum system for electric power enterprise training. The system comprises an administrator end and a student end. The administrator end includes a micro-curriculum development tool, a material library, a template library, a sharing platform, an auditing and releasing module, a data statistics module and a raw material. The student end comprises a micro-curriculum development tool, a material library, a template library, a sharing platform and a raw material. According to the system, the combined design of content, structure, animation, music and background can be carried out according to the original material, the content of the material library also can be borrowed, the simplified design is carried out with the combination of an existing template library, and a micro curriculum which accords with PC terminal and mobile terminal requirements is formed. The system can be used for curriculum design by professionals and also can be used for micro-curriculum design and uploading for sharing by common trainees, a micro curriculum with rich content is generated, a tacit knowledge-sharing atmosphere is constructed, the training efficiency also can be improved, and the training cost is reduced.

The invention discloses a demand side response resource value evaluation method based on a rough set theory, and belongs to the demand side response resource value evaluation technology field. The demand side response resource value evaluation method comprises steps that: a first step, a set constituted by evaluated units is used as a domain; a set constituted by initial evaluation indexes is used as an attribute set A, and the threshold value of the initial evaluation indexes is determined according to related regulations and actual situations; a second step, the initial evaluation index information table of the evaluated units is determined according to the actual values of the initial evaluation indexes; a third step, the initial reduction information table of the initial evaluation indexes of the evaluated units and knowledge A are determined according to definitions. The demand side response resource value evaluation method is advantageous in that the rough set theory is a mathematical tool used for depicting incompleteness and uncertainty, and is capable of effectively analyzing incomplete information, and is used for data reasoning, and then tacit knowledge is discovered, and a potential rule is disclosed. The value evaluation model based on the rough set theory provided by the invention is advantageous in that the model is more comprehensive, and the integrity is stronger.