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Knowledge-Based Virtual Organizations for the E-Decisional Community

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Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems (KES 2010)

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Abstract

Virtual Organizations (VOs) promote dynamic interaction between individuals, groups and organizations, who share their capabilities and resources to pursue a common goal and maximize their benefits. Among these resources, knowledge is a critical one that requires special attention in order to support problem-solving activities, decision making processes and provide strategic advantage. In this paper, we present an initial proposal for the creation of dynamic knowledge-based VOs inside the E-Decisional Community, an integrated knowledge sharing platform that aims at the creation of markets where knowledge is provided as a service. This approach will provide technological support for discovering, re-using evolving and sharing experiential knowledge represented by means of the Set of Experience Knowledge Structure (SOEKS) and Decisional DNA among several entities.

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  1. School of Engineering, Faculty of Engineering and Built Environment, The University of Newcastle, Australia, University Drive, Callaghan, 2308, NSW

    Leonardo Mancilla-Amaya & Cesar Sanín

  2. Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology,  

    Edward Szczerbicki

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  1. School of Engineering, The Parade, Cardiff University, CF24 3AA, Cardiff, UK

    Rossitza Setchi

  2. Dept. of Computer Science and Software Engineering, BUckingham Building, Lion Terrace, University of Portsmouth, PO1 3HE, Portsmouth, UK

    Ivan Jordanov

  3. KES International, 145-157 St. John Street, EC1V 4PY, London, UK

    Robert J. Howlett

  4. School of Electrical and Information Engineering, University of South Australia, Adelaide, Mawson Lakes Campus, 5095, SA, Australia

    Lakhmi C. Jain

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Mancilla-Amaya, L., Sanín, C., Szczerbicki, E. (2010). Knowledge-Based Virtual Organizations for the E-Decisional Community. In: Setchi, R., Jordanov, I., Howlett, R.J., Jain, L.C. (eds) Knowledge-Based and Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems. KES 2010. Lecture Notes in Computer Science(), vol 6277. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-15390-7_57

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