E-raamat: Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology

The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledgemanagement, through knowledge analysis andengineering, to the design and implementation ofknowledge-intensiveinformation systems.

The disciplines of knowledge engineering and knowledge management are closely tied.Knowledge engineering deals with the development of information systems in which knowledge andreasoning play pivotal roles. Knowledge management, a newly developed field at the intersection ofcomputer science and management, deals with knowledge as a key resource in modern organizations.Managing knowledge within an organization is inconceivable without the use of advanced informationsystems; the design and implementation of such systems pose great organization as well as technicalchallenges.The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledgemanagement, through knowledge analysis and engineering, to the design and implementation ofknowledge-intensive information systems. The CommonKADS methodology, developed over the last decadeby an industry-university consortium led by the authors, is used throughout the book. CommonKADSmakes as much use as possible of the new UML notation standard. Beyond information systemsapplications, all software engineering and computer systems projects in which knowledge plays animportant role stand to benefit from the CommonKADS methodology.