Informing Science InSITE- “Where Parallels Intersect ” June 2003 Knowledgebases A Managem.pdf

Informing Science InSITE - “Where Parallels Intersect” June 2003 Knowledgebases: A Management Context and Development Determinants Mieczyslaw L. Owoc Wroclaw University of Economics, Wroclaw, Poland Mieczyslaw.Owoc@ae.wroc.pl Abstract Contemporary computers give huge possibilities for processing different structures of data e.g. multime- dia data types and very unconstrained in construction - object types. Moreover these different structures are processed using methods called intelligent. Knowledgebases (a specific sort of intelligent systems), as a consequence of variety of solutions, belong ambiguous terms. Principally, applications with a stored knowledgebase and a reasoning mechanism - to stress its structural components – are termed knowl- edgebases. Directions of the research concerning knowledgebases and expressing their peculiar characteristics (coming from the main message of scientific formation in the past) are presented in this paper. The start- ing point of the paper is observed impact of management processes on intelligent systems and vice versa. Managerial context (including classical, behavioural, quantitative, integrating contemporary and future management approaches) of knowledgebases became the ground to draft development of applica- tions of this sort framework. Taking into account research on knowledgebases, a set of knowledgebase development determinants is discussed. Keywords : knowledgebase, knowledge management, intelligent system, management supporting, knowledge workers Introduction Contemporary computers give huge possibilities for processing different structures of data e.g. multi- media data t