Knowledge Engineering and Management: The CommonKADS Methodology (The MIT Press) - Hardcover

The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledge management, through knowledge analysis andengineering, to the design and implementation of knowledge-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 and reasoning play pivotal roles. Knowledge management, a newly developed field at the intersection of computer 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 information systems; the design and implementation of such systems pose great organization as well as technical challenges. The book covers in an integrated fashion the complete route from corporate knowledge management, through knowledge analysis and engineering, to the design and implementation of knowledge-intensive information systems. The CommonKADS methodology, developed over the last decade by an industry-university consortium led by the authors, is used throughout the book. CommonKADS makes as much use as possible of the new UML notation standard. Beyond information systems applications, all software engineering and computer systems projects in which knowledge plays an important role stand to benefit from the CommonKADS methodology.

Guus Schreiber is Dean of the Faculty of Earth and Life Sciences and of the Faculty of Sciences and is Professor in the Department of Computer Science at Vrije University Amsterdam. Hans Akkermans is a Professor of Business Informatics at Vrije University Amsterdam. Anjo Anjewierden is a computer scientist at the University of Twente. Nigel Shadbolt is Professor of Artificial Intelligence and Head of the Web and Internet Science (WAIS) research group in the Electronics and Computer Science Department at the University of Southampton. Walter Van de Velde is Research Assistant in the Artificial Intelligence Laboratory of the Vrije Universiteit, Brussels, Belgium.