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Grant, Timothy John. "Inductive learning of knowledge-based planning operators." [Maastricht : Maastricht : Rijksuniversiteit Limburg] ; University Library, Maastricht University [Host], 1996. http://arno.unimaas.nl/show.cgi?fid=6686.
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Tang, Xiaoqing. "Knowledge based inspection planning system for rotational components." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.243932.
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Scholz, Volker. "Knowledge-based locomotive planning for the Swedish railway." [S.l.] : Universität Stuttgart , Fakultät Informatik, 1998. http://www.bsz-bw.de/cgi-bin/xvms.cgi?SWB7400642.
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Liang, Qixiong. "An intelligent strategy planning tool for decision support." Thesis, Queen's University Belfast, 1999. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.300611.
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Diab, Mohammed. "Knowledge representation and reasoning for perception-based manipulation planning." Doctoral thesis, Universitat Politècnica de Catalunya, 2021. http://hdl.handle.net/10803/671505.
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This thesis develops a series of modeling and reasoning tools for knowledge-oriented manipulation planning in semi/unstructured environments. The main idea is to use high-level knowledge-based reasoning to capture a rich semantic description of the scene, knowledge about the physical behavior of the objects, and inference mechanism to reason about the potential manipulation actions. Moreover, a multi-model sensory module is proposed to perceive the objects in the environment and build the ontological knowledge.
The first part of the thesis is focused on the techniques to provide useful knowledge to guide and facilitate the planning process within a classical-based manipulation planning framework. This planning framework facilitates the combination of task and motion planning approaches which includes Fast Forward (FF), a classical symbolic planning approach to compute the sequence of actions to be done in a certain task, and physics-based motion planning which deals with motions and possible interactions with the objects. The tool proposed to provide useful knowledge to the planning process is called Perception and Manipulation Knowledge (PMK). It provides, on the one hand, a standardized formalization under several foundations, such as the Suggested Upper Merged Ontology (SUMO), and the Core Ontology for Robotics and Automation (CORA), in order to facilitate the shareability and reusability when the interaction between humans and/or robots is done. On the other hand, it provides the inference mechanism to reason about TAMP requirements, such as robot capabilities, action constraints, action feasibility, and manipulation behaviors. Moreover, PMK allows breaking the closed-world assumption of classical-based manipulation planning approaches. This proposal has been tested for a serving task in a table-top manipulation problem.Esta tesis desarrolla una serie de herramientas de modelado y razonamiento para la planificación de la manipulación basada en el conocimiento en entornos no estructurados o semiestructurados. La idea principal es utilizar un razonamiento basado en el conocimiento de alto nivel para capturar una descripción semántica de la escena, conocimiento sobre el comportamiento físico de los objetos y un mecanismo de inferencia para razonar sobre las posibles acciones de manipulación. Además, se propone un módulo sensorial multimodelo para percibir los objetos del entorno y construir conocimiento ontológico. La primera parte de la tesis se centra en las técnicas para proporcionar conocimientos útiles para guiar y facilitar el proceso de planificación dentro de un marco de planificación de manipulación clásico. Este marco de planificación facilita la combinación de enfoques de planificación de tareas y movimientos (TAMP) que incluye Fast Forward (FF) que es un enfoque clásico de planificación simbólica para calcular la secuencia de acciones a realizar en una determinada tarea, y la planificación de movimiento basada en la física que trata con movimientos y posibles interacciones con los objetos. La herramienta propuesta para aportar conocimientos útiles al proceso de planificación se denomina Conocimiento de Percepción y Manipulación (PMK), la cual proporciona una formalización estandarizada bajo varios fundamentos, como la Ontología Superior Sugerida Sugerida (SUMO), y la Ontología Core para Robótica y Automatización (CORA), con el fin de facilitar la compartibilidad y reutilización cuando se produzca la interacción entre humanos y/o robots. La segunda parte de la tesis se centra en proporcionar conocimientos útiles para un enfoque de planificación basado en la lógica. Está particularizado para el ensamblaje, que tiene en cuenta lacciones de manipulación para acoplar/desacoplar o unir/separar objetos. Las secuencias de ensamblaje se pueden representar de forma elegante usando teorías de lógica descriptiva. Con tal secuencia, el robot puede descubrir el próximo paso en el ensamblaje a través de la inferencia lógica. Sin embargo, antes de realizar una acción, el robot debe asegurarse de que se cumplan varias restricciones espaciales, como que las partes que se van a unir sean accesibles, no ocluidas, etc. Tales inferencias son muy complicadas de respaldar en teorías lógicas, pero existen algoritmos especializados que calculan de manera eficiente relaciones cualitativas, como si un objeto es accesible. Aquí se propone un razonamiento heterogéneo que requiere la integración entre el nivel de planificación de ensamblajes basado en el conocimiento y el nivel geométrico, que incluye módulos para inferir sobre las relaciones espaciales y la viabilidad de las acciones. La tercera parte de la tesis se centra en el uso de la experiencia basada en el conocimiento, llamado conocimiento experiencial, en problemas de manipulación cotidianos, como por ejemplo, en aplicaciones de robótica de servicios, como servir una taza en un entorno desordenado, donde suelen encontrarse algunas habilidades repetibles como recoger, dejar o navegar. Para manejar de manera eficiente estas tareas, en lugar de planificarlas por completo cada vez (lo que podría ser computacionalmente costoso), se propone la integración de módulos para adaptar esas habilidades en diferentes situaciones. En este sentido, se presenta un marco de planificación y ejecución para tareas de manipulación robótica, el cual se equipa de un módulo con conocimiento experiencial (aprendido de su experiencia o dado por el usuario) sobre cómo ejecutar un conjunto de habilidades, tales como recoger, dejar, navegar o abrir un cajón, utilizando flujos de trabajo y trayectorias de robots.
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蕭世良 and Sai-leung Siu. "A knowledge based process planning system for prismatic parts." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1991. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31232784.
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Formoso, Carlos Torres. "A knowledge based framework for planning house building projects." Thesis, University of Salford, 1991. http://usir.salford.ac.uk/14738/.
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This thesis describes the development of a knowledge based system which encapsulates some of the expertise used by a number of experienced construction planners for planning the construction stage of low rise house building projects in the U.K. The general objective of the research was to investigate the feasibility of using knowledge engineering for developing models of construction planning expertise, which could be employed for tackling some of the existing knowledge bottlenecks in the construction industry. The resulting system can be described as a knowledge based framework designed for supporting the decision making process involved in planning house building at a tactical level. One of the main features of this framework is its ability to cope with incomplete information. The knowledge acquisition process involved both the elicitation of knowledge directly from experts, and the analysis of construction plans from several past housing developments. The model was implemented on an expert system shell called LEONARDO Level 3, which runs in any standard IBM-PC micro-computer or compatibles. The evaluation of the system focused on the validity of the model, i.e. the degree at which the outcomes of the system resembled the outcomes of the human expertise being modelled in the knowledge base. A prescriptive method of validation was devised specifically for this study, involving both experts that had provided expertise for the system, and external experts.
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Hooper, Jonathan Nigel. "A knowledge based system for strategic sludge disposal planning." Thesis, Cardiff University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.262163.
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Kumar, Dipmani. "A knowledge based system for irrigation planning in Virginia." Thesis, Virginia Tech, 1990. http://hdl.handle.net/10919/31650.
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Problems associated with irrigation in humid regions include uncertainty of whether irrigation will be necessary in a given year, and the question of whether crop response will be sufficient to make the required investment profitable in the long run. A prototype knowledge based system (KBS) has been developed to determine the economic feasibility of a range of irrigation systems for site specific conditions. The KBS uses information input by the user to determine possible irrigation alternatives and provides an economic evaluation of suitable systems based on domain-specific knowledge about soils, crops, irrigation costs, and agricultural drought in Virginia. Irrigation systems considered by the KBS include center-pivot, traveling gun and portable pipe systems. Crops considered are field corn, soybeans, and peanuts.
Preliminary evaluation showed that the KBS was able to effectively determine if portable pipe, traveling gun and center pivot irrigation systems were suitable, and provide an economic evaluation of these systems for site specific situations in Virginia. The KBS developed in this study provides a basic framework which can be used to build a more comprehensive system which would address a larger domain, considering additional systems and crops.Master of Science
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Klaasen, I. T. "Knowledge-based design developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.ebrary.com/.
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Basit, Syed Abdul, and Omar Malik. "Planning and Analysis of Knowledge Intensive Enterprise Resource Planning Systems." Thesis, Blekinge Tekniska Högskola, Avdelningen för för interaktion och systemdesign, 2008. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:bth-4327.
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ERP software and applications have become basic requirement of almost every organization in order to compete with each other and in time constraint. In order to develop an efficient application, project planning and analysis play very important role in better understanding of the problem domain and to provide a risk free solution. There are many different approaches which software developers used to develop the systems. These traditional approaches have some drawbacks and constraints. Either these are ad-hoc basis or have some fixed patterns and rules. We discussed all these techniques and suggest that planning and analysis of ERP application during its development can be done by applying more appropriate knowledge engineering commonKADS model. CommonKADS is a structured approach, It comprises of different model suites. Thesis presents that by using commonKADS model for project planning and analysis, real problem domain and efficient solution can be identified. Also domain process is identified. Tasks related to each process in the domain are identified. Knowledge assets related to each task are identified. These features help in defining real knowledge specification. In this way, ERP applications can be made knowledge based. ERP systems were introduced to solve different organizational problems and provide integrated structure. Although ERP packages offer advantages to enterprises, they have not achieved many of their anticipated benefits. Autonomous and heterogeneous applications co-exist in companies with ERP systems and integration problem having not been addressed. This thesis seeks to make some suggestions to this area by studying and analyzing ERP problems, through mapping commonKADS methodology in a case study. Thesis in start, presents an overview about ERP applications, Knowledge Engineering and commonKADS methodology. In the end, thesis presents our contribution a case study ―online courses Registration Portal for BTH which shows that planning and analysis of ERP applications by using commonKADS methodology helps in reaching knowledge based and more accurate solutions.Syed Abdul Basit basitbth@gmail.com, Omar Malik omar_m20@hotmail.com.
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Jiao, Hong. "Integrated knowledge-based hierarchical modelling of manufacturing organizations." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1991. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/32104.
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The objective of this thesis is to research into an integrated knowledge-based simulation method, which combines the capability of knowledge based simulation and a structured analysis method, for the design and analysis of complex and hierarchical manufacturing organizations. This means manufacturing organizations analysed according to this methodology can manage the tactical and operational planning as well as the direct operation of shop floor.
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Klaasen, Ina T. "Knowledge-based design : developing urban & regional design into a science /." Delft : Delft University Press, 2004. http://www.loc.gov/catdir/toc/fy0607/2005377632.html.
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Phelps, John. "Knowledge-Based Task Structure Planning for an Information Gathering Agent." Fogler Library, University of Maine, 2003. http://www.library.umaine.edu/theses/pdf/phelpsJ2003.pdf.
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Joshi, Laxman. "Incorporating farmers' knowledge in the planning of interdisciplinary research and extension." Thesis, Bangor University, 1997. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.364125.
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Liu, Y.-S. "A symbolic approach to process planning using frame-based knowledge representation." Thesis, University of Southampton, 1989. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.235214.
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Lam, Yow Thim. "A knowledge-based system for planning and scheduling ready-mixed concrete." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1995. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/11138.
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The use of ready-mixed concrete primarily involves two parties, the supplier and the customer (who is usually a construction contractor), although others may be involved. Ready-mixed concrete is not only a product, it is also a service. This implies that the supply of ready-mixed concrete should satisfy the customers' needs in relation to both quality and supply. To satisfy quality requirements, ready-mixed concrete must contain suitable materials, and be produced under conditions of quality control by experienced staff using reliable equipment To meet the supply requirement, it must be delivered at the time and rate required. Based on the findings in several surveys and studies, the UK ready-mixed concrete industry appears to meet the quality requirement quite well. However, the service provided to the customers could be improved. In addition, the industry's efficiency is not satisfactory when compared to its counterparts in other European countries such as Germany. Due to the peculiar characteristics of the product, which has a "shelf life" of only a few hours, and the unpredictable nature of the operating environment, the planning and scheduling problems of the production and delivery activities are usually unstructured and complex. In practice, UK ready-mixed concrete companies rely on their shippers' personal experience or intuition to make their planning and scheduling decisions. This research explored the feasibility of using a knowledge-based decision support system for planning' and scheduling the production and delivery of ready-mixed concrete. A prototype called ISRMC has been successfully developed as a result of a study of the operations of concrete production and construction as well as the ready-mixed concrete production and delivery process and detailed collection of knowledge from various sources.
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Schmitt, Heinz-Ulrich. "Effective model building for strategic planning : a knowledge-based system for enhanced model and knowledge management /." Wiesbaden : Dt. Univ.-Verl. [u.a.], 1996. http://bvbr.bib-bvb.de:8991/F?func=service&doc_library=BVB01&doc_number=007337513&line_number=0001&func_code=DB_RECORDS&service_type=MEDIA.
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麥淑嫻 and Shuk-han Ann Mak. "Automating knowledge acquisition and site-selection in a generic knowledge-based GIS system: a theoreticalstudy." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 1999. http://hub.hku.hk/bib/B31240720.
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Nikitan, Ivan. "A framework for knowledge-based diagnosis and improvement planning of business processes." Thesis, Bournemouth University, 2011. http://eprints.bournemouth.ac.uk/18390/.
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The aim of this project is the design and evaluation of a framework for knowledge based diagnosis and improvement planning of business processes. The outcome is a soundly based framework that can provide additional leverage within organisations. The study starts from identification of a research gap concerning the methods and concepts available for incorporating knowledge processes and newer knowledge management perspectives into business process improvement initiatives. The methodology adopted for the evaluation of the framework is an action research approach using a case study method, within an extended form of design-based research for a single case, with added validation phases for increased prospective transferability of results. This leads to a staged approach where, firstly, a tentative initial framework is produced from extant literature; secondly, that initial form is exposed to a critique producing an intermediate version; thirdly, the intermediate framework is implemented in the case study company and further developed, based on the feedback, to give a concluding version. Finally, the concluding framework is validated by a panel of experts. Additionally, by reflecting on experience from the case with other data collected in the study, recommended guidelines for implementation are assembled. The principle contribution to theory is the bridging of the research gap identified by introducing a new framework that advances the understanding of the link between knowledge management and business process improvement. The study also contributes an extended design-based research methodology by incorporating the single case and validation phases. The contribution to practice is an implementable and effective framework which will help guide knowledge management support in knowledge-intensive organisations. Potential further research directions are suggested.
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Marshall, G. "Synthesis of project planning networks using an intelligent knowledge-based systems methodology." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1988. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384615.
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Chaudhry, Ijaz Ahmad. "Process planning system with finite element predictions for the cold forging of steel." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.281741.
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Darbyshire, I. "Development of EXCAP, an intelligent knowledge-based process-planning system for turned components." Thesis, University of Manchester, 1985. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.384405.
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Pugh-Newby, Norman A. "A validation study of the Knowledge Based Logistics Planning Shell using sensitivity analysis." Thesis, Monterey, Calif. : Springfield, Va. : Naval Postgraduate School ; Available from National Technical Information Service, 1994. http://handle.dtic.mil/100.2/ADA289770.
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Thesis (M.S. in Operations Research) Naval Postgraduate School, September 1994.Thesis advisor(s): Glenn F. Lindsay, M. P. Bailey. "September 1994." Includes bibliographical references. Also available online.
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Mahmood, Tariq. "Knowledge-based process planning and design system for the cold forging of steel." Thesis, Imperial College London, 1991. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.264352.
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Gulesin, Mahmut. "An intelligent knowledge based process planning and fixturing system using the step standard." Thesis, Coventry University, 1993. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.335330.
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Inkpen, Christopher John. "The application of Petri-nets and stochastic processes to knowledge based project planning." Thesis, University of Brighton, 1992. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.305771.
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Siddique, Mohammad. "A knowledge-based system for process planning in a seamless steel tube plant." Thesis, Aston University, 1990. http://publications.aston.ac.uk/11889/.
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The thesis describes the work carried out to develop a prototype knowledge-based system 'KBS-SETUPP' to generate process plans for the manufacture of seamless tubes. The work is specifically related to a plant in which hollows are made from solid billets using a rotary piercing process and then reduced to required size and finished properties using the fixed plug cold drawing process. The thesis first discusses various methods of tube production in order to give a general background of tube manufacture. Then a review of the automation of the process planning function is presented in terms of its basic sub-tasks and the techniques and suitability of a knowledge-based system is established. In the light of such a review and a case study, the process planning problem is formulated in the domain of seamless tube manufacture, its basic sub-tasks are identified and capabilities and constraints of the available equipment in the specific plant are established. The task of collecting and collating the process planning knowledge in seamless tube manufacture is discussed and is mostly fulfilled from domain experts, analysing of existing manufacturing records specific to plant, textbooks and applicable Standards. For the cold drawing mill, tube-drawing schedules have been rationalised to correspond with practice. The validation of such schedules has been achieved by computing the process parameters and then comparing these with the drawbench capacity to avoid over-loading. The existing models cannot be simulated in the computer program as such, therefore a mathematical model has been proposed which estimates the process parameters which are in close agreement with experimental values established by other researchers. To implement the concepts, a Knowledge-Based System 'KBS- SETUPP' has been developed on Personal Computer using Turbo- Prolog. The system is capable of generating process plans, production schedules and some additional capabilities to supplement process planning. The system generated process plans have been compared with the actual plans of the company and it has been shown that the results are satisfactory and encouraging and that the system has the capabilities which are useful.
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Khussainova, Gulmira. "Approaches to knowledge-light adaptation in case-based reasoning for radiotherapy treatment planning." Thesis, University of Nottingham, 2016. http://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/33110/.
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In radiotherapy, ionised radiation beams are used to destroy cancerous cells. A radiotherapy treatment plan needs to be created to deliver a sufficient radiation dose to cancerous cells while sparing nearby organs at risk and healthy tissue. The development of such a treatment plan is a time consuming trial and error process which can take from a few hours up to a few days. This thesis builds on the previously developed Case-Based Reasoning (CBR) system for radiotherapy treatment planning for brain cancer that was developed in collaboration with Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust, City Hospital Campus, UK. The original CBR system focused on the retrieval stage of CBR, where the most similar case was retrieved for the new patient case. The results obtained were promising but adaptation needed to be performed for them to be suitable for the new patient. Testing of the CBR system by medical physicists has revealed that some of the retrieved radiation beams were not suitable for the tumour position of the new cases and thus could not be used. To avoid this the clustering of cases by their tumour positions was implemented to only retrieve cases with similar tumour positions. The revised CBR system should now retrieve treatment plans with better suited beams. Adaptation requires a lot of domain knowledge which is often difficult to acquire. In this research we present adaptation approaches which are knowledge-light, i.e. they utilise knowledge available in the case base without requiring interaction with medical experts. Adaptation methods based on machine learning algorithms, in particular neural networks, the naive Bayes classifier, and support vector machines, were developed. Also, an adaptation-guided retrieval approach is presented, in which the case is retrieved only if it can be adapted. In addition, a pair of similar cases are retrieved with it, which guide the adaptation process. The developed knowledge-light adaptation methods have improved the results of the original CBR system. In addition, the proposed adaptation methods are general and could be used in domains where the available amount of knowledge is limited.
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Nadarajan, Gayathri. "Semantics and planning based workflow composition and execution for video processing." Thesis, University of Edinburgh, 2011. http://hdl.handle.net/1842/4757.
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Traditional workflow systems have several drawbacks, e.g. in their inabilities to rapidly react to changes, to construct workflow automatically (or with user involvement) and to improve performance autonomously (or with user involvement) in an incremental manner according to specified goals. Overcoming these limitations would be highly beneficial for complex domains where such adversities are exhibited. Video processing is one such domain that increasingly requires attention as larger amounts of images and videos are becoming available to persons who are not technically adept in modelling the processes that are involved in constructing complex video processing workflows. Conventional video and image processing systems, on the other hand, are developed by programmers possessing image processing expertise. These systems are tailored to produce highly specialised hand-crafted solutions for very specific tasks, making them rigid and non-modular. The knowledge-based vision community have attempted to produce more modular solutions by incorporating ontologies. However, they have not been maximally utilised to encompass aspects such as application context descriptions (e.g. lighting and clearness effects) and qualitative measures. This thesis aims to tackle some of the research gaps yet to be addressed by the workflow and knowledge-based image processing communities by proposing a novel workflow composition and execution approach within an integrated framework. This framework distinguishes three levels of abstraction via the design, workflow and processing layers. The core technologies that drive the workflow composition mechanism are ontologies and planning. Video processing problems provide a fitting domain for investigating the effectiveness of this integratedmethod as tackling such problems have not been fully explored by the workflow, planning and ontological communities despite their combined beneficial traits to confront this known hard problem. In addition, the pervasiveness of video data has proliferated the need for more automated assistance for image processing-naive users, but no adequate support has been provided as of yet. A video and image processing ontology that comprises three sub-ontologies was constructed to capture the goals, video descriptions and capabilities (video and image processing tools). The sub-ontologies are used for representation and inference. In particular, they are used in conjunction with an enhanced Hierarchical Task Network (HTN) domain independent planner to help with performance-based selection of solution steps based on preconditions, effects and postconditions. The planner, in turn, makes use of process models contained in a process library when deliberating on the steps and then consults the capability ontology to retrieve a suitable tool at each step. Two key features of the planner are the ability to support workflow execution (interleaves planning with execution) and can perform in automatic or semi-automatic (interactive) mode. The first feature is highly desirable for video processing problems because execution of image processing steps yield visual results that are intuitive and verifiable by the human user, as automatic validation is non trivial. In the semiautomaticmode, the planner is interactive and prompts the user tomake a tool selection when there is more than one tool available to perform a task. The user makes the tool selection based on the recommended descriptions provided by the workflow system. Once planning is complete, the result of applying the tool of their choice is presented to the user textually and visually for verification. This plays a pivotal role in providing the user with control and the ability to make informed decisions. Hence, the planner extends the capabilities of typical planners by guiding the user to construct more optimal solutions. Video processing problems can also be solved in more modular, reusable and adaptable ways as compared to conventional image processing systems. The integrated approach was evaluated on a test set consisting of videos originating from open sea environment of varying quality. Experiments to evaluate the efficiency, adaptability to user’s changing needs and user learnability of this approach were conducted on users who did not possess image processing expertise. The findings indicate that using this integrated workflow composition and execution method: 1) provides a speed up of over 90% in execution time for video classification tasks using full automatic processing compared to manual methods without loss of accuracy; 2) is more flexible and adaptable in response to changes in user requests (be it in the task, constraints to the task or descriptions of the video) than modifying existing image processing programs when the domain descriptions are altered; 3) assists the user in selecting optimal solutions by providing recommended descriptions.
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Lambourn, S. J. "Knowledge-based generation of 3-D model databases of urban scenes." Thesis, University of Sussex, 1996. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.321475.
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Yeung, Kin-ho, and 楊建豪. "Power-knowledge in district-based planning : the case of regeneration in Kowloon City District." Thesis, The University of Hong Kong (Pokfulam, Hong Kong), 2014. http://hdl.handle.net/10722/206568.
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For the past decade, Hong Kong’s redevelopment strategy has been dictated by property-led urban regeneration. This approach is highly controversial as it often neglects the voices of people in the plan-making process. The growing desire for transparency and public involvement in the city’s governance system prompted the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (HKSAR) Government to introduce broad-based public engagement (PE) procedures to its institutional framework. In 2011, the new Urban Renewal Strategy (URS) endorsed a “People First, Districtbased, Public Participatory” approach to strengthen urban renewal at the district-level. Subsequently, the pilot District Urban Renewal Forum (DURF) was established in Kowloon City (KC) to foster a bottom-up, district-based approach to urban regeneration planning.
This change in Hong Kong’s urban regeneration strategy is highly relevant to Foucault’s concept of governmentality that emphasize on how contemporary arrangements and structures are developed to govern society, which raise important questions when it comes to the distribution of power and knowledge in the planmaking process. Foucault argued that knowledge is power and vice versa, but it is rather difficult to determine where power truly resides in the plan-making process. This dissertation will examine the power-knowledge nexus in the first pilot KC DURF programme, and analyze whether the newly implemented procedures will set unprecedented improvements in carrying out urban regeneration.
Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan in Kowloon City District are chosen as case studies to investigate whether the proposed mitigation measures in the URP for KC could truly respond to residents and key stakeholders’ concerns, needs and aspirations, which are key knowledge inputs documented in the Planning Study (PS), Social Impact Assessments (SIA) and PE Reports. The issues of incompatible land uses in Hung Hom and To Kwa Wan sub-districts demonstrate that key public comments advocating for stronger social renewal initiatives are clearly neglected in the URP for KC. Despite efforts to promote a people-centred model, the analysis reveals that power derives from two main sources: the existing power structures of the KC DURF within Hong Kong’s current top-down institutional framework and authorized knowledge, i.e. situated knowledge generated from dialogues of engagement activities.
The study further reveals important gaps between the nexus of power and knowledge in the pilot KC DURF framework where authorized knowledge is identified as an exploit of professional knowledge to justify the rationality of powerholders in districtbased planning. To justify discrepancy between the initial aspirations from the local community and the mitigation measures proposed in the final plan, responses from government officials are provided to rationalize what is deemed acceptable based on a rigid set of values and requirements set out in the existing institutional framework. The DURF is, nonetheless, a form of governmentality; and the incompetence for key stakeholders to affect plan-making decisions asserts the limits of power for the layman citizen. These factors subsequently contribute to the loopholes in the pilot KC DURF programme.published_or_final_version
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Grigoriou, Konstantinos. "Essays on the micro-foundations of the knowledge-based view: human capital, knowledge networks and innovation strategy." Diss., Georgia Institute of Technology, 2012. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/44892.
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I look at knowledge networks emerging through individual collaboration within incumbent firms and I make an effort to identify individual roles that are driving a number of meaningful firm-level innovation-related outcomes. I document how certain individuals occupy such positions in their firms' knowledge network that equip them with unique blends of human and social capital, thus making them consequential for the innovative performance of the system as a whole. Integrators are the actors with an extraordinarily large and dense network of different collaborators. Connectors are the individuals who collaborate with others across diverse knowledge areas and clusters. Isolates are actors who are productive while remaining relatively unconnected and independent. I find that relational stars (i.e. integrators and connectors) positively affect their organization's quantity and quality of inventive output. On the other hand, I find that it is isolates and star inventors who positively affect inventive productivity. I find that individuals with extreme patterns of collaborative behavior (either local or distant) facilitate exploration and that productive isolates drive exploitation. In addition, I find that organizational ambidexterity can be attained by having individuals who can simultaneously explore and exploit or by increasing the connectedness between exploratory and exploitative activities. Finally, I find that knowledge boundary choices are also affected by internal organization and human resource attributes.
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Wondoloski, Karen M. "A knowledge-based cell controller and its integration in a manufacturing system." Thesis, Georgia Institute of Technology, 1992. http://hdl.handle.net/1853/23341.
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Cordeiro, Weverton Luis da Costa. "ChangeLedge : change design and planning in networked systems based on reuse of knowledge and automation." reponame:Biblioteca Digital de Teses e Dissertações da UFRGS, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10183/26501.
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A gerência adequada de recursos e serviços de Tecnologia da Informação (TI) se tornou imperativa para o sucesso de organizações modernas. A Biblioteca de Infraestrutura de Tecnologia da Informação (Information Technology Infrastructure Library, ITIL) representa, nesse contexto, o framework mais popular para ajudar a alcançar esse fim. Para lidar com mudanças em TI, a ITIL define o processo de gerência de mudanças (change management), cujo principal objetivo é garantir que métodos e procedimentos padronizados são utilizados para o tratamento imediato e eficiente dessas mudanças. Para alcançar esse objetivo, é fundamental reutilizar a experiência adquirida com mudanças passadas no projeto de requisições futuras. A ITIL sugere o uso de modelos de mudanças (change models) como uma forma para permitir o reuso de tal experiência em mudanças recorrentes e similares. A criação de modelos de mudanças pode ser concretizada considerando duas abordagens distintas. Em uma abordagem top-down, operadores de TI podem projetar os modelos manualmente, com base no conhecimento adquirido no passado. Em uma perspectiva alternativa, bottom-up, esses modelos poderiam ser extraídos a partir de traços de mudanças passadas obtidos com orquestradores de mudanças. Na prática, no entanto, mudanças tem sido geralmente descritas e documentadas de forma ad hoc, devido `a falta de mecanismos adequados para apoiar o projeto das mesmas. Isso impede que o conhecimento adquirido na especificação, planejamento e condução de mudanças passadas seja reutilizado em requisições futuras. Para abordar esse problema, nesta dissertação são propostos (i ) o conceito de templates de mudança como um mecanismo para formalizar, preservar, e (re)usar conhecimento na especificação de mudanças recorrentes e similares, (ii ) um algoritmo para o refinamento automatizado de planos de mudanças em workflows executáveis, (iii ) um mecanismo para extrair templates de mudanças a partir de traços de execuções passadas, e (iv) uma solução fim-a-fim, apoiada por um sistema real, para permitir o planejamento e implantação de mudanças em TI. Para provar conceito e viabilidade técnica da solução proposta, foi realizada uma implementação prototípica de um sistema de gerência de mudanças chamado ChangeLedge, o qual foi utilizado para conduzir uma série de experimentos considerando mudanças típicas em TI. Os resultados alcançados indicam a efetividade da solução e eficiência do sistema, o qual é capaz de gerar planos de mudança executáveis e corretos em um período de tempo substancialmente menor que o que seria gasto por um operador humano experiente, e de extrair templates que descrevem com acurácia mudanças passadas executadas na organização.Proper management of Information Technology (IT) resources and services has become imperative for the success of modern organizations. The IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) represents, in this context, the most widely accepted framework to help achieve this end. In order to deal with IT changes, ITIL defines the change management process, whose main goal is to ensure that standardized methods and procedures are used for the efficient and prompt handling of these changes. To meet this goal, it is of paramount importance reusing the experience acquired from previous changes in the design of subsequent ones. ITIL suggests the use of change models as a mean of enabling the reuse of such experience across recorrent, similar changes. The creation of change models can be done considering two distinct approaches. In a top-down approach, IT operators may manually design models based on the knowledge owned/acquired in the past. In contrast, in a bottom-up perspective, these models could be discovered from past execution traces gathered from IT provisioning tools. In practice, however, changes have been usually described and documented in an ad hoc fashion, due to the lack of proper mechanisms to both support the change design process. This hampers knowledge acquired when specifying, planning, and carrying out previous changes to be reused in subsequent requests. To address this problem, in this thesis we propose (i ) the concept of change templates as a mechanism to formalize, preserve, and (re)use knowledge in the specification of (recurrent and similar) IT changes, (ii ) an algorithm for the automated refinement of change plans into actionable workflows, (iii ) a mechanism to discover change templates from traces of past changes, and (iv) an end-to-end solution, supported by a real system, to allow planning and implementation of IT changes to be designed and executed. To prove concept and technical feasibility of the proposed solution, we have developed a prototypical implementation of a change management system called ChangeLedge and used it to carry out a set of experiments, considering typical IT changes. The results obtained indicate the effectiveness of the solution and efficiency of the system, which is able to generate accurate and actionable change plans in substantially less time than would be spent by a skilled human operator, and to extract templates that accurately describe IT change procedures previously executed in the organization.
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Law, Hang-Wai. "Knowledge-based computer-aided process planning system for the manufacture of bare printed circuit board." Thesis, Loughborough University, 1994. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/27414.
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This thesis focuses on the use of a knowledge-based computer aided system for the task of bare printed circuit board (PCB) process planning. To achieve this task, a knowledge-based computer system has been developed in which process plans can be generated automatically. The planning decisions are based on board requirements, customer general specifications and product quality standards.
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Saad, Aslina. "A case-based system for lesson plan construction." Thesis, Loughborough University, 2011. https://dspace.lboro.ac.uk/2134/8794.
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Planning for teaching imposes a significant burden on teachers, as teachers need to prepare different lesson plans for different classes according to various constraints. Statistical evidence shows that lesson planning in the Malaysian context is done in isolation and lesson plan sharing is limited. The purpose of this thesis is to investigate whether a case-based system can reduce the time teachers spend on constructing lesson plans. A case-based system was designed SmartLP. In this system, a case consists of a problem description and solution pair and an attributevalue representation for the case is used. SmartLP is a synthesis type of CBR system which attempts to create a new solution by combining parts of previous solutions in the adaptation. Five activities in the CBR cycle retrieve, reuse, revise, review and retain are created via three types of design: application, architectural and user interface. The inputs are the requirements and constraints of the curriculum and the student facilities available, and the output is the solution, i.e. appropriate elements of a lesson plan. The retrieval module consists of five types of search advanced search, hierarchical, Boolean, basic and browsing. Solving a problem in this system involves obtaining a problem description, measuring the similarity of the current problem to previous problems stored in a database, retrieving one or more similar cases and attempting to reuse the solution of the retrieved cases, possibly after adaptation. Case adaptation for multiple lesson plans helps teachers to customise the retrieved plan to suit their constraints. This is followed by case revision, which allows users to access and revise their constructed lesson plans in the system. Validation mechanisms, through case verification, ensure that the retained cases are of quality. A formative study was conducted to investigate the effects of SmartLP on performance. The study revealed that all the lesson plans constructed with SmartLP assistance took significantly less time than the control lesson plans constructed without SmartLP assistance, although they might have access to computers and other tools. No significant difference in writing quality, measured by a scoring system, was noticed for the control group, who constructed lesson plans on the same tasks without receiving any assistance. The limitations of SmartLP are indicated and the focus of further research is proposed. Keywords: Case-based system, CBR approach, knowledge acquisition, knowledge representation, case representation, evaluation, lesson planning.
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Sjö, Kristoffer. "Semantics and Implementation of Knowledge Operators in Approximate Databases." Thesis, Linköping University, Department of Computer and Information Science, 2004. http://urn.kb.se/resolve?urn=urn:nbn:se:liu:diva-2438.
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In order that epistemic formulas might be coupled with approximate databases, it is necessary to have a well-defined semantics for the knowledge operator and a method of reducing epistemic formulas to approximate formulas. In this thesis, two possible definitions of a semantics for the knowledge operator are proposed for use together with an approximate relational database:
* One based upon logical entailment (being the dominating notion of knowledge in literature); sound and complete rules for reduction to approximate formulas are explored and found not to be applicable to all formulas.
* One based upon algorithmic computability (in order to be practically feasible); the correspondence to the above operator on the one hand, and to the deductive capability of the agent on the other hand, is explored.
Also, an inductively defined semantics for a"know whether"-operator, is proposed and tested. Finally, an algorithm implementing the above is proposed, carried out using Java, and tested.
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Al-Bizri, Salam. "Design management plan generator(DMPG), knowledge based system for planning the design processes in the construction industry." Thesis, University of Reading, 1995. http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.302008.
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Mekonnen, Gebrekiduce Carleton University Dissertation Management Studies. ""A Knowledge-based decision support system for planning reforestation projects in developing countries; a geographic information system."." Ottawa, 1996.
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Ramos-Maltés, Ana Lorena. "The implementation of the triple helix model of industry-university-government relations in Puerto Rico to promote knowledge-based regional economic development." Thesis, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/59765.
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Thesis (M.C.P. and S.B. in Planning)--Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dept. of Urban Studies and Planning, 2010.Cataloged from PDF version of thesis.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 78-84).
Puerto Rico, an island in the Caribbean, has long sought to develop a high-tech economy and has struggled in the process. Two initiatives, Puerto Rico TechnoEconomic Corridor (PRTEC) and the Eastern Central Technological Initiative (INTECO) seek to encourage local firm formation, attract foreign capital, and improve infrastructure to develop a high-tech economy and an innovation culture in the island. The efforts of the initiatives focus on cooperation from the private sector, the government, and academia. Henry Etzkowitz's triple helix model of university-industry-government relations explains the synergies and organizational infrastructure needed to ensure a sustainable economic growth based on technology and innovation. This thesis focuses on the two initiatives in Puerto Rico whose goal is to promote a high-tech economy in the island. The analysis focuses on the initiatives' relationship with the triple helix's three sectors and how they have been working together to achieve their goals. While the initiatives have made significant progress in firm formation through incubators and community outreach programs to educate about technology, organizational barriers such as lack of transparency in the local grant seeking process and the lack of an entrepreneurial culture have not allowed the initiatives to solidify themselves as the generators of the new knowledge-based economy in Puerto Rico.
by Ana Lorena Ramos-Maltés.
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Byers, Leigh. "Succession Planning Strategies of Faith-Based, Nonprofit Leaders of the Boomer Generation." ScholarWorks, 2016. https://scholarworks.waldenu.edu/dissertations/2251.
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Formal succession planning strategies for retiring Baby Boomer generation of leaders in nonprofit organizations (NPOs) are nonexistent in many NPOs, including faith-based NPOs. Top NPO leaders possess vital organizational knowledge and experience. The lack of strategic succession planning adversely affects organizational sustainability and mission fulfillment. Guided by the conceptual framework of knowledge transfer, the current study supplies a description of succession planning strategies used in faith-based organizations that have Boomer leaders. This multiple case study included 3 faith-based NPOs in Miami-Dade and Broward Counties in Florida and their top-level leaders. They supplied descriptions of formal succession planning strategies through semistructured interviews and through related organizational documents. An inductive analysis of the data revealed that (a) key leaders were the initiators for developing a strategic plan for succession, (b) boards of directors were critical to the process, and (c) leadership transition, planned or unplanned, required preparation and documented policies that must be reviewed at regular intervals. Leadership development is a valuable practice, which contributes to succession planning strategy. Influential leaders and board members of NPOs may receive inspiration to engage in succession planning strategies to maintain capable and prepared leaders at the top levels of the organizations as a means to ensure organizational sustainability and mission fulfillment. Positive social change happens in communities by encouraging a positive societal culture and identity through uninterrupted NPO services and programs. Improving the lives of community members enhances the communities in which they live.
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Rogers, Ray Charles. "A study of 3-D visualization and knowledge-based mission planning and control for the NPS Model 2 Autonomous Underwater Vehicle." Thesis, Monterey, California. Naval Postgraduate School, 1989. http://hdl.handle.net/10945/27291.
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Rahman, Jabed Ahmed. "Knowledge-based trade, technical change and location environment : the case of small and medium sized enterprises engaged in advanced producer software services in the South East region." Thesis, University College London (University of London), 2005. http://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/1228/.
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Technical change is the driving force behind modern economic competitiveness and the evolution of enterprise and industry. The process, however, is not insular; in particular the location environment is regarded as a key component of how technical change is derived, implemented and diffused. This research study explores this assumption in relation to knowledge-based trade via small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs) engaged in the development of advanced producer service (APS) software in the South East Region (SER), a region that has been identified as being post-industrial in character and knowledge-based. As a result of the intangible nature of technical change associated with knowledge-based trade, the research objective is not only to understand the supply architecture, i.e. the location environment in the context of operation and trade, but also interaction including tacit knowledge transfer. This research study employs an interdisciplinary set of approaches including geography, economics, sociology and organisational management. It also takes a bottom-up research approach via use of a qualitative format to analyse the interrelationship between location environment and technical change. Whilst the evidence gathered suggests that agglomeration economies are important both in terms of demand and supply hierarchy, this also inhibits wider opportunities for technical change within the region. Established firms within the survey knew in general where and how to get appropriate knowledge and skills advice. In fact they were in a far better position than public referral entities because of their involvement and awareness of their own specific technologies and markets. Rather than attempt to go against the entrepreneurial nature found within SER (which is a key driver of endogenous growth and competitiveness), what emerges is the need to facilitate greater knowledge interaction, but in a way that does not seek to directly intervene, to impose unsustainable network or partnership structures. Further, the study suggests that development bodies should take a greater interest in the process of knowledge translations and incorporations, particularly using the ‘actor-network’ theory approach to map regional knowledge dynamics.
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Handtrack, Christian. "Aude sapere - knowledge management and its implications for strategic management in organisations : an analysis of small and medium enterprises in New Zealand and the United Kingdom based on an original knowledge management model." Diss., Lincoln University, 2009. http://hdl.handle.net/10182/1089.
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This study set out to provide important empirical evidence on the role of knowledge management (KM) within Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in New Zealand and the United Kingdom and to explore how such companies handle their planning and strategic choices. In today’s knowledge economies the management of knowledge has become vital. In the context of SMEs, this is even more critical because they often operate under difficult conditions and are subject to global pressures from large corporations and demanding customers. In spite of the significance of SMEs as essential for any nation’s growth and success, and even though many scholars and business managers claim that knowledge management is highly relevant for SMEs, there has been little research about this concept in SMEs, in general, and in New Zealand, in particular. The few studies in the literature conclude that this concept is mostly neglected by SMEs even though it is vital and has high potential benefits for them. A quantitative research method approach was adopted. Self-completion questionnaires were sent to the senior management of firms with 100 employees or less, from a cross-section of industries. As part of this process an original knowledge management model was developed. The basic research questions were deduced from this model and the items in the questionnaire were created to answer these research questions. In New Zealand, a total of 417 SMEs were contacted by mail and 180 useable questionnaires were returned. In the United Kingdom, 1268 SMEs were contacted and 241 useable responses were received. The response rates of 43.2% in New Zealand, of 19% for the United Kingdom and of 25% in total, are satisfactory. Therefore, the basis of this study was a large (421 responses) and high quality transnational sample, which allowed for sound quantitative analyses. The claim by previous researchers that knowledge management in the SME sector is not yet fully developed appears to be supported by the results of this research. The large majority of respondents regard themselves as not familiar enough with the concept of knowledge management to actually benefit from it in practice. Even though the respondents in both countries seem to appreciate knowledge management as a relevant and useful concept with potential, many do not seem to be sufficiently informed about this concept. Few have a knowledge management initiative in place or are planning or in the process of setting up one. The responses, which vary little between the two sub-samples, point to a short-term rather than a long-term management perspective being dominant. Major barriers in terms of the deliberate creation and sharing of knowledge are a lack of time and higher importance given to daily operational activities. The respondents - predominantly senior managers - indicate that they primarily consider themselves to be responsible for ensuring that knowledge is captured and shared and relatively little responsibility is given to other employees or specialists. SMEs do apply several aspects of knowledge management, however, this is generally informal and with an operational rather than a strategic focus. From the responses it is apparent that knowledge is shared internally mostly via people-based mechanisms. More advanced measures such as the systematic collection, organisation and storage of knowledge are less common. The results indicate a number of differences between the respondents. In this regard it is most evident that the more familiar respondents are with the concept of knowledge management the more proactive they are in terms of managing knowledge on an operational and strategic level. This transnational research strongly links knowledge management to strategy and it clarifies how this concept can impact the formulation of strategy and the strategic competence of SMEs. Therefore, the results add new knowledge to the areas of SME research and strategic knowledge management.
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Strehmann, Jan. "Europäische Metropolregionen in der Wissensgesellschaft : strategische Stadt- und Regionalentwicklung in Wien, Berlin und London." Master's thesis, Universität Potsdam, 2008. http://opus.kobv.de/ubp/volltexte/2010/4462/.
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Die Wissensgesellschaft gilt spätestens seit der im Jahr 2000 durch die EU propagierten Lissabon-Strategie als Strategie der europäischen Städte und Regionen zu mehr Wachstum und Beschäftigung. Die Masterarbeit „Europäische Metropolregionen in der Wissensgesellschaft“ greift dieses Leitbild auf und untersucht anhand der Metropolregionen Wien, Berlin und London inwieweit sich das Thema Wissen in den strategischen Planungsdokumenten der Metropolregionen wieder findet. Die Untersuchung erfolgt anhand von entwickelten Handlungsfeldern einer wissensbasierten Entwicklung von Metropolregionen. Neben den Themen Hochqualifizierte Arbeitskräfte und Wissensinfrastrukturen spielt insbesondere die räumliche Nähe eine entscheidende Rolle für regionale Innovationssysteme. Durch Kompetenzfelder und Netzwerkstrukturen an bestimmten Wissensstandorten lassen sich durch regionale Wirtschaftsförderung Clusterungen stimulieren.
Anhand des Beispiels Wien wird vertiefend untersucht, ob sich die in den Strategiedokumenten (Strategieplan 2004, Stadtentwicklungsplan 2005, Wiener Strategie für Forschung, Technologie und Innovation 2007) beschlossenen Ziele auch durch Maßnahmen der Stadtentwicklung und Wirtschaftsförderung wieder finden. Darüber hinaus werden insbesondere die unterschiedlichen Governance-Ebenen der Metropolregion und ihr Beitrag zur Förderung der einzelnen Handlungsfelder analysiert.
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Zundel, Bryan Christopher. "Explore, develop, innovate!: urban development for innovation economies." Kansas State University, 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/2097/15689.
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Master of Landscape ArchitectureDepartment of Landscape Architecture/Regional and Community Planning
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Some cities target innovation to bolster their economy, because it drives economic growth. An emerging trend is to use urban regeneration to accomplish this desire. However, lack of understanding about land development effects on innovation is a major concern. Such uncertainty makes it difficult to create visions, plans, and designs for these environments. A major dilemma presents itself. In what way do urban designers develop innovation economies and what confidence can they have in those roles considering the lack of evidence about urban sites within larger innovation systems? In response to the dilemma, this research documents projects facilitating innovation in local economies. A catalog was the tool for exploring characteristics of these places and their connections to economic systems. The catalog acts as a decision framework by displaying these relationships through a goal, objective, and tactic hierarchy. This format illustrates how site-level decisions impact specific parts of the economy. By using the catalog, planners and designers may guide innovation through urban development. To accomplish this, developments must draw talented people with creative ideas and organizations willing to invest in those ideas. When synergies form between these groups, new goods and services become available. To build this innovative milieu, planners and designers EXPLORE regional and site-based opportunities to determine the tactics they utilize. Next, they DEVELOP plans for the places desired by and required for people who INNOVATE. These findings collectively instill confidence in the roles of planners and designers in their quest to cultivate innovative environments.
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Kwinda, Pfanani Charlotte. "Development and implementation of nutrion strategies to improve the application of a food-based dietary guideline for use by créche caregivers in Thulamela Limpopo Province, South Africa." Diss., University of Pretoria, 2010. http://hdl.handle.net/2263/25897.
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Many of the world’s children, particularly those living in developing countries, subsist on diets that seldom vary and often do not allow for an adequate intake of the complete range of nutrients required for healthy living. Of concern is the absence of regular consumption of fresh vegetables and fruit that provide vitamin A which, if deficient, impairs children’s growth and development. In South Africa about 21% of children under the age of six years attend crèche facilities on a daily basis. The nutritional state of meals provided to children at many crèches tends to lack micronutrients, particularly vitamin A. Vitamin A deficiency is the main nutritional problem facing crèche children in South Africa today. Underlying causes are unsatisfactory diets restricted in variety and minimal knowledge of optimal dietary practices, a situation exacerbated by a high incidence of food insecurity. Limpopo is a province seriously affected by vitamin A deficiency. A South African study, based on a quantitative research paradigm, was undertaken (April-September 2007) in Thulamela municipality with the aim of developing and implementing nutrition strategies to improve crèche children’s consumption of vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruit, as advocated by an officially recognised food-based dietary guideline. Through convenience sampling, 100 caregivers from 20 crèches in the study area responded to questionnaires and participated in a game. Ongoing observation continued. Information about the participants, their nutrition knowledge and the meals provided was collected following the triple-A cycle approach (assessment, analysis and action). The research process was structured in three phases. Phase one involved a situational assessment and analysis that provided baseline information. Limitations contributing to the problem under investigation were identified and data showed that the children’s intake of vitamin A from vegetables and fruit at crèches was low. This was found to be due to a lack of knowledge and information about vitamin A, coupled with the unavailability and inaccessibility of food primarily due to non-production and affordability. Food preparation, storage and preservation also posed challenges to caregivers. Using evidence from documented studies and the findings from phase one, nutrition strategies were developed and implemented in phase two. Caregivers were shown how to increase the availability and use of foods rich in vitamin A and were encouraged to grow, and use, both cultivated and non-cultivated vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruit. Furthermore, the concept of the food-based dietary guideline “eat plenty of vegetables and fruits everyday” was introduced to the caregivers and became part of the developed nutrition strategies. Follow-up data collected in phase three showed substantial advancement in caregivers’ knowledge and skills. Access, availability and utilisation of vitamin A-rich vegetables and fruit had improved markedly. Flourishing vegetable gardens, planned menus and well prepared meals were concrete evidence, and vegetables and fruit were more frequently served to children. Implementation of the developed nutrition strategies epitomised the envisaged outcome of this study. Based on the research results, important recommendations are made to enhance the appropriate consumption of vegetables and fruit rich in vitamin A, leading to a reduction in disease and death caused by vitamin A deficiency among children.Dissertation (MConsumer Science)--University of Pretoria, 2010.
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Jin, Zhengyue. "Development of a transparent knowledge-based spatial decision support system for decentralised stormwater management planning case study ; selection of on-site stormwater management measures for urban catchments ; Chemnitz and Emscher Region, Germany /." [S.l.] : [s.n.], 2005. http://deposit.ddb.de/cgi-bin/dokserv?idn=97980907X.
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Seoudi, Iman A. "The Resource Capability Competence Perspective in Strategic Management: A Re-Appraisal of the Epistemological and Theoretical Foundations." Cleveland, Ohio : Case Western Reserve University, 2009. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=case1230652283.
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Thesis (Ph.D.)--Case Western Reserve University, 2008Ecomonics Department, Weatherhead School of Management Abstract Title from OhioLINK abstract screen (viewed on 10 April 2009) Available online via the OhioLINK ETD Center