Journal article
A Generic Design Environment for the Rural Industry Knowledge Acquisition
Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol.21(8), pp.892-899
2008
Abstract
This paper describes a new knowledge acquisition method using a generic design environment where context-sensitive knowledge is used to build specific DSS for rural business. Although standard knowledge acquisition methods have been applied in rural business applications, uptake remains low and familiar weaknesses such as obsolescence and brittleness apply. We describe a decision support system (DSS) building environment where contextual factors relevant to the end-users are directly taken into consideration. This "end user enabled design environment" (EUEDE) engages both domain experts in creating an expert knowledge-base and business operators/end users (such as farmers) in using this knowledge for building their specific DSS. We document the knowledge organisation for the problem domain, namely a dairy industry application. This development involved a case study research approach used to explore both dairy operational knowledge parameters and to generate heuristic-based rules. The parameters and rules were subsequently used in building the knowledge ontology for generating specific systems. End users can tailor their decision-making requirements using their own judgement to build specific DSSs. In a specific end user's farming context, each specific DSS provides expert suggestions to assist farmers in improving their farming practice. The paper also shows the environment's generic capability.
Details
- Title
- A Generic Design Environment for the Rural Industry Knowledge Acquisition
- Authors
- Shah J Miah (Author) - Griffith UniversityDon Kerr (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of BusinessJ G Gammack (Author) - Griffith UniversityT Cowan (Author) - Queensland Department of Primary Industries and Fisheries
- Publication details
- Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol.21(8), pp.892-899
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Date published
- 2008
- DOI
- 10.1016/j.knosys.2008.03.054
- ISSN
- 0950-7051
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2008. This manuscript version is made available under the CC-BY-NC-ND 4.0 license http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
- Organisation Unit
- University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland; USC Business School - Legacy
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99449697602621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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