Access Algorithms and Data Structures Underlying a Distributed Knowledge Base
Paper presents the algorithms and data structure schemes to be used for knowledge storage and processing by various ICONS components and discusses the algorithms as they appeared through theoretical and experimental studies. By Witold Litwin and Gera
http://www.icons.rodan.pl/docs/ICONS_WP5_T1_D18_0105.pdfAuthority in the Context of Distributed Knowledge
Paper discusses the role of authority as a coordination mechanism under conditions of distributed knowledge as well as other issues of economic organization. By Kirsten Foss and Nicolai J. Foss. [PDF]
http://www.druid.dk/wp/pdf_files/03-08.pdf
Can Knowledge be Distributed? The Dynamics of Knowledge in Interdisciplinary Alliances
Research project focuses on six scientific research teams and the ways in which their group history, communications infrastructure, and knowledge interrelate. Features references.
http://archive.ncsa.uiuc.edu/edu/dk/
Distributed Knowledge Modeling through the World Wide Web
Article reports on the development of knowledge modeling tools operating through the web to support knowledge acquisition, representation and inference through semantic networks and repertory grids. By Mildred L. G. Shaw and Brian R. Gaines.
http://ksi.cpsc.ucalgary.ca/articles/AAAI96/KMWWW/KMWWW.html
Distributed Knowledge Research Collaborative
Multidisciplinary group dedicated to the study of how knowledge is produced, shared, negotiated and co-constructed within distributed communities and the way in which technologies support these exchanges. Features links and tools.
http://www3.isrl.uiuc.edu/~dlinderm/cilbuilder/out.php?cilid=40
Dynamic Knowledge Communities Initiative
An open source initiative intended to be used to network personal and community knowledge. Features project overview, documentation, news, and contact details.
http://www.newmediacenters.org/projects/dkc/index.shtml
Infrastructures, Incentives and Institutions: Fostering Distributed Knowledge Bases for the Learning Society
Paper describes a conceptual understanding of the relationship between learning and knowledge accumulation and suggests that diversified systems must be able to cope with the need to produce policies that nurture the learning society. By Pedro Concei
http://in3.dem.ist.utl.pt/laboratories/pdf/2_5.pdf
Kind Theory and Distributed Knowledge Capture
Paper summarizes kind theory and its use in the Jiki for distributed knowledge capture. By Joseph R. Kiniry. [PDF]
http://kind.cs.kun.nl/~kiniry/papers/dc-kcap.pdf
Knowledge and Distributed Intelligence
A multidisciplinary National Science Foundation program with three foci: Knowledge Networking, Learning and Intelligent Systems, and New Computational Challenges.
http://www.ehr.nsf.gov/kdi/
Peer-Mediated Distributed Knowledge Management
Paper propose a peer-to-peer architecture which embodies the KEx principle. By Matteo Bonifacio, Paolo Bouquet, Gianluca Mameli and Michele Nori. [PDF]
http://eprints.biblio.unitn.it/archive/00000426/01/032.pdf
The Distributed Knowledge Project
Researches the electronic venue as a workspace and social process arena for communities and organizations. Features a listserv index.
http://www.yorku.ca/dkproj/
Web Epistemology - The Web as Distributed Knowledge
Discusses the importance of the epistemic impact of the Web. Features bibliography.
http://webepistemology.org/
Working in Virtual Teams: Overcoming Time and Geography?
Section from a management information systems course on virtual teams as task-based groups that use technology to overcome some of the frictions of time and geography.
http://www-users.cs.york.ac.uk/~kimble/teaching/mis/Distributed_Team_Work.html
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