Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing (eBook)

Jaume Agusti-Cullell, Flavio Soares Correa da Silva (Autoren)

Mary E. James (Herausgeber)

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2008 | 1. Auflage
296 Seiten
Elsevier Science (Verlag)
978-0-08-056990-1 (ISBN)

Infos

Except from the Foreword
The stated aim of the book series Capturing Intelligence is to publish books on research from all disciplines dealing with and affecting the issue of understanding and reproducing intelligence artificial systems. Of course, much of the work done in the past decades in this area has been of a highly technical nature, varying from hardware design for robots, software design for intelligent agents, and formal logic for reasoning.

It is therefore very refreshing to see Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing. This is a courageous book indeed. It is not afraid to tackle the Big Issues: notions such as information, knowledge, information system, information flow, collaborative problem solving, and ontological reasoning. All of these notions are crucial to our understanding of intelligence and our building of intelligent artificial systems, but all too often, these Big Issues are hidden behind the curtains while the technical topics take center stage.

AI has a rich history of philosophical books that have chosen a non-standard structure and narrative. It is nice to see that the authors have succeeded into combining a non-standard approach to deep questions with a non-standard format, resulting in a highly interesting volume.
Frank van Harmelen, Series Editor

Excerpt from the Introduction
Our interest is to promote, through a better and deeper understanding of the notions of information and knowledge, a better and deeper critical understanding of information technology as situated in the full range of human activities, assuming as a principle that this range of activities cannot be properly appreciated when it is reduced to the simplified means-end schema proposed by Technology. We invite the reader to build his/her own points of view about these notions, considering our propositions as a starting point for a critical analysis and discussion of these points. With that, we believe we are contributing to a better understanding of the impact of technology - and particularly of Information Technology - in everyday life.
Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, Jaume Agusti-Cullell

*Bridges the gap between the technological and philosophical aspects of information technology
*Gives both professionals and academics a philosophical foundation of IT so they can better understand their own discliplines
*Sheds light on a part of IT which is often overshadowed by its technical counterparts

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Except from the ForewordThe stated aim of the book series "e;Capturing Intelligence"e; is to publish books on research from all disciplines dealing with and affecting the issue of understanding and reproducing intelligence artificial systems. Of course, much of the work done in the past decades in this area has been of a highly technical nature, varying from hardware design for robots, software design for intelligent agents, and formal logic for reasoning.It is therefore very refreshing to see Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing. This is a courageous book indeed. It is not afraid to tackle the Big Issues: notions such as information, knowledge, information system, information flow, collaborative problem solving, and ontological reasoning. All of these notions are crucial to our understanding of intelligence and our building of intelligent artificial systems, but all too often, these Big Issues are hidden behind the curtains while the technical topics take center stage. AI has a rich history of philosophical books that have chosen a non-standard structure and narrative. It is nice to see that the authors have succeeded into combining a non-standard approach to deep questions with a non-standard format, resulting in a highly interesting volume.Frank van Harmelen, Series EditorExcerpt from the IntroductionOur interest is to promote, through a better and deeper understanding of the notions of information and knowledge, a better and deeper critical understanding of information technology as situated in the full range of human activities, assuming as a principle that this range of activities cannot be properly appreciated when it is reduced to the simplified means-end schema proposed by Technology. We invite the reader to build his/her own points of view about these notions, considering our propositions as a starting point for a critical analysis and discussion of these points. With that, we believe we are contributing to a better understanding of the impact of technology - and particularly of Information Technology - in everyday life. Flavio Soares Correa da Silva, Jaume Agusti-Cullell- Bridges the gap between the technological and philosophical aspects of information technology- Analyzes essential notions of IT such as information, knowledge, information system, information flow, collaborative problem solving, and ontological reasoning

Inhalt

Front Cover 1
Information Flow and Knowledge Sharing 4
Copyright Page 5
Contents 6
Foreword 10
Acknowledgments 12
List of Figures 14
Prologue 16
Chapter 1 Introduction 28
Intended audience 36
Chapters' contents 38
Intermission 39
About the quotations in the beginning of each chapter 41
Chapter 2 Information 42
Agents and the world 49
Reality and structure 51
Information systems 52
A non-rationalistic stance 59
Bibliographical notes 60
Intermission 64
Chapter 3 Information Flow 80
Communicated information 83
Noise and distortion 84
Received information 91
Communication systems 94
The purpose of communication 100
Bibliographical notes 102
Intermission 104
Chapter 4 Shared Understanding 118
Dialogues for shared understanding 121
Communication spaces 123
Productive dialogue 126
Facilitators for productive dialogues 129
Bibliographical notes 132
Intermission 134
Chapter 5 Collaborative Problem Solving 154
Coordinated action 159
Reliability and trust 163
Bibliographical notes 167
Intermission 168
Chapter 6 Ontological Reasoning 190
Ontology 192
Patterns of interaction 199
Bibliographical notes 202
Intermission 204
Chapter 7 Uncertainty 218
Controlled uncertainty 221
Trust, confidentiality and privacy 225
Bibliographical notes 227
Intermission 228
Chapter 8 Knowledge Sharing 242
The illusion of life 247
Bibliographical notes 250
Intermission 252
Chapter 9 Knowledge 262
Bibliographical notes 266
Chapter 10 Conclusion 268
Epilogue 274
Bibliography 288
Index 294

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 1.5.2008
• Mitarbeit: Herausgeber (Serie): Frank van Harmelen
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Theorie / Studium ► Künstliche Intelligenz / Robotik
• Themenwelt: Informatik ► Weitere Themen ► Computerspiele
• Themenwelt: Mathematik / Informatik ► Mathematik ► Angewandte Mathematik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Elektrotechnik / Energietechnik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Maschinenbau
• ISBN-10: 0-08-056990-0 / 0080569900
• ISBN-13: 978-0-08-056990-1 / 9780080569901