Emerging applications of knowledge sharing systems

Abstract

Knowledge sharing systems represent a novel category of knowledge-based systems intended to overcome expert systems limitations in their application to ill-structured domains. Knowledge sharing systems provide an effective approach to knowledge sharing and knowledge transfer among people, particularly in multidisciplinary or decentralized-expertise fields. The author proposes knowledge sharing systems applications in such emerging areas as concurrent engineering, intelligent-organizational decision support systems, knowledge-based technology transfer, and new quality control.<>