Title :
On an organizing knowledge: a visualization of coordination science in terms of terminology
Author :
Ishida, Kazunari ; Ohta, Toshizumi
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Inf. Eng., Matsue Coll. of Technol., Japan
Abstract :
We propose a method for identifying the central papers in an emerging academic discipline by formulating a similarity function based on terminology. Identifying the most important papers is useful for understanding the new discipline quickly. From our previous research, we are convinced that being able to visualize terminology drawn from papers with different academic backgrounds is an effective method for clarifying similar and dissimilar meanings in the terminology used in the new discipline. However, using visualization to clarify meaning is slightly subjective and time consuming. By employing the similarity function, we were able to identify similar terms, which papers were central to a new discipline we examined, and clarify the relations between papers without excessive effort
Keywords :
Internet; classification; nomenclature; Internet; classification; coordination science; data visualization; similar term identification; similarity function; terminology; Collaborative work; Data mining; Educational institutions; Frequency; Information retrieval; Information systems; Organizing; Terminology; Uniform resource locators; Visualization;
Conference_Titel :
Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 1999. IEEE SMC '99 Conference Proceedings. 1999 IEEE International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Tokyo
Print_ISBN :
0-7803-5731-0
DOI :
10.1109/ICSMC.1999.812401
