A visualization method of relations among knowledge-information for research activities

In research activities, it is quite important task to classify and arrange "knowledge-information", which consists of research papers, presentation materials of the seminars, memorandums of idea, advice from colleagues, and so on. However, it is extremely difficult to manage knowledge-information systematically and to grasp the process of research. Therefore, this paper proposes the visualization method of relations among knowledge-information. At first, classification of knowledge-information and relations among them are performed. After that, details of method, which represents knowledge-information and relations among them as nodes and edges of a graph respectively, are described. Moreover, design and implementation of the support system is described. Finally, an experiment with the support system and evaluation based on the results of it are reported.