Making Sense of the Web

Towards machine-aided knowledge evolution
Erscheinungsjahr 2014
ISBN: 978-1-84334-725-5
Verlag: Woodhead Publishing

Buch, Englisch, Band 11, 200 Seiten

Reihe: Chandos Publishing Social Media Series

Extremely large amounts of knowledge are available on the World Wide Web. Making Sense of the Web focuses on making better use of this knowledge, including how the web can be used for machine-aided discovery of new knowledge. The first part of the book reviews various historical approaches to defining and studying knowledge and describing how knowledge can be represented online. The second part presents current approaches to efficient exploitation of knowledge online, and focuses on the Semantic Web, linked open data and social network analysis. The third part of the book introduces possible approaches to semi-automated discovery of new knowledge based on current web content, and introduces a novel framework for machine-aided knowledge evolution. The last part describes selected application areas that may benefit from the principles and technologies described. Extensive practical examples and links to existing tools and frameworks are provided to help practitioners implement advanced web-based knowledge discovery applications quickly.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Novacek, Vit

Fachgebiete

• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Informatik Künstliche Intelligenz Wissensbasierte Systeme, Expertensysteme
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Computerkommunikation & -vernetzung Social Media, Semantic Web, Web 2.0
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Daten / Datenbanken Data Mining

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Part 1 Introduction; Background: Knowledge and its actionable representation; Web as a global knowledge base. Part 2 Making sense of the web: Semantic web and linked open data; Social network analysis; Open issues and possible solutions. Part 3 Towards machine-aided knowledge evolution: From (semantic) web to knowledge web; Sparking the knowledge evolution. Part 4 Selected application areas: Knowledge discovery; Publishing and library science. Part 5 Conclusions: The status quo and future outlook.

Über Autor(innen)

Vit Novacek holds a PhD from the Digital Enterprise Research Institute at the National University of Ireland, Galway. He also holds BSc and MSc degrees in theoretical computer science and artificial intelligence (AI) from Masaryk University in the Czech Republic. Vit's current research focuses on AI techniques for describing and enabling knowledge emergence from on-line content. He is also interested in applying his research in the context of life sciences and bioinformatics. He has been the primary author of over 20 peer-reviewed international publications, and was plenary speaker at a premier national AI conference. In 2009, Vit was a recipient of the 2nd prize in the Elsevier Grand Challenge competition aimed at knowledge enhancement in life sciences