Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique

Duen Ren Liu; I. Chin Wu; Pei Cheng Chang

doi:10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370536

Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique

Duen Ren Liu^*, I. Chin Wu, Pei Cheng Chang

^*Corresponding author for this work

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Abstract

Effective knowledge management (KM) in a knowledge-intensive working environment requires an understanding of workers' information needs for tasks, (task-needs), so that they can be provided with appropriate codified knowledge (textual documents) when performing long-term tasks. This work proposes a novel profiling technique based on implicit relevance feedback and collaborative filtering techniques that model workers' task-needs. The proposed profiling method analyses variations in workers' task-needs for topics (i.e., topic needs) in a topic taxonomy over time. Variations in the topic needs of similar workers' are used to predict variations in a target worker's topic needs and adjust his/her task profile accordingly. Experiment results suggest that considering variations in the topic needs of similar workers' during the profile adaptation process is effective in improving the precision of document retrieval.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007
Pages	2339-2344
Number of pages	6
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370536
Publication status	Published - 2007
Externally published	Yes
Event	6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007 - Hong Kong, China Duration: 2007 Aug 19 → 2007 Aug 22

Publication series

Name	Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007
Volume	4

Conference

Conference	6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007
Country/Territory	China
City	Hong Kong
Period	2007/08/19 → 2007/08/22

Keywords

Adaptive task-profiling
Similar workers
Topic taxonomy
Variation in task-needs

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Artificial Intelligence
Computer Science Applications
Software
Theoretical Computer Science

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Liu, D. R., Wu, I. C., & Chang, P. C. (2007). Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007 (pp. 2339-2344). Article 4370536 (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007; Vol. 4). https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370536

Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique. / Liu, Duen Ren; Wu, I. Chin; Chang, Pei Cheng.
Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007. 2007. p. 2339-2344 4370536 (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007; Vol. 4).

Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

Liu, DR, Wu, IC & Chang, PC 2007, Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique. in Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007., 4370536, Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007, vol. 4, pp. 2339-2344, 6th International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007, Hong Kong, China, 2007/08/19. https://doi.org/10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370536

Liu DR, Wu IC, Chang PC. Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery: A profiling via collaboration technique. In Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007. 2007. p. 2339-2344. 4370536. (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007). doi: 10.1109/ICMLC.2007.4370536

Liu, Duen Ren ; Wu, I. Chin ; Chang, Pei Cheng. / Measuring the variation in task-needs for knowledge delivery : A profiling via collaboration technique. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007. 2007. pp. 2339-2344 (Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Machine Learning and Cybernetics, ICMLC 2007).

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