Shaping Knowledge : Complex Social-Spatial Modelling for Adaptive Organizations

How can knowledge be reconfigured so as to enhance experience, enable participation, and augment environments? Shaping Knowledge argues that knowledge is a product of human activity in a social space, and as a result is a formative resource. The book takes a step beyond 'information visualisation' and imagines a learning environment in which knowledge can be manipulated as an object. Practical examples from the domains of health, education, travel, museums and libraries are offered, and chapters cover knowledge and space, unpredictability and authorship, as well as agility, ubiquity and mobili

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Year of publication:	2014
Authors:	O'Brien, Jamie
Publisher:	Burlington : Elsevier Science
Subject:	Wissensmanagement \| Knowledge management \| Theorie \| Theory \| Komplexe Systeme \| Complex systems \| Wissen \| Knowledge \| Komplexitätsmanagement \| Complexity management

Extent:	Online-Ressource (283 p)
Series:	Chandos Information Professional Series Chandos Information Professional Ser.
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	Description based upon print version of record Cover; Shaping Knowledge: Complex socio-spatial modelling for adaptive organizations; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of figures and tables; Acknowledgements; Preface; About the author; 1 Introduction and case study; General introduction; Space and knowledge; Dimensions of knowledge; Knowledge representation; A case study in socio-spatial change; Overview of the book; Notes; 2 Innovation, agency and technology; Spatializing knowledge; Space and innovation; Knowledge as technology; Knowledge as innovation; Patterns of innovation; Space, knowledge and power; Conclusion; Note 3 The dynamics of innovationThe social life of innovation; Regional dynamics; Complexity and modularity; Patterns of adoption; Flows; Waves; Bifurcations; Criticality; Conclusion; Notes; 4 Modelling knowledge dynamics; Information and knowledge; Ecologies of innovation; Ecologies of human development; Network dynamics; Network graphs; Innovation networks; The topology of regional knowledge; System dynamics of innovations; Conclusion; Notes; 5 Modelling socio-spatial agents; Agency and action; Manifolds and mess; Elements of agent behaviour; Agency and autonomy; Coalitions and decisions Resource allocationSearch and decision-making; Modelling with games; Conclusion; Notes; 6 Case studies in socio-spatial change; Micro-level socio-spatial change: slum sanitation; Micro-level change agents; Meso-level socio-spatial change: remote long-term care services; Socio-spatial inclusion and mobile platforms; Meso-level knowledge integration; Exo-level socio-spatial change: Arctic urbanization; Exo-level instability and infrastructure; Agency and adaptation; Dilemmas and homophily; Bidding and voting; Knowledge systems; Conclusion; Notes; 7 Reasoning with graphs Representing knowledge flowVisualization as science and art; Visualizations as thought experiments; Drawing relationships; Logic, symbols and computing; Computing for simulation; Community models; Spatial distance functions; Complex data modelling; Spatial data structures; Surface-network analysis; Conclusion; Notes; 8 Decisions and arguments; Constructing knowledge; Decisions and representation; Experience and arguments; Basics of argumentation; Argumentation schemes; Deriving arguments; Applying argumentation; Conclusion; Notes; 9 Directions for adaptive planning; Principles of adaptation Adaptation in human systemsManaging knowledge complexity; Directions for planning; Directions for research; Planning with implicit knowledge; Calibrating models; General summary; General conclusions; Notes; Glossary; Sources for socio-spatial argumentation; Slum sanitation; Remote care of chronic illness; Arctic urbanization; Bibliography; Index
ISBN:	978-1-84334-751-4 ; 978-1-78063-432-6 ; 978-1-84334-751-4
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://ebvufind01.dmz1.zbw.eu/10013042503