scholarly journals Building Information Model as a Collaborative Knowledge Management Tool for Construction Professionals

2020 ◽  
pp. 41-49
Author(s):  
Emmanuel C. Osuji ◽  
Emmanuel Ifeanyichukwu Nkeleme ◽  
Fidelis Okechukwu Ezeokoli
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Design Research ◽  
School Curriculum ◽  
Management Tool ◽  
Mixed Design ◽  
Building Information Model ◽  
Importance Index ◽  
Building Information ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Management ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

Aim: The aim of this study is to assess benefit of BIM as a collaborative knowledge management tool for construction professionals. Study Design: It was a mixed design research, the study was effected via literature review and a well-structured questionnaire. Likewise, interviews were carried out to substantiate the findings of the questionnaire survey. Place and Duration of the Study: The study was conducted in Kaduna State, Nigeria for a period of 2 years. Methodology: Being a mixed design research, a total of 250 questionnaires were administered and 235 were properly completed and returned representing a percentage response of 94%. Data garnered were analysed using relative importance index and presented in tables and charts. Results: The study found that 94% of construction industry’s professionals are familiar with the concept of BIM but 94.47% of them never applied it whereas 4.68% rarely apply BIM, while 0.85 often apply BIM. Also, the research identified that all the thirteen areas where BIM can be used as a KM tool for collaboration among construction professionals were significantly important, however, Constructability Reviews and 4D Simulations which involves providing an interface to visualize the entire structure and simulate the construction process stood out as the most important. Conclusion: The study concludes by recommending that the built environment professional bodies in Nigeria should carry out a proper sensitization programme in-order to train and retrain professionals in Nigerian construction industry as regards BIM tools and its applications. Also, BIM should be introduced as an integral part of the school curriculum for the training of future construction professionals so equipped them with the requisite BIM knowledge.

Enabling Intelligence in Web-Based Collaborative Knowledge Management System

2013 ◽  
pp. 63-82
Author(s):  
Krissada Maleewong ◽  
Chutiporn Anutariya ◽  
Vilas Wuwongse
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Creation ◽  
Management System ◽  
Knowledge Management System ◽  
Web Based ◽  
Creation Process ◽  
Relevant Term ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Management ◽  
Knowledge Representation Language ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge

This paper presents an approach to enhance various intelligent services of a Web-based collaborative knowledge management system. The proposed approach applies the two widely-used argumentation technologies, namely IBIS and Toulmin’s argumentation schemes, to structurally capture the deliberation and collaboration occurred during the consensual knowledge creation process. It employs RDF and OWL as its underlying knowledge representation language with well-defined semantics and reasoning mechanisms. Users can easily create knowledge using a simple corresponding graphical notation with machine-processable semantics. Derivation of implicit knowledge, similar concept discovery, as well as semantic search, are also enabled. In addition, the proposed approach incorporates the term suggestion function for assisting users in the knowledge creation process by computing the relevance score for each relevant term, and presenting the most relevant terms to users for possible term reusing or equivalence concepts mapping. To ensure the knowledge consistency, a logical mechanism for validating conflicting arguments and contradicting concepts is also developed. Founded on the proposed approach, a Web-based system, namely ciSAM, is implemented and available for public usage.

Collaborative knowledge management for corporate ecological responsibility

2019 ◽  
Vol 53 (3) ◽  
pp. 304-317
Author(s):  
Weiwei Guo
Keyword(s):  
Knowledge Management ◽  
Simulation Analysis ◽  
Replicator Dynamics ◽  
Evolutionary Game ◽  
Evolutionary Strategy ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Ecological Responsibility ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge Management ◽  
Collaborative Knowledge ◽  
Selection Of

Purpose Knowledge has become the basis of enhancing the core competitiveness of enterprises in this era of knowledge-driven economies. Collaborative knowledge management not only realizes the real-time exchange and communication of knowledge among different enterprises, but also facilitates the collaboration and integration of knowledge. Collaborative knowledge management has been successfully applied to different fields. To address the poor ecological responsibility of enterprises, the purpose of this paper is to introduce the concept of collaborative knowledge management in this research to determine if the evolution of the decision-making process in collaborative knowledge management is involved in corporate ecological responsibility (CER). Design/methodology/approach This research established an evolutionary game model of collaborative knowledge management for CER. The behavioral, evolutionary law and stable behavioral, evolutionary strategy of the participants was identified according to the replicator dynamics equation. Simulation analysis was conducted using MATLAB software. Findings Research results demonstrated that, first, the strategic selection of firms is influenced by cost and interest coefficients. Second, the strategy, selection of enterprises, is related to the common benefits of enterprise cooperation. Third, during the systematic evolution and stabilization of strategies, enterprises adopt the same knowledge strategies. Originality/value On the basis of the research findings, policy suggestions were proposed to encourage enterprises to implement collaborative knowledge management strategies in ecological responsibility.

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