Unique Challenges of Managing Inductive Knowledge

Artificial Intelligence in Knowledge Management

Volume

Papers from the 1997 AAAI Spring Symposium

Contents

Tools for inducing knowledge from databases, often grouped under the term knowledge discovery, are becoming increasingly important to organizations in business, government, and science. However, relatively little attention has been paid to the long-term management of induced knowledge. Induced knowledge presents unique challenges, including managing statistical significance and inductive bias. These two challenges have important implications for valid and efficient knowledge management.