Clinical and Translational Science (CTS) rests largely on information flowing smoothly at multiple levels, in multiple directions, across multiple locations. Hence, Biomedical Informatics (BI) is seen as a backbone that can help to manage the information flows for the process of translation....

This paper presents an ontology of a cyberenvironment for malaria surveillance. The ontology encapsulates a comprehensive natural language enumeration of the requirements of the cyberenvironment using a structured terminology. It can be used to systematically analyze and prioritize the functions...

We present an ontological framework to capture the complex problem of managing the role of Triple Helix in the global agenda for innovation, competitiveness, and sustainability. The framework yields a comprehensive natural language elucidation of the problem using a structured terminology. It...

The semiotic web for translational medicine generalizes the concept of the semantic web. We present the functions of the semiotic web as a simple ontology with three dimensions, namely: (a) the four steps of semiotics, (b) the two processes in semiotics, and (c) the four types of research. The...

Many of today's problems are complex, ill-structured, and plastic. They include, among others, problems such as reducing the cost and improving the effectiveness of health care, fostering entrepreneurship and innovation at all levels of society, catalyzing the sharing of knowledge, and ensuring...

We envision a world-class university system for India using a simple ontology from which a large number of potential 'visions' can be derived systematically, each applicable to a higher education institution. Some visions may not make sense intuitively; and some, although sensible, may not map...

We present an ontological analysis of the problem of fostering knowledge sharing in project management. The ontology has five dimensions derived by parsing the problem statement, namely: (a) fostering methods, (b) fostering factors, (c) fostering functions, (d) knowledge types, and (e) knowledge...

Cognitive process research can provide specific, operational guidelines for MIS/DSS design by delineating the specific influences on managers' cognitive processes in sensing, formulating, and solving problems. The paper integrates some of the considerable body of literature on these processes in...