Knowledge Fusion in Context-Aware Decision Support Systems

Abstract

The paper discusses knowledge fusion processes with reference to context-aware decision support. It extends the previous research work on context-based knowledge fusion patterns. The contribution of this paper is service-oriented implementation of the context-aware decision support system for emergency management. This system was used in the previous work as the basis for revealing the knowledge fusion patterns. The presentation is accompanied by examples from a fire response scenario. 2 KNOWLEDGE FUSION Recently, many research focus on knowledge fusion. Depending on the application domains the focus of knowledge fusion becomes more specific. Knowledge fusion technology supports intelligent query-answering systems aiming at providing the users with nonrecurring, consistent, unambiguous 186 Smirnov A., Levashova T. and Shilov N.. Knowledge Fusion in Context-Aware Decision Support Systems.