An ontological approach to personalized medical knowledge matching

Gao, H., Chen, X. and Liu, K. (2012) An ontological approach to personalized medical knowledge matching. In: 2nd International Conference on Logistics, Informatics and Service Science, 2012, Beijing, China, pp. 247-255. (Gao Huiying, Chen Xiuxiu, Liu Kecheng. (2012). An ontological approach to personalized medical knowledge matching. Advances in Information Sciences and Service Sciences, 4(23): 247-255. (Published))

Abstract/Summary

Knowledge management has become a promising method in supporting the clinicians′ decisions and improving the quality of medical services in the constantly changing clinical environment. However, current medical knowledge management systems cannot understand users′ requirements accurately and realize personalized matching. Therefore this paper proposes an ontological approach based on semiotic principles to personalized medical knowledge matching. In particular, healthcare domain knowledge is conceptualized and an ontology-based user profile is built. Furthmore, the personalized matching mechanism and algorithm are illustrated.