Although the majority of information that is published by the current web is aimed at human consumption, the browsers which contain this information are only able to interpret HTML mark-up to visualize this content. Semantic web intends to address the stability between human and machine. Advancing Information Management through Semantic Web Concepts and Ontologies provides an analysis and introduction on the concept of combining the areas of semantic web and web mining. Emphasizing semantics in technologies, reasoning, content searching and social media, this book aims to be an essential source for practitioners, researchers and academics alike.
Patricia Ordóñez de Pablos is professor in the Department of Business Administration and Accountability, at the Faculty of Economics of The University of Oviedo (Spain). Her teaching and research interests focus on the areas of strategic management, knowledge management, intellectual capital, and China. She serves as Associate Editor of
Behaviour and Information Technology journal. Additionally she is Executive Editor of the
International Journal of Learning and Intellectual and the
International Journal of Strategic Change Management. She is Editor of
International Journal of Asian Business and Information Technologies (IGI-Global).
Héctor Oscar Nigro received a systems engineer degree from UNICEN (Universidad Nacional del Centro de la Provincia de Buenos Aires), Tandil, Argentina; Magister degree in sociology and political sciences from FLACSO (Facultad Latinoamericana de Ciencias Sociales) and is a PHD candidate in computational and industrial mathematics applied at UNICEN. He is a full professor in the Department of Computer Sciences and Systems in the Exact Sciences FacultyUNICEN. He is the director MERAIS IV Project (UNICEN). Also, he realizes consulting activities related to data mining, data analysis, and knowledge management for the last 20 years. His research interests are in databases, data warehouses, data mining, knowledge management, and OLAP. He has published book chapters and articles presented at various professional conferences on his research activities. Prof. Nigro has co-edited the book Data Mining with Ontologies: Implementations, Findings, and Frameworks, published by IGI (2008).
Robert D. Tennyson is currently a professor of educational psychology and technology in the learning and cognition. In addition to his faculty position, he is the program coordinator for psychological foundations of education.His published works ranges from basic theoretical articles on human learning to applied books on instructional design and technology.He is editor of the scientific journal, Computers in Human Behavior, published by Elsevier Science and now in its 17th year, as well as serving on several editorial boards for professional journals.
His research and publications include topics such as cognitive learning and complex cognitive processes, intelligent systems, complex-dynamic simulations, testing and measurement, instructional design, and advanced learning technologies. At the present time, he is working with a German colleague on basic research in learning complex-advanced knowledge.
