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In this chapter, a new discipline: Knowledge Systems Engineering (KSE) is proposed to establish for the organization and management of knowledge systems. The main features of KSE are systematic and integrative thinking and investigations not only for knowledge management but also for the knowledge enabling (or knowledge facilitating) to innovation. The goal, function, architectures of knowledge system and the contents of the discipline are outlined.
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Wang, Z., Wu, J. (2016). Knowledge Systems Engineering: A Complex System View. In: Nakamori, Y. (eds) Knowledge Synthesis. Translational Systems Sciences, vol 5. Springer, Tokyo. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-4-431-55218-5_7
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