TY - GEN
T1 - A model of tacit knowledge and action
AU - Gal, Yaa Kov
AU - Kasturirangan, Rajesh
AU - Pfeffer, Avi
AU - Richards, Whitman
PY - 2009/12/4
Y1 - 2009/12/4
N2 - Natural Intelligence is based not only on conscious procedural and declarative knowledge, but also on knowledge that is inferred from observing the actions of others. This knowledge is tacit, in that the process of its acquisition remains unspecified. However, tacit knowledge is an accepted guide of behavior, especially in unfamiliar contexts. In situations where knowledge is lacking, animals act on these beliefs without explicitly reasoning about the world or fully considering the consequences of their actions. This paper provides a computational model of behavior in which tacit knowledge plays a crucial role. We model how knowledge arises from observing different types of agents, each of whom reacts differently to the behaviors of others in an unfamiliar context. Agents' interaction in this context is described using directed graphs. We show how a set of observations guide agents' knowledge and behavior given different states of the world.
AB - Natural Intelligence is based not only on conscious procedural and declarative knowledge, but also on knowledge that is inferred from observing the actions of others. This knowledge is tacit, in that the process of its acquisition remains unspecified. However, tacit knowledge is an accepted guide of behavior, especially in unfamiliar contexts. In situations where knowledge is lacking, animals act on these beliefs without explicitly reasoning about the world or fully considering the consequences of their actions. This paper provides a computational model of behavior in which tacit knowledge plays a crucial role. We model how knowledge arises from observing different types of agents, each of whom reacts differently to the behaviors of others in an unfamiliar context. Agents' interaction in this context is described using directed graphs. We show how a set of observations guide agents' knowledge and behavior given different states of the world.
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=70849124375&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1109/CSE.2009.479
DO - 10.1109/CSE.2009.479
M3 - Conference contribution
AN - SCOPUS:70849124375
SN - 9780769538235
T3 - Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE 2009
SP - 463
EP - 468
BT - Proceedings - 12th IEEE International Conference on Computational Science and Engineering, CSE 2009 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2009
T2 - 2009 IEEE International Conference on Social Computing, SocialCom 2009
Y2 - 29 August 2009 through 31 August 2009
ER -