An Agile Semantic Web Platform for Knowledge-Centric Decision Support

以知识为本的决策支援系统提供因应具体情况的策略性建议，协助使用者(a)在复杂情况下作出正确的决策，以达致高质素的结果；(b)计划一套行动方案以达到最佳效率。本研究计划的目标是开发知识管理工具，以帮助纸质知识的计算机化，以便人们可以获得基于知识的决策支持。知识管理工具将应用于医疗保健领域，该领域在提供医疗保健方面面临许多知识差距。该项目的目的是计算机化临床指南，为医疗保健从业人员开发特定疾病的决策支持系统，以便他们能够提供循证护理服务。该项目将有助于提高我们动态更新和互联知识资源的能力，以提供最新和“完整”的知识，这些知识的运作将对个人、行业和机构的意识、反应、竞争力和准备产生深远影响。从卫生保健的角度来看，本研究直接有助于提供循证的慢性病管理。

Knowledge-based decision support systems provide situation-specific strategic recommendations to assist users to (a) make sound decisions in complex situations to achieve quality outcomes; and (b) plan a course of actions to achieve optimal efficiency. The objective of this research program is to develop knowledge management tools to help the computerization of paper-based knowledge so that one can derive knowledge-based decision support. The knowledge management tools are to be applied to the domain of healthcare which is facing a number of knowledge gaps in the delivery of healthcare. The intent of the project is to computerize clinical guidelines to develop disease-specific decision support systems for healthcare practitioners so that they are able to provide evidence-based care services. The project will help enhance our ability to dynamically update and interconnect knowledge resources to offer up-to-date and 'complete' knowledge that in operation will have a profound impact on the awareness, response, competitiveness and readiness of individuals, industry and institutions. From the healthcare perspective, the research directly contributes to the provision of evidence-based chronic disease management.