Title :
Assessment of uncertainty in the quality of knowledge in the research publication review process
Author :
Sabetzadeh, Farzad ; Tsui, Eric ; Lee, W.B.
Author_Institution :
Dept. of Ind. & Syst. Eng., Hong Kong Polytech. Univ., Hong Kong, China
Abstract :
This study analyzes the uncertainty that exists in the knowledge quality assessment in a peer-review process for scientific research work. By defining the quality of knowledge in scientific fields, this paper aims to propose an assessment framework to reduce the uncertainty in decision-making that is inherent among reviewers´ subjective judgments.
Keywords :
decision making; knowledge management; uncertain systems; decision-making; knowledge quality; knowledge quality assessment; peer-review process; publication review process; uncertainty assessment; Context; Decision making; Educational institutions; Pragmatics; Q-factor; Quality assessment; Uncertainty; Decision Making; Epistomology; Knowledge Quality; Uncertainty;
Conference_Titel :
Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Discovery (FSKD), 2013 10th International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Shenyang
DOI :
10.1109/FSKD.2013.6816331
