Research on Process Control of Knowledge Flow

The communion and sharing of knowledge is an important precondition to innovate. Innovation needs the flow and collision of knowledge. The flow is not aimless, but orderly through control. In order to manage distributed and ocean knowledge in an open and dynamic interconnection environment, resource space is used in knowledge modeling. Knowledge depicted through matrix is presented in resource space. In terms of process modeling elements of knowledge flow, process model of knowledge flow is built. On the basis of process model and characteristics of knowledge flow, state variables are chosen. According to the model, the contents and direction of knowledge flow can be controlled and the proper knowledge can be transferred from proper knowledge provider to proper knowledge receiver. Finally, an example on collaborative design of eddy current retarder is given to testify the validity of process control of knowledge flow.