A mobile knowledge management and decision support tool for soil analysis

Julie Cowie; David Cairns; Martin Blunn; Clare Wilson; Edward Pollard; Donald Davidson

doi:10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.02.004

A mobile knowledge management and decision support tool for soil analysis

Julie Cowie^*, David Cairns, Martin Blunn, Clare Wilson, Edward Pollard, Donald Davidson

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Yunus Centre

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Abstract

This paper describes the implementation and evaluation of a mobile knowledge management and decision support system to assist archaeologists in dealing with soils. Our view is that provision of a mobile tool which provides access to expert knowledge and a means of recording pertinent onsite information will be of great benefit in ensuring crucial information about an excavation is not lost and that the excavation proceeds in an appropriate manner. In this paper we discuss the tool developed, and detail how it has been evaluated via a variety of workshop sessions with likely users, and discussions with advisory groups.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	397-406
Number of pages	10
Journal	International Journal of Information Management
Volume	29
Issue number	5
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijinfomgt.2009.02.004
Publication status	Published - Oct 2009

Keywords

Geoarchaeology
Knowledge management
Mobile decision support

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Information Systems
Computer Networks and Communications
Library and Information Sciences

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