Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Hassan Azimi; shahnaz khademizadeh; Somayeh Avarand
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Research method: descriptive-applied and combined with quantitative and qualitative methods. ...
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Purpose: The purpose of the present study is to investigate the compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Research method: descriptive-applied and combined with quantitative and qualitative methods. In the systematic review section, the theme analysis method was used to extract the technical and information criteria of the web environment, and in this regard, the basic, organizing and comprehensive themes were extracted. In a quantitative part, descriptive statistics tests (frequency and percentage) have been used to check the compliance of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz research information system with the technical and information criteria of the web environment.Findings: results of the research in the field of compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University with technical criteria showed 46 basic themes and 7 organizing themes and in field of information criteria, a research system including 51 basic themes and 7 organizing themes. Also, according to the examination and compliance of the research information system of Shahid Chamran University with technical standards in web environment, it has been determined that the contents in system are not properly organized and the support for different parts of system is not provided, and besides that, system guide in There are no different sections.Result: The research information system of Shahid Chamran University of Ahvaz is 47.05% compatible with the information criteria of the web environment and needs a serious revision in its technical and informational structure.
Information and Knowledge Management
samira esmaeili; Mohammad Hassan Azimi; Saeid Asadi
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The purpose of this study is analysis and visualization of articles published on clinical research data management. It is an applied study conducted with a scientometric approach. The statistical population of this study includes all publicatioons conducted on research data management in the medical ...
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The purpose of this study is analysis and visualization of articles published on clinical research data management. It is an applied study conducted with a scientometric approach. The statistical population of this study includes all publicatioons conducted on research data management in the medical field indexed in the Clarivate Analytics and Scopus databases during 1990 to 2023. The data were collected through by saving the search results in Excel sheets, and the analysis was conducted using a combination of bibliometric tools, including ScientoPy, Ravar-matrix, VOSviewer, UCINET and Python software. The findings showed that the number of articles in Clarivate Analytics and Scopus has grown significantly over the period of 1990 to 2023. The United States, the United Kingdom, and Germany respectively rank first to third in production of research data management articles in the medical field. In general, the trend of publishing scientific products in the field of clinical research data management can be assessed as desirable. Identifying leading countries and researchers in the field of clinical research data management can assist policymaking and planning research related to this field.
Evaluation of Information and Knowledge Retrieval Systems
Mohammad Hassan Azimi; Hadi Alhaei
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1. IntroductionThe explosive growth of information and lack of structuring of information and the problems of information retrieval caused the emergence of the third generation of the web. The third generation of the web, which was called the semantic web, sought the connection between humans and computers ...
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1. IntroductionThe explosive growth of information and lack of structuring of information and the problems of information retrieval caused the emergence of the third generation of the web. The third generation of the web, which was called the semantic web, sought the connection between humans and computers and tried to make information understandable to machines. The Semantic Web, an extended version of the current Web, provides a standard structure for representing and reasoning with data. The semantic web is about sharing data and facts, not sharing the text of a page. The Semantic Web helps build the technology stack to support the "Web of Data" rather than the "Web of Document". The ultimate goal of the Web of Data is to enable computers to perform meaningful tasks and to develop systems that can support reliable network interactions (Patel & Sarika, 2021). Semantic web technologies can be used in various fields such as data integration, skill-finding, online think tanks, serving multimedia collections, and so on. Semantic web technologies can be used in various fields such as data integration, skill finding, online think tank, serving multimedia collections, and such things.It seems that the use of the semantic web in KM software will certainly be effective in providing useful information. In KM, various software appeared, which in the context of KM, play an important role in the field of registration, distribution and sharing, application and use of information and knowledge, automation of processes, reduction of costs of acquisition, creation, organization, and application of a large amount of information and knowledge without time and place restrictions for people in organizations and companies, and causes changes in the methods of production, transfer and use of knowledge in them and prevent the entry and exit of unrelated and repetitive information and knowledge and improper processing of information and knowledge. Therefore, the aim of the current research is to investigate the implementation of semantic web technology in KM software.2. Literature Review Over the past few decades, many technologies related to the Semantic Web have appeared or been developed. The World Wide Web Consortium (W3C), which works intensively on semantic standards, has endorsed the Resource Definition Framework (RDF) and the OWL Web Ontology Language (OWL), which provide a solid foundation for building semantic enterprise applications and Moving the Semantic Web from the research level partially led to its becoming the industry standard needed to build next-generation applications (Tjoa et al., 2005).The Semantic Web is an extension of the current Web that improves machine-human interaction by giving information clear meaning. The idea of the Semantic Web is to hand over most of the tasks and decision-making to machines. This is made possible by adding knowledge to web content through machine-understandable language and creating intelligent software agents that can process this information. The Semantic Web, on the other hand, consists of structured information and explicit metadata, paving the way for rapid access to information and semantic search capabilities (Hassanzadeh & Keyvanpour, 2012). The semantic web was first introduced in 1988 by Tim Bernersley, known as the father of the web. But its definition was officially presented including seven-layer architecture in 2001. These seven layers include (URL), XML, (RDF), (Ontology), (Proof Layer), (Logic Layer) and (Trust Layer) (Gerber, Barnard & Van der Merwe, 2007).The structure of the semantic web is a way of organizing data in a descriptive technology, RDF, which specifies data sources and their relationships, and identifies or names the resource's URAs, and OWL describes specifications. and data classes with a common language. Sparquel is a query language that searches RDF data. Another part of the Semantic Web is making sure that different databases use the same vocabulary to describe everything (Azimi & Rafieinasab, 2022).3. MethodologyThe current research is applied, using a survey method and a descriptive approach. The statistical population of the current research is three KM software, which includes Dana KM software, Nedak comprehensive KM system, and MTA share software, which were investigated and analyzed. The data collection tool was also a checklist using a yes/no scale. After collecting the data and in order to confirm that the criteria of the Semantic Web, the checklist (questionnaire) was provided to the experts, and using their opinion, the presence or absence of the application of the Semantic Web capabilities in the KM software was confirmed. Finally, the obtained data were analyzed in Excel software.4. ResultsTherefore, the present study shows that the architecture of semantic technology in all six layers (URL, XML, RDF, ontology, metadata, and logic) in all three software (Dana KM software, Nedak's comprehensive KM system, and MTA share software) is used and at a favorable level. But the semantic tools for searching and retrieving information in all three layers (ontology, RDF, metadata) in these types of software have not been used much and have not been paid attention to.5. ConclusionThe results show that it is necessary to pay more attention to the application of semantic technology architecture in the comprehensive KM system software of Nadak and MTA share and to use them in all the mentioned layers. It is also necessary to use semantic tools for searching and retrieving information in any software called Dana KM, Nedak Comprehensive KM System in all layers (ontology, RDF, and metadata). In the field of application of web technology architecture, Dana's KM software is at a favorable level compared to the other two software.
Mohammad Hassan Azimi; Shahnaz Khademizadeh; Masoumeh Heydarzadeh
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The purpose of this study was to Survey of the success key factors application in the implementation of knowledge management in Water and Power Organization of Khuzestan.This research is applied in terms of purpose and a quantitative by using a descriptive survey method. The data collection tool is a ...
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The purpose of this study was to Survey of the success key factors application in the implementation of knowledge management in Water and Power Organization of Khuzestan.This research is applied in terms of purpose and a quantitative by using a descriptive survey method. The data collection tool is a questionnaire whose reliability was calculated by Cronbach's alpha test of 0.87. In the present study, one-sample test, Kolmogorov-Smirnov test has been used. The data of this study were analyzed using SPSS software version 26. The results indicate that the mean of organizational structure (2.89) in knowledge management implemented in the Khuzestan Water and Power Organization is lower than average. Regarding the status of organizational culture (3.20) in knowledge management implemented in Khuzestan Water and power Organization, the results showed that the mean acquisition is higher than average. The results show that the mean status of information technology (3.23) in knowledge management implemented in Khuzestan Water and power Organization is higher than average While the results indicate that the mean status of human resources (2.75) in knowledge management implemented in the Khuzestan Water and power Organization is lower than average. Finally, the results indicate that the leadership status (3.75) in the knowledge management implemented in the Khuzestan Water and power Organization is higher than average. Among the success key factors for the implemented knowledge management; The organizational structure and human resources are not at the desired level and it is necessary to provide the ground for improving the status of these factors by planning in this regard.
Mohammad Hassan Azimi
Volume 2, Issue 3 , July 2015, , Pages 117-135
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purpose: This study examined the status of service delivery in the collection Shahid Chamran University libraries, including school libraries and the central library. Methodology: The methodology used in this study was a survey using a questionnaire based on the standards of academic libraries. Results: ...
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purpose: This study examined the status of service delivery in the collection Shahid Chamran University libraries, including school libraries and the central library. Methodology: The methodology used in this study was a survey using a questionnaire based on the standards of academic libraries. Results: The results showed that, overall, the services that libraries subsidies are limited, existing standards as well as away. Conclusion: The study revealed a significant gap libraries with relevant standards in this area are examined. It can be concluded that based on the findings, the study population, the services provided by libraries, mainly traditional and modern developments is less than flavor. Especially those services that are user-oriented spirit and their presence in the library can be the manifestation of progress in services, such as interlibrary loan and information services, or in the library of the study does not provide, or that are incomplete and non-efficient. In total, these libraries, the situation is unfortunately a progressive conditions and there are many. The results of this study, like all studies reviewed show in her background of non-compliance with the demands and expectations of users and offers services defined.
