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Ontologies in the Behavioral Sciences - Accelerating Research and the Spread of Knowledge (Paperback)
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Ontologies in the Behavioral Sciences - Accelerating Research and the Spread of Knowledge (Paperback)
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New research in psychology, neuroscience, cognitive science, and
other fields is published every day, but the gap between what is
known and the capacity to act on that knowledge has never been
larger. Scholars and nonscholars alike face the problem of how to
organize knowledge and to integrate new observations with what is
already known. Ontologies - formal, explicit specifications of the
meaning of the concepts and entities that scientists study -
provide a way to address these and other challenges, and thus to
accelerate progress in behavioral research and its application.
Ontologies help researchers precisely define behavioral phenomena
and how they relate to each other and reliably classify them. They
help researchers identify the inconsistent use of definitions,
labels, and measures and provide the basis for sharing knowledge
across diverse approaches and methodologies. Although ontologies
are an ancient idea, modern researchers rely on them to codify
research terms and findings in computer-readable formats and work
with large datasets and computer-based analytic techniques.
Ontologies in the Behavioral Sciences: Accelerating Research and
the Spread of Knowledge describes how ontologies support science
and its application to real-world problems. This report details how
ontologies function, how they can be engineered to better support
the behavioral sciences, and the resources needed to sustain their
development and use to help ensure the maximum benefit from
investment in behavioral science research. Table of Contents Front
Matter Summary 1 Introduction 2 Why Ontologies Matter 3
Understanding Ontologies 4 How Ontologies Facilitate Science 5
Engineering Behavioral Ontologies 6 Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix A: Ontological Systems Referenced in the Report Appendix
B: Example Use Cases Generated in a Committee Self-Survey Appendix
C: Biographical Sketches of Committee on Accelerating Behavioral
Science through Ontology Development and Use
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