Chapter 6: Classification Algorithms and Applications

Title: An application of fuzzy logic-knowledge management to classify disability-inclusive business

Author(s): Ryuhei Sano, Tirapot Chandarasupsang

Address: College of Arts Media and Technology, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huaykaew Road, Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand | College of Arts Media and Technology, Chiang Mai University, 239 Huaykaew Road, Suthep, Muang, Chiang Mai 50200, Thailand

Reference: Software, Knowledge, Information Management and Applications (SKIMA 2013) pp. 273 - 280

Abstract/Summary: Persons with disabilities are the largest minority in the world. The partnership between the business and disability sector has become increasingly more important as the business sector is the biggest among all sectors in the world. In response to the inadequateness of analysis to deal with disability-inclusiveness as a vague concept, knowledge management principles are applied to further promote disability-inclusive business as an emerging concept. There is no clear or systematic method to classify disability-inclusive business. The fuzzy logic has been utilized in the research, which exploits domain ontology, fuzzy sets and linguistic variable to clarify disability-inclusiveness in formal description and implements approximately reasoning. Firstly, an abstract level-based concept is given to describe disability-inclusive business. Secondly, disability-inclusive cases in the field of agribusiness in the target Southeast Asian countries are expressed in details. A case study is conducted to describe the application process of knowledge management principles as the proposed methods.

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