Molecules of Knowledge (MoK)

Molecules of Knowledge (MoK for short) is a model for knowledge self-organisation, exploiting the biochemical metaphor for its basic abstractions, and biochemical coordination as its coordination model.

• as far as the basic MoK abstractions are concerned, in MoK knowledge atoms are generated by knowledge sources in shared spaces – compartments –, self-aggregate to shape knowledge molecules, and autonomously move toward knowledge consumers, whose actions (either epistemic or not) are represented as enzymes.
• as far as the MoK computational model is concerned, MoK features biochemical tuple spaces for the creation, aggregation, diffusion and consumption of knowledge atoms and molecules.

About MoK

• Books
  • Coordination of Complex Sociotechnical Systems: Self-organisation of Knowledge in MoK (book, 2016) — Stefano Mariani
• Papers
  • Foundations
    • Molecules of Knowledge: A Novel Perspective over Knowledge Management (paper in proceedings, 2012) — Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini
    • Molecules of Knowledge: Self-Organisation in Knowledge-Intensive Environments (paper in proceedings, 2013) — Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini
  • Social action
    • MoK: Stigmergy Meets Chemistry to Exploit Social Actions for Coordination Purposes (paper in proceedings, 2013) — Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini
    • Anticipatory Coordination in Socio-technical Knowledge-intensive Environments: Behavioural Implicit Communication in MoK (paper in proceedings, 2015) — Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini
  • Expressiveness
    • On the “Local-to-Global” Issue in Self-Organisation: Chemical Reactions with Custom Kinetic Rates (paper in proceedings, 2014) — Stefano Mariani
    • Parameter Engineering vs. Parameter Tuning: the Case of Biochemical Coordination in MoK (paper in proceedings, 2013) — Stefano Mariani
  • MoK-News
    • Self-Organising News Management: The Molecules of Knowledge Approach (paper in proceedings, 2012) — Stefano Mariani, Andrea Omicini
• Theses
  • Molecules of knowledge: a new approach to knowledge production, management and consumption (2nd cycle, 20/12/2011)
  • Molecules of Knowledge: architettura, implementazione ed esempi (2nd cycle, 26/07/2012)

Technology

Current MoK implementations are based on the TuCSoN coordination technology. Since they are used for tests and experiments, they are not publicly available, yet.