Discovering Cross-Disciplinary Concepts in Multidisciplinary Context Through Collaborative Framework

Abstract

When domain experts try to find a business solution, ambiguous terms arise within the context of discussion in a multidisciplinary research group. Different meanings and relationships with various concepts cause ambiguous semantics. This research aims to address complex business problems in a collaborative research group. This approach presents a collaborative framework based on network text analysis for detecting cross-disciplinary concepts in a multidisciplinary context. The framework recognizes ambiguous concepts (common terms presented in multiple domain knowledge), and these terms are visualized as a network. A case study of sustainable development demonstrates the identification of a set of cross-disciplinary concepts and their relationships across different domains. The main contributions are providing a framework to detect essential concepts that contain the cross-disciplinary concepts and recognize the understanding of multidisciplinary knowledge in the discussion context.