Advances in Theories, Methods and Philosophy
Paper Number
1253
Paper Type
Completed
Description
Scientific advancements in all fields, including IS, are built on previous accomplishment. Identifying similar causal models is critical for synthesizing research. However, the growing knowledge repository and inconsistencies in existing literature (i.e., jingle and jangle fallacies) challenge humans’ bounded rationality. Humans need supporting information systems to make a jungle of causal models amenable to analysis. This paper proposes using graph theory and natural language processing (NLP) methods to analyze knowledge networks and report similarity scores for causal models. This method builds on the first phase of the Theory Research Exchange (T-Rex) project, in which guidance on digitizing the core knowledge in publications is established. Digitizing core knowledge will provide an efficiency gain as illustrated in this paper and be a significant step forward for the knowledge economy.
Recommended Citation
Song, Yuanyuan; Watson, Richard T.; and Zhao, Xia, "Literature Reviewing: Addressing the Jingle and Jangle Fallacies and Jungle Conundrum Using Graph Theory and NLP" (2021). ICIS 2021 Proceedings. 1.
https://aisel.aisnet.org/icis2021/adv_in_theories/adv_in_theories/1
Literature Reviewing: Addressing the Jingle and Jangle Fallacies and Jungle Conundrum Using Graph Theory and NLP
Scientific advancements in all fields, including IS, are built on previous accomplishment. Identifying similar causal models is critical for synthesizing research. However, the growing knowledge repository and inconsistencies in existing literature (i.e., jingle and jangle fallacies) challenge humans’ bounded rationality. Humans need supporting information systems to make a jungle of causal models amenable to analysis. This paper proposes using graph theory and natural language processing (NLP) methods to analyze knowledge networks and report similarity scores for causal models. This method builds on the first phase of the Theory Research Exchange (T-Rex) project, in which guidance on digitizing the core knowledge in publications is established. Digitizing core knowledge will provide an efficiency gain as illustrated in this paper and be a significant step forward for the knowledge economy.
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