Mohamad Fauzan Noordin

An Information Retrieval System for Quranic Texts: A Proposed System Design

This project proposed a system design for retrieving Quranic texts and any knowledge that derived or cites al-Quran. The objectives were to survey the Websites offering access to Quranic texts on their structure and linkages, and to propose a system design for retrieving Quranic texts. A total of 125 Websites offering access to Quranic texts were examined. Findings revealed that the Websites offer texts and translation, recitation, excerpt of exegesis, and link to other Websites consisting of news, events, and related topics. A standard structure was not implemented by these Websites. The proposed system design focuses on texts, translation, recitation, exegesis, al-Hadith, its topics and themes like stories of the prophets and places mentioned in al-Quran, and search feature

Development Method for Shariah Compliant e-Commerce Payment Processing

The article is a response to rapid uptake of online transactions that encompasses the secure transactions that comply with the Shariah principles. The algorithm in the articles proposed the inclusion of Intermediate Shariah Transaction Party (ISTP) as an intermediary for communications between merchant and customers before the transactions can be concluded. The design facilitates the efficient and effective e-commerce transaction process to alleviate three common shortcomings in e-commerce transactions namely riba’, gharar and the validity and the legality of e-commerce transactions from Shariah point of view without compromising the security aspects of the transactions. The designs were refined and presented before by the Islamic scholars before the final design was agreed on. This invention will become a major breakthrough in Shariah compliance ecommerce transactions in order to serve 2.1 billion Muslims Ummah worldwide.

Peopleware & heartware - The philosophy of knowledge management

The important of knowledgeable workers (peopleware and heartware) in order to achieve success in knowledge management implementation cannot be doubted. They are the core and backbone to the KM practices in the organization. Therefore, proper plans and strategies should be drawn carefully by the organization to winning the peopleware and heartware prior to the KM implementation. Based on the literature review, this study has highlighted the important of knowledge workers as asset in the organization. Additionally, ideas on how to please this asset to cooperate with the organization to ensure the success of KM practices are given.

A Comprehensive Knowledge Management Process Framework for Healthcare Information Systems in Healthcare Industry of Pakistan

The major challenge in the existing healthcare industry of Pakistan is that despite the presence of extensive data and related information, there is no solid Knowledge Management (KM) process or framework for controlling and catering the diversified nature of knowledge creation for effective decision making resulting in ineffective and inefficient organization and utilization of various important resources being used during the decision making operations [12] [13]. In this study, we present and suggest a comprehensive and phased knowledge management process framework that integrates and streamlines varied and multiple processes in a phased manner to collect, analyze and manage knowledge and the knowledge creation process for supporting the effective decision making in healthcare information systems related to healthcare industry of Pakistan. This KM process framework will help identify the information needs and provide decision makers with useful step-by-step recommendations and guidelines based upon the integrated knowledge and past experience.

Green Computing: The Importance of Sustaining the Peopleware

Green Computing has attracted concerns in the past few decades, with the sole concern for the procedures involve in the designing, manufacturing, usage and disposal of information and communication technology (ICT) basically for environmental sustainability. The importance of human factor in green computing has not received the deserved attention. The social, moral and ethical decadence resulting from the use of ICT has reduced the quality of human in modern time. This study advocates the importance of peopleware as essential aspect of green computing which equalling demands concern. Thus the adoption of peopleware in green computing practices will invariably improve sustainability of the physical and spiritual environment.

Personal learning environment framework for a self-help Maqam-based search system

In this era of technology and ICT learners and tutors are moving towards self-learning and self-set goals. Personal Learning Environments (PLE) are systems that enable learners to manage their own learning process for attaining a specific goal. PLEs interconnect and integrate both formal and informal learning with self-regulated learning in tertiary education. Most of the PLEs are adopted at universities for learners to collaborate and share their ideas and content using different tools, communities and services. In this paper, we have created the architecture for a Personal Learning Environment specifically for the Self-help Maqam-based Search System built upon the seven maqams outlined in Al-Ghazalis Minhajul Abidin. This self-help system assesses a persons current state (maqam) of spirituality with an opportunity to learn ways of improving ones spiritual state as defined in Minhajul Abidin. Thus, we developed a pedagogical framework by combining self-regulated learning and metacognitive knowledge first, so that the framework could be used to map the Personal Learning Environment (PLE) into the Self-help Maqam-based Search System mentioned above.

KIIPF - An Integrated Inter-Operable Knowledge Management Process Framework for Healthcare: Implementation in Pakistani Healthcare Industry

Being complex systematically, Knowledge Management (KM) has always been challenging in the healthcare industry (HCI) of developing countries like Pakistan due to gap in acquiring and implementing KM processes. Despite the fact that extensive data and related information is available, the Pakistani HCI has been facing a major challenge due to the absence of a sound and solid KM process framework. Hence, the existing healthcare information systems in Pakistan lack the ability to control and cater the diversified nature of new knowledge creation and innovation. Consequentially, it results in inefficient and ineffective organization of knowledge along with inability to properly utilize important resources that are used for decision making activities. In this study, the researchers present and suggest an integrated and inter-operable KM process framework that helps to streamline and integrate a KM process in a phased comportment that identifies, defines, analyzes, collects and manages knowledge along with its innovation, dissemination, sharing and storage in an appropriate way.

A synthesis on SWOT analysis of public sector healthcare knowledge management information systems in Pakistan

Healthcare is a community service sector and has been delivering its services for the betterment of civic health since its establishment at communal level. For working efficiently and effectively, this sector profoundly relies on correct and complete health information of people and a proficient integrated healthcare knowledge management information system (HKMIS) to manage this information. The performance of Healthcare organizations has significantly augmented by inception of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) in HKMIS in developed countries, but is yet to exhibit its full potential in developing countries specifically those with huge populations like Pakistan. An exploratory qualitative research methodology was adopted to conduct this study. The purpose and objective of this study was to determine and investigate the internal and external factors that influence the performance of HKMIS by performing SWOT analysis on two of the largest public-sector healthcare organizations of Pakistan. The findings of this study will certainly help authorities to devise methods of improvement in Pakistani HKMIS eventually paving ways towards a better and improved healthcare in the future.

SAO Extraction on Patent Discovery System Development for Islamic Finance and Banking

This paper presents our work on Subject-Action-Object (SAO) extraction as one component needed on patent discovery system development for Islamic Finance and Banking. There are some processes done in order to conduct SAO extraction. They are covering retrieving patents and transforming patents into structured data. We used several patent databases such as USPTO, MyIPO, WIPO, and EPO to collect patents. In patent searching, we used keywords, which were derived from Islamic Finance and Banking phrase, books title, of which its content is related to Islamic Finance and Banking, and all concepts on Islamic Finance and Banking ontology. Result on SAO extraction will be utilized on the next component on the system i.e. analyzing patents trend using TRIZ evolution trend model.

System Architecture Conceptual for Applying Malik Bennabi's Ruler on Intellectual Property of Islamic Finance and Banking

This paper presents our work in designing system architecture for applying Malik Bennabis ruler on Intellectual Property (IP) of Islamic Finance and Banking. We chose journal article as one form of IP for Islamic Finance and Banking. There are several components in the architecture starting from IP retrieval, structure extraction, structure classification, structure summarization, and Knowledge-based similarity measuring. The architecture will be implemented in order to measure all journal articles content and group them into two categories namely Useful and Harmful.