Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems: 8th International Conference, Kes 2004, Wellington, New Zealand, September 20-25, 2004, Proceedings, Part I

Table of Contents, Part I......Page 22
Web Intelligence, World Knowledge and Fuzzy Logic – The Concept of Web IQ (WIQ)......Page 60
Industrial Applications of Evolvable Hardware......Page 65
Equilibrium Modelling of Oligonucleotide Hybridization, Error, and Efficiency for DNA-Based Computational Systems......Page 67
Chance Discovery with Emergence of Future Scenarios......Page 70
Brain-Inspired SOR Network and Its Application to Trailer Track Back-up Control......Page 72
Dual Stream Artificial Neural Networks......Page 75
Improving the Quality of Semantic Retrieval in DNA-Based Memories with Learning......Page 77
Conceptual and Contextual DNA-Based Memory......Page 84
Semantic Model for Artificial Intelligence Based on Molecular Computing......Page 91
The Fidelity of the Tag-Antitag System III. Robustness in the Excess Limit: The Stringent Temperature......Page 99
Robust PID Controller Tuning Using Multiobjective Optimization Based on Clonal Selection of Immune Algorithm......Page 109
Intelligent Tuning of PID Controller With Robust Disturbance Rejection Function Using Immune Algorithm......Page 116
The Block Hidden Markov Model for Biological Sequence Analysis......Page 123
Innovations in Intelligent Agents and Applications......Page 130
An Intelligent Aircraft Landing Support System......Page 133
Teaming Humans and Agents in a Simulated World......Page 139
Contextual-Knowledge Management in Peer to Peer Computing......Page 146
Collaborating Agents in Distributed Networks and Emergence of Collective Knowledge......Page 154
Intelligent Decision Making in Information Retrieval......Page 162
Innovations in Intelligent Agents, Web and Their Applications......Page 169
Novel Intelligent Agent-Based System for Study of Trade......Page 172
Testing of Multi-agent-based System in Ubiquitous Computing Environment......Page 183
Helping Users Customize Their Pedagogical Agents: Issues, Approaches and Examples......Page 190
Intelligent Web Site: Understanding the Visitor Behavior......Page 199
Mining Transformed Data Sets......Page 207
Personalized Multilingual Web Content Mining......Page 214
Intelligent Multimedia Information Retrieval for Identifying and Rating Adult Images......Page 223
Using Domain Knowledge to Learn from Heterogeneous Distributed Databases......Page 230
A Peer-to-Peer Approach to Parallel Association Rule Mining......Page 237
FIT: A Fast Algorithm for Discovering Frequent Itemsets in Large Databases......Page 248
Frequency-Incorporated Interdependency Rules Mining in Spatiotemporal Databases......Page 255
Theoretical Considerations of Multiple Particle Filters for Simultaneous Localisation and Map-Building......Page 262
Continuous Walking Over Various Terrains – A Walking Control Algorithm for a 12 – DOF Locomotion Interface......Page 269
Vision Controlled Humanoid Robot Tool-Kit......Page 277
Modular Mechatronic Robotic Plug-and-Play Controller......Page 284
The Correspondence Problem in Topological Metric Mapping - Using Absolute Metric Maps to Close Cycles......Page 291
Developing a “Virtual Student” Model to Test the Tutor and Optimizer Agents in an ITS......Page 299
Considering Different Learning Styles when Transferring Problem Solving Strategies from Expert to End Users......Page 312
ULMM: A Uniform Logic Modeling Method in Intelligent Tutoring Systems......Page 322
Mining Positive and Negative Fuzzy Association Rules......Page 329
An Adaptation Framework for Web Based Learning System......Page 336
Ontologies for Creating Learning Object Content......Page 343
PASS: An Expert System with Certainty Factors for Predicting Student Success......Page 351
Student Modeling in Design Pattern ITS......Page 358
Supporting Self-Explanation in an Open-Ended Domain......Page 365
Evaluation of the IRORI: A Cyber-Space that Catalyzes Face-to-Face Informal Communication......Page 373
Information Sharing System Based on Location in Consideration of Privacy for Knowledge Creation......Page 381
A Method of Extracting Topic Threads Towards Facilitating Knowledge Creation in Chat Conversations......Page 389
Support Systems for a Person with Intellectual Handicap from the Viewpoint of Universal Design of Knowledge......Page 396
Intelligent Conversational Channel for Learning Social Knowledge Among Communities......Page 402
An Algorithm for Avoiding Paradoxical Arguments Among the Multi-agent in the Discourse Communicator......Page 409
Gallery: In Support of Human Memory......Page 416
Evaluation of the Communication Atmosphere......Page 423
A Method for Estimating Whether a User is in Smooth Communication with an Interactive Agent in Human-Agent Interaction......Page 430
A Meaning Acquisition Model Which Induces and Utilizes Human’s Adaptation......Page 437
Video Content Manipulation by Means of Content Annotation and Nonsymbolic Gestural Interfaces......Page 444
Structural Analysis of Instruction Utterances Using Linguistic and Visual Information......Page 452
Video Contents Acquisition and Editing for Conversation Scene......Page 460
Video-Based Interactive Media for Gently Giving Instructions......Page 470
Real-Time Human Proxy: An Avatar-Based Interaction System......Page 478
Reliability and Convergence on Kohonen Maps: An Empirical Study......Page 485
A New Trial for Improving the Traditional Technical Analysis in the Stock Markets......Page 493
Prediction of Business Failure by Total Margin Support Vector Machines......Page 500
Tick-Wise Predictions of Foreign Exchange Rates......Page 508
A Rule-Based System for eCommerce Applications......Page 514
Analyzing Dynamics of a Supply Chain Using Logic-Based Genetic Programming......Page 523
From Gaming Simulation to Case Method – Empirical Study on Business Game Development and Evaluation......Page 531
A Study of a Constructing Automatic Updating System for Government Web Pages......Page 539
Efficient Program Verification Using Binary Trees and Program Slicing......Page 546
An Efficient Learning System for Knowledge of Asset Management......Page 553
Extracting Purchase Patterns in Convenience Store E-Commerce Market Using Customer Cube Analysis......Page 560
A Study of Knowledge Extraction from Free Text Data in Customer Satisfaction Survey......Page 568
Network Information Mining for Content Delivery Route Control in P2P Network......Page 575
A Method of Customer Intention Management for a My-Page System......Page 582
New Hierarchy Technique Using Co-occurrence Word Information......Page 589
A New Method of Detecting Time Expressions for E-mail Messages......Page 600
A New Classification Method of Determining the Speaker’s Intention for Sentences in Conversation......Page 608
A Fast Dynamic Method Using Memory Management......Page 617
A Method of Extracting and Evaluating Popularity and Unpopularity for Natural Language Expressions......Page 626
Evaluating a Case-Based Reasoner for Clinical Decision Support......Page 634
Early Detection of Breast Cancer Using Mathematical Morphology......Page 642
Diagnosis of Cervical Cancer Using Hybrid Multilayered Perceptron (HMLP) Network......Page 650
Mammographic Image and Breast Ultrasound Based Expert System for Breast Diseases......Page 658
A Study on Nonparametric Classifiers for a CAD System of Diffuse Lung Opacities in Thin-Section Computed Tomography Images......Page 667
Recognition of Grouping Areas in Trademarks Considering Proximity and Shape Similarity......Page 673
Multidimensional Visualization and Navigation in Search Results......Page 679
A Hybrid Learning Approach for TV Program Personalization......Page 689
An Adaptive-Learning Distributed File System......Page 696
Review of Coding Techniques Applied to Remote Sensing......Page 706
Efficient and Effective Tropical Cyclone Eye Fix Using Genetic Algorithms......Page 713
Spectral Unmixing Through Gaussian Synapse ANNs in Hyperspectral Images......Page 720
A Hyperspectral Based Multisensor System for Marine Oil Spill Detection, Analysis and Tracking......Page 728
Some Experiments on Ensembles of Neural Networks for Hyperspectral Image Classification......Page 736
A Modular Approach to Real-Time Sensorial Fusion Systems......Page 744
Feature Extraction by Linear Spectral Unmixing......Page 751
Decision Support System on the Grid......Page 758
Representing Knowledge in Controlled Natural Language: A Case Study......Page 770
Supporting Smart Applications in Multihop Ad-Hoc Networks - The GecGo Middleware -......Page 777
A Heuristic for Efficient Broadcasting in the Metropolitan Ad hoc Networks......Page 786
ADS as Information Management Service in an M-Learning Environment......Page 793
Noise Reduction in Audio Employing Spectral Unpredictability Measure and Neural Net......Page 802
Forming and Ranking Musical Rhythm Hypotheses......Page 809
A Comparison of Two Approaches to Data Mining from Imbalanced Data......Page 816
Measuring Acceptance of Intelligent System Models......Page 823
Rough Set Based Image Texture Recognition Algorithm......Page 831
Sets of Communicating Sequential Processes. A Topological Rough Set Framework......Page 838
Robust System Identification Using Neural Networks......Page 845
A Consideration on the Learning Behaviors of the HSLA Under the Nonstationary Multiteacher Environment and Their Application to Simulation and Gaming......Page 851
Genetic Lips Extraction Method with Flexible Search Domain Control......Page 858
Medical Diagnosis System Using the Intelligent Fuzzy Systems......Page 866
Music Compression System Using the GA......Page 886
Effects of Chaotic Exploration on Reinforcement Maze Learning......Page 892
Face Search by Neural Network Based Skin Color Threshold Method......Page 899
Face Edge Detection System by Using the GAs......Page 906
A Feature Extraction of EEG with Individual Characteristics......Page 912
Proposal of Neural Recognition with Gaussian Function and Discussion for Rejection Capabilities to Unknown Currencies......Page 918
Development of DSP Unit for Online Tuning and Application to Neural Pattern Recognition System......Page 925
Face Identification Based on Ellipse Parameter Independent of Varying Facial Pose and Lighting Condition......Page 933
Object Extraction System by Using the Evolutionaly Computations......Page 940
Wrist EMG Pattern Recognition System by Neural Networks and Multiple Principal Component Analysis......Page 950
Age Classification from Face Images Focusing on Edge Information......Page 957
Why Do Machine Learning Based Techniques Fail to Accelerate the Evolution of Neural Networks?......Page 964
An Optimiser Agent that Empowers an ITS System to “on-the-fly” Modify Its Teaching Strategies......Page 973
A Constraint-Based Optimization Mechanism for Patient Satisfaction......Page 981
Optimizing Beam Pattern of Adaptively Linear Array Antenna by Phase Perturbations Using Genetic Algorithms......Page 988
The Optimal Airline Overbooking Strategy Under Uncertainties......Page 996
Determination of Packet Priority by Genetic Algorithm in the Packet Switching Networks......Page 1005
A New Encoding for the Degree Constrained Minimum Spanning Tree Problem......Page 1011
Towards Cortex Sized Artificial Nervous Systems......Page 1018
A Memory Model Based on Dynamical Behaviour of the Hippocampus......Page 1026
Analysis of Limit-Cycles on Neural Networks with Asymmetrical Cyclic Connections Using Approximately Activation Functions......Page 1033
Inverse Function Delayed Model for Optimization Problems......Page 1040
Switched-Capacitor Large-Scale Chaotic Neuro-Computer Prototype and Chaotic Search Dynamics......Page 1047
A Convolutional Neural Network VLSI Architecture Using Thresholding and Weight Decomposition......Page 1054
Pulse Codings of a Spiking Neuron Having Quantized State......Page 1061
Design of Single Electron Circuitry for a Stochastic Logic Neural Network......Page 1069
An Improved Time Series Prediction Scheme Using Fuzzy Logic Inference......Page 1076
Fuzzy Classification of Secretory Signals in Proteins Encoded by the Plasmodium falciparum Genome......Page 1082
Web Users’ Classification Using Fuzzy Neural Network......Page 1089
Enhancing Generalization Capability of SVM Classifiers with Feature Weight Adjustment......Page 1096
GREN-Networks in WDI-Based Analysis of State Economies......Page 1103
Learning Pseudo Metric for Multimedia Data Classification and Retrieval......Page 1110
Projection Learning Based Kernel Machine Design Using Series of Monotone Increasing Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Spaces......Page 1117
Combination of Weak Evidences by D-S Theory for Person Recognition......Page 1124
Time-Frequency Decomposition in Gesture Recognition System Using Accelerometer......Page 1131
A Method of Belief Base Revision for Extended Logic Programs Based on State Transition Diagrams......Page 1138
Monotonic and Nonmonotonic Reasoning in Zoom Reasoning Systems......Page 1144
An Exoskeleton for Human Shoulder Rotation Motion Assist......Page 1151
Networked Intelligent Robots by Ontological Neural Networks......Page 1159
Some Emergences of Mobiligence in the Pursuit Game......Page 1166
Use of Successful Policies to Relearn for Induced States of Failure in Reinforcement Learning......Page 1173
A Perceptual System for a Vision-Based Mobile Robot Under Office Automation Floors......Page 1180
Performance Evaluation of a Distributed Genetic Algorithm with Cellular Structures on Function Optimization Problems......Page 1187
On-Line Update of Situation Assessment Based on Asynchronous Data Streams......Page 1195
Mobility Management for Personal Agents in the All-mobile Network......Page 1202
A Multi-agent Perspective on Data Integration Architectural Design......Page 1209
Identification of Structural Characteristics in Product Spectra......Page 1216
Policies, Rules and Their Engines: What do They Mean for SLAs?......Page 1223
Forecasting on Complex Datasets with Association Rules......Page 1230
Using a Multi-agent Architecture to Manage Knowledge in the Software Maintenance Process......Page 1240
Evolution Strategies Based Particle Filters for Nonlinear State Estimation......Page 1248
Coordination in Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Systems......Page 1256
Measurement of Shaft Vibration Using Ultrasonic Sensor in Sump Pump Systems......Page 1264
Behavior Learning of Autonomous Agents in Continuous State Using Function Approximation......Page 1272
Some Experiences with Change Detection in Dynamical Systems......Page 1279
The KAMET II Approach for Knowledge-Based System Construction......Page 1286
A Recursive Component Boundary Algorithm to Reduce Recovery Time for Microreboots......Page 1294
Electric Power System Anomaly Detection Using Neural Networks......Page 1301
Capturing and Applying Lessons Learned During Engineering Equipment Installation......Page 1308
Moving Towards a New Era of Intelligent Protection Through Digital Relaying in Power Systems......Page 1314
Capacitor Switching Control Using a Decision Table for a 115-kV Power Transmission System in Thailand......Page 1321
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