PRICAI 2000, Topics in Artificial Intelligence : 6th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Melbourne, Australia, August 28-September 1, 2000 Proceedings

by Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence 2000; Mizoguchi, Riichiro; Mizoguchi, Riichiro

• ISBN13: 9783540679257
• ISBN10: 3540679251
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-12-01
• Publisher: Springer Verlag

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed procedings of the 6th Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2000, held in Melbourne, Australia, August/September 2000. The 72 revised full papers presented together with 44 poster-abstracts were carefully reviewed and selected from a total of 207 submissions coming from 25 countries. The papers are organized in topical sections on logic and foundations, induction and logic programming, reinforcement learning, machine learning, knowledge discovery, Bayesian networks, beliefs and intentions in agents, autonomous agents, agent systems, genetic algorithms, genetic programming, constraint satisfaction, neural networks, Markov decision processes, robotics, image processing and pattern recognition, natural language, AI in web technology, intelligent systems, and AI and music.

Table of Contents

Automated Haggling: Building Artificial Negotiators	p. 1
Information Geometry of Neural Networks	p. 2
Knowledge Representation, Belief Revision, and the Challenge of Optimality	p. 3
Artificial Intelligence Applications in Electronic Commerce	p. 4
Towards a Next-Generation Search Engine	p. 5
The Gap between Symbol and Non-symbol Processing - An Attempt to Represent a Database by Predicate Formulae	p. 16
Argumentation Semantics for Defeasible Logics	p. 27
A Unifying Semantics for Causal Ramifications	p. 38
Inconsistency and Preservation	p. 50
Inductive Inference of Chess Player Strategy	p. 61
Compiling Logical Features into Specialized State-Evaluators by Partial Evaluation, Boolean Tables and Incremental Calculation	p. 72
Using Domain Knowledge in ILP to Discover Protein Functional Models	p. 83
The Hyper System: Knowledge Reformation for Efficient First-Order Hypothetical Reasoning	p. 93
Determination of General Concept in Learning Default Rules	p. 104
A Theory of Profit Sharing in Dynamic Environment	p. 115
Experience-Based Reinforcement Learning to Acquire Effective Behavior in a Multi-agent Domain	p. 125
A Region Selecting Method Which Performs Observation and Action in the Multi-resolution Environment	p. 136
RWS (Random Walk Splitting): A Random Walk Based Discretization of Continuous Attributes	p. 146
The Lumberjack Algorithm for Learning Linked Decision Forests	p. 156
Efficient Iris Recognition System by Optimization of Feature Vectors and Classifier	p. 167
A Classifier Fitness Measure Based on Bayesian Likelihoods: An Approach to the Problem of Learning from Positives Only	p. 177
Evaluting Noise Correction	p. 188
An Efficient Learning Algorithm Using Natural Gradient and Second Order Information of Error Surface	p. 199
Fast and Robust General Purpose Clustering Algorithms	p. 208
An Algorithm for Checking Dependencies of Attributes in a Table with Non-deterministic Information: A Rough Sets Based Approach	p. 219
Tropical Cyclone Intensity Forecasting Model: Balancing Complexity and Goodness of Fit	p. 230
Trading Off Granularity against Complexity in Predictive Models for Complex Domains	p. 241
Recognizing Intentions from Rejoinders in a Bayesian Interactive Argumentation System	p. 252
Efficient Inference in Dynamic Belief Networks with Variable Temporal Resolution	p. 264
Epistemic States Guiding the Rational Dynamics of Information	p. 275
Merging Epistemic States	p. 286
Perceiving Environments for Intelligent Agents	p. 297
A Preference-Based Theory of Intention	p. 308
Autonomy of Autonomous Agents	p. 318
Constructing an Autonomous Agent with an Interdependent Heuristics	p. 329
Unified Criterion of State Generalization for Reactive Autonomous Agents	p. 340
From Brain Theory to Autonomous Robotic Agents	p. 351
A Multi-agent Approach for Optical Inspection Technology	p. 362
The Use of Mobile Agents in Tracing an Intruder in a Local Area Network	p. 373
A Framework to Model Multiple Environments in Multiagent Systems	p. 383
Task Models, Intentions, and Agent Conversation Policies	p. 394
Genetic Algorithm with Knowledge-Based Encoding for Interactive Fashion Design	p. 404
Designing Wastewater Collection Systems Using Genetic Algorithms	p. 415
Hyrbid Genetic Algorithms Are Better for Spatial Clustering	p. 424
Improving Performance of GP by Adaptive Terminal Selection	p. 435
Evolving Neural Networks for Decomposable Problems using Genetic Programming	p. 446
Dual Encoding Using Constraint Coverings	p. 457
Consistency in General CSPs	p. 469
Need for Optimisation Techniques to Select Neural Network Algorithms for Process Modelling of Reduction Cell	p. 480
Productivity Improvements through Prediction of Electrolyte Temperature in Aluminium Reduction Cell Using BP Neural Network	p. 490
Pruned Neural Networks for Regression	p. 500
Optimal Design of Neural Nets Using Hybrid Algorithms	p. 510
A POMDP Approximation Algorithm That Anticipates the Need to Observe	p. 521
Generating Hierarchical Structure in Reinforcement Learning from State Variables	p. 533
Humanoid Active Audition System Improved by the Cover Acoustics	p. 544
Overcoming the Effects of Sensory Delay by Using a Cerebellar Model	p. 555
Layered Specification of Intelligent Agents	p. 566
Sub-pixel Precise Edge Localization: A ML Approach Based on Color Distributions	p. 577
Efficient Joint Detection Considering Complexity of Contours	p. 588
Feature-Based Face Recognition: Neural Network Using Recognition-by-Recall	p. 599
Segmentation of Connected Handwritten Chinese Characters Based on Stroke Analysis and Background Thinning	p. 608
A Framework of Two-Stage Combination of Multiple Recognizers for Handwritten Numerals	p. 617
Aligning Portuguese and Chinese Parallel Texts Using Confidence Bands	p. 627
Interactive Japanese-to-Braille Translation Using Case-Based Knowledge on the Web	p. 638
Psychological Effects Derived from Mimicry Voice Using Inarticulate Sounds	p. 647
Statistical Model Based Approach to Spoken Language Acquisition	p. 657
Discovery of Shared Topics Networks among People - A Simple Approach to Find Community Knowledge from WWW Bookmarks	p. 668
Collaborative Filtering with the Simple Bayesian Classifier	p. 679
Supervised and Unsupervised Learning Algorithms for Thai Web Pages Identification	p. 690
Solving the Personal Computer Configuration Problems as Discrete Optimization Problems: A Preliminary Report	p. 701
Improved Efficiency of Oil Well Drilling through Case Based Reasoning	p. 712
Functional Understanding Based on an Ontology of Functional Concepts	p. 723
Probabilistic Modeling of Alarm Observation Delay in Network Diagnosis	p. 734
A Diagnosis Function of Arithmetical Word Problems for Learning by Problem Posing	p. 745
Combining Kalman Filtering and Markov Localization in Network-Like Environments	p. 756
Microbes and Music	p. 767
A Lightweight Multi-agent Musical Beat Tracking System	p. 778
Frame-Structure Logic with Extended Attribute Relations	p. 789
Fast Hypothetical Reasoning by Parallel Processing	p. 790
TURAS: A Personalised Route Planning System	p. 791
Analysis of Phase Transitions in Graph-Coloring Problems Based on Constraint Structures	p. 792
Minimal Model Generation with Factorization and Constrained Search	p. 793
Method of Ideal Solution in Fuzzy Set Theory and Multicriteria Decision Making	p. 794
A New Axiomatic Framework for Prioritized Fuzzy Constraint Satisfaction Problems	p. 795
Constraint Satisfaction over Shared Multi-set Value Domains	p. 796
Algorithms for Solving the Ship Berthing Problem	p. 797
Tempral Interval Logic in Data Mining	p. 798
Data Mining in Disease Management - A Diabetes Case Study	p. 799
A Limited Lattice Structure for Incremental Association Mining	p. 800
Markov Modelling of Simple Directional Features for Effective and Efficient Handwriting Verification	p. 801
Texture Analysis and Classification Using Bottom-Up Tree-Structured Wavelet Transform	p. 802
A Stereo Matching Algorithm Using Adaptive Window and Search Range	p. 803
A Design of Rescue Agents for RoboCup-Rescue	p. 804
A Cooperative Architecture to Control Multi-agent Based Robots	p. 805
Automatic Development of Robot Behavior Using Monte Carlo Methods	p. 806
Adapting Behavior by Inductive Prediction in Soccer Agents	p. 807
Computing the Local Space of a Mobile Robot	p. 808
Learning Situation Dependent Success Rates of Actions in a RoboCup Scenario	p. 809
Cooperative Bidding Mechanisms among Agents in Multiple Online Auctions	p. 810
Framework of Distributed Simulation System for Multi-agent Environment	p. 811
Dependence Based Coalitions and Contract Net: A Comparative Analysis	p. 812
A Tracer for Debugging Multi-agent System Based on P-Q Signal Method	p. 813
A Multi-agent Approach for Simulating Bushfire Spread	p. 814
Multi-agent Cooperative Reasoning Using Common Knowledge and Implicit Knowledge	p. 815
Life-Like Agent Design Based on Social Interaction	p. 816
Agent-Oriented Programming in Linear Logic: An Example	p. 817
Emotional Intelligence for Intutive Agents	p. 818
Formalization for the Agent Method by Using [pi]-Calculus	p. 819
Utilization of Coreferences for the Translation of Utterances Containing Anaphoric Expressions	p. 820
Word Alignment Using a Matrix	p. 821
Deterministic Japanese Word Segmentation by Decision List Method	p. 822
Criteria to Choose Appropriate Graph-Types	p. 823
A Document Classifier Based on Word Semantic Association	p. 824
Incorporation of Japanese Information Retrieval Method Using Dependency Relationship into Probabilistic Retrieval	p. 825
A Step Towards Integration of Learning Theories to Form an Effective Collaborative Learning Group	p. 826
Model-Based Software Requirements Design	p. 827
Acquiring Factual Knowledge through Ontological Instantiation	p. 828
Intrusion Detection by Combining Multiple Hidden Markov Models	p. 829
Conceptual Classification and Browsing of Internet FAQs Using Self-Organizing Neural Networks	p. 830
The Role of Abduction in Internet-Based Applications	p. 831
FERRET: An Intelligent Assistant for Internet Searching	p. 832
Author Index	p. 833
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