13. AAAI / 8. IAAI 1996: Portland, Oregon

AAAI 1996 Technical Papers

Agents

Interaction

• Henry A. Kautz, Bart Selman, Al Milewski: Agent Amplified Communication. 3-9
• Bruce Krulwich, Chad Burkey: The ContactFinder Agent: Answering Bulletin Board Questions with Referrals. 10-15
• Pamela W. Jordan, Marilyn A. Walker: Deciding to Remind During Collaborative Problem Solving: Empirical Evidence for Agent Strategies. 16-23
• Ira A. Smith, Philip R. Cohen: Toward a Semantics for an Agent Communications Language Based on Speech-Acts. 24-31

Internet Agents

• Chung T. Kwok, Daniel S. Weld: Planning to Gather Information. 32-39
• Alon Y. Levy, Anand Rajaraman, Joann J. Ordille: Query-Answering Algorithms for Information Agents. 40-47
• Kenrick J. Mock: Hybrid Hill-Climbing and Knowledge-Based Methods for Intelligent News Filtering. 48-53
• Michael J. Pazzani, Jack Muramatsu, Daniel Billsus: Syskill & Webert: Identifying Interesting Web Sites. 54-61

Multiagent Learning

• David Carmel, Shaul Markovitch: Learning Models of Intelligent Agents. 62-67
• M. V. Nagendra Prasad, Susan E. Lander, Victor R. Lesser: Cooperative Learning over Composite Search Spaces: Experiences with a Multi-Agent Design System. 68-73
• Foster J. Provost, Daniel N. Hennessy: Scaling Up: Distributed Machine Learning with Cooperation. 74-79
• Milind Tambe: Tracking Dynamic Team Activity. 80-87

Multiagent Problem Solving

• Norman Carver, Victor R. Lesser, Robert Whitehair: Nearly Monotonic Problems: A Key to Effective FA/C Distributed Sensor Interpretation? 88-95
• Armin R. Mikler, Vasant Honavar, Johnny S. Wong: Analysis of Utility-Theoretic Heuristics for Intelligent Adaptive Network Routing. 96-101
• Vijay Rajan, James R. Slagle: The Use of Artificially Intelligent Agents with Bounded Rationality in the Study of Economic Markets. 102-107
• Stephen J. J. Smith, Dana S. Nau, Thomas A. Throop: Total-Order Multi-Agent Task-Network Planning for Contract Bridge. 108-113

Negotiation & Coalition

• Hung Hai Bui, Dorota H. Kieronska, Svetha Venkatesh: Learning other Agents' Preferences in Multiagent Negotiation. 114-119
• David Carmel, Shaul Markovitch: Incorporating Opponent Models into Adversary Search. 120-125
• Tuomas Sandholm, Victor R. Lesser: Advantages of a Leveled Commitment Contracting Protocol. 126-133
• Onn Shehory, Sarit Kraus: A Kernel-Oriented Model for Coalition-Formation in General Environments: Implementation and Results. 134-140

Artificial Intelligence in Art & Entertainment

• Elisabeth André, Thomas Rist: Coping with Temporal Constraints in Multimedia Presentation Planning. 142-147
• David B. Christianson, Sean E. Anderson, Li-wei He, David Salesin, Daniel S. Weld, Michael F. Cohen: Declarative Camera Control for Automatic Cinematography. 148-155
• Kenneth B. Haase: A Model of Poetic Comprehension. 156-161
• Nikitas M. Sgouros, George K. Papakonstantinou, Panayotis Tsanakas: A Framework for Plot Control in Interactive Story Systems. 162-167

Constraint Satisfaction

Constraint Satisfaction

• Olivier Bailleux, Jean-Jacques Chabrier: Approximate Resolution of Hard Numbering Problems. 169-174
• Hélène Fargier, Jérôme Lang, Thomas Schiex: Mixed Constraint Satisfaction: A Framework for Decision Problems under Incomplete Knowledge. 175-180
• Gérard Verfaillie, Michel Lemaître, Thomas Schiex: Russian Doll Search for Solving Constraint Optimization Problems. 181-187
• Richard J. Wallace: Enhancements of Branch and Bound Methods for the Maximal Constraint Satisfaction Problem. 188-195

Data Consistency

• Assef Chmeiss, Philippe Jégou: Path-Consistency: When Space Misses Time. 196-201
• Eugene C. Freuder, Charles D. Elfe: Neighborhood Inverse Consistency Preprocessing. 202-208
• Jean-Charles Régin: Generalized Arc Consistency for Global Cardinality Constraint. 209-215
• Thomas Schiex, Jean-Charles Régin, Christine Gaspin, Gérard Verfaillie: Lazy Arc Consistency. 216-221

Game-Tree Search

• Subir Bhattacharya, Amitava Bagchi: Searching Game Trees Under Memory Constraints. 222-227
• Matthew L. Ginsberg: Partition Search. 228-233
• Aske Plaat, Jonathan Schaeffer, Wim Pijls, Arie de Bruin: Exploiting Graph Properties of Game Trees. 234-239
• Weixiong Zhang: Forward Estimation for Game-Tree Search. 240-245

Phase Transition

• Ian P. Gent, Ewan MacIntyre, Patrick Prosser, Toby Walsh: The Constrainedness of Search. 246-252
• David M. Pennock, Quentin F. Stout: Exploiting a Theory of Phase Transitions in Three-Satisfiability Problems. 253-258
• Tuomas Sandholm: A Second Order Parameter for 3SAT. 259-265
• Dan R. Vlasie: The Very Particular Structure of the Very Hard Instances. 266-270

Search Control

• John L. Bresina: Heuristic-Biased Stochastic Sampling. 271-278
• Sven Koenig, Reid G. Simmons: Easy and Hard Testbeds for Real-Time Search Algorithms. 279-285
• Richard E. Korf: Improved Limited Discrepancy Search. 286-291
• Yury V. Smirnov, Sven Koenig, Manuela M. Veloso, Reid G. Simmons: Efficient Goal-Directed Exploration. 292-297

Search & Learning

• Roberto J. Bayardo Jr., Daniel P. Miranker: A Complexity Analysis of Space-Bounded Learning Algorithms for the Constraint Satisfaction Problem. 298-304
• Toru Ishida, Masashi Shimbo: Improving the Learning Efficiencies of Realtime Search. 305-310
• Gerhard Kainz, Hermann Kaindl: Dynamic Improvements of Heuristic Evaluations during Search. 311-317
• Mohammed H. Sqalli, Eugene C. Freuder: Inference-Based Constraint Satisfaction Supports Explanation. 318-325

Stochastic Search

• James Bowen, Gerry V. Dozier: Constraint Satisfaction Using A Hybrid Evolutionary Hill-Climbing Algorithm That Performs Opportunistic Arc and Path Revision. 326-331
• Byungki Cha, Kazuo Iwama: Adding New Clauses for Faster Local Search. 332-337
• Jeremy Frank: Weighting for Godot: Learning Heuristics for GSAT. 338-343
• Thomas Haynes: Duplication of Coding Segments in Genetic Programming. 344-349
• Kalev Kask, Rina Dechter: A Graph-Based Method for Improving GSAT. 350-355
• Andrew J. Parkes, Joachim P. Walser: Tuning Local Search for Satisfiability Testing. 356-362
• Andrea Schaerf: Tabu Search Techniques for Large High-School Timetabling Problems. 363-368
• Jian Zhang, Hantao Zhang: Combining Local Search and Backtracking Techniques for Constraint Satisfaction. 369-374

Temporal Reasoning

• Christian Bessière: A Simple Way to Improve Path Consistency Processing in Interval Algebra Networks. 375-380
• James P. Delgrande, Arvind Gupta: A Representation for Efficient Temporal Reasoning. 381-388
• Thomas Drakengren, Peter Jonsson: Maximal Tractable Subclasses of Allen's Interval Algebra: Preliminary Report. 389-394
• Gerard Ligozat: A New Proof of Tractability for ORD-Horn Relations. 395-401

Education

• Paul T. Baffes, Raymond J. Mooney: A Novel Application of Theory Refinement to Student Modeling. 403-408
• Christopher Rhodes Eliot III, Beverly Park Woolf: A Simulation-Based Tutor that Reasons about Multiple Agents. 409-415
• James C. Lester, Bruce W. Porter: Scaling Up Explanation Generation: Large-Scale Knowledge Bases and Empirical Studies. 416-423
• Brian A. Stone, James C. Lester: Dynamically Sequencing an Animated Pedagogical Agent. 424-431

Information Retrieval & Natural Language Processing

• Eric Bloedorn, Inderjeet Mani, T. Richard MacMillan: Machine Learning of User Profiles: Representational Issues. 433-438
• Eric A. Domeshek, Smadar Kedar, Andrew S. Gordon: Interactive Information Retrieval Systems with Minimalist Representation. 439-446
• Kevin Knight: Learning Word Meanings by Instruction. 447-454
• Ted Pedersen, Mehmet Kayaalp, Rebecca F. Bruce: Significant Lexical Relationships. 455-460

Knowledge-Based Systems

• Robin D. Burke, Kristian J. Hammond, Benjamin C. Young: Knowledge-Based Navigation of Complex Information Spaces. 462-468
• Yolanda Gil, Eric Melz: Explicit Representations of Problem-Solving Strategies to Support Knowledge Acquisition. 469-476
• John Kingston, Nigel Shadbolt, Austin Tate: CommonKADS Models for Knowledge-Based Planning. 477-482
• Vibhu O. Mittal, Johanna D. Moore: Detecting Knowledge Base Inconsistencies Using Automated Generation of Text and Examples. 483-488

Knowledge Compilation

• James M. Crawford, Daniel Dvorak, Diane J. Litman, Anil Mishra, Peter F. Patel-Schneider: Path-Based Rules in Object-Oriented Programming. 490-497
• Alvaro del Val: Approximate Knowledge Compilation: The First Order Case. 498-503
• Pierre Marquis, Samira Sadaoui: A New Algorithm for Computing Theory Prime Implicates Compilations. 504-509
• Robert Schrag: Compilation for Critically Constrained Knowledge Bases. 510-515

Knowledge Representation

Abstraction

• Christopher Bailey-Kellogg, Feng Zhao, Kenneth Yip: Spatial Aggregation: Language and Applications. 517-522
• Alan Bundy, Fausto Giunchiglia, Roberto Sebastiani, Toby Walsh: Computing Abstraction Hierarchies by Numerical Simulation. 523-529
• Robert C. Holte, M. B. Perez, Robert M. Zimmer, Alan J. MacDonald: Hierarchical A*: Searching Abstraction Hierarchies Efficiently. 530-535
• Reiko Tsuneto, Kutluhan Erol, James A. Hendler, Dana S. Nau: Commitment Strategies in Hierarchical Task Network Planning. 536-542

Description Logics & Probabilistic Reasoning

• Hideki Isozaki, Hirofumi Katsuno: A Semantic Characterization of an Algorithm for Estimating Others' Beliefs from Observation. 543-549
• Renwei Li, Luís Moniz Pereira: What Is Believed Is What Is Explained (Sometimes). 550-555
• Paolo Liberatore, Marco Schaerf: The Complexity of Model Checking for Belief Revision and Update. 556-561
• Yan Zhang, Norman Y. Foo: Updating Knowledge Bases with Disjunctive Information. 562-568

Description Logics & Probabilistic Reasoning

• Daphne Koller, Joseph Y. Halpern: Irrelevance and Conditioning in First-Order Probabilistic Logic. 569-576
• Alon Y. Levy, Marie-Christine Rousset: The Limits on Combining Recursive Horn Rules with Description Logics. 577-584
• Alon Y. Levy, Marie-Christine Rousset: Verification of Knowledge Bases Based on Containment Checking. 585-591
• Robert A. Weida: Closed Terminologies in Description Logics. 592-599

Knowledge Bases & Context

• Sasa Buvac: Quantificational Logic of Context. 600-606
• Adnan Darwiche: Utilizing Knowledge-Base Semantics in Graph-Based Algorithms. 607-613
• John O. Everett, Kenneth D. Forbus: Scaling up Logic-Based Truth Maintenance Systems via Fact Garbage Collection. 614-620
• Fabio Massacci: Contextual Reasoning Is NP-Complete. 621-626

Nonmonotonic Reasoning

• David W. Etherington, James M. Crawford: Toward Efficient Default Reasoning. 627-632
• Akira Fusaoka: Situation Calculus on a Dense Flow of Time. 633-638
• Christoph S. Herrmann, Michael Thielscher: Reasoning about Continuous Processes. 639-644
• Hudson Turner: Splitting a Default Theory. 645-651

Reasoning about Action

• Chitta Baral, Alfredo Gabaldon, Alessandro Provetti: Formalizing Narratives Using Nested Circumscription. 652-657
• Giuseppe De Giacomo, Xiao Jun Chen: Reasoning about Nondeterministic and Concurrent Actions: A Process Algebra Approach. 658-663
• G. Neelakantan Kartha: On the Range of Applicability of Baker's Approach to the Frame Problem. 664-669
• Fangzhen Lin: Embracing Causality in Specifying the Indeterminate Effects of Actions. 670-676

Learning

Case-Based Reasoning

• Richard Alterman, Daniel Griffin: Improving Case Retrieval by Remembering Questions. 678-683
• David B. Leake, Andrew Kinley, David C. Wilson: Acquiring Case Adaptation Knowledge: A Hybrid Approach. 684-689
• Hideo Shimazu, Yosuke Takashima: Detecting Discontinuities in Case-Bases. 690-695
• William A. Stubblefield, George F. Luger: Source Selection for Analogical Reasoning: An Empirical Approach. 696-702

Decision Trees

• Hussein Almuallim, Yasuhiro Akiba, Shigeo Kaneda: An Efficient Algorithm for Finding Optimal Gain-Ratio Multiple-Split Tests on Hierarchical Attributes in Decision Tree Learning. 703-708
• William W. Cohen: Learning Trees and Rules with Set-Valued Features. 709-716
• Jerome H. Friedman, Ron Kohavi, Yeogirl Yun: Lazy Decision Trees. 717-724
• J. Ross Quinlan: Bagging, Boosting, and C4.5. 725-730

Discovery

• Vincent Corruble, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia: The Discovery of the Causes of Leprosy: A Computational Analysis. 731-736
• Tsuyoshi Murata, Masamichi Shimura: Machine Discovery Based on Numerical Data Generated in Computer Experiments. 737-742
• John Yen, Bogju Lee, James C. Liao: Using a Hybrid Genetic Algorithm and Fuzzy Logic for Metabolic Modeling. 743-749
• Jan M. Zytkow, Paul J. Fischer: Incremental Discovery of Hidden Structure: Applications in Theory of Elementary Particles. 750-756

Enhancing Efficiency

• Subbarao Kambhampati: Formalizing Dependency Directed Backtracking and Explanation Based Learning in Refinement Search. 757-762
• Jihie Kim, Paul S. Rosenbloom: Learning Efficient Rules by Maintaining the Explanation Structure. 763-770
• Robert E. Wray III, John E. Laird, Randolph M. Jones: Compilation of Non-Contemporaneous Constraints. 771-778

Fundamental Issues

• Jonathan Gratch: Sequential Inductive Learning. 779-786
• Roni Khardon: Learning to Take Actions. 787-792
• Robert K. Lindsay, Annie S. Wu: Testing the Robustness of the Genetic Algorithm on the Floating Building Block Representation. 793-798

Inductive Learning

• Carla E. Brodley, Mark A. Friedl: Identifying and Eliminating Mislabeled Training Instances. 799-805
• Yuh-Jyh Hu, Dennis F. Kibler: Generation of Attributes for Learning Algorithms. 806-811
• Stefan Kramer: Structural Regression Trees. 812-819

Knowledge Bases

• Chun-Nan Hsu, Craig A. Knoblock: Discovering Robust Knowledge from Dynamic Closed World Data. 820-827
• Bing Liu, Wynne Hsu: Post-Analysis of Learned Rules. 828-834
• Kenneth S. Murray: KI: A Tool for Knowledge Integration. 835-842

Planning

• Tara A. Estlin, Raymond J. Mooney: Multi-Strategy Learning of Search Control for Partial-Order Planning. 843-848
• Laurie H. Ihrig, Subbarao Kambhampati: Design and Implementation of a Replay Framework Based on a Partial Order Planner. 849-854
• Steven Minton: Is There Any Need for Domain-Dependent Control Information?: A Reply. 855-862
• Tim Oates, Paul R. Cohen: Searching for Planning Operators with Context-Dependent and Probabilistic Effects. 863-868

Reinforcement Learning

• Sean P. Engelson: Learning Robust Plans for Mobile Robots from a Single Trial. 869-874
• Sridhar Mahadevan: An Average-Reward Reinforcement Learning Algorithm for Computing Bias-Optimal Policies. 875-880
• DoKyeong Ok, Prasad Tadepalli: Auto-Exploratory Average Reward Reinforcement Learning. 881-887
• Justinian P. Rosca, Dana H. Ballard: Evolution-Based Discovery of Hierarchical Behaviors. 888-894

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