18. IEA/AIE 2005: Bari, Italy
Moonis Ali, Floriana Esposito (Eds.): Innovations in Applied Artificial Intelligence, 18th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2005, Bari, Italy, June 22-24, 2005, Proceedings. Springer 2005 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-26551-1
Invited Contributions
Katharina Morik: Applications of Knowledge Discovery. 1-5
Roberto Pieraccini, David Lubensky: Spoken Language Communication with Machines: The Long and Winding Road from Research to Business. 6-15
Computer Vision
José M. López-Valles, Miguel Angel Fernández, Antonio Fernández-Caballero, María T. López, José Mira, Ana E. Delgado: Motion-Based Stereovision Method with Potential Utility in Robot Navigation. 16-25
Jae Sik Chang, Eun Yi Kim, Keechul Jung, Hang Joon Kim: Object Tracking Using Mean Shift and Active Contours. 26-35
Shahram Bahadori, Luca Iocchi, G. R. Leone, Daniele Nardi, L. Scozzafava: Real-Time People Localization and Tracking Through Fixed Stereo Vision. 44-54
Tommaso Martiriggiano, Marco Leo, Tiziana D'Orazio, Arcangelo Distante: Face Recognition by Kernel Independent Component Analysis. 55-58
Yong-Guk Kim, Jeong-Eom Lee, Sang-Jun Kim, Soo-Mi Choi, Gwi-Tae Park: Head Detection of the Car Occupant Based on Contour Models and Support Vector Machines. 59-61
Francisco Antonio Pujol López, Juan Manuel García Chamizo, Mar Pujol López, Ramón Rizo Aldeguer, Maria José Pujol: A Morphological Proposal for Vision-Based Path Planning. 62-64
Jaywoo Kim, Younghun Sung, Sang Min Yoon, Bo Gun Park: A New Video Surveillance System Employing Occluded Face Detection. 65-68
Image Analysis
Antanas Verikas, Adas Gelzinis, Marija Bacauskiene, Virgilijus Uloza: Intelligent Vocal Cord Image Analysis for Categorizing Laryngeal Diseases. 69-78
Sang-Cheol Park, Hwa Jeong Son, Chang Bu Jeong, Soo-Hyung Kim: Keyword Spotting on Hangul Document Images Using Two-Level Image-to-Image Matching. 79-81
Sung-Kun Jang, Jung-Hwan Shin, Hyun-Hwa Oh, Seung Ick Jang, Sung-Il Chien: Robust Character Segmentation System for Korean Printed Postal Images. 82-84
Speech Recognition

Supphanat Kanokphara, Julie Carson-Berndsen: Feature-Table-Based Automatic Question Generation for Tree-Based State Tying: A Practical Implementation. 95-97
Robotics
Tohru Suzuki, Keita Inaba, Jun'ichi Takeno: Conscious Robot That Distinguishes Between Self and Others and Implements Imitation Behavior. 101-110
Tsuyoshi Tasaki, Shohei Matsumoto, Hayato Ohba, Mitsuhiko Toda, Kazuhiro Komatani, Tetsuya Ogata, Hiroshi G. Okuno: Distance-Based Dynamic Interaction of Humanoid Robot with Multiple People. 111-120
Harald Burgsteiner, Mark Kröll, Alexander Leopold, Gerald Steinbauer: Movement Prediction from Real-World Images Using a Liquid State Machine. 121-130
Agents
Aman Sahani, Ian D. Mathieson, Lin Padgham: Agent Support for a Grid-Based High Energy Physics Application. 134-144
Sebastiaan Meijer, Tim Verwaart: Feasibility of Multi-agent Simulation for the Trust and Tracing Game. 145-154
Camelia Chira, Ovidiu Chira, Thomas Roche: Multi-agent Support for Distributed Engineering Design. 155-164
Milovan Tosic, Arkady B. Zaslavsky: Reliable Multi-agent Systems with Persistent Publish/Subscribe Messaging. 165-174
Takayuki Ito, Tokuro Matsuo, Tadachika Ozono, Toramatsu Shintani: A Strategy-Proof Mechanism Based on Multiple Auction Support Agents. 175-184
Young-Guk Ha, Jae-Hong Kim, Minsu Jang, Joo-Chan Sohn, Hyunsoo Yoon: Automated Teleoperation of Web-Based Devices Using Semantic Web Services. 185-188
Seunghwa Lee, Eunseok Lee: Context Awarable Self-configuration System for Distributed Resource Management. 189-191
Robert Signorile: A Decision Support System for Inventory Control Using Planning and Distributed Agents. 192-196
Planning
Amedeo Cesta, Simone Fratini: Controlling Complex Physical Systems Through Planning and Scheduling Integration. 197-207
James Montgomery, Marcus Randall, Tim Hendtlass: Structural Advantages for Ant Colony Optimisation Inherent in Permutation Scheduling Problems. 218-228
Florent Launay, Debasis Mitra: Incrementally Scheduling with Qualitative Temporal Information. 229-231
Joanna Jedrzejowicz, Piotr Jedrzejowicz: New Upper Bounds for the Permutation Flowshop Scheduling Problem. 232-235
Hiroyuki Mikuri, Naoto Mukai, Toyohide Watanabe: R-Tree Representations of Disaster Areas Based on Probabilistic Estimation. 236-238
Human-Computer Interaction and Natural Language Processing
Maria Teresa Pazienza, Marco Pennacchiotti, Michele Vindigni, Fabio Massimo Zanzotto: AI/NLP Technologies Applied to Spacecraft Mission Design. 239-248
Seong-Bae Park, Eun-Kyung Lee, Yoon-Shik Tae: Automatic Word Spacing in Korean for Small Memory Devices. 249-258
Berardina De Carolis, Giovanni Cozzolongo, Sebastiano Pizzutilo: Generating Personalized Tourist Map Descriptions. 259-268
Fabio De Felice, Floriana Renna, Giovanni Attolico, Arcangelo Distante: Haptic Fruition of 3D Virtual Scene by Blind People. 269-278
Stefano Coppi, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Francesco M. Donini, Agnese Pinto: Ontology-Based Natural Language Parser for E-Marketplaces. 279-289
Anita A. Ferreira-Cabrera, John A. Atkinson-Abutridy: Towards Effective Adaptive Information Filtering Using Natural Language Dialogs and Search-Driven Agents. 290-299
Fevzi Belli, Christof J. Budnik: Towards Minimization of Test Sets for Human-Computer Systems. 300-309
Roberto Pirrone, Massimo Cossentino, Giovanni Pilato, Riccardo Rizzo, Giuseppe Russo: Discovering Learning Paths on a Domain Ontology Using Natural Language Interaction. 310-314
Filippo Vella, Giovanni Pilato, Giorgio Vassallo, Salvatore Gaglio: A Geometric Approach to Automatic Description of Iconic Scenes. 315-317
Ayako Hiramatsu, Hiroaki Oiso, Taiki Shojima, Norihisa Komoda: Man-Machine Interface of a Support System for Analyzing Open-Ended Questionnaires. 318-320
Reasoning

Gabriela Guimarães, Luís Moniz Pereira: Inferring Definite-Clause Grammars to Express Multivariate Time Series. 332-341
Fidel Aznar Gregori, Mar Pujol López, Ramón Rizo: Obtaining a Bayesian Map for Data Fusion and Failure Detection Under Uncertainty. 342-352
Masakazu Ikezaki, Naoto Mukai, Toyohide Watanabe: Event Handling Mechanism for Retrieving Spatio-temporal Changes at Various Detailed Level. 353-356

Tibor Bosse, Catholijn M. Jonker, Lourens van der Meij, Jan Treur: LEADSTO: A Language and Environment for Analysis of Dynamics by SimulaTiOn. 363-366
Erzsébet Németh, Rozália Lakner, Katalin M. Hangos, Ian T. Cameron: Prediction-Based Diagnosis and Loss Prevention Using Model-Based Reasoning. 367-369
Machine Learning
Luigi Iannone, Ignazio Palmisano: An Algorithm Based on Counterfactuals for Concept Learning in the Semantic Web. 370-379
Giampaolo L. Libralao, Osvaldo C. P. Almeida, André Carlos Ponce Leon Ferreira de Carvalho: Classification of Ophthalmologic Images Using an Ensemble of Classifiers. 380-389
Ying Liu, Han Tong Loh, Shu Beng Tor: Comparison of Extreme Learning Machine with Support Vector Machine for Text Classification. 390-399
Pawel Majewski, Wojciech Jedruch: Endoscopy Images Classification with Kernel Based Learning Algorithms. 400-405
Sotiris B. Kotsiantis, George E. Tsekouras, Panayiotis E. Pintelas: Local Bagging of Decision Stumps. 406-411
Eija Haapalainen, Perttu Laurinen, Heli Junno, Lauri Tuovinen, Juha Röning: Methods for Classifying Spot Welding Processes: A Comparative Study of Performance. 412-421
Ana Carolina Lorena, André Carlos Ponce Leon Ferreira de Carvalho: Minimum Spanning Trees in Hierarchical Multiclass Support Vector Machines Generation. 422-431
Yajuan Tang, Zijie Yang: One-Class Classifier for HFGWR Ship Detection Using Similarity-Dissimilarity Representation. 432-441
César Fernández Peris, Sampsa Laine, Óscar Reinoso, Maria Asunción Vicente: Improving the Readability of Decision Trees Using Reduced Complexity Feature Extraction. 442-444
Andrea Bosin, Nicoletta Dessì, Barbara Pes: Intelligent Bayesian Classifiers in Network Intrusion Detection. 445-447
Data Mining
Annalisa Appice, Paolo Buono: Analyzing Multi-level Spatial Association Rules Through a Graph-Based Visualization. 448-458
Aleksander Pur, Marko Bohanec, Bojan Cestnik, Nada Lavrac, Marko Debeljak, Tadeja Kopac: Data Mining for Decision Support: An Application in Public Health Care. 459-469
John A. Atkinson-Abutridy: A Domain-Independent Approach to Discourse-Level Knowledge Discovery from Texts. 470-479
Hyun-Gil Koh, Woong-Kee Loh, Sang-Wook Kim: An Efficient Subsequence Matching Method Based on Index Interpolation. 480-489
Yu-Bin Yang, Hui Lin, Zhongyang Guo, Jixi Jiang: A Meteorological Conceptual Modeling Approach Based on Spatial Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery. 490-499
Margherita Berardi, Michele Lapi, Pietro Leo, Corrado Loglisci: Mining Generalized Association Rules on Biomedical Literature. 500-509
Rakesh Agrawal, Howard Ho, François Jacquenet, Marielle Jacquenet: Mining Information Extraction Rules from Datasheets Without Linguistic Parsing. 510-520
Bong-Horng Chu, In-Kai Liao, Cheng-Seen Ho: An Ontology-Supported Data Preprocessing Technique for Real-Life Databases. 521-523
Genetic Algorithms

Nadia Nedjah, Luiza de Macedo Mourelle: Pareto-Optimal Hardware for Digital Circuits Using SPEA. 534-543
Semen Simkin, Tim Verwaart, Hans Vrolijk: Application of a Genetic Algorithm to Nearest Neighbour Classification. 544-546
A. Ricardo Contreras, C. Virginia Valero, M. Angélica Pinninghoff: Applying Genetic Algorithms for Production Scheduling and Resource Allocation. Special Case: A Small Size Manufacturing Company. 547-550
Cheng-Jian Lin, Yong-Ji Xu, Chi-Yung Lee: An Efficient Genetic Algorithm for TSK-Type Neural Fuzzy Identifier Design. 551-553
Giampaolo L. Libralao, Fabio C. Pereira, Telma Woerle de Lima, Alexandre C. B. Delbem: Node-Depth Encoding for Evolutionary Algorithms Applied to Multi-vehicle Routing Problem. 557-559
Mehmet Kaya, Reda Alhajj: Novel Approach to Optimize Quantitative Association Rules by Employing Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm. 560-562
Neural Networks

Kwok-wing Chau: Predicting Construction Litigation Outcome Using Particle Swarm Optimization. 571-578
Dongwon Kim, Sung-Hoe Huh, Sam-Jun Seo, Gwi-Tae Park: Self-organizing Radial Basis Function Network Modeling for Robot Manipulator. 579-587
Pasi Lehtimäki, Kimmo Raivio: A SOM Based Approach for Visualization of GSM Network Performance Data. 588-598
Carl Steidley, Alexey L. Sadovski, Philippe Tissot, Ray Bachnak, Zack Bowles: Using an Artificial Neural Network to Improve Predictions of Water Levels Where Tide Charts Fail. 599-608
Chien-Chang Hsu, Yun-Chen Lee: Canonical Decision Model Construction by Extracting the Mapping Function from Trained Neural Networks. 609-612
Hernan Grosser, Paola Britos, Ramón García-Martínez: Detecting Fraud in Mobile Telephony Using Neural Networks. 613-615
Yu-Bin Yang, Shifu Chen, Zhi-Hua Zhou, Hui Lin, Yukun Ye: An Intelligent Medical Image Understanding Method Using Two-Tier Neural Network Ensembles. 616-618
Decision Support and Heuristic Search

Ivan Blecic, Arnaldo Cecchini, Giuseppe A. Trunfio: A Decision Support Tool Coupling a Causal Model and a Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm. 628-637
Elise Langham: Emergent Restructuring of Resources in Ant Colonies: A Swarm-Based Approach to Partitioning. 638-647
Marcus Randall: The Probabilistic Heuristic In Local (PHIL) Search Meta-strategy. 648-656
Jun Feng, Yuelong Zhu, Naoto Mukai, Toyohide Watanabe: Search on Transportation Network for Location-Based Service. 657-666
Viara Popova, Jan Treur: A Specification Language for Organisational Performance Indicators. 667-677
Salvatore Favuzza, Mariano Giuseppe Ippolito, Eleonora Riva Sanseverino: A New Crowded Comparison Operator in Constrained Multiobjective Optimization for Capacitors Sizing and Siting in Electrical Distribution Systems. 678-680
Mohamed El-bachir Menai: A Two-Phase Backbone-Based Search Heuristic for Partial MAX-SAT - An Initial Investigation. 681-684
Fuzzy Logic
Raquel M. Crespo García, Abelardo Pardo, Juan Pedro Somolinos Pérez, Carlos Delgado Kloos: An Algorithm for Peer Review Matching Using Student Profiles Based on Fuzzy Classification and Genetic Algorithms. 685-694
Young-Ouk Kim, Sung-Ho Jang, Sangjin Kim, Chang-Woo Park, Joon Ki Paik: Pose-Invariant Face Detection Using Edge-Like Blob Map and Fuzzy Logic. 695-704
George E. Tsekouras, Dimitris Papageorgiou, Sotiris B. Kotsiantis, Christos Kalloniatis, Panayiotis E. Pintelas: A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Detecting Shifting Patterns in Cross-Cultural Data. 705-708
Alfredo Milani: Minimal Knowledge Anonymous User Profiling for Personalized Services. 709-711
Knowledge Management
Richard Dapoigny, Patrick Barlatier, Laurent Foulloy, Eric Benoit: Formal Goal Generation for Intelligent Control Systems. 712-721
Jaehong Kim, Minsu Jang, Young-Guk Ha, Joo-Chan Sohn, Sang-Jo Lee: MoA: OWL Ontology Merging and Alignment Tool for the Semantic Web. 722-731
Luigi Iannone, Ignazio Palmisano, Domenico Redavid: Optimizing RDF Storage Removing Redundancies: An Algorithm. 732-742
Nada Lavrac, Peter Ljubic, Mitja Jermol, Gregor Papa: A Decision Support Approach to Modeling Trust in Networked Organizations. 746-748
Elisa Bertino, Elena Ferrari, Andrea Perego, Gian Piero Zarri: An Integrated Approach to Rating and Filtering Web Content. 749-751
Applications
Paolo Avesani, Angelo Susi, Daniele Zanoni: Collaborative Case-Based Preference Elicitation. 752-761
Dino Borri, Domenico Camarda, Laura Grassini: Complex Knowledge in the Environmental Domain: Building Intelligent Architectures for Water Management. 762-772
Benedetta Barbieri, Giacomo Gamberoni, Evelina Lamma, Paola Mello, Piercamillo Pavesi, Sergio Storari: An Expert System for the Oral Anticoagulation Treatment. 773-782
Andreas Griesmayer, Roderick Bloem, Martin Hautzendorfer, Franz Wotawa: Formal Verification of Control Software: A Case Study. 783-788
Nicola Di Mauro, Teresa Maria Altomare Basile, Stefano Ferilli: GRAPE: An Expert Review Assignment Component for Scientific Conference Management Systems. 789-798
Hiromitsu Hattori, Takayuki Ito, Tadachika Ozono, Toramatsu Shintani: A Nurse Scheduling System Based on Dynamic Constraint Satisfaction Problem. 799-808
Hajime Uchiyama, Leonidas Deligiannidis, Walter D. Potter, Bradley J. Wimpey, D. H. Barnhard, R. Deng, S. Radhakrishnan: A Semi-autonomous Wheelchair with HelpStar. 809-818
Stefania Bandini, Davide Bogni, Sara Manzoni, Alessandro Mosca: ST-Modal Logic to Correlate Traffic Alarms on Italian Highways: Project Overview and Example Installations. 819-828
Norio Tomii, Tashiro Yoshiaki, Noriyuki Tanabe, Hirai Chikara, Muraki Kunimitsu: Train Rescheduling Algorithm Which Minimizes Passengers' Dissatisfaction. 829-838
Dragan Simic, Zoran Budimac, Vladimir Kurbalija, Mirjana Ivanovic: Case-Based Reasoning for Financial Prediction. 839-841
Mariana Lilley, Trevor Barker, Carol Britton: The Generation of Automated Learner Feedback Based on Individual Proficiency Levels. 842-844
Nicola Mosca, Floriana Renna, Giovanna Carlomagno, Giovanni Attolico, Arcangelo Distante: A Geographical Virtual Laboratory for the Recomposition of Fragments. 845-847
Mark Hoogendoorn, Catholijn M. Jonker, Peter-Paul van Maanen, Jan Treur: A Meta-level Architecture for Strategic Reasoning in Naval Planning. 848-850
Tokuro Matsuo, Takayuki Ito, Toramatsu Shintani: A Support Method for Qualitative Simulation-Based Learning System. 851-854



