KES 2008: Zagreb, Croatia

Artificial Intelligence Driven Engineering Design Optimization

• Mirko Ficko, Joze Balic:
  Design of Row-Based Flexible Manufacturing System with Evolutionary Computation. 1-8
  
• Eleftherios I. Amoiralis, Pavlos S. Georgilakis, Marina A. Tsili, Antonios G. Kladas:
  Ant Colony System-Based Algorithm for Optimal Multi-stage Planning of Distribution Transformer Sizing. 9-17
  
• Nikos Tsourveloudis:
  On the Evolutionary-Fuzzy Control of WIP in Manufacturing Systems. 18-25
  
• Vasilis Grapsas, Fotis Stamatelos, John Anagnostopoulos, Dimitris Papantonis:
  Numerical Study and Optimal Blade Design of a Centrifugal Pump by Evolutionary Algorithms. 26-33
  
• Ioannis K. Nikolos, Maria Stergiadi, Maria P. Papadopoulou, George P. Karatzas:
  Groundwater Numerical Modeling and Environmental Design Using Artificial Neural Networks and Differential Evolution. 34-41
  

Biomedical Informatics: Intelligent Information Management from Nanomedicine to Public Health

• Miguel García-Remesal:
  Using Hierarchical Task Network Planning Techniques to Create Custom Web Search Services over Multiple Biomedical Databases. 42-49
  
• Stefano Chiesa, Miguel García-Remesal, Guillermo de la Calle, Diana de la Iglesia, Vaida Bankauskaite, Victor Maojo:
  Building an Index of Nanomedical Resources: An Automatic Approach Based on Text Mining. 50-57
  
• Marcos Martínez, José M. Vázquez, Javier Pereira, Alejandro Pazos:
  Annotation of Colorectal Cancer Data Using the UMLS Metathesaurus. 58-65
  
• Fernando Martín-Sánchez, Victoria López-Alonso, Isabel Hermosilla-Gimeno, Guillermo López-Campos:
  A Primer in Knowledge Management for Nanoinformatics in Medicine. 66-72
  

Communicative Intelligence

• Marko Brkic, Karlo Smid, Tomislav Pejsa, Igor S. Pandzic:
  Towards Natural Head Movement of Autonomous Speaker Agent. 73-80
  
• Osvaldo Cairó, Silvia Guardati:
  Automatic Translation in Two Phases: Recognition and Interpretation. 81-88
  
• Maciej Kiewra:
  Representation of Uncertain Knowledge in Probabilistic OLAP Model. 89-96
  
• Krzysztof Juszczyszyn, Przemyslaw Kazienko, Katarzyna Musial:
  Local Topology of Social Network Based on Motif Analysis. 97-105
  
• Francois Pinet, Michel Schneider:
  A Semantic Language for Querying Anonymous Web Sources. 106-116
  
• Leszek Borzemski, Krzysztof Zatwarnicki:
  CDNs with Global Adaptive Request Distribution. 117-124
  

Computational Intelligence for Image Processing and Pattern Recognition

• Hanane H. Mirza, Hien D. Thai, Zensho Nakao:
  Digital Video Watermarking Based on RGB Color Channels and Principal Component Analysis. 125-132
  
• Alexander Adli, Hanane H. Mirza, Zensho Nakao:
  A Watermarking Approach for MIDI File Based on Velocity and Duration Modulation. 133-140
  
• Yen-Wei Chen, Kanami Kobayashi, Hitoshi Kawabayashi, Xinyin Huang:
  Application of Interactive Genetic Algorithms to Boid Model Based Artificial Fish Schools. 141-148
  
• Yen-Wei Chen, Xian-Hua Han:
  Classification of High-Resolution Satellite Images Using Supervised Locality Preserving Projections. 149-156
  

Computational Intelligence in Human Cancer Research

• René Natowicz, Roberto Incitti, Roman Rouzier, Arben Çela, Antônio de Pádua Braga, Euler G. Horta, Thiago S. Rodrigues, Marcelo Azevedo Costa:
  Downsizing Multigenic Predictors of the Response to Preoperative Chemotherapy in Breast Cancer. 157-164
  
• Anneleen Daemen, Olivier Gevaert, Karin Leunen, Vanessa Vanspauwen, Geneviève Michils, Eric Legius, Ignace Vergote, Bart De Moor:
  Classification of Sporadic and BRCA1 Ovarian Cancer Based on a Genome-Wide Study of Copy Number Variations. 165-172
  
• Àngela Nebot, Félix Castro, Alfredo Vellido, Margarida Julià-Sapé, Carles Arús:
  Rule-Based Assistance to Brain Tumour Diagnosis Using LR-FIR. 173-180
  
• Davide Bacciu, Elia Biganzoli, Paulo J. G. Lisboa, Antonina Starita:
  Are Model-Based Clustering and Neural Clustering Consistent? A Case Study from Bioinformatics. 181-188
  
• Alfredo Vellido, Margarida Julià-Sapé, Enrique Romero, Carles Arús:
  Exploratory Characterization of Outliers in a Multi-centre 1H-MRS Brain Tumour Dataset. 189-196
  
• Félix Fernando González-Navarro, Lluís A. Belanche Muñoz:
  Feature Selection in in vivo1H-MRS Single Voxel Spectra. 197-205
  
• Angela Distaso, Luca Abatangelo, Rosalia Maglietta, Teresa Maria Creanza, Ada Piepoli, Massimo Carella, Annarita D'Addabbo, Sayan Mukherjee, Nicola Ancona:
  Statistical Assessment of MSigDB Gene Sets in Colon Cancer. 206-213
  
• Terence A. Etchells, Ana S. Fernandes, Ian H. Jarman, José M. Fonseca, Paulo J. G. Lisboa:
  Stratification of Severity of Illness Indices: A Case Study for Breast Cancer Prognosis. 214-221
  

Computational Intelligence Techniques for Web Personalization

• Giovanna Castellano, Maria Alessandra Torsello:
  Categorization of Web Users by Fuzzy Clustering. 222-229
  
• Corrado Mencar, Ciro Castiello, Anna Maria Fanelli:
  Fuzzy User Profiling in e-Learning Contexts. 230-237
  
• John D. Garofalakis, Theodoula Giannakoudi, Agoritsa Vopi:
  Personalized Web Search by Constructing Semantic Clusters of User Profiles. 238-247
  
• Fabián P. Lousame, Eduardo Sánchez:
  A Comparison of Different Rating Based Collaborative Filtering Algorithms. 248-256
  

Computational Intelligent Techniques for Bioprocess Modelling, Monitoring and Control

• Ying Gao, Katie Kipling, Jarka Glassey, Mark J. Willis, Gary A. Montague, Yuhong Zhou, Nigel John Titchener-Hooker:
  Application of Agent-Based System for Bioprocess Description and Process Improvement. 257-264
  
• Cédric Baudrit, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin, Mariette Sicard, Nathalie Perrot:
  A Dynamic Bayesian Network to Represent a Ripening Process of a Soft Mould Cheese. 265-272
  
• Emil Petre, Dan Selisteanu, Dorin Sendrescu, Cosmin Ionete:
  Nonlinear and Neural Networks Based Adaptive Control for a Wastewater Treatment Bioprocess. 273-280
  
• Rui P. Costa, Pedro Oliveira, Guilherme Rodrigues, Bruno Leitão, António Dourado:
  Epileptic Seizure Classification Using Neural Networks with 14 Features. 281-288
  

Intelligent Computing for Grid

• Kun Gao:
  Predicting Grid Performance Based on Novel Reduct Algorithm. 289-296
  
• Versavia Ancusa, Razvan Bogdan, Mircea Vladutiu:
  Discussing Redundancy Issues in Intelligent Agent-Based Non-traditional Grids. 297-305
  
• Kun Gao:
  A Uniform Parallel Optimization Method for Knowledge Discovery Grid. 306-312
  
• Meiqun Liu:
  E-Service Delivery Pattern for Knowledge Discovery Grid. 313-317
  
• Xin Jin, YanLin Ma:
  Design and Implementation to Intelligent Examination System for e-Business Application Operation. 318-323
  
• Yue He:
  Application Study in Decision Support with Fuzzy Cognitive Map. 324-331
  
• Chun-Mei Lin:
  Combination Study of Multi Fuzzy Cognitive Map. 332-339
  
• Su-Fen Wang:
  A Hermeneutic Approach to the Notion of Information in IS. 340-345
  

Intelligent Security Techniques

• Dong Chan An, Seog Park:
  Access Control Labeling Scheme for Efficient Secure XML Query Processing. 346-353
  
• Isabel F. Cruz, Rigel Gjomemo, Mirko Orsini:
  A Secure Mediator for Integrating Multiple Level Access Control Policies. 354-362
  
• Giulio Galiero, Paolo Roccetti, Andrea Turli:
  Domain Account Model. 363-370
  
• Antonia Azzini, Stefania Marrara:
  Impostor Users Discovery Using a Multimodal Biometric Continuous Authentication Fuzzy System. 371-378
  

Intelligent Utilization of Soft Computing Techniques

• Maarten Peeters, Ville Könönen, Katja Verbeeck, Ann Nowé:
  A Learning Automata Approach to Multi-agent Policy Gradient Learning. 379-390
  
• Maarten Peeters, Ville Könönen, Katja Verbeeck, Sven Van Segbroeck, Ann Nowé:
  Coordinated Exploration in Conflicting Multi-stage Games. 391-402
  
• Tadahiro Oyama, Stephen Karungaru, Satoru Tsuge, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi:
  Incremental Learning Method of Simple-PCA. 403-410
  
• Norio Baba, Kenta Nagasawa, Hisashi Handa:
  Utilization of Soft Computing Techniques for Making Environmental Games More Exciting -Toward an Effective Utilization of the COMMONS GAME. 411-417
  
• Gordan Topic, Dragan Jevtic, Marijan Kunstic:
  Petri Net-Based Simulation and Analysis of the Software Development Process. 418-425
  
• Koichiro Morihiro, Haruhiko Nishimura, Teijiro Isokawa, Nobuyuki Matsui:
  Learning Grouping and Anti-predator Behaviors for Multi-agent Systems. 426-433
  
• Katsunori Shimohara:
  Network Simulations for Relationality Design - An Approach Toward Complex Systems. 434-441
  
• Mieko Tanaka-Yamawaki, Keita Awaji:
  Dynamical Effect on Tick-Wise Price Predictions. 442-449
  
• Yohei Tomita, Shin-ichi Ito, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, Taketoshi Suzuki:
  Time-Series Models of the EEG Wearing Overcorrected Glasses. 450-457
  
• Hironobu Fukai, Hironori Takimoto, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi:
  Feature Extraction System for Age Estimation. 458-465
  

Reasoning-Based Intelligent Systems

• Jair Minoro Abe, Helder F. S. Lopes, Kazumi Nakamatsu:
  Improving EEG Analysis by Using Paraconsistent Artificial Neural Networks. 466-473
  
• Kazumi Nakamatsu, Jair Minoro Abe, Seiki Akama:
  Transitive Reasoning of Before-After Relation Based on Bf-EVALPSN. 474-482
  
• Wagner Francisco Castilho, Gentil J. Lucena Filho, Hércules Antonio do Prado, Edilson Ferneda, Margarete Axt:
  A Conceptual Model for Guiding the Clustering Analysis. 483-490
  
• Li-Che Chen, Tien-Ruey Hsiang, Yu Fu, Sheng-Luen Chung:
  An Image-Based Integration System for Real-Time Dispatching of Multi-robots. 491-498
  

Relevant Reasoning for Discovery and Prediction

• Takahiro Koh, Yuichi Goto, Jingde Cheng:
  A Fast Duplication Checking Algorithm for Forward Reasoning Engines. 499-507
  
• Noriaki Yoshiura:
  Formal Definition of Relevant Logical Symbol Occurrence. 508-516
  
• Jingde Cheng:
  Deontic Relevant Logic as the Logical Basis for Representing and Reasoning about Legal Knowledge in Legal Information Systems. 517-525
  
• Yuichi Goto, Takahiro Koh, Jingde Cheng:
  A General Forward Reasoning Algorithm for Various Logic Systems with Different Formalizations. 526-535
  

Spatio-Temporal Database Concept Support for Organizing Virtual Earth

• Masahiro Ura, Takami Yasuda, Masashi Yamada, Mamoru Endo, Shinya Miyazaki, Koji Nakamura:
  Map-Oriented Regional Information Management for Data Broadcasting Contents. 536-542
  
• Wenting Liu, Zhijian Wang, Jun Feng:
  Continuous Clustering of Moving Objects in Spatial Networks. 543-550
  
• Jun Feng, Jiamin Lu, Yuelong Zhu, Toyohide Watanabe:
  Index Method for Tracking Network-Constrained Moving Objects. 551-558
  
• Kosuke Yamamoto, Kentaro Uesugi, Toyohide Watanabe:
  Adaptive Routing of Cruising Taxis by Mutual Exchange of Pathways. 559-566
  
• Naoto Mukai, Toyohide Watanabe, Jun Feng:
  Route Optimization Using Q-Learning for On-Demand Bus Systems. 567-574
  
• Masakazu Ikezaki, Toyohide Watanabe, Tomoko Kojiri, Taketoshi Ushiama:
  Sharing Event Information in Distributed Environment Based on Three-Layered Structure. 575-582
  

Advanced Knowledge-Based Systems

• Jaehoon Kim, Kangsoo Jung, Seog Park:
  An Introduction to Authorization Conflict Problem in RDF Access Control. 583-592
  
• Christos Bouras, Vassilis Tsogkas:
  Improving Text Summarization Using Noun Retrieval Techniques. 593-600
  
• Xiangfu Meng, Z. M. Ma, Li Yan:
  Providing Flexible Queries over Web Databases. 601-606
  
• Mahmoud Hussein, Ashraf El-Sisi, Nabil A. Ismail:
  Fast Cryptographic Privacy Preserving Association Rules Mining on Distributed Homogenous Data Base. 607-616
  
• Ismael Navas Delgado, José Francisco Aldana Montes:
  SD-Core: Generic Semantic Middleware Components for the Semantic Web. 617-622
  
• Z. M. Ma, Xiangfu Meng:
  A Knowledge-Based Approach for Answering Fuzzy Queries over Relational Databases. 623-630
  
• Giuseppe Pirrò, Massimo Ruffolo, Domenico Talia:
  An Algorithm for Discovering Ontology Mappings in P2P Systems. 631-641
  
• Emre Kaplan, Thomas Brochmann Pedersen, Erkay Savas, Yücel Saygin:
  Privacy Risks in Trajectory Data Publishing: Reconstructing Private Trajectories from Continuous Properties. 642-649
  
• Giorgio Gianforme, Roberto De Virgilio, Stefano Paolozzi, Pierluigi Del Nostro, Danilo Avola:
  A Novel Approach for Practical Semantic Web Data Management. 650-655
  
• Claudia d'Amato, Nicola Fanizzi, Floriana Esposito:
  Distance-Based Classification in OWL Ontologies. 656-661
  
• Francesco Camastra, Alfredo Petrosino:
  Kernel Methods for Graphs: A Comprehensive Approach. 662-669
  
• Alfredo Cuzzocrea, Sharma Chakravarthy:
  Event-Based Compression and Mining of Data Streams. 670-681
  
• Riccardo Albertoni, Elena Camossi, Monica De Martino, Franca Giannini, Marina Monti:
  Context Enabled Semantic Granularity. 682-688
  
• Alia I. Abdelmoty, Baher A. El-Geresy:
  Modeling Spatial Relations between Places to Support Geographic Information Retrieval. 689-694
  
• Sergio Greco, Cristian Molinaro:
  Towards Relational Inconsistent Databases with Functional Dependencies. 695-702
  

Chance Discovery

• Katsutoshi Yada, Takashi Washio, Yasuharu Ukai, Hisao Nagaoka:
  A Bank Run Model in Financial Crises. 703-710
  
• Sergey Babenyshev, Vladimir V. Rybakov:
  Logic of Discovery and Knowledge: Decision Algorithm. 711-718
  
• Lorenzo Magnani:
  Chances, Affordances, Niche Construction. 719-726
  
• Gyoung Soon Choi, Rüdiger Oehlmann, David Cottington:
  Free Association Versus Recognition: Sensitivity for Chance Discovery in Cross-Cultural Color Design. 727-733
  
• Yumiko Nara:
  A Cross-Cultural Study on Attitudes toward Risk, Safety and Security. 734-741
  
• Jun Nakamura, Yukio Ohsawa:
  Insight or Trial and Error: Ambiguous Items as Clue for Discovering New Concepts in Constrained Environments. 742-749
  
• Akinori Abe, Norihiro Hagita, Michiko Furutani, Yoshiyuki Furutani, Rumiko Matsuoka:
  Exceptions as Chance for Computational Chance Discovery. 750-757
  
• Hidenao Abe, Shusaku Tsumoto:
  Analyzing Behavior of Objective Rule Evaluation Indices Based on a Correlation Coefficient. 758-765
  

Innovation-Oriented Knowledge Management Platform

• Hideaki Ito, Yuji Kawai, Hiroyasu Koshimizu:
  Face Image Annotation Based on Latent Semantic Space and Rules. 766-773
  
• Taiki Takashita, Tsuyoshi Itokawa, Teruaki Kitasuka, Masayoshi Aritsugi:
  A Spam Filtering Method Learning from Web Browsing Behavior. 774-781
  
• Motohiro Matsuda, Kazunari Ito, Martin J. Dürst, Kôiti Hasida:
  A Method of Graphics Composition Using Differential SVG Documents. 782-789
  
• Koichi Hanaue, Toyohide Watanabe:
  Externalization Support of Key Phrase Channel in Presentation Preparation. 790-797
  
• Taketoshi Ushiama, Toyohide Watanabe:
  X-Web: A Data Model for Managing Personal Contents Based on User Experiences. 798-805
  

Knowledge-Based Creativity Support Systems

• Florian Forster, Michele Brocco:
  Understanding Creativity-Technique Based Problem Solving Processes. 806-813
  
• Takanori Ugai, Kouji Aoyama:
  Visualisation Tool for Cooperative Relations and Its Verification with a Case Study. 814-822
  
• Kosuke Numa, Kiyoko Toriumi, Katsuaki Tanaka, Mina Akaishi, Koichi Hori:
  Participatory Workshop as a Creativity Support System. 823-830
  
• Shuji Sato, Kazuo Misue, Jiro Tanaka:
  Readable Representations for Large-Scale Bipartite Graphs. 831-838
  
• Taro Sugihara, Kenichi Nakagawa, Tsutomu Fujinami, Ryozo Takatsuka:
  Evaluation of a Prototype of the Mimamori-care System for Persons with Dementia. 839-846
  
• Motoki Miura, Sadanori Ito, Ryozo Takatsuka, Susumu Kunifuji:
  Aware Group Home Enhanced by RFID Technology. 847-854
  
• Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji:
  A Tabletop Interface Using Controllable Transparency Glass for Collaborative Card-Based Creative Activity. 855-862
  
• Ujjwal Neupane, Kazushi Nishimoto, Motoki Miura, Susumu Kunifuji:
  Random Display of Hints and Its Effect on Generating Ideas in Brain-Writing Groupware. 863-870
  
• Kazuo Misue:
  Visual Analysis Tool for Bipartite Networks. 871-878
  

Knowledge-Based Interface Systems [I]

• Sanjay Misra, Ibrahim Akman:
  A Model for Measuring Cognitive Complexity of Software. 879-886
  
• Yuji Iwahori, Naoki Enda, Shinji Fukui, Haruki Kawanaka, Robert J. Woodham, Yoshinori Adachi:
  Efficient Tracking with AdaBoost and Particle Filter under Complicated Background. 887-894
  
• Masashi Kawaguchi, Takashi Jimbo, Naohiro Ishii:
  Analog VLSI Layout Design and the Circuit Board Manufacturing of Advanced Image Processing for Artificial Vision Model. 895-902
  
• Takashi Kojima, Yuji Iwahori, Tsuyoshi Nakamura, Shinji Fukui, Robert J. Woodham, Hidenori Itoh:
  Classification of Local Surface Using Neural Network and Object Rotation of Two Degrees of Freedom. 903-910
  
• Nobuhiro Inuzuka, Hiroyuki Ishida, Tomofumi Nakano:
  Control of Hypothesis Space Using Meta-knowledge in Inductive Learning. 911-918
  

Knowledge-Based Interface Systems [II]

• Toshinori Deguchi, Keisuke Matsuno, Naohiro Ishii:
  On Capacity of Memory in Chaotic Neural Networks with Incremental Learning. 919-925
  
• Naohiro Ishii, Takahiro Yamada, Yongguang Bao:
  Improved Accuracy by Relearning and Combining Distance Functions. 926-933
  
• Yoshinori Adachi, Masahiro Ozaki, Yuji Iwahori:
  Influence of Character Type of Japanese Hiragana on Writer Recognition. 934-941
  
• Masahiro Ozaki, Yoshinori Adachi, Naohiro Ishii:
  Learning Algorithm for Study Support in Web Study - Design of Prototype Model. 942-949
  

Knowledge-Based Multi-criteria Decision Support

• Beatriz S. L. P. de Lima, Maria C. M. Alves, Alexandre Evsukoff, Ian N. Vieira:
  Municipal Solid Waste Site Location Using a Fuzzy Logic Approach. 950-957
  
• Jing-Long Wang, Shu-Yin Chiang:
  Fuzzy-Based Call Admission Control Scheme for Mobile Networks. 958-965
  
• Shu-Yin Chiang, Jing-Long Wang:
  Routing Analysis Using Fuzzy Logic Systems in Wireless Sensor Networks. 966-973
  
• Hsuan-Shih Lee, Pei-Di Shen, Wen-Li Chyr:
  Prioritization of Incomplete Fuzzy Preference Relation. 974-979
  
• Hsuan-Shih Lee, Chen-Huei Yeh:
  Fuzzy Multi-criteria Decision Making Based on Fuzzy Preference Relation. 980-985
  

Knowledge-Based Systems for e-Business

• Yasuo Yamashita, Hiroshi Takahashi, Takao Terano:
  The Development of the Financial Learning Tool through Business Game. 986-993
  
• Masakazu Takahashi, Satoru Takahashi, Yoshikatsu Fujita:
  A Method for Ensuring Consistency of Software Design Information in Retrospective Computer Validation. 994-1001
  
• Nobuo Suzuki, Kazuhiko Tsuda:
  Egocentrism Presumption Method with N-Gram for e-Business. 1002-1009
  
• Masakazu Takahashi, Toshiyuki Nakao, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Takao Terano:
  Generating Dual-Directed Recommendation Information from Point-of-Sales Data of a Supermarket. 1010-1017
  
• Yasunobu Kino, Kazuhiko Tsuda, Tadashi Tsukahara:
  Extraction of the Project Risk Knowledge on the Basis of a Project Plan. 1018-1025
  
• Setsuya Kurahashi:
  Real-Valued LCS Using UNDX for Technology Extraction. 1026-1033