Soft-Ware 2002: Belfast, Northern Ireland

@proceedings{DBLP:conf/software/2002,
  editor    = {David W. Bustard and
               Weiru Liu and
               Roy Sterritt},
  title     = {Soft-Ware 2002: Computing in an Imperfect World, First International
               Conference, Soft-Ware 2002, Belfast, Northern Ireland, April
               8-10, 2002, Proceedings},
  booktitle = {Soft-Ware},
  publisher = {Springer},
  series    = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume    = {2311},
  year      = {2002},
  isbn      = {3-540-43481-X},
  bibsource = {DBLP, http://dblp.uni-trier.de}
}

Technical Session 1

• Loukas Rossides, Chrysostomos Chrysostomou, Andreas Pitsillides, Y. Ahmet Sekercioglu:
  Overview of Fuzzy-RED in Diff-Serv Networks. 1-13
  
• David Chieng, Ivan Ho, Alan Marshall, Gerard Parr:
  An Architecture for Agent-Enhanced Network Service Provisioning through SLA Negotiation. 14-30
  
• Roy Sterritt:
  Facing Fault Management as It Is, Aiming for What You Would Like It to Be. 31-45
  
• Gianluca Bontempi, Gauthier Lafruit:
  Enabling Multimedia QoS Control with Black-Box Modelling. 46-59
  

Technical Session 2

• Jianhan Zhu, Jun Hong, John G. Hughes:
  Using Markov Chains for Link Prediction in Adaptive Web Sites. 60-73
  
• Michaela M. Black, Ray J. Hickey:
  Classification of Customer Call Data in the Presence of Concept Drift and Noise. 74-87
  
• Filip Zelezný, Jirí Zídgek, Olga Stepánková:
  A Learning System for Decision Support in Telecommunications. 88-101
  
• Trevor P. Martin, Behnam Azvine:
  Adaptive User Modelling in an Intelligent Telephone Assistant. 102-113
  

Technical Session 3

• Rolf Haenni:
  A Query-Driven Anytime Algorithm for Argumentative and Abductive Reasoning. 114-127
  
• Gilles Richard, Fatima Zohra Kettaf:
  Proof Length as an Uncertainty Factor in ILP. 128-140
  
• Rajiv Bagai, Shellene J. Kelley:
  Paraconsistency in Object-Oriented Databases. 141-150
  
• Gergely Lukács:
  Decision Support with Imprecise Data for Consumers. 151-165
  
• Wolfgang Golubski:
  Genetic Programming: A Parallel Approach. 166-173
  
• Meir M. Lehman, Juan F. Ramil:
  Software Uncertainty. 174-190
  

Technical Session 4

• Sally I. McClean, Bryan W. Scotney, Fiona Palmer:
  Temporal Probabilistic Concepts from Heterogeneous Data Sequences. 191-205
  
• Adele H. Marshall, David A. Bell, Roy Sterritt:
  Handling Uncertainty in a Medical Study of Dietary Intake During Pregnancy. 206-216
  
• David McSherry:
  Sequential Diagnosis in the Independence Bayesian Framework. 217-231
  
• Dymitr Ruta, Bogdan Gabrys:
  Static Field Approach for Pattern Classification. 232-246
  
• Marzena Kryszkiewicz:
  Inferring Knowledge from Frequent Patterns. 247-262
  
• Nahla Ben Amor, Salem Benferhat, Khaled Mellouli:
  Anytime Possibilistic Propagation Algorithm. 263-279
  

Technical Session 5

• Carl Adams, David E. Avison:
  Macro Analysis of Techniques to Deal with Uncertainty in Information Systems Development: Mapping Representational Framing Influences. 280-299
  
• Isabel Ramos, Daniel M. Berry, João Alvaro Carvalho:
  The Role of Emotion, Values, and Beliefs in the Construction of Innovative Work Realities. 300-314
  
• James E. Tomayko:
  Managing Evolving Requirements Using eXtreme Programming. 315-331
  
• Colleen E. Crangle:
  Text Summarization in Data Mining. 332-347
  

Invited Speakers

• Behnam Azvine:
  Industrial Applications of Intelligent Systems at BTexact. 348
  
• John Bigham:
  Intelligent Control of Wireless and Fixed Telecom Networks. 349
  
• C. A. R. Hoare:
  Assertions in Programming: From Scientific Theory to Engineering Practice. 350-351
  
• Piero P. Bonissone:
  Hybrid Soft Computing for Classification and Prediction Applications. 352-353
  
• Ray J. Paul:
  Why Users Cannot 'Get What They Want'. 354
  
• Derek McAuley:
  Systems Design with the Reverend Bayes. 355
  
• Michael Jackson:
  Formalism and Informality in Software Development. 356
  

Industrial Panel

• Gordon Bell, Bob Barbour, Paul McMenamin, Dave Allen, Maurice D. Mulvenna:
  An Industrial Perspective on Soft Issues: Successes, Opportunities, and Challenges (Panel). 357