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Vasile Palade Robert J. HowlettLakhmi Jain (Eds.)
Knowledge-B asedIntelligent Informationand Engineering Systems
7th International Conference, KES 2003"Oxford, UK, September 3-5, 2003Proceedings, Part II
Springer
Table of Contents, Part II
Advances on Adaptive Resonance Theory and Applications -
Putting the Utility of Match Tracking in Fuzzy ARTMAP Trainingto the TestGeorgios C. Anagnostopoulos and Michael Georgiopoulos 1
An ART-Based Hybrid Network for Medical Pattern Classification Taskswith Missing DataChee Peng him, Mei Ming Kuan, and Robert F. Harrison 7
Combining Support Vector Machines and ARTMAP Architecturesfor Natural ClassificationAlberto Munoz and Javier M. Moguerza 16
ART-Based Neuro-fuzzy Modelling Applied to Reinforcement LearningKonstantinos C. Zikidis and Spyros G. Tzafestas 22
AFC: ART-Based Fuzzy ClassifierElena P. Sapozhnikova and Wolfgang Rosenstiel 30
Intelligent Decision Support Making Systems
Intelligent Assistance, Retrieval, Reminder and Advicefor Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-MakingJocelyn San Pedro and Frada Burstein 37
Facilitating Electronic Business Planning ,with Decision Making Support Systems \Lidan Ha, Guisseppi Forgionne, and Fen Wang 45
Critical Context for Decision Making:A Modeling Approach Based on a Re-planning ToolGuy Camilleri, Jean-Luc Soubie, and Pascale Zarate . 52
A Framework to Assess Intelligent Decision-Making Support SystemsM. Mora, G. Forgionne, J. Gupta, F. Cervantes, and O. Gelman 59
An Information Market for Multi-agent Decision Making:Observations from a Human ExperimentBartel Van de Walle and Mihai Moldovan ;. 66
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Classification of Decision-Behavior Patternsin Multivariate Computer Log DataUsing Independent Component AnalysisSerafeim Fragos, Lampros K. Stergioulas, and Costas S. Xydeas 73
Design, Integration and Evaluation .. .of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Control Systemfor the Improvement of the Monitoring and Quality Control Processin the Manufacturing of Metal Casting ComponentsEmma L. Mares and Jerry H. Sokolowski 80
Developing Intelligent Decision Support Systems: A Bipartite ApproachAlexandre Gachet and Pius Haettenschwiler ." 87
Fuzzy Support Systems for Discretionary Judicial Decision MakingFelipe Lara-Rosano and Maria del Socorro Tellez-Silva 94
Intelligent Decision Making Supportthrough Just-in-Time Knowledge ManagementNabie Y. Conteh and Guisseppi Forgionne 101
Integrating Simulation and Argumentationin Organizational Decision MakingNikos Karacapilidis and Emmanuel Adamides 107
Neural Networks for Vision - Biological and Artificial
Perceptual Grouping to Motion Direction and Speed in AperturesIsao Hayashi 115
Assignment of Figural Side to Contours Basedon Symmetry, Parallelism, and ConvexityMasayuki Kikuchi and Kunihiko Fukushima 123
Neural Network Model Restoring Partly Occluded PatternsKunihiko Fukushima 131
Face Localization in the Neural Abstraction PyramidSven Behnke 139
A Model for Selective Visual Attention Based on Discrete Scale-Spaces.Shunji Satoh and Shogo Miyake 147
A Trainable Object-Detection MethodUsing Equivalent Retinotopical Sampling and Fisher KernelHirotaka Niitsuma 155
Self-Organizing Feature Maps for HMM Based Lip-ReadingNaoyuki Tsuruta, Hirotaka Iuchi, Alaa El. Sagheer,and Tarek El. Tobely 162
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A Convolutional Neural Network VLSI for Image RecognitionUsing Merged/Mixed Analog-Digital ArchitectureKeisuke Korekado, Takashi Morie, Osamu Nomura, Hiroshi Ando,Teppei Nakano, Masakazu Matsugu, and Atsushi Iwata 169
Promoting Smart User-Centred Approachesin Innovative Teaching and Learning
Making Intelligent Learning Technologies Meaningful:Practical Lessons Learnt from Public Administration Training Programsin South Africa and CanadaAlbert A. Einsiedel, Jr 177
Using Communication Preference and Mapping Learning Stylesto Teaching Styles in the Distance Learning Intelligent Tutoring System -WISDeMWilliam A. Janvier and Claude Ghaoui 185
Evaluation of Discussions in Online ClassroomsAiman Badri, Floriana Grasso, and Paul Leng 193
Web-Based Synchronized Multimedia System Designfor Teaching/Learning Chinese as a Foreign LanguageNatalius Huang, Herng- Yow Chen, and R. C. T. Lee 201
An Integrated Courseware Usability Evaluation MethodMaria Alexandra Rentroia-Bonito and Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge 208
Development of a Level-Based Instruction Modelin Web-Based EducationChanjung Park and Maenghee Kim 215
AI Techniques in Web-Based Educational Systems
Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Studentsin Web-Based Learning EnvironmentsEssam Kosba, Vania Dimitrova, and Roger Boyle 222
The Use of Conceptual Graphs for Interactive Student Modellingand Adaptive Web ExplanationsVania Dimitrova and Kalina Bontcheva 230
Supporting Collaborative Knowledge Building with Intelligent AgentsWeiqin Chen, Jan Dolonen, and Barbara Wasson 238
Providing Personalised Recommendationsin a Web-Based Education SystemColm 0 'Riordan and Josephine Griffith 245
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A Rule-Based Formalismfor Describing Collaborative Adaptive CoursesRosa M. Carro, Alvaro Ortigosa, and Johann Schlichter 252
User Modeling on Adaptive Web-Based Learning CommunitiesElena Gaudioso and Jesus G. Boticario .-.- 260
Preventing Student Dropout in Distance LearningUsing Machine Learning TechniquesS.B. Kotsiantis, C.J. Pierrakeas, and P.E. Pintelas 267
Evaluation of an Intelligent Web-Based Language TutorVictoria Tsiriga and Maria Virvou 275
Domain Knowledge Acquisition and Plan Recognitionby Probabilistic ReasoningManolis Maragoudakis, Aristomenis Thanopoulos, Kyriakos Sgarbas,and Nikos Fakotakis 282
Web Based Education as a Result of AI Supported Classroom TeachingGerald Friedland, Lars Knipping, Raul Rojas, and Ernesto Tapia 290
From Web-Based Educational Systems to Education on the Web:On the Road to the Adaptive WebNicola Henze 297
Complex-Valued Neural Networks
Qubit Neural Network and Its EfficiencyNoriaki Kouda, Nobuyuki Matsui, Haruhiko Nishimura,and Ferdinand Peper 304
Performance of Adaptive Beamforming \by Using Complex-Valued Neural NetworkAndriyan Bayu Suksmono and Akira Hirose 311
Quaternion Neural Network and Its ApplicationTeijiro Isokawa, Tomoaki Kusakabe, Nobuyuki Matsui,and Ferdinand Peper 318
Building Up of a Pen Oriented Human-Software Interfacewith Complex-Valued Spiking MachinesA. Ardouin, N. Brouard, C. Moreau, R. Plouvier, S. Rouchy,and G. Vaucher 325
Pitch-Asynchronous Overlap-Add Waveform-Concatenation Speech Synthesisby Using a Phase-Optimizing Neural NetworkKeiichi Tsuda and Akira Hirose 332
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A Data-Reusing Gradient Descent Algorithmfor Complex-Valued Recurrent Neural NetworksSu Lee Goh and Danilo P. Mandic 340
Some Properties of the Network Consistingof Two Complex-Valued Nagumo-Sato Neurons .Iku Nemoto 351
Knowledge Based Computer Assisted Systems for Health Care
Ontology-Based Medical Information Service SystemHirokazu Taki, Noriyuki Matsuda, Michiyasu Hiramatsu,Yuki Naito, Jiro Nakajima, Tadashi Nakamura, Akihisa Imagawa,Yuji Matsuzawa, Norihiro Abe, and Satoshi Hori 358
Abstraction of Long-Term Changed Tests in Mining Hepatitis DataSaori Kawasaki, Tu Bao Ho, and Dung Trong Nguyen 366
A Classification Capability of Reflective Neural Networksin Medical DatabasesTakumi Ichimura, Shinichi Oeda, Machi Suka, and Katsumi Yoshida 373
A Classification Method of Medical Databaseby Immune Multi-agent Neural Networkswith Planar Lattice ArchitectureTakumi Ichimura, Shinichi Oeda, Toshiyuki Yamashita,and Katsumi Yoshida 380
Physiological Simulation by Integrating a Circulatory System Modelwith Beat-by-Beat HemodynamicsKen'ichi Asami and Tadashi Kitamura 388
Collimation Detection in Digital RadiographsUsing Plane Detection Hough Transform •Ikuo Kawashita, Masahito Aoyama, Tomoaki Kajiyama, \and Naoki Asada 394
Automated Cerebral Arteries Segmentation and Diameter Measurementof Aneurysm from MR AngiogramsMasahito Aoyama, Ikuo Kawashita, Yoko Naruse, Naoki Asada,and Kazuo Awai 402
Data Mining for Seeking Relationships between Sickness Absenceand Japanese Worker's ProfileHiroki Sugimori, Yukiyasu Iida, Machi Suka, Takumi Ichimura,and Katsumi Yoshida 410
Clinical Decision Support SystemApplied the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessMachi Suka, Takumi Ichimura, and Katsumi Yoshida 417
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Intelligent Human Computer Interaction Systems
Emotion Generating Calculations Based on Hidden Markov ModelKazuya Mera and Takumi Ichimura 424
Support System for Analysis of Student's Motivationin Group LearningManabu Nakamura, Takumi Ichimura, Kazuya Mera,and Setsuko Otsuki 432
Personalization of Help System Output in the Frameworkof Everyday Language ComputingShino Iwashita, Ichiro Kobayashi, Noriko Ito, Toru Sugimoto,and Michio Sugeno 439
A Description Method of Syntactic Rules on Japanese FilmscriptYoshiaki Kurosawa, Takumi Ichimura, and Teruaki Aizawa 446
Knowledge Structure for Acquiring Personal Taste InformationKazuya Mera and Takumi Ichimura 454
A Proposal of Kansei Description for Multimedia ContentsKaori Yoshida 461
Interactive Navigation for Problem-Solving Oriented Learning ProcessesKazuhisa Seta, Kei Tachibana, and Motohide Umano 466
Multi-objective Decision Making by AHP and Its Applicationto Personal Preference Retrieval SystemTakumi Ichimura, Akira Hara, Tetsuyuki Takahama,Yoshinori Isomichi, and Rie Utsunomiya 474
Interactive Design Support System by Customer Evaluationand Genetic Evolution: Application to Eye Glass FrameHideyoshi Yanagisawa and Shuichi Fukuda ; 481
Immunity-Based Systems
Towards an Immunity-Based System for Detecting MasqueradersTakeshi Okamoto, Takayuki Watanabe, and Yoshiteru Ishida 488
Noisy Channel and Reaction-Diffusion Systems:Models for Artificial Immune SystemsVincenzo Cutello and Giuseppe Nicosia 496
Immunity-Based Approaches for Self-Monitoringin Distributed Intrusion Detection SystemYuji Watanabe and Yoshiteru Ishida 503
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Idiotypic Network Model for Feature Extraction in Pattern Recognition -Effect of Diffusion of AntibodyToshiyuki Shimooka and Koichi Shimizu 511
Mechanism of a Transient but Long-Lasting Immune Memory Functionon a Self/Non-Self BoundaryKouji Harada and Norio Shiratori 519
A Proposal of Immune Multi-agent Neural Networks andIts Application to Medical Diagnostic System for Hepatobiliary DisordersShinichi Oeda, Takumi Ichimura, Toshiyuki Yamashita,
Katsumi Yoshida 526
Intelligent Knowledge-Based Interface Systems (I)
Development of an ESP E-learning Tool Using In-House CorporaYukie Koyama,, Tomofumi Nakano, and Chikako Matsuura 533
Evaluation of Learning Support Systemfor Agent-Based C ProgrammingKazuhiko Nagao and Naohiro Ishii 540
EM Algorithm for Cleaning of Answers Generatedby an E-learning SystemTomofumi Nakano, Yukie Koyama, Nobuhiro Inuzuka,and Chikako Matsuura 547
Reinforcement Learning Methods to Handle Actionswith Differing Costs in MDPsTakahisa Ishiguro, Tohgoroh Matsui, Nobuhiro Inuzuka,and Koichi Wada 553
Intelligent Knowledge-Based Interface Systems (II)
Extraction of Face Parts by Using Flesh Color and Boundary ImagesYoshinori Adachi, Saori Takeoka, and Masahiro Ozaki 561
Web Type CAI System with Dynamic Text Changefrom Database by UnderstandingMasahiro Ozaki, Koji Koyama, Yoshinori Adachi, and Naohiro Ishii 567
A Study on Saccadic Eye Movements at the Mutual GazingHiroshi Sasaki, Kazuhiro Murai, and Naohiro Ishii 573
Direction Selective Artificial Vision Modeland the Layout for Analog VLSIMasashi Kawaguchi, Takashi Jimbo, Masayoshi Umeno,and Naohiro Ishii 578
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Knowledge-Based and Cognitive Neuroscience Systemsfor Future Humanoid Robot Development
Cognitive Humanoid Robots Based on Complex Kinematic FeaturesFrank Kirchner, Takamasa Koshizen, and Dirk Spenneberg 584
A Multi-layered Hierarchical Architecture for a Humanoid RobotKenji Suzuki and Shuji Hashimoto 592
Active Detection of Anomalous Region as Primitive Processingfor Visual Object SegregationShinichi Nagai, Koji Akatsuka, Tetsuya Ido, Hiroshi Kondo,Atsushi Miura, and Hiroshi Tsujino 600
ANNA: An Artificial Neural Network for Attentionto Emotional RecognitionJ. G. Taylor and N. Fragopanagos 607
Attention-Based Robot Control5. Kasderidis and J. G. Taylor 615
Industrial Applications of Soft Computing
Two Industrial Problems Solved througha Novel Optimization AlgorithmM. Vannucci, V. Colla, G. Bioli, and R. Valentini 622
Do Neurofuzzy Systems Have Chances in Industrial Applications?Leonardo M. Reyneri 629
Clusterability and Centroid ApproximationAlina Romero and Mukkai S. Krishnamoorthy 637
An Artificial Olfactory System for Qualityand Geographical Discrimination of Olive OilsMarco Cococcioni, Beatrice Lazzerini, and Francesco Marcelloni 647
A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Improve Manufacturing EffectivenessRiccardo Dulmin and Valeria Mininno 654
Intelligent Mobile Agents in Mobile Networks: All-Mobile Networks
Knowledge-Based Mobility Management in All-Mobile NetworkIgnac Lovrek and Vjekoslav Sinkovic 661
The Intelligent Agent-Based Control of Service Processing CapacityDragan Jevtic, Marijan Kunstic, and Nenad Jerkovic 668
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Multi-agent System for Remote Software OperationsGordan Jezic, Mario Kusek, Sasa Desic, Ozren Labor, Antun Caric,and Darko Huljenic '. 675
Command and Control (C2) and Situation Awareness -Reasoning in Intelligent Agents
A Frigate Movement Survival Agent-Based ApproachPierrick Plamondon, Brahim Chaib-draa, Patrick Beaumont,and Dale Blodgett 683
Weasel: A User Guided Enemy Course of Action GeneratorCaroline C. Hayes and Ujwala Ravinder 692
A Multi-agent System for Executing Group TasksJeremy W. Baxter and Graham S. Horn 697
Knowledge Elicitation and Decision-Modelling for Command AgentsMarcus Watson and Frank Lui 704
The Wargame Infrastructure and Simulation Environment (Wise)Paul Pearce, Alan Robinson, and Susan Wright 714
Intelligent Agents and Situation AwarenessPierre Urlings, Jeffrey Tweedale, Christos Sioutis,and Nikhil Ichalkaranje 723
Intelligent Groupware
A New MPEG-2 Solution Using a 2nd ALU in the RISCKunihiro Yamada, Yukihisa Naoe, Masanori Kojima,and Tadanori Mizuno 734
Idea Generation Support System GUNGEN DX II beyond PapersTomohiro Shigenobu, Takashi Yoshino, and Jun Munemori 741
Data Processing Methodof Small-Scale Five Senses Communication SystemTakashi Yoshino, Yoshinori Fujihara, and Jun Munemori ' * 748
A Trial of a Bidirectional Learning Management Toolfor Promoting Learning by Mobile PhoneKouji Yoshida, Kouiti Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Nakada, Tomonori Akutsu,Satoru Fujii, and Hiroshi Ichimura 756
Development of a Remote Communication Systemfor Computer Novices and Their InstructorsSatoru Fujii, Jun Iwata, Kouji Yoshida, and Tadanori Mizuno 764
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Personalized Environment for Skimming DocumentsTessai Hayama, Takashi Kanai, and Susumu Kunifuji 771
GUNGEN-GO: Real-Time Groupware Development Environmentfor a Hypermedia SystemTakaya Yuizono, Takashi Yoshino, and Jun Munemori . . 779
Visualization Methods for Sharing Knowledge Piecesand Relationships Based on Biological ModelsMasao Usuki and Kozo Sugiyama 786
Intelligent Paradigms in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering
Functional Imaging of Tinnitus: Seeing of the Unseeable!Ali A. Danesh, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Deena L. Wener,and Abhijit Pandya 794
Brain Signal Source LocalizationUsing a Method Combining BP Neural Networkswith Nonlinear Least Squares MethodQinyu Zhang, Masatake Akutagawa, Xiaoxiao Bai,Hirofumi Nagashino, and Yohsuke Kinouchi 800
System Identification of the Brain Dynamics by EEG AnalysisUsing Neural NetworksToshio Kawano, Masatake Akutagawa, Qinyu Zhang,Hirofumi Nagashino, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Fumio Shichijo,and Shinji Nagahiro 807
A Neural Network Model for Pattern RecognitionHirohito Shintani, Hirofumi Nagashino, Masatake Akutagawa,and Yohsuke Kinouchi 814
A Predictive Feedback Control Model Using NN and NLMSMalrey Lee, Dongju Im, Sung Su Park, Jung sik Lee, and Jae wanLee 822
Intelligent Systems Design
Representing of Dependence Model and Class TestingUsing Program Dependence ModelMalrey Lee, Dong-Ju Im, SungSu Park, Jungsik Lee, Jaewan Lee,and Bumjun Cho 828
Secure Transaction Processing in Multi-expert Systemswith Replicated DataJeong Hyun- Cheol, Malrey Lee, and Bumjun Cho 834
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Goal-Directed Design for Proactive and Intelligent Device CollaborationMichael VanHilst and Martin Griss 841
Recognition of X-ray Imagesby Using Revised GMDH-type Neural NetworksTadashi Kondo and Abhijit S. Pandya 849
Low Power Design of the NeuroprocessorA.S. Pandya, Ankur Agarwal, and P.K. Kim 856
Visual Sensing and Human Interface for Affective Computing
Age and Gender Estimation Based on Facial Image AnalysisJun-ichiro Hayashi, Hiroyasu Koshimizu, and Seiji Hata 863
Age and Gender Estimations by Modeling Statistical Relationshipamong FacesTakayuki Fujiwara and Hiroyasu Koshimizu 870
Subjective Age Obtained from Facial Images -How Old We Feel Compared to OthersNoriko Nagata and Seiji Inokuchi 877
Robust Facial Parts Detection by Using Four Directional Featuresand Relaxation MatchingKenji Iwata, Hitoshi Hongo, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, and Yoshinori Niwa ... 882
Event Detection for a Visual Surveillance SystemUsing Stereo Omni-directional SystemHiroki Watanabe, Hideki Tanahashi, Yutaka Satoh, Yoshinori Niwa,and Kazuhiko Yamamoto 890
Mental Workload of Ship's Navigator -A Few Comments on Heart Rate Variabilityduring Navigational Watch KeepingKoji Murai, Yuji Hayashi, Noriko Nagata, and Seiji Inokuchi 897
Face Tracking System with Fixed CCD and PTZ CameraTakuma Funahashi, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Masafumi Tominaga,George Lashkia, and Hiroyasu Koshimizu 904
Intelligent Techniques for Biology and Chemistry
A Study of Aquatic Toxicity Using Artificial Neural NetworksMarian Viorel Craciun, Daniel C. Neagu, Christoph Konig,and Severin Bumbaru 911
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Discovery of Toxicological Patterns with Lazy LearningEva Armengol and Enric Plaza 919
Discovering Active Regions in Non-redundant Genome DatabasesK. Ramesh and Shivashankar B. Nair 927
Neural Network Application to Eggplant ClassificationYasuo Saito, Toshiharu Hatanaka, Katsuji Uosaki,and Hidekazu Shigeto 933
Intelligent Optimal Control of a Biosynthesis ProcessUsing a N e u r a l Network Based EstimatorGrigore Fetecau, Viorel Nicolau, Vasile Palade, and Maria Fetecau 941
Methods and Applications of Intelligent Hybrid Systems
On the Analysis of Neural Networks for Image ProcessingBerend Jan van der Zwaag, Kees Slump, and Lambert Spaanenburg 950
Development of Methods How to Avoid the Overfitting-Effectwithin the GeLog-SystemGabriella Kokai 958
An Optimal Algorithm for Combining Multivariate Forecastsin Hybrid SystemsYe. Bodyanskiy, P. Otto, I. Pliss, and S. Popov 967
Probabilistic Neuro-fuzzy Networkwith Non-conventional Activation FunctionsYe. Bodyanskiy, Ye. Gorshkov, V. Kolodyazhniy, and J. Wernstedt 973
An Optimization of Data Mining AlgorithmsUsed in Fuzzy Association RulesDragos Arotaritei and Mircea Gh. Negoita 980
Some Test Problems Regarding Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMircea Gh. Negoita and David Pritchard 986
Knowledge Based Methods and Applicationsfor Product Development
A Web-Based Intelligent Forecasting SystemXiang Li, King-Jim Hee, and Yushi Cheng 993
A Tabu Search-Based Optimization Approach for Process PlanningWD Li, SK Ong, YQ Lu, and AYC Nee 1000
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Automated Text Classification for Fast Feedback -Investigating the Effects of Document RepresentationRakesh Menon, Loh Han Tong, S. Sathiyakeerthi,and Aarnout Brombacher 1008
A Solution to Billiard Balls Puzzle Using AO* Algorithmand Its Application to Product DevelopmentZhu Fuxi, Tian Ming, and He Yanxiang 1015
A Product Model for Mass - Customisation ProductsDennis Janitza, Martin Lacher, Maik Maurer, Udo Pulm,and Henning Rudolf 1023
Intelligent Media Technologyfor Communicative Intelligence
Parti: Embodied Conversational Agents and Intelligent Supportfor Content Creation
Embodied Conversational Agentsfor Presenting Intellectual Multimedia ContentsYukiko I. Nakano, Toshihiro Murayama, Daisuke Kawahara,Sadao Kurohashi, and Toyoaki Nishida 1030
Channel Design for Strategic Knowledge InteractionHidekazu Kubota and Toyoaki Nishida 1037
Object Tracking and Task Recognitionfor Producing Interactive Video Content -Semi-automatic Indexing for QUEVICOMotoyuki Ozeki, Masatsugu Itoh, Hidekatsu Izuno, Yuichi Nakamura,and Yuichi Ohta , 1044
Structural Analysis of Instruction UtterancesTomohide Shibata, Daisuke Kawahara, Masashi Okamoto,Sadao Kurohashi, and Toyoaki Nishida 1054
On Personalizing Video Portal System with MetadataKouzou Ohara, Takehiro Ogura, and Noboru Babaguchi '. ; . . . 1062
Part2: Environmental Media and Intelligent Interaction Support
Environmental Media - In the Case of Lecture Archiving System -Michihiko Minoh and Satoshi Nishiguchi 1070
Non-verbal Human Communication Using Avatars in a Virtual SpaceDaisaku Arita and Rin-ichiro Taniguchi 1077
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Adjustment of Nonverbal Conversational Signalsfrom Embodied Agents in DialoguesJunko Itou, Koh Kakusho, and Michihiko Minoh 1085
Toward the Human Communication Efficiency Monitoringfrom Captured Audio and Video Media in Real Environments • - . ...-•-Tomasz M. Rutkowski, Susumu Seki, Yoko Yamakata,Koh Kakusho, and Michihiko Minoh 1093
Toward a Mutual Adaptive Interface:An Interface and a User Induce and Utilize the Partner's AdaptationTdkanori Komatsu, Atsushi Utsunomiya, Kentaro Suzuki,Kazuhiro Ueda, Kazuo Hiraki, and Natsuki Oka 1101
Neural Network Models of Brain Disease, Plasticityand Rehabilitation
Neural Network Theory and Recent Neuroanatomical Findings Indicatethat Inadequate Nitric Oxide Synthase Will Cause AutismLennart Gustafsson 1109
From Dopamine to Psychosis: A Computational ApproachAndrew Smith, Suzanna Becker, and Shitij Kapur 1115
Preoccupation with a Restricted Pattern of Interestin Modelling Autistic LearningLennart Gustafsson and Andrew P. Papliiiski 1122
The CODAM Model and Deficits of Consciousness I: CODAMJ.G. Taylor 1130
CODAM and Deficits of Consciousness II:Schizophrenia and Neglect/ExtinctionJ.G. Taylor \ 1140
A Neurocomputational Model of Early PsychosisEric Y.H. Chen 1149
Schizophrenia Positive Symptoms Interpretedas Cognitive HallucinationsJavier Ropero Pelaez ' 1156
Selfreparing Neural Networks:A Model for Recovery from Brain DamageJaap M.J. Murre, Robert Griffioen, and I.H. Robertson 1164
Dopaminergic Noise Control of Memoryin Psychic Aparatus FunctioningLuis Alfredo V. de Carvalho, Roseli S. Wedemann,Raul Donangelo, and Daniele Q. Mendes 1172
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Soft Computing Techniques for 3D Computer Vision
Contour Based Superquadric TrackingJaka Krivic and Franc Solina 1180
2D Qualitative Recognition of SymGeon AspectsFiora Pirri and Massimo Romano 1187
Accelerated Bundle Adjustment in Multiple-View ReconstructionBing Liu, Maoyuan Yu, Dennis Maier, and Reinhard Manner 1195
Knowledge Based E-learning
Learning Method Objects for Knowledge-Driven EnvironmentsIgnatz Heinz and Ursula Suter-Seuling 1202
Open Web-Based Learning Environments and Knowledge Forumsto Support Disabled PeopleIleana Hamburg, Miona Lazea, and Mihnea Marin 1208
A Model Conception for Learner Profile Constructionand Determination of Optimal Scenario in Intelligent Learning SystemsE. Kukla, N. T. Nguyen, J. Sobecki, C. Danilowicz, and M. Lenar 1216
Adaptive Learning Scenarios in Intelligent Instructional EnvironmentEmilia Pecheanu, Luminita Dumitriu, and Cristina Segal 1223
Content Modeling in Intelligent Instructional EnvironmentsEmilia Pecheanu, Cristina Segal, and Diana Stefanescu 1229
Knowledge Engineering at the User Interfacefor Intelligent Biometric Processing
Human Factors that Affected the Benchmarking of NAFIS:A Case StudyAmbika Suman 1235
A Study on Performance Evaluationof the Liveness Detection for Various Fingerprint Sensor ModulesHyosup Kang, Bongku Lee, Hakil Kim, Daecheol Shin,and Jaesung Kim.'. 1245
Intelligent Management of Multimodal Biometric TransactionsM.C. Fairhurst, F. Deravi, N. Mavity, J. George, and K. Sirlantzis 1254
An Experimental Study on Measuring Image Qualityof Infant FingerprintsSungwook Joun, Hakil Kim, Yongwha Chung, and Dosung Ahn 1261
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A Study of the User Interface in Biometric Verification Based on theCharacteristics of Human Signature CheckingM. C. Fairhurst and E. Kaplani 1270
Advances on Knowledge Engineering
Knowledge Model of a Therapy Administration TaskApplied to an Agricultural DomainIsabel Maria del Aguila, Jose Joaquin Canadas,Alfonso Bosch, Samuel Tunez, and Roque Marin 1277
Acquisition and Representation of Causaland Temporal Knowledge in Medical DomainsJ. Palma, B. Llamas, A. Gonzalez, and M. Mendrguez 1284
Extended Models of Dynamic Selection Using Ontological ElementsApplication to Design and Image Analysis ProblemsJ. Fernando Bienvenido and Isabel M. Flores-Parra 1291
Experiences in Reusing Problem Solving MethodsAn Application in Constraint ProgrammingAbraham Rodriguez, Jose Palma, and Francisca Quintana 1299
Problem-Solving Analysis for the Budgeting Task in Furniture IndustryJ.C. Vidal, M. Lama, A. Bugarin, and S. Barro 1307
Collecting, Analyzing and Interpreting Datafor User Model Acquisition in Open Web-Based Adaptive CollaborativeEnvironmentElena Gaudioso and Jesus G. Boticario 1314
Some Issues about the Representation and Exploitation '••of Imprecise Temporal Knowledge for an AI PlannerLuis Castillo, Juan Fernandez- Olivares, and Antonio Gonzalez 1321
On Selecting and Scheduling Assembly PlansUsing Constraint ProgrammingCarmelo Del Valle, Antonio A. Mdrquez, Rafael M. Gasca,and Miguel Toro " . . . 1329
Dynamic versus Static Student Models Based on Bayesian Networks:An Empirical StudyEva Milldn, Jose Luis Perez-de-la-Cruz, and Felipe Garcia 1337
Knowledge Acquisition in PROSTANET -A Bayesian Network for Diagnosing Prostate CancerCarmen Lacave and Francisco J. Diez 1345
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Construction of a Development Environmentfor GPMs Based on OO Analysis PatternsManuel Arias, Angeles Manjarres, Francisco J. Diez,and Simon Pickin 1351
Using Electronic Documents for Knowledge Acquisitionand Model MaintenanceMartin Molina and Gemma Blasco 1357
Design of a Validation Tool Based on Design Patternsfor Intelligent SystemsEduardo Mosqueira-Rey, Juan Gabriel Fernandez Garcia de la Rocha,and Vicente Moret-Bonillo 1365
Knowledge Base DevelopmentD. Martinez, M. Taboada, and J. Mira 1373
KB-Grid: Towards Building Large-Scale Knowledge Systemin Semantic WebHuajun Chen, Zhaohui Wu, and Jiefeng Xu 1381
First Steps towards an Ontology for AstrophysicsLuis M. Sarro and Rafael Martinez 1389
Emergence and Self-Organization in Agent Systems
Cellular Automata Model Based on Multiagent TechniquesY. Hassan, E. Tazaki, and D. Yamaguchi 1396
Extraction of Rules by Heterogeneous AgentsUsing Automatically Defined GroupsAkira Hara, Takumi Ichimura, Tetsuyuki Takahama,and Yoshinori Isomichi : 1405
Data Mining for Distributed Databases with MultiagentsAyahiko Niimi and Osamu Konishi 1412
Applying Self-Organizing Agents to University Class SchedulingEiji Nunohiro and Kenneth J. Mackin 1419
Emergence in Agents with Different Internal Time FramesKenneth J. Mackin and Kazuko Yamasaki 1426
Author Index 1433