FLAIRS 2003 Advance Program

May 12-14, 2003 St. Augustine, Florida



Monday, May 12, 2003

Welcome

8:30 a.m. - 8:45 a.m. Welcome to FLAIRS-2003

Pramod Khargonekar, Dean, College of Engineering, University of Florida, FL

Doug Dankel, FLAIRS 2003 General Chair

8:45 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. Invited Speaker

Collaborative Systems: Prospects and Problems

Barbara Grosz
Department of Computer Science
Harvard University


Session 1A: Special Track on Knowledge-Based Knowledge Management

10:00 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.
Session Chair: Rosina Weber, Drexel University, PA

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

[133] Topic Extraction and Extension to Support Concept Mapping

David Leake, Ana Maguitman, and Thomas Reichherzer, Indiana University, IN

 

10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

[200] Discovering Non-standard Semantics of Semi-stable Attributes
Angelina A. Tzacheva and Zbigniew W. Ras, UNC-Charlotte, NC


Session 1B: Special Track on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing I

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Session Chair:
Takashi Yukawa, Nagaoka University of Technology, Japan

 

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

[32] Bayesian Classification of Triage Diagnoses for the Early Detection of Epidemics

Robert T. Olszewski, University of Pittsburgh, PA

 

10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

[80] Keyword Extraction from a Single Document using Word Co-occurrence Statistical Information

Yutaka Matsuo, National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

 

10:40 a.m – 11:00 a.m.

[93] Object Determination Logic Quantification - A System for Natural Language Processing

Anca Pascu, Francois-Gilles Carpentier, Universite de Bretagne Occidentale Brest & LALICC-CNRS, France


Session 1C: Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning I

10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Session Chair: Salem Benferhat, IRIT, USP-CNRS, France

10:00 a.m. – 10:20 a.m.

[45] Efficient Probabilistic Reasoning in Bayes Nets with Mutual Exclusion and Context Specific Independence

Carmel Domshlak, Cornell University

Solomon E. Shimony, Ben Gurion University, Israel

 

10:20 a.m. – 10:40 a.m.

[153] An Extension of the Differential Approach for Bayesian Network Inference to Dynamic Bayesian Networks

Boris Brandherm, Saarland University, Saarland, Germany

 

10:40 a.m – 11:00 a.m.
[43] A Simple Method for Identifying Compelled Edges in DAGs

S. K. M. Wong and D. Wu, University of Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada

 


11:00 a.m. – 11:30 a.m. Coffee Break


Session 2A: Special Track on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing II

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Roxana Girju, Baylor University, TX

 

11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

[98] Sentence Extraction by Spreading Activation with Refined Similarity Measure

Naoaki Okazaki, Univ. of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan

Yutaka Matsuo,  National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Ishizuka, Univ. of Tokyo, Japan

 

11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

[195] Minimal Text Structuring to Improve the Generation of Feedback in Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Susan Haller, University of Wisconsin-Parkside, WI

Barbara Di Eugenio, University of Illinois, Chicago, IL
 

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

[155] Orthographic Case Restoration Using Supervised Learning Without Manual Annotation

Cheng Niu, Wei Li, Jihong Ding, and Rohini K. Srihari, Cymfony, Inc. NY


Session 2B: Genetic Algorithms

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Gene Simmons, University of South Alabama, AL

 

11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

[147] A Word-Based Genetic Algorithm for Cryptanalysis of Short Cryptograms

Ralph Morelli and Ralph Walde, Trinity College, Hartford, CT

 

11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

[122] Sample Complexity of Real-Coded Evolutionary Algorithms

Jian Zhang and Xiaohui Yuan and Bill P. Buckles, Tulane University, LA

 

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

[23] Emergence of Cooperation in a Multiple Predator-Single Prey Scenario

Geoff Nitschke, Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, University of Zurich, Switzerland


Session 2C: Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning II

11:30 a.m. – 12:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Choh Man Teng University of West Florida, FL

 

11:30 a.m. – 11:50 a.m.

[24] Belief Revision and Information Fusion in a Probabilistic Environment

Gabriele Kern-Isberner and Wilhelm Roedder, University of Hagen, NRW, Germany

 

11:50 a.m. – 12:10 p.m.

[69] Revising Contextual Theories

Laurent Perrussel, IRIT/Universitι Toulouse 1, France

 

12:10 p.m. – 12:30 p.m.

[17] Parameterization of Pseudo-independent Models

Yang Xiang, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada

Jae-hyuck Lee, University of Waterloo, Canada

Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University, Canada

 


12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch


 

Session 3A: Special Track on Computing with Emotions in Multiagent Systems

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.
Session Chair: Christina Frederick-Recascino, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL


2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[30] Using Mental Simulator for Emotional Rehabilitation of Autistic Patients

Boris Galitsky, University of London, UK

 

2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

[47] Toward Empathetic Agents in Tutoring Systems 

Jessica Faivre and Roger Nkambou, University of Quebec, Montreal, Canada

Claude FRASSON, University of Montreal, Canada


Session 3B: Special Track on Spatiotemporal Reasoning I

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Katerina Mhaanna, Department of Computational Linguistics, Copenhagen, Denmark


2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[19] When Regions Start to Move

Hans W. Guesgen, University of Auckland, New Zealand

 

2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

[81] On the Computational Complexity of Spatio-temporal Logics

D. Gabelaia, R. Kontchakov, A. Kurucz, M. Zakharyaschev (contact), King's College, London, UK

F. Wolter, University of Liverpool, UK

 

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

[118] Optimal Algorithm for Temporal Patterns Discovery

Khellaf Bouandas and Aomar Osmani, Universite Paris Nord, France


Session 3C: Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning III

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Choh Man Teng University of West Florida, FL

 

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[53] Can Probabilistic Databases Help Elect Qualified Officials?

Judy Goldsmith and Alex Dekhtyar and Wenzhong Zhao, University of Kentucky, KY

 

2:20 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.

[108] A Possibilistic Logic Encoding of Access Control
Salam Benferhat, Rania El Baida, Frιdιric Cuppens, IRIT
, France

 

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

[99] Decision Evaluation of Three Flood Management Strategies

Mats Danielson, Orebro University, Sweden

Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University, Sweden

Jim Johansson, Mid Sweden University, Sweden


3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break


 

Session 4A: Special Track on Recent Advances in Natural Language Processing III


3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.
Session Chair: Susan Haller, University of Wisconsin – Parkside, WI

 

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

[161] Multi-Document Summaries Based on Semantic Redundancy

Sanda M. Harabagiu, V. Finley Lacatusu, University of Texas, Dallas, TX

Steven J. Maiorano, University of Sheffield, UK

 

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

[163] Open Domain Information Extraction via Automatic Semantic Labeling

Alessandro Moschitti, University of Rome "Tor Vergata"

Paul Morarescu and Sanda M. Harabagiu, University of Texas, Dallas, TX

 

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[189] A Vector Space Equalization Scheme for a Concept-based Collaborative Information Retrieval System

Takashi Yukawa, Nagaoka University of Technology, Niigata, Japan

Sen Yoshida and Kazuhiro Kuwabara, NTT Communication Science Labs, Kyoto, Japan


4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

[173] The Right Threshold Value: What is The Right Threshold of Cosine Measure When Using Latent Semantic Analysis for Evaluating Student Answers?

Phanni Penumatsa, Matthew Ventura, Brent A. Olde, Donald R. Franceschetti and Arthur C. Graesser, University of Memphis, TN


Session 4B: Special Track on Spatiotemporal Reasoning II

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Hans W Guesgen, Computer Science Department, University of Auckland, New Zealand

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

[186] Spatially-Aware Information Retrieval with Graph-Based Qualitative Reference Models

Thomas Vφgele, University of Bremen, Bremen, Germany

Christoph Schlieder, University of Bamberg, Germany

 

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

[192] Indeterminacy and Rough Approximation

Thomas Bittner, Institute for Formal Ontology and Medical Information Science, Sachsen, Germany

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[123] Low Level Fusion of Imagery Based on Dempster-Shafer Theory

Xiaohui Yuan and Jian Zhang and Xiaojing Yuan and Bill P. Buckles, Tulane University, LA


Session 4C: Special Track on AI in Aerospace

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Paul Zetocha, Air Force Research Laboratory, NM

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.
[139] Automated Data Fusion and Situation Assessment in Space Systems
Mark L. Hanson and Paul G. Gonsalves, Charles River Analytics, MA

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

[201] Agent-based Spectral Analysis Automation (SAA) for On-board Science Data Processing

Walt Truszkowski, NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, MD

Sidney C. Bailin, Knowledge Evolution, Inc.

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[109] Human-centered Design in Synthetic Teammates for Aviation: The Challenge for Artificial Intelligence
Shawn M. Doherty, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, FL


7:00 p.m. Reception


Tuesday, May 13, 2003

Session 5A: Special Track on Machine Learning I

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Session Chair: Kathryn Thornton, University of Durham, UK


8:15 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

[42] Learning from Reinforcement and Advice Using Composite Reward Functions

Vinay N. Papudesi and Manfred Huber, University of Texas, Arlington, TX


8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.

[60] Subgoal Discovery for Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning Using Learned Policies

Sandeep K. Goel and Manfred Huber, University of Texas, Arlington, TX


8:55 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

[82] A Comparison of Standard and Interval Association Rules

Choh Man Teng, University of West Florida, FL


Session 5B: Agents I

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Session Chair: Fu-shing Sun, Ball State University, IN

8:15 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

[21] Growing Agents - An Investigation of Architectural Mechanisms for the Specification of "Developing Agent Architectures"

Virgil Andronache and Matthias Scheutz, University of Notre Dame, IN

 

8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.

[33] GLUE - A Component Connecting Schema-based Reactive to Higher-level Deliberative Layers for Autonomous Agents

James Kramer and Matthias Scheutz, University of Notre Dame, IN

 

8:55 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

[57] Norm Adaptation and Revision in a Multi-Agent System

Nick Lacey and Henry Hexmoor, University of Arkansas, AR


Session 5C: Special Track on AI in Medicine I

8:15 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.
Session Chair: Andrew J. Novobilski, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN


8:15 a.m. – 8:35 a.m.

[7] Some AI Considerations in the Mathematical Modeling of Large Biological Pathways

Frank Tobin and Igor Goryanin, GlaxoSmithKline, PA

 

8:35 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.

[95] ADEMA : A System to Help Physicians in the Asthma Health Care

Icham SEFION and Abdel ENNAJI, University of Rouen, France

Marc Gailhardou, GlaxoSmithKline, PA

 

8:55 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

[116] Multilayer Perceptrons for Time Series Prediction: A Case Study on Heart Signals

Rajai El Dajani, Maryvonne Miquel, Paul Rubel, National Institute of Applied Science of Lyon, Bron, France


9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. Invited Speaker

Meaning from Data: Challenges for Robot Baby

Paul Cohen
Department of Computer Science
University of Massachusetts


10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.  Coffee Break


Session 6A: Special Track on Evaluation of Intelligent Systems

11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Session Chair: Rainer Knauf, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany

11:00 a.m.- 11:20 a.m.

[8] Utilizing Validation Experience for System Validation

Rainer Knauf, Technical Univ. of Ilmenau, Thueringia, Germany

Avelino Gonzalez, Univ. of Central Florida, FL

Setsuo Tsuruta, Tokyo Denki University, Japan

 

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

[9] The Rule Retranslation Problem and the Validation Interface

Hans-Werner Kelbassa, Univ. of Paderborn

Rainer Knauf, Technical Univ. of Ilmenau, Thueringia, Germany

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon

[10] Selection of Optimal Rule Refinements

Hans-Werner Kelbassa, University of Paderborn, Germany

 

12:00 noon – 12:20 p.m.

[126] A Proposed Model for Effective Verification of Natural Language Generation Systems

Dr. Valerie Barr, Hofstra University, NY


Session 6B: Special Track on Neural Network Applications

11:00 a.m. – 12:20 p.m.
Session Chair: Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford, CT

11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m. Special Track Invited Talk

Experimental Comparisons of Semi-supervised and Supervised ART classifiers

Michael Georgiopoulos, University of Central Florida, FL
Georgios C. Anagnostopoulos, Florida Institue of Technology, FL
Madam Bhardwa, University of Central Florida, FL

 

11:20 a.m.- 11:40 a.m.

[101] On Proper Handling of Multi-collinear Inputs and Errors-in-variables with Explicit and Implicit Neural Models

Seppo Karrila, Institute of Paper Science and Technology, Atlanta, GA

Neil Euliano, NeuroDimension, Gainesville, FL

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon

[138] Learning Opening Strategy in the Game of Go

Timothy Huang, Graeme Connell, and Bryan McQuade, Middlebury College, VT

 

12:00 noon – 12:20 p.m.

[160] Classification of Natural Language Sentences using Neural Networks

Sergio Roa and Fernando Nino, National University of Colombia, Bogota, Colombia


Session 6C: Special Track on Constraint Solving and Programming I

11:00 a.m. – 12:20 a.m.
Session Chair: Barry O'Sullivan, University College Cork, Ireland

11:00 a.m.- 11:20 a.m.                                       

[49] Meta-S: A Strategy-oriented Meta-Solver Framework

Stephan Frank and Petra Hofstedt, Berlin University of Technology, Germany

Pierre R. Mai, PMSF IT-Consulting

 

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

[67] k-relevant Explanations for Constraint Programming

Samir Ouis and Narendra Jussien, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France

Patrice Boizumault, Universitι de Caen, France

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon

[90] A Graph Based Synthesis Algorithm for Solving CSPs

Wanlin Pang, National Research Council of Canada, Ontario, Canada

Scott D. Goodwin, University of Windsor, Canada

 

12:00 noon – 12:20 p.m.

[91] Correctness of Constraint Retraction Algorithms

Romuald Debruyne, Narendra Jussien, and Samir Ouis, Ecole des Mines de Nantes, France

Gιrard Ferrand, Willy Lesaint, and Alexandre Tessier, Universitι d'Orlιans, France

 


12:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Lunch


Session 7A: Special Track on Constraint Solving and Programming II

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Barry O'Sullivan, University College Cork, Ireland

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[105] Language, Definition and Optimal Computation of CSP Approximations

Arnaud Lallouet, Thi Bich Hanh Dao and Abdel Ali Ed-Dbali, University of Orleans, France

 

2:20 – 2:40 p.m.

[148] Soft CLP(FD)

Hana Rudova, Masaryk University, Czech Republic

 

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

[176] On the Computation of Local Interchangeability in Soft Constraint Satisfaction Problems

Nicoleta Neagu, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Vaud, Switzerland

Stefano Bistarelli, C.N.R., I.I.T, Italy

Boi Faltings, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Switzerland


Session 7B: Special Track on Machine Learning II

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Zdravko I. Markov, Central Connecticut State University, CT

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[83] Association Mining in Gradually Changing Domains

Antonin Rozsypal, University of Louisiana, Lafayette, LA

Miroslav Kubat, University of Miami, FL

 

2:20 – 2:40 p.m.

[104] The Indifferent Naive Bayes Classifier

Jesϊs Cerquides and Ramon Lσpez de Mΰntaras, Institut d'Investigaciσ en Intelligθncia Artificial, Barcelona, Spain


2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

[111] Optimizing F-Measure with Support Vector Machines

David R. Musicant, Carleton College, MN

Vipin Kumar and Ayzel Ozgur, University of Minnesota, MN


Session 7C: AI Architectures

2:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Session Chair: Laurel Riek, Mitre, MA

2:00 p.m. – 2:20 p.m.

[87] Design and Implementation of Anatomic Pathology Database System

Changwoo Yoon, James K. Massey, William H. Donnelly and Douglas D. Dankel II, University of Florida, FL

 

2:20 – 2:40 p.m.

[37] Improving the Performance of Action Prediction through Identification of Abstract Tasks

Sira Panduranga Rao and Diane J. Cook, University of Texas, Arlington, TX

 

2:40 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.

[38] Active LeZi: An Incremental Parsing Algorithm for Device Usage Prediction in the Smart Home

Karthik Gopalratnam and Diane J. Cook, University of Texas, Arlington, TX

 


3:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. Coffee Break


Session 8A:  Special Track on AI in Medicine II

 

3:30 p.m – 4:30 p.m.  
Session Chair: Andrew J Novobilski, The University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, TN

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

[159] Machine Learning Models For Classification Of Lung Cancer and Selection of Genomic Markers Using Array Gene Expression Data

C. F. Aliferis, I. Tsamardinos, P. P. Massion, A. Statnikov, N. Fananapazir, D. Hardin, Vanderbilt University, TN

 

3:50 p.m. - 4:10 p.m.

[170] Using Bayesian Networks for Cleansing Trauma Data

Prashant J. Doshi, Univ. of Illinois at Chicago, IL

Lloyd G. Greenwald and John R. Clarke, Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA

 

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[152] Gene Expression Classification: Decision Trees vs. SVMs

Xiaojing Yuan, Xiaohui Yuan, Fan Yang, Jing Peng, Bill P. Buckles, Tulane University, LA

 


Session 8B: Special Track on Machine Learning III

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.
Session Chair: Zdravko I. Markov, Central Connecticut State University, CT

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

[150] MDL-Based Context-Free Graph Grammar Induction

Istvan Jonyer, Lawrence B. Holder and Diane J. Cook, The University of Texas at Arlington, TX

 

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

[146] Improving the Representation Space through Exception-Based Learning

Cristina Boicu, Gheorghe Tecuci, Mihai Boicu and Dorin Marcu, George Mason University, VA

 

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[169] Algorithms for Large Scale Markov Blanket Discovery

Ioannis Tsamardinos, Constantin F. Aliferis, and Alexander Statnikov, Vanderbilt University, TN


Session 8C: Agents II

3:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

Session Chair: Marius Silaghi, Florida Institute of Technology, FL

 

3:30 p.m. – 3:50 p.m.

[71] LIDS : Learning Intrusion Detection System

M. Dass, J. Cannady, W.D. Potter, Artificial Intelligence Center, University of Georgia, GA

 

3:50 p.m. – 4:10 p.m.

[165] Cost-Based Policy Mapping for Imitation

Srichandan V. Gudla and Manfred Huber, University of Texas at Arlington, TX

 

4:10 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

[121] Advantages of Brahms for Specifying and Implementing a Multiagent Human-Robotic Exploration System

William J. Clancey, Maarten Sierhuis, Charis Kaskiris, and Ron van Hoof, NASA-Ames Research Center, CA

 

4:30 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.

[156] Evaluating Human-Consistent Behavior in a Real-time First-person Entertainment-based Artificial Environment

G. Michael Youngblood and Lawrence B. Holder, University of Texas at Arlington, TX


5:00 p.m. Business Meeting


6:30 p.m. Dinner Banquet


Wednesday May 14, 2003

8:15 a.m. - 9:15 a.m. Invited Speaker

Toward Automating Scientific Discovery


Bruce Buchanan
Department of Computer Science

University of Pittsburgh


Session 9A: Special Track on Integrated Intelligent Systems I

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
Session Chair: Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras and CTI, Greece

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

[85] Hybrid Intelligence for Driver Assistance

Chung Hee Hwang, Noel Massey, Bradford W. Miller, and Kari Torkkola, Motorola Labs, AZ

 

9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

[119] Distributed Knowledge Representation in Neural-Symbolic Learning Systems: A Case Study

Artur S. Garcez, City University, London, UK

Luis Lamb, UFRGS, Porto Alegre, Brazil

Krysia Broda, Imperial College London, UK

Dov Gabbay, King’s College, London, UK

 

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

[166] Logical Identities Applied to Knowledge Discovery in Databases

James P. Buckley, Jennifer Seitzer and Yongzhi Zhang, University of Dayton, OH

Yi Pan, Georgia State University, GA

 


Session 9B: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning I

9:30 a.m – 10:30 a.m
Session Chair: David Leake, Indiana University, IN

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

[34] Alternate Strategies for Retrieval in State-Spaces

Boris Kerkez and Michael T. Cox, Wright State University, IN

 

9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

[96] Efficient Retrieval For Case-Based Reasoning

David Patterson, Mykola Galushka and Niall Rooney University of Ulster, Northern Ireland, UK

 

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

[59] A Case-Based Adaptation Model for Thyroid Cancer Using Neural Networks

Abdel Badeeh M. Salem , Bassant M. El Bagoury, Faculty of Computer & Information Sciences, Nasr City, Egypt

 


Session 9C: Special Track on Integrating Emotion and Cognition in Formal Models

9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. 
Session Chair: Colette Faucher, EPUM-LSIS, University of Aix-Marseille III, France

 

9:30 a.m. – 9:50 a.m.

[97] An Action Selection Architecture for an Emotional Agent

Gertjan Burghouts, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Rieks op den Akker, Dirk Heylen, Mannes Poel, Anton Nijholt, University of Twente, The Netherlands

 

9:50 a.m. – 10:10 a.m.

[106] Towards Motivation-based Plan Evaluation

Alexandra M. Coddington, University of Durham, UK

Michael Luck, University of Southampton, UK

 

10:10 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.

[183] Integrating Emotion and Rationality in Behavioral Models of Decision Making Decision Making 

Horacio Arlo-Costa, Carnegie Mellon University, PA


10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. Coffee Break


Session 10A: Special Track on Integrated Intelligent Systems II

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session Chair: Artur S. Garcez, City University London, UK

11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

[174] Intelligent Protocol Adaptation for Enhanced Medical e-Collaboration

George Ghinea, George D. Magoulas, Andrew O. Frank, Brunel University, Middlesex, UK

 

11:20 a.m – 11:40 a.m.

[194] Hierarchical Causal Parameter Abduction in Integrated/Hybrid Logic Nets

D. Al-Dabass, D. Evans and S. Sivayoganathan, Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham, UK

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon

[199] An Hybrid Classification Method for Database Contents Analysis

Jean-Charles Lamirel, Yannick Toussaint, Shadi Al Shehabi, LORIA, France




Session 10B: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning II

11:00 a.m. - 12:00 noon
Session Chair: William Cheetham, General Electric, NY

11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.
[110] Case-Based Argumentation via Process Models

J. William Murdock, David W. Aha, and Leonard A. Breslow, Naval Research Laboratory, DC

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

[127] Hybrid Deletion Policies for Case Base Maintenance

Maria Salamσ and Elisabet Golobardes, Ramon Llull University, Catalonia, Spain

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon
[132] Preserving Recommender Accuracy and Diversity in Sparse Datasets
Derry O'Sullivan, David C. Wilson, and Barry Smyth, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland


Session 10C: Information Retrieval


11:00 a.m. – 12:00 noon
Session Chair: Chris McCubbin, Johns Hopkins University, MD


11:00 a.m. – 11:20 a.m.

[22] BUC Algorithm for Iceberg Cubes: Implementation and Sensitivity Analysis

George E. Nasr and Celine Badr, Lebanese American University, Byblos, Lebanon

 

11:20 a.m. – 11:40 a.m.

[73] Information Filtering Using the Dynamics of the User Profile

Costin Barbu and Marin Simina, EECS Department, Tulane University, LA

 

11:40 a.m. – 12:00 noon
[70] Subword Retrieval on Biomedical Documents
Udo Hahn, Stefan Schulz, Freiburg University, BW, Germany


12:00 p.m. – 1:30 p.m. Lunch



Session 11A: Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning III


1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Session Chair: David W. Aha, National Research Laboratory, DC
 

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

[140] Lessons Learned using CBR for Customer Support

William Cheetham,  General Electric, NY

 

1:50 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

[158] Dispatching Cases Versus Merging Case-Bases: When MCBR Matters

David Leake and Raja Sooriamurthi, Indiana University, IN


2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

[185] Using Statistical Word Associations for the Retrieval of Strongly-Textual Cases

Luc Lamontagne, Philippe Langlais and Guy Lapalme, University of Montreal, Quebec, Canada


Session 11B: Knowledge Acquisition

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.
Session Chair: George Meghabghab, Roane State, TN


1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

[39] Identifying Inhabitants of an Intelligent Environment Using a Graph-Based Data Mining System

Ritesh. I. Mehta, Diane J. Cook and Lawrence B. Holder, University of Texas at Arlington, TX

 

1:50 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

[62] An Improved Algorithm for Mining Association Rules using Multiple Support Values

I.N. Kouris, C.H. Makris, and A.K. Tsakalidis, Patras University, Greece


2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

[168] Structural Web Search Engine

Arash Rakhshan, Lawrence Holder and Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington, TX

 


Session 11C: Automated Reasoning

1:30 p.m. – 2:30 p.m
Session Chair: Paul Snow, NH

1:30 p.m. – 1:50 p.m.

[77] Proving Harder Theorems by Axiom Reduction

Geoff Sutcliffe and Alexander Dvorsky, University of Miami, FL

 

1:50 p.m. – 2:10 p.m.

[107] Inference Fusion: a Hybrid Approach to Taxonomic Reasoning

Bo Hu, University of Southampton, UK

Ernesto Compatangelo, University of Aberdeen,UK

Ines Arana, Robert Gordon University, Scotland, UK

 

2:10 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.

[145] Incremental Breakout Algorithm with Variable Ordering

Carlos Eisenberg and Boi Faltings, The Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland