Vasile Palade Robert J. HowlettLakhmi Jain (Eds.)

Knowledge-B asedIntelligent Informationand Engineering Systems

7th International Conference, KES 2003Oxford, UK, September 3-5, 2003Proceedings, Part I

Springer

Table of Contents, Part I

Keynote Lectures

Distributed Prediction and Hierarchical Knowledge Discoveryby ARTMAP Neural NetworksGail A. Carpenter 1

The Brain's Cognitive Dynamics:The Link between Learning, Attention, Recognition, and ConsciousnessStephen Grossberg 5

Adaptive Data Based Modelling and Estimation with Applicationto Real Time Vehicular Collision AvoidanceChris J. Harris 13

Creating a Smart Virtual PersonalityNadia Magnenat- Thalmann 15

Intelligent Navigation on the Mobile InternetBarry Smyth 17

The Evolution of Evolutionary ComputationXinYao 19

General Session Papers

Knowledge-Based Systems

A Unified Model Maintains Knowledge Base IntegrityJohn Debenham 21

Formal Argumentation Frameworksfor the Extended Generalized Annotated Logic ProgramsTakehisa Takahashi, Yuichi Umeda, and Hajime Sawamura 28

Specifying and Validating Reactive Systemswith CommonKADS MethodologyMaamar El-Amine Hamri, Claudia Frydman, and Lucile Torres 39

TMMT: Tool Supporting Knowledge ModellingGuy Camilleri, Jean-Luc Soubie, and Joseph Zalaket 45

State-Based Planning with Numerical KnowledgeJoseph Zalaket and Guy Camilleri 53

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KAMET II: An Extended Knowledge-Acquisition MethodologyOsvaldo Cairo and Julio Cesar Alvarez 61

Automated Knowledge Acquisition by Relevant ReasoningBased on Strong Relevant LogicJingde Cheng 68

CONCEPTOOL: Intelligent Support to the Managementof Domain KnowledgeErnesto Compatangelo and Helmut Meisel .' 81

Combining Revision Production Rules and Description LogicsChan Le Due and Nhan Le Thanh 89

Knowledge Support for Modeling and SimulationMichal Sevcenko 99

Expert System for Simulating and Predicting Sleepand Alertness PatternsUdo Trutschel, Rainer Guttkuhn, Anneke Heitmann,Acacia Aguirre, and Martin Moore-Ede 104

Two Expert Diagnosis Systems for SMEs:From Database-Only Technologies to the Unavoidable Addition of AITechniquesSylvain Delisle and Josee St-Pierre I l l

Using Conceptual Decision Model in a Case StudyMiki Sirola 126

Neural Networks and Applications

Automated Knowledge AcquisitionBased on Unsupervised Neural Network and Expert System ParadigmsNazar Elfadil and Dino Isa 134

Selective-Learning-Rate Approach for Stock Market Predictionby Simple Recurrent Neural NetworksKazuhiro Kohara 141

A Neural-Network Technique for Recognition of Filamentsin Solar ImagesV. V. Zharkova and V. Schetinin 148

Learning Multi-class Neural-Network Modelsfrom ElectroencephalogramsVitaly Schetinin, Joachim Schult, Burkhart Scheldt,and Valery Kuriakin 155

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Establishing Safety Criteria for Artificial Neural NetworksZeshan Kurd and Tim Kelly 163

Neural Chaos Scheme of Perceptual ConflictsHaruhiko Nishimura, Natsuki Nagao, and Nobuyuki Matsui 170

Learning of SAINNs from Covariance Function: Historical LearningPaolo Crippa and Claudio Turchetti 177

Use of the Kolmogorov's Superposition Theorem and Cubic Splinesfor Efficient Neural-Network ModelingBoris Igelnik 184

The Influence of Prior Knowledge and Related Experienceon Generalisation Performance in Connectionist NetworksF.M. Richardson, N. Davey, L. Peters, D.J. Done, and S.H. Anthony . . . . 191

Urinary Bladder Tumor Grade DiagnosisUsing On-line Trained Neural NetworksD.K. Tasoulis, P. Spyridonos, N.G. Pavlidis, D. Cavouras,P. Ravazoula, G. Nikiforidis, and M.N. Vrahatis 199

Fuzzy Systems and Uncertain Reasoning

Invariants and Fuzzy LogicGermano Resconi and Chiara Ratti 207

Newsvendor Problems Based on Possibility TheoryPeijun Guo 213

Uncertainty Management in Rule Based Systems Applicationto Maneuvers Recognition >T. Benouhiba and J.M. Nigro 220

Fuzzy Coefficients and Fuzzy Preference Relationsin Models of Decision MakingPetr Ekel, Efim Ga.lperin, Reinaldo Palhares, Claudio Campos,and Marina Silva 229

Mining Fuzzy Rules for a Traffic Information SystemAlexandre G. Evsukoff and Nelson F.F. Ebecken 237

Possibilistic Hierarchical Fuzzy ModelPaulo Salgado 244

Fuzzy Knowledge Based Guidance in the Homing MissilesMustafa Resa Becan and Ahmet Kuzucu 251

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Evolutionary Computation and Applications

Evolutionary Design of Rule Changing Cellular AutomataHitoshi Kanoh and Yun Wu 258

Dynamic Control of the Browsing-Exploitation Ratiofor Iterative OptimisationsL. Baumes, P. Jouve, D. Farrusseng, M. Lengliz, N. Nicoloyannis,and C. Mirodatos 265

Intelligent Motion Generator for Mobile Robotby Automatic Constructed Action Knowledge-Base Using GAHirokazu Watabe, Chikara Hirooka, and Tsukasa Kawaoka 271

Population-Based Approach to Multiprocessor Task Schedulingin Multistage Hybrid FlowshopsJoanna Jedrzejowicz and Piotr Jedrzejowicz 279

A New Paradigm of Optimisation by Using Artificial Immune ReactionsM. Koster, A. Grauel, G. Klene, and H. Convey 287

Multi-objective Genetic Programming Optimization of Decision Treesfor Classifying Medical DataErnest Muthomi Mugambi and Andrew Hunter 293

Machine Learning and Applications

A Study of the Compression Method for a Reference Character DictionaryUsed for On-line Character RecognitionJungpil Shin 300

Mercer Kernels and 1-Cohomology of Certain Semi-simple Lie GroupsBernd-Jurgen Falkowski 310

On-line Profit Sharing Works EfficientlyTohgoroh Matsui, Nobuhiro Inuzuka, and Hirohisa Seki 317

Fast Feature Ranking AlgorithmRoberto Ruiz, Jose C. Riquelme, and Jesus S. Aguilar-Ruiz 325

Visual Clustering with Artificial Ants ColoniesNicolas Labroche, Nicolas Monmarche, and Gilles Venturini 332

Maximizing Benefit of Classifications Using Feature IntervalsNazli Ikizler and H. Altay Guvenir 339

Parameter Estimation for Bayesian Classificationof Multispectral DataRefaat M Mohamed and Aly A Farag 346

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Goal Programming Approaches to Support Vector MachinesHirotaka Nakayama, Yeboon Yun, Takeshi Asada, and Min Yoon 356

Asymmetric Triangular Fuzzy Sets for Classification ModelsJ.F. Baldwin and Sachin B. Karale 364

Machine Learning to Detect Intrusion StrategiesSteve Moyle and John Heasman 371

On the Benchmarking of Multiobjective Optimization AlgorithmMario Koppen , 379

Multicategory Incremental Proximal Support Vector ClassifiersAmund Tveit and Magnus Lie Hetland 386

Arc Consistency for Dynamic CSPsMalek Mouhoub 393

Determination of Decision Boundaries for Online Signature VerificationMasahiro Tanaka, Yumi Ishino, Hironori Shimada, Takashi Inoue,and Andrzej Bargiela 401

On the Accuracy of Rotation Invariant Wavelet-Based Moments Appliedto Recognize Traditional Thai Musical InstrumentsSittisak Rodtook and Stanislav Makhanov 408

Multi-agent Systems

A Multi-agent System for Knowledge Managementin Software MaintenanceAurora Vizcaino, Jesus Favela, and Mario Piattini 415

D2G2A: A Distributed Double Guided Genetic Algorithmfor Max_CSPsSadok Bouamama, Boutheina Jlifi, and Khaled Ghedira 422

Modelling Intelligent Agents for Organisational MemoriesAlvaro E. Arenas and Gareth Barrera-Sanabria 430

A Study on the Multi-agent Approach to Large Complex SystemsHuaglory Tianfield 438

Multi-layered Distributed Agent Ontology for Soft Computing SystemsRajiv Khosla 445

A Model for Personality and Emotion SimulationArjan Egges, Sumedha Kshirsagar, and Nadia Magnenat-Thalmann 453

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Data Mining &: Knowledge Discovery

Using Loose and Tight Bounds to Mine Frequent ItemsetsLei Jia, Jun Yao, and Renqing Pei 462

Mining Association Rules with Frequent Closed Itemsets LatticeLei Jia, Jun Yao, and Renqing Pei 469

Mining Generalized Closed Frequent Itemsetsof Generalized Association RulesKritsada Sriphaew and Thanaruk Theeramunkong 476

Qualitative Point Sequential PatternsAomar Osmani 485

Visualization and Evaluation Support of Knowledge Discoverythrough the Predictive Model Markup LanguageDietrich Wettschereck, Alipio Jorge, and Steve Moyle 493

Detecting Patterns of Fraudulent Behavior in Forensic AccountingBoris Kovalerchuk and Evgenii Vityaev 502

SPIN!-An Enterprise Architecture for Spatial Data MiningMichael May and Alexandr Savinov 510

The Role of Discretization Parameters in Sequence Rule EvolutionMagnus Lie Hetland and Pal Scetrom 518

Feature Extraction for Classification in Knowledge Discovery SystemsMykola Pechenizkiy, Seppo Puuronen, and Alexey Tsymbal 526

Adaptive Per-application Load Balancing with Neuron-Fuzzyto Support Quality of Service for Voice over IP in the InternetSanon Chimmanee, Komwut Wipusitwarakun, and Suwan Runggeratigul.. 533

Hybrid Intelligent Systems

Hybrid Intelligent Production Simulator by GA and Its Individual ExpressionHidehiko Yamamoto and Etsuo Marui 542

On the Design of an Artificial Life SimulatorDara Curran and Colm 0 'Riordan 549

3-Dimensional Object Recognition by Evolutional RBF NetworkHideki Matsuda, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi,and Norio Akamatsu 556

Soft Computing-Based Design and Control for Vehicle Health MonitoringPreeti Bajaj and Avinash Keskar 563

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Signal and Image Processing

An Adaptive Novelty Detection Approachto Low Level Analysis of Images Corrupted by Mixed NoiseAlexander N. Dolia, Martin Lages, and Ata Kaban 570

The Image Recognition System by Using the FA and SNNSeiji Ito, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, Norio Akamatsu,and Sigeru Omatu 578

License Plate Detection Using Hereditary Threshold Determine MethodSeiki Yoshimori, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi,and Norio Akamatsu 585

Recognition from EMG Signals by an Evolutional Methodand Non-negative Matrix FactorizationYuuki Yazama, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, and Norio Akamatsu .. 594

A Feature Extraction Method for Personal Identification SystemHironori Takimoto, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi,and Norio Akamatsu 601

A Feature Extraction of the EEG Using the Factor Analysisand Neural NetworksShin-ichi Ito, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, and Norio Akamatsu . . . . 609

A Neural Network Approach to Color Image ClassificationMasayuki Shinmoto, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi,and Norio Akamatsu 617

Recognition of EMG Signal Patterns by Neural NetworksYuji Matsumura, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, Norio Akamatsu,and Fumiaki Takeda .-, 623

True Smile Recognition Using Neural Networks and Simple PCAMiyoko Nakano, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi, Norio Akamatsu,

Fumiko Yasukata 631

Estimation of Sea Ice Movement Using Locally Parallel Matching ModelKong Xiangwei, Chen Feishi, Liu Zhiyuan, and Zong Shaoxiang \ 638

Evaluation of a Combined Wavelet anda Combined Principal Component Analysis Classification Systemfor BCG Diagnostic ProblemXinsheng Yu, Dejun Gong, Siren Li, and Yongping Xu 646

Learning from the Expert: Improving Boundary Definitionsin Biomedical ImageryStewart Crawford-Hines 653

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Low Complexity Functionsfor Stationary Independent Component MixturesK. Chinnasarn, C. Lursinsap, and V. Palade 660

Intelligent Industrial Applications

Knowledge-Based Automatic Components Placementfor Single-Layer PCB LayoutTristan Pannerec 669

Knowledge-Based Hydraulic Model CalibrationJean-Philippe Vidal, Sabine Moisan, and Jean-Baptiste Faure 676

Using Artificial Neural Networks for Combustion InterferometryVictor Abrukov, Vitaly Schetinin, and Pavel Deltsov 684

An Operating and Diagnostic Knowledge-Based System for Wire EDMSamy Ebeid, Raouf Fahmy, and Sameh Habib 691

The Application of Fuzzy Reasoning System in Monitoring EDMXiao Zhiyun and Ling Shih-Fu 699

Knowledge Representation for Structure and Functionof Electronic CircuitsTakushi Tanaka 707

A Web-Based System for Transformer DesignJ.G. Breslin and W.G. Hurley 715

A Fuzzy Control System for a Small Gasoline EngineS.H. Lee, R.J. Howlett, and S.D. Walters 722

Computational Intelligence for Fault Diagnosis

Faults Diagnosis through Genetic Matching PursuitDan Stefanoiu and Florin Ionescu 733

A Fuzzy Classification Solution for Fault Diagnosis of Valve ActuatorsCD. Bocaniala, J. Sa da Costa, and R. Louro 741

Deep and Shallow Knowledge in Fault DiagnosisViorel Ariton 748

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Natural Language Processing

Learning Translation Templates for Closely Related LanguagesKemal Altintas and Halil Altay Guvenir 756

Implementation of an Arabic Morphological Analyzerwithin Constraint Logic Programming FrameworkHamza Zidoum 763

Efficient Automatic Correction of Misspelled Arabic Words Basedon Contextual InformationChiraz Ben Othmane Zribi and Mohammed Ben Ahmed 770

A Socially Supported Knowledge-Belief System and Its Applicationto a Dialogue ParserNaoko Matsumoto and Akifumi Tokosumi 778

Knowledge-Based Question AnsweringFabio Rinaldi, James Dowdall, Michael Hess, Diego Molld,Rolf Schwitter, and Kaarel Kaljurand 785

Knowledge-Based System Method for the Unitarizationof Meaningful Augmentation in Horizontal Transliteration of HanmanCharactersHuaglory Tianfield 793

An Expressive Efficient Representation:Bridging a Gap between NLP and KRJana Z. Sukkarieh 800

Text Mining &; Information Retrieval

Connecting Word Clusters to Represent Conceptswith Application to Web SearchingArnav Khare 816

A Framework for Integrating Deepand Shallow Semantic Structures in Text MiningNigel Collier, Koichi Takeuchi, Ai Kawazoe, Tony Mullen,and Tuangthong Wattarujeekrit 824

Fuzzy Methods for Knowledge Discovery from Multilingual TextRowena Chau and Chung-Hsing Yeh 835

Automatic Extraction of Keywords from AbstractsYaakov HaCohen-Kerner 843

Term-length Normalization for Centroid-based Text CategorizationVerayuth Lertnattee and Thanaruk Theeramunkong 850

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Recommendation System Based on the Discoveryof Meaningful Categorical ClustersNicolas Durand, Luigi Lancieri, and Bruno Cremilleux 857

A Formal Framework for Combining Evidencein an Information Retrieval DomainJosephine Griffith and Colm 0 'Riordan 864

Managing Articles Sent to the Conference OrganizerYousef Abuzir 871

Information Retrieval Using Deep Natural Language ProcessingRossitza Setchi, Qiao Tang, and Lixin Cheng 879

Intelligent Tutoring Systems

Ontology of Domain Modelingin Web Based Adaptive Learning SystemPinde Chen and Kedong Li 886

Individualizing a Cognitive Model of Students,' Memoryin Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMaria Virvou and Konstantinos Manos 893

An Ontology-Based Approachto Intelligent Instructional Design SupportHelmut Meisel, Ernesto Compatangelo, and Andreas Horfurter 898

Javy: Virtual Environment for Case-Based Teachingof Java Virtual MachinePedro Pablo Gomez-Martin, Marco Antonio Gomez-Martin,and Pedro A. Gonzalez-Calero 906

Artificial Intelligence and the Internet

Self-Organization Leads to Hierarchical Modularityin an Internet CommunityJennifer Hallinan 914

Rule-Driven Mobile Intelligent Agents for Real-Time Configurationof IP NetworksKun Yang, Alex Galis, Xin Guo, and Dayou Liu 921

Neighborhood Matchmaker Method:A Decentralized Optimization Algorithm for Personal Human NetworkMasahiro Hamasaki and Hideaki Takeda 929

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Design and Implementation of an Automatic Installation Systemfor Application Program in PDASeungwon Na and Seman Oh 936

Combination of a Cognitive Theorywith the Multi-attribute Utility Theory •• —Katerina Kabassi and Maria Virvou 944

Intelligent Web Applications

Using Self Organizing Feature Maps to Acquire Knowledgeabout Visitor Behavior in a Web SiteJuan D. Velasquez, Hiroshi Yasuda, Terumasa Aoki, Richard Weber,and Eduardo Vera 951

A Framework for the Development of Personalized AgentsFabio Abbattista, Graziano Catucci, Marco Degemmis, Pasquale Lops,Giovanni Semeraro, and Fabio Zambetta 959

Topic Cascades: An Interactive Interface for Explorationof Clustered Web Search Results Based on the SVG StandardM. Lux, M. Granitzer, V. Sabol, W. Kienreich, and J. Becker 967

Active Knowledge Mining for Intelligent Web Page ManagementHiroshi Ishikawa, Manabu Ohta, Shohei Yokoyama, Takuya Watanabe,and Kaoru Katayama 975

Case-Based Reasoning

Case-Based Reasoning for Time Courses PrognosisRainer Schmidt and Lothar Gierl 984

Adaptation Problems in Therapeutic Case-Based Reasoning SystemsRainer Schmidt, Olga Vorobieva, and Lothar Gierl 992

A Knowledge Management and Quality Model for R&D OrganizationsGuillermo Rodriguez- Ortiz 1000

Knowledge Management & Information Systems

Knowledge Management Systems Development: A RoadmapJavier Andrade, Juan Ares, Rafael Garcia, Santiago Rodriguez,Andres Silva, and Sonia Sudrez 1008

An Extensible Environment for Expert System DevelopmentDaniel Pop and Viorel Negru 1016

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An Innovative Approach for Managing Competence:An Operational Knowledge Management FrameworkGiulio Valente and Alessandro Rigallo 1023

A Synergy of Modelling for Constraint ProblemsGerrit Renker, Hatem Ahriz, and Ines Arana ; . . . . ; . -1030

Object-Oriented Design of E-Government System: A Case StudyJiang Tian and Huaglory Tianfield 1039

Posters

A Practical Study of Some Virtual Sensor Methodsas Part of Data FusionJouni Muranen, Riitta Penttinen, Ari J Joki, and Jouko Saikkonen 1046

A Mamdani Model to Predict the Weighted Joint DensityHakan A. Nefeslioglu, Candan Gokceoglu, and Harun Sonmez 1052

Mining Spatial Rules by Finding Empty Intervals in DataAlexandr Savinov 1058

The Application of Virtual Reality to the Understanding and Treatmentof SchizophreniaJennifer Tichon and Jasmine Banks 1064

Representation of Algorithmic Knowledge in Medical Information SystemsYuriy Prokopchuk and Vladimir Kostra 1069

A Case-Based Reasoning Approach to Business Failure PredictionAngela Y. N. Yip and Hepu Deng 1075

A Metaheuristic Approach to Fuzzy Project SchedulingHongqi Pan and Chung-Hsing Yeh 1081

Invited Sessions Papers

Soft Computing Techniques for Financial Market

A Note on the Sensitivity to Parameters in the Convergenceof Self-Organizing MapsMarcello Cattaneo Adorno and Marina Resta 1088

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Utilization of AI & GAs to Improve the Traditional Technical Analysisin the Financial MarketsNorio Baba, Yaai Wang, Tomoko Kawachi, Lina Xu,and Zhenglong Deng 1095

On the Predictability of High-Frequency Financial Time Series ...---Mieko Tanaka- Yamawaki 1100

Incremental Learning and Forgetting in RBF Networks and SVMswith Applications to Financial ProblemsHirotaka Nakayama and Atsushi Hattori 1109

Neural Networks and Genetic AlgorithmsBased Intelligent Systems (I)

Expanded Neural Networks in System IdentificationShigenobu Yamawaki and Lakhmi Jain 1116

A New Learning Algorithmfor the Hierarchical Structure Learning Automata Operatingin the General Nonstationary Multiteacher EnvironmentNorio Baba and Yoshio Mogami 1122

An Age Estimation System Using the Neural NetworkKensuke Mitsukura, Yasue Mitsukura, Minoru Fukumi,and Sigeru Omatu 1129

Reconstruction of Facial Skin Color in Color ImagesStephen Karungaru, Minoru Fukumi, and Norio Akamatsu 1135

Grain-Shaped Control System by Using the SPCASeiki Yoshimori, Yasue Mitsukura, Shigeru Omatsu, and Kohji Kita 1142

Neural Networks and Genetic AlgorithmsBased Intelligent Systems (II)

Reinforcement Learning Using RBF Networkswith Memory MechanismSeiichi Ozawa and Naoto Shiraga 1149

Face Identification Method Using the Face ShapeHironori Takimoto, Yasue Mitsukura, Norio Akamatsu,and Rajiv Khosla 1157

Tracking of Moving Object Using Deformable TemplateTakuya Akashi, Minoru Fukumi, and Norio Akamatsu 1162

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Thai Banknote Recognition Using Neural Networkand Continues Learning by DSP UnitFumiaki Takeda, Lalita Sakoobunthu, and Hironobu Satou 1169

Color-Identification System Using the Sandglass-Type Neural NetworksShin-ichi Ito, Kensuke Yano, Yasue Mitsukura, Norio Akamatsu, -

: Rajiv Khosla 1178

Artificial Intelligence Applications to Information Security

Secure Matchmaking of Fuzzy Criteria between AgentsJavier Carbo, Jose M. Molina, and Jorge Ddvila 1185

Finding Efficient Nonlinear Functionsby Means of Genetic ProgrammingJulio Cesar Hernandez Castro, Pedro Isasi Vinuela,and Cristobal Luque del Arco-Calderon 1192

Keystream Generator Analysis in Terms of Cellular AutomataAmparo Fuster-Sabater and Dolores de la Guia-Martinez 1199

Graphic Cryptography with Pseudorandom Bit Generatorsand Cellular AutomataGonzalo Alvarez Maranon, Luis Hernandez Encinas,Ascension Hernandez Encinas, Angel Martin del Rey,and Gerardo Rodriguez Sanchez 1207

Agent-Oriented Public Key Infrastructure for Multi-agent E-serviceYuh-Jong Hu and Chao- Wei Tang 1215

SOID: An Ontology for Agent-Aided Intrusion DetectionFrancisco J. Martin and Enric Plaza 1222

Pseudorandom Number Generator -The Self Programmable Cellular AutomataSheng- Uei Guan and Syn Kiat Tan 1230

Soft Computing for Knowledge Extraction

Exclusion/Inclusion Fuzzy Classification NetworkAndrzej Bargiela, Witold Pedrycz, and Masahiro Tanaka 1236

Discovering Prediction Rules by a Neuro-fuzzy Modeling FrameworkGiovanna Castellano, Ciro Castiello, Anna Maria Fanelli,and Corrado Mencar 1242

SAMIR: Your 3D Virtual BooksellerFabio Zambetta, Graziano Catucci, Fabio Abbattista,and Giovanni Semeraro 1249

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Intelligent Data Processing in Chemical Process Systems and Plants

Detection and Diagnosis of Oscillations in Process PlantsToru Matsuo, Hideki Sasaoka, and Yoshiyuki Yamashita 1258

A Petri-Net Based Reasoning Procedure for Fault Identificationin Sequential OperationsYi-Feng Wang and Chuei- Tin Chang 1265

Synthesis of Operating Procedures for Material and Energy Conversionsin a Batch PlantYoichi Kaneko, Yoshiyuki Yamashita, and Kenji Hoshi 1273

IDEFO Activity Model Based Design Rationale Supporting Environmentfor Lifecycle SafetyTetsuo Fuchino and Yukiyasu Shimada 1281

The Optimal Profit Distribution Problemin a Multi-Echelon Supply Chain Network:A Fuzzy Optimization ApproachCheng-Liang Chen, Bin- Wei Wang, and Wen-Cheng Lee 1289

An Experimental Study of Model Predictive ControlBased on Artificial Neural NetworksJi-Zheng Chu, Po-Feng Tsai, Wen-Yen Tsai, Shi-Shang Jang,David Shun-Hill Wong, Shyan-Shu Shieh, Pin-Ho Lin,and Shi-Jer Jiang 1296

Fault Recognition System of Electrical Components in ScrubberUsing Infrared ImagesKuo-Chao Lin and Chia-Shun Lai 1303

Nonlinear Process Modeling Based on Just-in-Time Learningand Angle MeasureCheng Cheng and Min-Sen Chiu t 1311

Intelligent Signal Processing

Support Vector Machines for Improved Voiceband ClassificationStephen R. Alty 1319

Adaptive Prediction of Mobile Radio Channels Utilizinga Filtered Random Walk Model for the CoefficientsTorbjorn Ekman 1326

Amplitude Modulated Sinusoidal Modelsfor Audio Modeling and CodingMads GrtBsb0ll Christensen, S0ren Vang Andersen,and S0ren Holdt Jensen : 1334

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A Fast Converging Sequential Blind Source Separation Algorithmfor Cyclostationary SourcesM. G. Jafari, D.P. Mandic, and J.A. Chambers 1343

Computationally Efficient Doubletalk DetectionUsing Estimated Loudspeaker Impulse Responses -Per Ahgren 1350

Texture Segmentation Using Semi-supervised Support Vector MachineS. Sanei 1357

A Non-parametric Test for Detecting the Complex-Valued Natureof Time SeriesTemujin Gautama, Danilo P. Mandic, and Marc M. Van Hulle 1364

Ontology and Multi-agent Systems Design

Domain Ontology Analysisin Agent-Oriented Requirements EngineeringPaolo Donzelli and Paolo Bresciani 1372

A Framework for ACL Message Translation for Information AgentsZhan Cui, Yang Li, and John Shepherdson 1380

An Ontology for Modelling Security: The Tropos ApproachHaralambos Mouratidis, Paolo Giorgini, and Gordon Manson 1387

Towards a Pragmatic Use of Ontologies in Multi-agent PlatformsPhilippe Mathieu, Jean-Christophe Routier, and Yann Secq 1395

Ontological Foundations of Natural Language Communicationin Multiagent SystemsLuc Schneider and Jim Cunningham 1403

Ontology Management for Agent DevelopmentKwun-tak Ng, Qin Lu, and Yu Le 1411

A Multiagent, Distributed Approach to Service RoboticsMaurizio Miozzo, Antonio Sgorbissa, and Renato Zaccaria 1419

PCA and ICA Based Signal and Image Processing

PCA Based Digital WatermarkingThai D Hien, Yen- Wei Chen, and Zensho Nakao 1427

Image Retrieval Based on Independent Componentsof Color HistogramsXiang-Yan Zeng, Yen-Wei Chen, Zensho Nakao,Jian Cheng, and Hanging Lu 1435

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Face RecognitionUsing Overcomplete Independent Component AnalysisJian Cheng, Hanging Lu, Yen- Wei Chen, and Xiang- Yan Zeng 1443

An ICA-Based Method for Poisson Noise ReductionXian-Hua Han, Yen- Wei Chen, and Zensho Nakao 1449

Recursive Approach for Real-Time Blind Source Separationof Acoustic SignalsShuxue Ding and Jie Huang 1455

Author Index 1463