Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 17th Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Canadian AI 2004, London, Ontario, Canada, May 17-19, 2004. Proceedings

Roberto A. Flores, Robert C. Kremer (auth.), Ahmed Y. Tawfik, Scott D. Goodwin (eds.)3540220046, 9783540220046, 9783540248408

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Canadian AI 2004, held in London, Ontario, Canada in May 2004.

The 29 revised full papers and 22 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 105 submissions. These papers are presented together with the extended abstracts of 14 contributions to the graduate students’ track. The full papers are organized in topical sections on agents, natural language processing, learning, constraint satisfaction and search, knowledge representation and reasoning, uncertainty, and neural networks.

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Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
A Principled Modular Approach to Construct Flexible Conversation Protocols….Pages 1-15
Balancing Robotic Teleoperation and Autonomy for Urban Search and Rescue Environments….Pages 16-30
Emotional Pathfinding….Pages 31-43
Combining Evidence in Cognate Identification….Pages 44-59
Term-Based Clustering and Summarization of Web Page Collections….Pages 60-74
The Frequency of Hedging Cues in Citation Contexts in Scientific Writing….Pages 75-88
Finding Interesting Summaries in GenSpace Graphs Efficiently….Pages 89-104
Naïve Bayes with Higher Order Attributes….Pages 105-119
Preliminary Study of Attention Control Modeling in Complex Skill Training Environments….Pages 120-132
The Reconstruction of the Interleaved Sessions from a Server Log….Pages 133-145
On Customizing Evolutionary Learning of Agent Behavior….Pages 146-160
Towards Efficient Training on Large Datasets for Genetic Programming….Pages 161-174
A Multi-objective Genetic Algorithm Based on Quick Sort….Pages 175-186
Knowledge-Rich Contexts Discovery….Pages 187-201
Intrinsic Representation: Bootstrapping Symbols from Experience….Pages 202-216
Sequential Consolidation of Learned Task Knowledge….Pages 217-232
Resolvent Clause Weighting Local Search….Pages 233-247
A Hybrid Schema for Systematic Local Search….Pages 248-260
Constraint Satisfaction Methods for Information Personalization….Pages 261-276
On Selection Strategies for the DPLL Algorithm….Pages 277-291
The Structural Model Interpretation of the NESS Test….Pages 292-307
Spatio-temporal Reasoning for Vague Regions….Pages 308-321
Average Case Self-Duality of Monotone Boolean Functions….Pages 322-338
Detecting Deception in Intelligent Systems I: Activation of Deception Detection Tactics….Pages 339-354
A Decision-Theoretic Graphical Model for Collaborative Design on Supply Chains….Pages 355-369
Feature Selection by Bayesian Networks….Pages 370-379
Radial Basis Function Network Pruning by Sensitivity Analysis….Pages 380-390
A Chaotic Neural Network for the Maximum Clique Problem….Pages 391-405
Wavelet Network with OLS Optimization for Speech Signal Processing….Pages 406-415
Multi-attribute Decision Making in a Complex Multiagent Environment Using Reinforcement Learning with Selective Perception….Pages 416-421
Multi-agent Trail Making for Stigmergic Navigation….Pages 422-428
A Decision-Theoretic Algorithm for Bundle Purchasing in Multiple Open Ascending-Price Auctions….Pages 429-433
The Use of Increasingly Specific User Models in the Design of Mixed-Initiative Systems….Pages 434-438
Evaluating a Smart Recommender for an Evolving E-learning System: A Simulation-Based Study….Pages 439-443
Generation of Demand Feedback in Intelligent Tutors for Programming….Pages 444-448
Using Language to Determine Success in Negotiations: A Preliminary Study….Pages 449-453
Distributed Data Mining vs. Sampling Techniques: A Comparison….Pages 454-460
Binary Decision Tree Using Genetic Algorithm for Recognizing Defect Patterns of Cold Mill Strip….Pages 461-466
Genetic Algorithm-Induced Optimal Blackjack Strategies in Noisy Settings….Pages 467-474
Robust Semantic for an Evolved Genetic Algorithm-Based Machine Learning….Pages 475-479
A Hybrid Neural-Markov Approach for Learning to Compose Music by Example….Pages 480-484
Exploring Case-Based Bayesian Networks and Bayesian Multi-nets for Classification….Pages 485-492
Feature Extraction of Handwritten Symbols Using Fuzzy Logic….Pages 493-498
Artificial Aging of Faces by Support Vector Machines….Pages 499-503
Solving Dynamic CSPs….Pages 504-509
Histogram Arc Consistency as a Value Ordering Heuristic….Pages 510-516
Knowledge Provenance….Pages 517-523
A Unified Action Language Framework….Pages 524-528
An Automatic Evaluation Framework for Improving a Configurable Text Summarizer….Pages 529-533
An Algorithm for Anaphora Resolution in Aviation Safety Reports….Pages 534-539
Modelling Singularity in Vision to Learn Rotation Invariance toward Recognition….Pages 540-545
Two Set-Theoretic Approaches to the Semantics of Adjective-Noun Combinations….Pages 546-548
Comparison of Permutation-Based and Binary Representation in a Genetic Algorithm for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction….Pages 549-550
Time-Sensitive Sampling for Spam Filtering….Pages 551-553
Comparison of Parallel and Serial Genetic Algorithms for RNA Secondary Structure Prediction….Pages 554-555
Performance Evaluation of Agent Toolkits….Pages 556-558
Software Agents in CVW….Pages 559-561
Constraint Directed Dynamic Backtracking….Pages 562-564
Scheduling Using Constraint-Directed Search….Pages 565-566
Extending Montague Semantics for Use in Natural-Language Database-Query Processing….Pages 567-568
An Investigation of Grammar Design in Natural-Language Speech Recognition….Pages 569-570
Genetic Algorithm Based OSPF Network Routing Using LEDA….Pages 571-572
A Multi-agent System for Semantic Information Retrieval….Pages 573-575
Decision Mining with User Preference….Pages 576-577
Coarsening Classification Rules on Basis of Granular Computing….Pages 578-579
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