Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 21st Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Canadian AI 2008 Windsor, Canada, May 28-30, 2008 Proceedings

Rocío Alaiz-Rodríguez (auth.), Sabine Bergler (eds.)3540688218, 9783540688211

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 21st Conference of the Canadian Society for Computational Studies of Intelligence, Canadian AI 2008, held in Windsor, Canada, in May 2008.

The 30 revised full papers presented together with 5 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 75 submissions. The papers present original high-quality research in all areas of Artificial Intelligence and apply historical AI techniques to modern problem domains as well as recent techniques to historical problem settings.

Table of contents :
Front Matter….Pages –
Local Decision Bagging of Binary Neural Classifiers….Pages 1-12
Assessing the Impact of Changing Environments on Classifier Performance….Pages 13-24
A Comparison of Sentiment Analysis Techniques: Polarizing Movie Blogs….Pages 25-35
Some Simplified Forms of Reasoning with Distance-Based Entailments….Pages 36-47
A Belief-Theoretic Reputation Estimation Model for Multi-context Communities….Pages 48-59
A Frequency Mining-Based Algorithm for Re-ranking Web Search Engine Retrievals….Pages 60-65
Multi-agent Framework for a Virtual Enterprise of Demand-Responsive Transportation….Pages 66-71
Use of Fuzzy Histograms to Model the Spatial Distribution of Objects in Case-Based Reasoning….Pages 72-83
Aspects of Inconsistency Resolution in Modular Ontologies….Pages 84-95
Fast Markov Blanket Discovery Algorithm Via Local Learning within Single Pass….Pages 96-107
Finding Topics in Email Using Formal Concept Analysis and Fuzzy Membership Functions….Pages 108-113
Recognizing Biomedical Named Entities in Chinese Research Abstracts….Pages 114-125
Point-Based Planning for Predictive State Representations….Pages 126-137
Comparison of Pleomorphic and Structural Features Used for Breast Cancer Malignancy Classification….Pages 138-149
Towards a Faster Inference Algorithm in Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks….Pages 150-162
Using Dependence Diagrams to Summarize Decision Rule Sets….Pages 163-172
A Fast Computation of Inter-class Overlap Measures Using Prototype Reduction Schemes….Pages 173-184
A Reputation Model Framework for Artificial Societies: A Case Study in Child Vehicle Safety Simulation….Pages 185-190
Selective Sampling for Classification….Pages 191-202
Full Border Identification for Reduction of Training Sets….Pages 203-215
Choosing Best Algorithm Combinations for Speech Processing Tasks in Machine Learning Using MARF….Pages 216-221
Predicting User Preferences Via Similarity-Based Clustering….Pages 222-233
Mathematically Clinching a Playoff Spot in the NHL and the Effect of Scoring Systems….Pages 234-245
An Intelligent Automatic Face Contour Prediction System….Pages 246-258
Word Clustering with Validity Indices….Pages 259-270
The Role of Nominalizations in Prepositional Phrase Attachment in GENIA….Pages 271-282
A Statistical Model for Topic Segmentation and Clustering….Pages 283-295
Image Transformation: Inductive Transfer between Multiple Tasks Having Multiple Outputs….Pages 296-307
Using Unsupervised Learning for Network Alert Correlation….Pages 308-319
Verbs Speak Loud: Verb Categories in Learning Polarity and Strength of Opinions….Pages 320-331
A Stochastic Point-Based Algorithm for POMDPs….Pages 332-343
Semi-supervised Self-training for Sentence Subjectivity Classification….Pages 344-355
A Novel Approach for Social Behavior Analysis of the Blogosphere….Pages 356-367
Seller Bidding in a Trust-Based Incentive Mechanism for Dynamic E-Marketplaces….Pages 368-379
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