STAIRS 2006: Proceedings of the Third Starting AI Researchers’ Symposium

A. Perini, L. Penserini and P. Peppas, Editors9781586036454, 1-58603-645-9

STAIRS 2006 is the third European Starting AI Researcher Symposium, an international meeting aimed at AI researchers, from all countries, at the beginning of their career: PhD students or people holding a PhD for less than one year. The topics of the papers included range from traditional AI areas to AI applications, such as Agents, Automated Reasoning, Belief Revision, Case-based Reasoning, Constraints, Data Mining & Information Extraction, Genetic Algorithms, Human Computer Interaction, Interactive Sensory Systems (Speech, Multi-Model Processing), Knowledge Representation, Logic Programming, Machine Learning, Natural Language Processing, Neural Networks, Nonmonotonic Reasoning, Planning & Scheduling, Reasoning about Action and Change, Robotics, Search, Semantic Web, Spatial & Temporal Reasoning and Uncertainty.

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Table of contents :
Title page……Page 2
Preface……Page 6
Conference Organization……Page 8
Contents……Page 10
Full Papers……Page 14
Cognitive Learning with Automatic Goal Acquisition……Page 16
Semantics of Alan……Page 27
A Compact Argumentation System for Agent System Specification……Page 39
Social Responsibility Among Deliberative Agents……Page 51
Knowledge Base Extraction for Fuzzy Diagnosis of Mental Retardation Level……Page 63
Tuning the Feature Space for Content-Based Music Retrieval……Page 75
Personalizing Trust in Online Auctions……Page 85
An Hybrid Soft Computing Approach for Automated Computer Design……Page 97
FUNEUS: A Neurofuzzy Approach Based on Fuzzy Adaline Neurons……Page 109
Empirical Evaluation of Scoring Methods……Page 121
Binarization Algorithms for Approximate Updating in Credal Nets……Page 133
On Generalizing the AGM Postulates……Page 145
The Two-Variable Situation Calculus……Page 157
Base Belief Change and Optimized Recovery……Page 175
Unsupervised Word Sense Disambiguation Using the WWW……Page 187
Relational Descriptive Analysis of Gene Expression Data……Page 197
Solving Fuzzy PERT Using Gradual Real Numbers……Page 209
Approaches to Efficient Resource-Constrained Project Rescheduling……Page 221
A Comparison of Web Service Interface Similarity Measures……Page 233
Finding Alternatives Web Services to Parry Breakdowns……Page 245
Posters……Page 258
Smart Ride Seeker Introductory Plan……Page 260
Spam Filtering: The Influence of the Temporal Distribution of Training Data……Page 262
An Approach for Evaluating User Model Data in an Interoperability Scenario……Page 264
On the Improvement of Brain Tumour Data Clustering Using Class Information……Page 266
Endowing BDI Agents with Capability for Modularizing……Page 268
Rational Agents Under ASP in Games Theory……Page 270
Automatic Generation of Natural Language Parsers from Declarative Specifications……Page 272
Reconsideration on Non-Linear Base Orderings……Page 274
Dynamic Abstraction for Hierarchical Problem Solving and Execution in Stochastic Dynamic Environments……Page 276
A Comparison of Two Machine-Learning Techniques to Focus the Diagnosis Task……Page 278
Argumentation Semantics for Temporal Defeasible Logic……Page 280
NEWPAR: An Optimized Feature Selection and Weighting Schema for Category Ranking……Page 282
Challenges and Solutions for Hierarchical Task Network Planning in E-Learning……Page 284
Invited Talks……Page 286
Artificial Intelligence and Unmanned Aerial Vehicles……Page 288
Writing a Good Grant Proposal……Page 289
Author Index……Page 290