Papers Accepted for the Technical Stream

Best Refereed Technical Paper

Covering the Path Space: A Casebase Analysis for Mobile Robot Path Planning
M Kruusmaa, Department of Mechatronics, Tallinn Technical University, Estonia
J Willemson, Department of Computer Science, Tartu University, Estonia


Session 1A: Machine Learning 1

A Rough Set Model with Ontological Information for Discovering Maximal Association Rules in Document Collections
Y Bi, T Anderson, S McClean, Faculty of Informatics, University of Ulster at Jordonstown, Ireland

Simplest Rules Characterizing Classes Generated by d-Free Sets
B Crémilleux, University of Caen, France
J Boulicaut, Laboratoire d'Ingénierie de Systèmes d'Information, INSA Lyon, France.

Epicurean-style Learning Applied to the Classification of Gene-Expression Data
A Albrecht, Department of Computer Science, University of Hertfordshire, UK
S A Vinterbo, Decision Systems Group, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA
L Ohno-Machado, Decision Systems Group, Harvard Medical School, MA, USA and Division of Health Sciences and Technology, MIT, MA, USA

Case and Feature Subset Selection for CBR-based Software Project Effort Prediction
C Kirsopp, Martin Shepperd, Empirical Software Engineering Research Group, School of Design, Engineering & Computing, Bournemouth University, UK

Session 1B: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 1

Generating Model-Based Explanations
A Edman, Department of Information Science, Computer Science Division, Uppsala University Sweden

Facilitating DL-Based Hybrid Reasoning with Inference Fusion
B Hu, I Arana, School of Computing, Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen, UK
E Compatangelo, Department of Computer Science, University of Aberdeen, UK

The Impact of Knowledge Representation on Knowledge Elicited: An Empirical Analysis
D O'Leary, University of Southern California, CA, USA

A Hybrid KRS to Treat Fuzzy and Taxonomic Knowledge
R M da Silva Julia, F E Muiz de Resende, A E Costa Pereira, Federal University of Uberlandia, Brazil

Session 2A: Machine Learning 2

SAT-Based Algorithms for Bayesian Network Inference
T K Satish Kumar, Knowledge Systems Laboratory, Stanford University, USA

An Approach to Artificial Neural Network Training
I Czarnowski, P. Jedrzejowicz, Department of Information Systems, Gdynia Maritime University, Poland

Genetic Algorithm Hybridized with Ruin and recreate Procedure: Application to the Quadratic Assignment Problem
A Misevicius, Department of Practical Informatics, Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania

ECCLAT: A New Approach of Clusters Discovery in Categorical Data
N Durand, IP and Network Laboratory, France Telecom R&D, France
B Crémilleux, University of Caen, France

Session 2B: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 2

Reverse Engineering Ontologies from Performance Systems
D Richards, Department of Computing, Macquarie University, Australia

Ontology, Knowledge Management, Knowledge Engineering and the ACM Classification Scheme
J Kingston, AIAI, Division of Informatics, University of Edinburgh, UK

How Habermas' Action Types Can Influence KBS Design
G O Jones, A Basden, Information Systems Institute, University of Salford, UK

Business Service Components: A Knowledge Based Approach
S Bandini, S Manzoni, P Mereghetti, Dipartimento di Informatica, Sistemistica e Comunicazione, Università degli Studi di Milano, Italy

Session 3A: Knowledge Acquisition

Capturing Consensus Knowledge from Multiple Experts
F Afshar, J Yearwood, A Stranieri, School of Information Technology and Mathematical Science, University of Ballarat, Australia

Improving Collaborative Personalized TV Services - The Study of Implicit and Explicit User Profiling
D Wilson, B Smyth, Derry O'Sullivan, Smart Media Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland

Personalized Information Ordering: A Case Study in Online Recruitment
K Bradley, Smart Media Institute, University College Dublin, Ireland
B Smyth, Smart Media Institute, University College Dublin and Changing Worlds Ltd, Leopardstown, Dublin, Ireland

KA Tool and Domain Construction for AI Planning Applications
R Aylett, C Doniat, Centre for Virtual Environments, University of Salford,UK

Session 3B: Knowledge Representation and Reasoning 3

Holons and Agents. Do they Differ?
A Giret, V Botti, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Logic Programming Agents Playing Games
M De Vos, Department of Computer Science, University of Bath, UK
D Vermeir, Department of Computer Science, Vrije Universiteit Brussels, Belgium

A constraint functional Logic Language for Solving Combinatorial Problems
A J Fernández, Departmento de Lenguajes y Ciencias de la Computación, Universidad de Málaga, Spain
T Hortalá-González, Fernando Sáenz-Pérez, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Programación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain

OO Analysis Patterns as UML Metalevel Collaborations
A Manjarrés, Dpto Int artif, UNED, Madrid Spain
S Pickin, G Sunyé, D Pollet, M Jézéquel, IRISA-INRIA, Rennes, France

Session 4: Constraint Satisfaction and Scheduling

A Hybrid AI Approach to Staff Scheduling
G Winstanley, School of Computing & Mathematical Sciences, University of Brighton, UK

A Contention-Oriented Timeslot Selection Heuristic for School Timetabling
A C M Kwan, CITE, The University of Hong Kong
K C K Chung, AK Technology Co, Hong Kong SAR, China

CSP - There is more than one way to model it
G Renker, H Ahriz, I Arana, School of Computing, The Robert Gordon University, Aberdeen UK

A Polynomial Algorithm for Continuous Non-binary Disjunctive CSPs
M A Salido, F Barber, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Computación, Universidad Politécnica de Valencia, Spain

Session 5: Natural Language Processing

Representing Requirements in Natural Language as Concept Lattices
D Richards and K Boettger, Department of Computer Science, Macquarie University, Australia

Natural Language Understanding Using Generative Dependency Grammar
S Diaconescu, SOFTWIN, Bucharest, Romania

Towards a Development Methodology for Managing Linguistic Knowledge Bases
F Sáenz and A Vaquero, Departamento de Sistemas Informáticos y Programación, Universidad Complutense de Madrid, Spain