Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 4th Helenic Conference on AI, SETN 2006, Heraklion, Crete, Greece, May 18-20, 2006. Proceedings

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This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 4th Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, SETN 2006, held at Heraklion, Crete, Greece in May 2006.

The 43 revised full papers and extended abstracts of 34 revised short papers presented together with 2 invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected from 125 submissions. The papers address any area of artificial intelligence; particular fields of interest include: logic programming, knowledge-based systems, intelligent information retrieval, machine learning, neural nets, genetic algorithms, data mining and knowledge discovery, hybrid intelligent systems and methods, intelligent agents, multi-agent systems, intelligent distributed systems, intelligent/natural interactivity, intelligent virtual environments, planning, scheduling, and robotics.

Author(s): Nikolaos Bourbakis (auth.), Grigoris Antoniou, George Potamias, Costas Spyropoulos, Dimitris Plexousakis (eds.)
Series: Lecture Notes in Computer Science 3955
Edition: 1
Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2006

Language: English
Pages: 611
Tags: Artificial Intelligence (incl. Robotics); Information Systems Applications (incl.Internet); Information Storage and Retrieval; Algorithm Analysis and Problem Complexity; Image Processing and Computer Vision; Database Management

Front Matter....Pages -
Planning with Stochastic Petri-Nets and Neural Nets....Pages 1-1
Data Mining Using Fractals and Power Laws....Pages 2-2
Voice Activity Detection Using Generalized Gamma Distribution....Pages 3-12
A Framework for Uniform Development of Intelligent Virtual Agents....Pages 13-24
A Mixture Model Based Markov Random Field for Discovering Patterns in Sequences....Pages 25-34
An Efficient Hardware Implementation for AI Applications....Pages 35-45
Handling Knowledge-Based Decision Making Issues in Collaborative Settings: An Integrated Approach....Pages 46-55
Market Clearing Price Forecasting in Deregulated Electricity Markets Using Adaptively Trained Neural Networks....Pages 56-66
Adaptive-Partitioning-Based Stochastic Optimization Algorithm and Its Application to Fuzzy Control Design....Pages 67-76
Fuzzy Granulation-Based Cascade Fuzzy Neural Networks Optimized by GA-RSL....Pages 77-86
Using Self-similarity Matrices for Structure Mining on News Video....Pages 87-94
Spam Detection Using Character N-Grams....Pages 95-104
Improved Wind Power Forecasting Using a Combined Neuro-fuzzy and Artificial Neural Network Model....Pages 105-115
A Long-Term Profit Seeking Strategy for Continuous Double Auctions in a Trading Agent Competition....Pages 116-126
A Robust Agent Design for Dynamic SCM Environments....Pages 127-136
A Novel Updating Scheme for Probabilistic Latent Semantic Indexing....Pages 137-147
Local Additive Regression of Decision Stumps....Pages 148-157
Mining Time Series with Mine Time....Pages 158-168
Behaviour Flexibility in Dynamic and Unpredictable Environments: The IC agent Approach....Pages 169-180
Investigation of Decision Trees (DTs) Parameters for Power System Voltage Stability Enhancement....Pages 181-191
An Improved Hybrid Genetic Clustering Algorithm....Pages 192-202
A Greek Named-Entity Recognizer That Uses Support Vector Machines and Active Learning....Pages 203-213
Intelligent Segmentation and Classification of Pigmented Skin Lesions in Dermatological Images....Pages 214-223
Modelling Robotic Cognitive Mechanisms by Hierarchical Cooperative CoEvolution....Pages 224-234
Bayesian Feature Construction....Pages 235-245
Musical Instrument Recognition and Classification Using Time Encoded Signal Processing and Fast Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 246-255
O-DEVICE: An Object-Oriented Knowledge Base System for OWL Ontologies....Pages 256-266
Abduction for Extending Incomplete Information Sources....Pages 267-278
Post Supervised Based Learning of Feature Weight Values....Pages 279-289
Recognition of Greek Phonemes Using Support Vector Machines....Pages 290-300
Ensemble Pruning Using Reinforcement Learning....Pages 301-310
Mining Bilingual Lexical Equivalences Out of Parallel Corpora....Pages 311-322
Feed-Forward Neural Networks Using Hermite Polynomial Activation Functions....Pages 323-333
A Distributed Branch-and-Bound Algorithm for Computing Optimal Coalition Structures....Pages 334-344
Pattern Matching-Based System for Machine Translation (MT)....Pages 345-355
Bayesian Metanetwork for Context-Sensitive Feature Relevance....Pages 356-366
Prediction of Translation Initiation Sites Using Classifier Selection....Pages 367-377
Improving Neural Network Based Option Price Forecasting....Pages 378-388
Large Scale Multikernel RVM for Object Detection....Pages 389-399
Extraction of Salient Contours in Color Images....Pages 400-410
Dynamic Security Assessment and Load Shedding Schemes Using Self Organized Maps and Decision Trees....Pages 411-420
Towards Automatic Synthesis of Educational Resources Through Automated Planning....Pages 421-431
Towards Capturing and Enhancing Entertainment in Computer Games....Pages 432-442
Employing Fujisaki’s Intonation Model Parameters for Emotion Recognition....Pages 443-453
Detection of Vocal Fold Paralysis and Edema Using Linear Discriminant Classifiers....Pages 454-464
An Artificial Neural Network for the Selection of Winding Material in Power Transformers....Pages 465-468
Biomedical Literature Mining for Text Classification and Construction of Gene Networks....Pages 469-473
Towards Representational Autonomy of Agents in Artificial Environments....Pages 474-477
Combining Credibility in a Source Sensitive Argumentation System....Pages 478-481
An Environment for Constructing and Exploring Visual Models of Logic Propositions by Young Students....Pages 482-485
Bridging Ontology Evolution and Belief Change....Pages 486-489
A Holistic Methodology for Keyword Search in Historical Typewritten Documents....Pages 490-493
Color Features for Image Fingerprinting....Pages 494-497
Neural Recognition and Genetic Features Selection for Robust Detection of E-Mail Spam....Pages 498-501
Violence Content Classification Using Audio Features....Pages 502-507
An Analysis of Linear Weight Updating Algorithms for Text Classification....Pages 508-511
On Small Data Sets Revealing Big Differences....Pages 512-515
A Significance-Based Graph Model for Clustering Web Documents....Pages 516-519
Supporting Clinico-Genomic Knowledge Discovery: A Multi-strategy Data Mining Process....Pages 520-524
SHARE-ODS: An Ontology Data Service for Search and Rescue Operations....Pages 525-528
Graphical Representation of Defeasible Logic Rules Using Digraphs....Pages 529-533
An Efficient Peer to Peer Image Retrieval Technique Using Content Addressable Networks....Pages 534-537
Predicting Fraudulent Financial Statements with Machine Learning Techniques....Pages 538-542
Discrimination of Benign from Malignant Breast Lesions Using Statistical Classifiers....Pages 543-546
Comparison of Data Fusion Techniques for Robot Navigation....Pages 547-550
On Improving Mobile Robot Motion Control....Pages 551-554
Consistency of the Matching Predicate....Pages 555-558
Intrusion Detection Using Emergent Self-organizing Maps....Pages 559-562
Mapping Fundamental Business Process Modelling Language to OWL-S....Pages 563-566
Modeling Perceived Value of Color in Web Sites....Pages 567-570
Introducing Interval Analysis in Fuzzy Cognitive Map Framework....Pages 571-575
Discovering Ontologies for e-Learning Platforms....Pages 576-579
Exploiting Group Thinking in Organization-Oriented Programming....Pages 580-583
Multimodal Continuous Recognition System for Greek Sign Language Using Various Grammars....Pages 584-587
An Alternative Suggestion for Vision-Language Integration in Intelligent Agents....Pages 588-591
Specification of Reconfigurable MAS: A Hybrid Formal Approach....Pages 592-595
An Intelligent Statistical Arbitrage Trading System....Pages 596-599
Revising Faceted Taxonomies and CTCA Expressions....Pages 600-604
Neighboring Feature Clustering....Pages 605-608
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