AI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence: 17th Australian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Cairns, Australia, December 4-6, 2004, Proceedings

Table of Contents......Page 12
Agent-Based Evolutionary Labor Market Model with Strategic Coalition......Page 24
A Multiagent Architecture for Privacy-Preserving ID-Based Service in Ubiquitous Computing Environment......Page 37
Critical Damage Reporting in Intelligent Sensor Networks......Page 49
Landscape Dynamics in Multi–agent Simulation Combat Systems......Page 62
Safe Agents in Space: Lessons from the Autonomous Sciencecraft Experiment......Page 74
Bio-discretization: Biometrics Authentication Featuring Face Data and Tokenised Random Number......Page 87
Cochlea Modelling: Clinical Challenges and Tubular Extraction......Page 97
Combining Bayesian Networks, k Nearest Neighbours Algorithm and Attribute Selection for Gene Expression Data Analysis......Page 109
Medical Image Vector Quantizer Using Wavelet Transform and Enhanced SOM Algorithim......Page 121
SVM Classification for Discriminating Cardiovascular Disease Patients from Non-cardiovascular Disease Controls Using Pulse Waveform Variability Analysis......Page 132
Adaptive Enhancing of Fingerprint Image with Image Characteristics Analysis......Page 143
Adaptive Image Classification for Aerial Photo Image Retrieval......Page 155
An Investigation into Applying Support Vector Machines to Pixel Classification in Image Processing......Page 163
Applying Image Pre-processing Techniques for Appearance-Based Human Posture Recognition: An Experimental Analysis......Page 175
A Stochastic Approach to Tracking Objects Across Multiple Cameras......Page 183
Caption Detection and Removal in a TV Scene......Page 194
Enhanced Importance Sampling: Unscented Auxiliary Particle Filtering for Visual Tracking......Page 203
Face Recognition Using Wavelet Transform and Non-negative Matrix Factorization......Page 215
Modelling-Alignment for Non-random Sequences......Page 226
Moments and Wavelets for Classification of Human Gestures Represented by Spatio-Temporal Templates......Page 238
Personal Authenticator on the Basis of Two-Factors: Palmprint Features and Tokenized Random Data......Page 250
Practical Gaze Point Computing Method by 3D Position Estimation of Facial and Eye Features......Page 260
A Classification of Ontology Modification......Page 271
Concept Type Hierarchy as Ontology: An Example Historical Knowledge Base......Page 282
A Dynamic Allocation Method of Basis Functions in Reinforcement Learning......Page 295
A Hybrid Classification Approach to Ultrasonic Shaft Signals......Page 307
A Landmarker Selection Algorithm Based on Correlation and Efficiency Criteria......Page 319
A Learning-Based Algorithm Selection Meta-reasoner for the Real-Time MPE Problem......Page 330
A Novel Clustering Algorithm Based on Immune Network with Limited Resource......Page 342
A Novel Modeling and Recognition Method for Underwater Sound Based on HMT in Wavelet Domain......Page 355
BayesTH-MCRDR Algorithm for Automatic Classification of Web Document......Page 367
Classification Rule Mining with an Improved Ant Colony Algorithm......Page 380
Clustering Large Datasets Using Cobweb and K-Means in Tandem......Page 391
Cost-Sensitive Decision Trees with Multiple Cost Scales......Page 403
Effective Sampling for Mining Association Rules......Page 414
Improving the Centered CUSUMS Statistic for Structural Break Detection in Time Series......Page 425
Investigating ID3-Induced Rules from Low-Dimensional Data Cleaned by Complete Case Analysis......Page 437
Investigating Learning Parameters in a Standard 2-D SOM Model to Select Good Maps and Avoid Poor Ones......Page 448
Key Element Summarisation: Extracting Information from Company Announcements......Page 461
Knowledge Discovery Using Concept-Class Taxonomies......Page 473
Learning the Grammar of Distant Change in the World-Wide Web......Page 485
Mining Maximal Frequent ItemSets Using Combined FP-Tree......Page 498
Multinomial Naive Bayes for Text Categorization Revisited......Page 511
The Effect of Attribute Scaling on the Performance of Support Vector Machines......Page 523
Towards Efficient Imputation by Nearest-Neighbors: A Clustering-Based Approach......Page 536
Univariate and Multivariate Linear Regression Methods to Predict Interval-Valued Features......Page 549
Using Classification to Evaluate the Output of Confidence-Based Association Rule Mining......Page 561
Analyzing the Effect of Query Class on Document Retrieval Performance......Page 573
Combined Word-Spacing Method for Disambiguating Korean Texts......Page 585
Extraction of Shallow Language Patterns: An Approximation of Data Oriented Parsing......Page 597
Improving the Presentation of Argument Interpretations Based on User Trials......Page 610
Reliable Unseen Model Prediction for Vocabulary-Independent Speech Recognition......Page 622
Voice Code Verification Algorithm Using Competing Models for User Entrance Authentication......Page 633
A Logic Based Approach for Dynamic Access Control......Page 646
A New Neighborhood Based on Improvement Graph for Robust Graph Coloring Problem......Page 659
An Extension of the H-Search Algorithm for Artificial Hex Players......Page 669
Applying Constraint Satisfaction Techniques to 3D Camera Control......Page 681
Constraints from STRIPS — Preliminary Report......Page 693
Embedding Memoization to the Semantic Tree Search for Deciding QBFs......Page 704
On Possibilistic Case-Based Reasoning for Selecting Partners in Multi-agent Negotiation......Page 717
Set Bounds and (Split) Set Domain Propagation Using ROBDDs......Page 729
User Friendly Decision Support Techniques in a Case-Based Reasoning System......Page 741
Longer-Term Memory in Clause Weighting Local Search for SAT......Page 753
Natural Landmark Based Navigation......Page 765
A Novel Approach for Simplifying Neural Networks by Identifying Decoupling Inputs......Page 777
Aggregation of Foraging Swarms......Page 789
An ACO Algorithm for the Most Probable Explanation Problem......Page 801
Designing a Morphogenetic System for Evolvable Hardware......Page 814
Evaluation of Evolutionary Algorithms for Multi-objective Train Schedule Optimization......Page 826
Fuzzy Modeling Incorporated with Fuzzy D-S Theory and Fuzzy Naive Bayes......Page 839
Genetic Algorithm Based K-Means Fast Learning Artificial Neural Network......Page 851
Immune Clonal Selection Network......Page 863
Performance Improvement of RBF Network Using ART2 Algorithm and Fuzzy Logic System......Page 876
Solving Rotated Multi-objective Optimization Problems Using Differential Evolution......Page 884
Sub-structural Niching in Non-stationary Environments......Page 896
Suitability of Two Associative Memory Neural Networks to Character Recognition......Page 909
Using Loops in Genetic Programming for a Two Class Binary Image Classification Problem......Page 921
A Negotiation Agent......Page 933
Agent Services-Driven Plug-and-Play in F-TRADE......Page 940
Applying Multi-medians Location and Steiner Tree Methods into Agents Distributed Blackboard Architecture Construction......Page 946
Meta-game Equilibrium for Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning......Page 953
A Fast Visual Search and Recognition Mechanism for Real-Time Robotics Applications......Page 960
Adaptive Object Recognition with Image Feature Interpolation......Page 966
Effective Approach for Detecting Digital Image Watermarking via Independent Component Analysis......Page 972
Extended Locally Linear Embedding with Gabor Wavelets for Face Recognition......Page 978
Image Processing of Finite Size Rat Retinal Ganglion Cells Using Multifractal and Local Connected Fractal Analysis......Page 984
The DSC Algorithm for Edge Detection......Page 990
A Novel Statistical Method on Decision Table Analysis......Page 996
An Interaction Model for Affect Monitoring......Page 1002
Ontology Transformation in Multiple Domains......Page 1008
A Bayesian Metric for Evaluating Machine Learning Algorithms......Page 1014
A Comparison of Text-Categorization Methods Applied to N-Gram Frequency Statistics......Page 1021
A Global Search Algorithm for Attributes Reduction......Page 1027
A Symbolic Hybrid Approach to Face the New User Problem in Recommender Systems......Page 1034
A Toolbox for Learning from Relational Data with Propositional and Multi-instance Learners......Page 1040
An Improvement to Unscented Transformation......Page 1047
Automatic Wrapper Generation for Metasearch Using Ordered Tree Structured Patterns......Page 1053
Building a More Accurate Classifier Based on Strong Frequent Patterns......Page 1059
Color Texture Analysis Using Wavelet-Based Hidden Markov Model......Page 1066
Contributions of Domain Knowledge and Stacked Generalization in AI-Based Classification Models......Page 1072
Discovering Interesting Association Rules by Clustering......Page 1078
Exploiting Maximal Emerging Patterns for Classification......Page 1085
Feature Extraction for Learning to Classify Questions......Page 1092
Mining Exceptions in Databases......Page 1099
MML Inference of Oblique Decision Trees......Page 1105
Naive Bayes Classifiers That Perform Well with Continuous Variables......Page 1112
On Enhancing the Performance of Spam Mail Filtering System Using Semantic Enrichment......Page 1118
Parameterising Bayesian Networks......Page 1124
Radar Emitter Signal Recognition Based on Feature Selection Algorithm......Page 1131
Selecting Subspace Dimensions for Kernel-Based Nonlinear Subspace Classifiers Using Intelligent Search Methods......Page 1138
Using Machine Learning Techniques to Combine Forecasting Methods......Page 1145
Web Data Mining and Reasoning Model......Page 1151
A Framework for Disambiguation in Ambiguous Iconic Environments......Page 1158
An Intelligent Grading System for Descriptive Examination Papers Based on Probabilistic Latent Semantic Analysis......Page 1164
Domain-Adaptive Conversational Agent with Two-Stage Dialogue Management......Page 1170
Feature Extraction Based on Wavelet Domain Hidden Markov Tree Model for Robust Speech Recognition......Page 1177
Feature Unification and Constraint Satisfaction in Parsing Korean Case Phenomena......Page 1183
A Comparison of BDI Based Real-Time Reasoning and HTN Based Planning......Page 1190
A Formal Method Toward Reasoning About Continuous Change......Page 1197
A Time and Energy Optimal Controller for Mobile Robots......Page 1204
Inheritance of Multiple Identity Conditions in Order-Sorted Logic......Page 1210
A Comparative Analysis of Fuzzy System Modelling Approaches: A Case in Mining Medical Diagnostic Rules......Page 1217
A Parallel Learning Approach for Neural Network Ensemble......Page 1223
An Intelligent Gas Concentration Estimation System Using Neural Network Implemented Microcontroller......Page 1229
Ant Colonies Discover Knight’s Tours......Page 1236
Immune Clonal Selection Algorithm for Multiuser Detection in DS-CDMA Systems......Page 1242
Intrusion Detection Based on Immune Clonal Selection Algorithms......Page 1249
Mapping Dryland Salinity Using Neural Networks......Page 1256
Normalized RBF Neural Network for Real-Time Detection of Signal in the Noise......Page 1262
Statistical Exploratory Analysis of Genetic Algorithms: The Influence of Gray Codes upon the Difficulty of a Problem......Page 1269
The Semipublic Encryption for Visual Cryptography Using Q’tron Neural Networks......Page 1276
The T-Detectors Maturation Algorithm Based on Genetic Algorithm......Page 1285
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