Intelligent problem solving : methodologies and approaches : 13th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems, IEA/AIE 2000, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA, June 19-22, 2000 : proceedings

Keynote Presentation.- Multisensor Data Fusion.- Intelligent Agents I.- Implementing Multi-party Agent Conversations.- Agreement and Coalition Formation in Multiagent-Based Virtual Marketplaces.- A Framework for the Development of Cooperative Configuration Agents.- Java-Based Distributed Intelligent Agent Architecture for Building Safety-Critical Tele-Inspection Systems on the Internet.- Artificial Neural Network I.- The Use of AI Methods for Evaluating Condition Dependent Dynamic Models of Vehicle Brake Squeal.- Towards an Estimation Aid for Nuclear Power Plant Refuelling Operations.- Drilling Performance Prediction Using General Regression Neural Networks.- Identifying Significant Parameters for Hall-Heroult Process Using General Regression Neural Networks.- Data Mining I.- Mapping Object-Oriented Systems to Distributed Systems Using Data Mining Techniques.- Scaling the Data Mining Step in Knowledge Discovery Using Oceanographic Data.- Information Management and Process Improvement Using Data Mining Techniques.- Combinatorial Optimization.- Combinatorial Optimization A Comparative Analysis of Search Methods as Applied to Shearographic Fringe Modelling.- Vision Guided Bin Picking and Mounting in a Flexible Assembly Cell.- A Brokering Algorithm for Cost & QoS-Based Winner Determination in Combinatorial Auctions.- An Overview of a Synergetic Combination of Local Search with Evolutionary Learning to Solve Optimization Problems.- Expert Systems I.- Maintenance of KBS's by Domain Experts.- A Simulation-Based Procedure for Expert System Evaluation.- Gas Circulator Design Advisory System: A Web Based Decision Support System for the Nuclear Industry.- Expert Systems and Mathematical Optimization Approaches on Physical Layout Optimization Problems.- Diagnosis I.- Locating Bugs in Java Programs - First Results of the Java Diagnosis Experiments Project.- Application of a Real-Time Expert System for Fault Diagnosis.- Operative Diagnosis Algorithms for Single-Fault in Graph-Based Systems.- On a Model-Based Diagnosis for Synchronous Boolean Network.- DermatExpert: Dermatological Diagnosis through the Internet.- Best Papers.- Aerial Spray Deposition Management Using the Genetic Algorithm.- Dynamic Data Mining.- Information Systems I.- Knowledge-Intensive Gathering and Integration of Statistical Information on European Fisheries.- Using a Semantic Model and XML for Document Annotation.- Understanding Support of Group in Web Collaborative Learning, Based on Divergence among Different Answering Processes.- Fuzzy Logic and Its Applications.- Fuzzy Modeling Approach for Integrated Assessments Using Cultural Theory.- Fuzzy Knowledge-Based System for Performing Conflation in Geographical Information Systems.- Modeling of, and Reasoning with Recurrent Events with Imprecise Durations.- Linguistic Approximation and Semantic Adjustment in the Modeling Process.- A Fuzzy Inference Algorithm for Lithology Analysis in Formation Evaluation.- Intelligent Agents II.- Approximating the 0-1 Multiple Knapsack Problem with Agent Decomposition and Market Negotiation.- Design and Development of Autonomous Intelligence Smart Sensors.- ADDGEO: An Intelligent Agent to Assist Geologist Finding Petroleum in Offshore Lands.- SOMulANT: Organizing Information Using Multiple Agents.- Design.- Inventiveness as Belief Revision and a Heuristic Rule of Inventive Design.- A Decision Support Tool for the Conceptual Design of De-oiling Systems.- ProCon: Decision Support for Resource Management in a Global Production Network.- Intelligent Infrastructure That Support System's Changes.- Diagnosis II.- Using Description Logics for Case-Based Reasoning in Hybrid Diagnosis.- Printer Troubleshooting Using Bayesian Networks.- Using XML and Other Techniques to Enhance Supportability of Diagnostic Expert Systems.- Learning and Diagnosis in Manufacturing Processes through an Executable Bayesian Network.- Expert Systems II.- Solving Large Configuration Problems Efficiently by Clustering the ConBaCon Model.- XProM: A Collaborative Knowledge-Based Project Management Tool.- Building Logistics Networks Using Model-Based Reasoning Techniques.- A Supporting System for Colored Knitting Design.- Machine Learning and Its Applications.- Learning Middle-Game Patterns in Chess: A Case Study.- Meta-classifiers and Selective Superiority.- Logic and Its Applications.- The Formal Specification and Implementation of a Modest First Order Temporal Logic.- Determining Effective Military Decisive Points through Knowledge-Rich Case-Based Reasoning.- A Constraint-Based Approach to Simulate Faults in Telecommunication Networks.- A Least Common Subsumer Operation for an Expressive Description Logic.- Pattern Recognition.- Blob Analysis Using Watershed Transformation.- A Novel Fusion of Holistic and Analytical Paradigms for the Recognition of Handwritten Address Fields.- Pawian - A Parallel Image Recognition System.- An Automatic Configuration System for Handwriting Recognition Problems.- Detection of Circular Object with a High Speed Algorithm.- Artificial Neural Networks II.- Neural Network Based Compensation of Micromachined Accelerometers for Static and Low Frequency Applications.- Improving Peanut Maturity Prediction Using a Hybrid Artificial Neural Network and Fuzzy Inference System.- CIM - The Hybrid Symbolic/Connectionist Rule-Based Inference System.- A Neural Network Document Classifier with Linguistic Feature Selection.- Color Pattern Recognition on the Random Neural Network Model.- Integrating Neural Network and Symbolic Inference for Predictions in Food Extrusion Process.- Natural Language Processing.- Automatic Priority Assignment to E-mail Messages Based on Information Extraction and User's Action History.- Information Extraction for Validation of Software Documentation.- Object Orientation in Natural Language Processing.- Genetic Algorithm.- A Study of Order Based Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms in Combinatorial Optimization Problems.- Nuclear Power Plant Preventive Maintenance Planning Using Genetic Algorithms.- Progress Report: Improving the Stock Price Forecasting Performance of the Bull Flag Heuristic with Genetic Algorithms and Neural Networks.- Advanced Reservoir Simulation Using Soft Computing.- Information Systems II.- Forest Ecosystem Management via the NED Intelligent Information System.- Friendly Information Retrieval through Adaptive Restructuring of Information Space.- A Smart Pointer Technique for Distributed Spatial Databases.- Distributed Problem Solving.- Deploying the Mobile-Agent Technology in Warehouse Management.- A Lightweight Capability Communication Mechanism.- Model-Based Control for Industrial Processes Using a Virtual Laboratory.- Autonomous Agents for Distributed Problem Solving in Condition Monitoring.- Modeling Issues for Rubber-Sheeting Process in an Object Oriented, Distributed and Parallel Environment.- Intelligent Agents III.- Reasoning and Belief Revision in an Agent for Emergent Process Management.- System Design and Control Framework for an Autonomous Mobile Robot Application on Predefined Ferromagnetic Surfaces.- Intelligent and Self-Adaptive Interface.- Agent Architecture: Using Java Exceptions in a Nonstandard Way and an Object Oriented Approach to Evolution of Intelligence.- Artificial Neural Networks III.- Neural Network Based Machinability Evaluation.- Performance of MGMDH Network on Structural Piecewise System Identification.- Black-Box Identification of the Electromagnetic Torque of Induction Motors: Polynomial and Neural Models.