16. ISMIS 2006: Bari, Italy

Invited Talks

• Steffen Staab, Thomas Franz, Olaf Görlitz, Carsten Saathoff, Simon Schenk, Sergej Sizov:
  Lifecycle Knowledge Management: Getting the Semantics Across in X-Media. 1-10
  
• Ivan Bratko, Martin Mozina, Jure Zabkar:
  Argument-Based Machine Learning. 11-17
  
• Ramon López de Mántaras:
  Play It Again: A Case-Based Approach to Expressivity-Preserving Tempo Transformations in Music. 18
  

Active Media Human-Computer Interaction

• Heungkyu Lee, JungHo Kim, June Kim:
  Decision Fusion of Shape and Motion Information Based on Bayesian Framework for Moving Object Classification in Image Sequences. 19-28
  
• Hakan Haberdar, Songül Albayrak:
  A Two-Stage Visual Turkish Sign Language Recognition System Based on Global and Local Features. 29-37
  
• Cosimo Alessandro Buscicchio, Przemyslaw Górecki, Laura Caponetti:
  Speech Emotion Recognition Using Spiking Neural Networks. 38-46
  
• Nicolas Durand, Bruno Crémilleux, Einoshin Suzuki:
  Visualizing Transactional Data with Multiple Clusterings for Knowledge Discovery. 47-57
  

Computational Intelligence

• Ching-Sheng Hsu, Shu-Fen Tu, Young-Chang Hou:
  An Optimization Model for Visual Cryptography Schemes with Unexpanded Shares. 58-67
  
• Wen-hui Li, Meng Yu, Zhen-hua Zhang, Dong-fei Liu, Jian-yuan Wang:
  A Fast Temporal Texture Synthesis Algorithm Using Segment Genetic Algorithm. 68-76
  
• Jing Liu, Jun Sun, Wenbo Xu:
  Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization with Immune Operator. 77-83
  
• Tsair-Fwu Lee, Ming-Yuan Cho, Chin-Shiuh Shieh, Hong-Jen Lee, Fu-Min Fang:
  Particle Swarm Optimization-Based SVM for Incipient Fault Classification of Power Transformers. 84-90
  
• Ashkan Zarnani, Masoud Rahgozar, Caro Lucas, Azizollah Memariani:
  AntTrend: Stigmergetic Discovery of Spatial Trends. 91-100
  
• Jing Tian, Lincheng Shen, Yanxing Zheng:
  Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Multi-UAV Cooperative Reconnaissance Mission Planning Problem. 101-110
  
• Carlos E. Vivaracho:
  Improving SVM Training by Means of NTIL When the Data Sets Are Imbalanced. 111-120
  
• Marek Kretowski, Marek Grzes:
  Evolutionary Induction of Cost-Sensitive Decision Trees. 121-126
  
• Hao Wang, Kui Yu, Xindong Wu, Hongliang Yao:
  Triangulation of Bayesian Networks Using an Adaptive Genetic Algorithm. 127-136
  

Intelligent Agent Technolog

• John K. Debenham, Elaine Lawrence:
  Intelligent Agents That Make Informed Decisions. 137-146
  
• Pasquale De Meo, Giovanni Quattrone, Domenico Ursino:
  Using Intelligent Agents in e-Government for Supporting Decision Making About Service Proposals. 147-156
  
• Berardina De Carolis, Giovanni Cozzolongo, Sebastiano Pizzutilo:
  A Butler Agent for Personalized House Control. 157-166
  
• Chun Jin, Jaime G. Carbonell:
  Incremental Aggregation on Multiple Continuous Queries. 167-177
  
• Minsoo Lee, Yong Kim, Yoonsik Uhm, Zion Hwang, Gwanyeon Kim, Sehyun Park, Ohyoung Song:
  Location-Aware Multi-agent Based Intelligent Services in Home Networks. 178-187
  
• Marco Alberti, Federico Chesani, Marco Gavanelli, Evelina Lamma, Paola Mello:
  A Verifiable Logic-Based Agent Architecture. 188-197
  

Intelligent Information Retrieval

• Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Trivikram Immaneni:
  Flexible Querying of XML Documents. 198-207
  
• Giovanna Castellano, Ciro Castiello, Anna Maria Fanelli:
  VIRMA: Visual Image Retrieval by Shape MAtching. 208-217
  
• Ben Martin, Peter W. Eklund:
  Asymmetric Page Split Generalized Index Search Trees for Formal Concept Analysis. 218-227
  
• Rory A. Lewis, Xin Zhang, Zbigniew W. Ras:
  Blind Signal Separation of Similar Pitches and Instruments in a Noisy Polyphonic Domain. 228-237
  
• Anca Doloc-Mihu, Vijay V. Raghavan:
  Score Distribution Approach to Automatic Kernel Selection for Image Retrieval Systems. 238-247
  
• David A. Maluf, David G. Bell, Naveen Ashish, Peter Putz, Yuri Gawdiak:
  Business Intelligence in Large Organizations: Integrating Which Data? 248-257
  

Intelligent Infomation Systems

• Marenglen Biba, Stefano Ferilli, Nicola Di Mauro, Teresa Maria Altomare Basile:
  Intelligent Methodologies for Scientific Conference Management. 258-267
  
• Jaechun No, Chang Won Park, Sung-Soon Park:
  The Consistent Data Replication Service for Distributed Computing Environments. 268-273
  
• Yi Yang, Jacques Calmet:
  OntoBayes Approach to Corporate Knowledge. 274-283
  
• Patrick Bosc, Nadia Liétard, Olivier Pivert:
  About Inclusion-Based Generalized Yes/No Queries in a Possibilistic Database Context. 284-289
  
• Stefan Trausan-Matu, Ruxandra Bantea, Vlad Posea, Diana Petrescu, Alexandru Gartner:
  Flexible Querying of an Intelligent Information System for EU Joint Project Proposals in a Specific Topic. 290-295
  
• Adnan Khashman, Akram A. Garad:
  Multi-expression Face Recognition Using Neural Networks and Feature Approximation. 296-305
  
• Francesca A. Lisi:
  A Methodology for Building Semantic Web Mining Systems. 306-311
  
• Kyung-Yong Jung:
  Content-Based Image Filtering for Recommendation. 312-321
  

Knowledge Representation and Integration

• Nicola Fanizzi, Claudia d'Amato:
  A Declarative Kernel for ALC Concept Descriptions. 322-331
  
• Frithjof Dau:
  RDF as Graph-Based, Diagrammatic Logic. 332-337
  
• Federico Chesani, Pietro De Matteis, Paola Mello, Marco Montali, Sergio Storari:
  A Framework for Defining and Verifying Clinical Guidelines: A Case Study on Cancer Screening. 338-343
  
• Luciano Caroprese, Sergio Greco, Irina Trubitsyna, Ester Zumpano:
  Preferred Generalized Answers for Inconsistent Databases. 344-349
  
• Dongfeng Han, Wenhui Li, Xiaosuo Lu, Yi Wang, Ming Li:
  Representation Interest Point Using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Independent Components Analysis. 350-358
  
• Chun Ruan, Vijay Varadharajan:
  Integration of Graph Based Authorization Policies. 359-368
  

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining

• Margherita Berardi, Annalisa Appice, Corrado Loglisci, Pietro Leo:
  Supporting Visual Exploration of Discovered Association Rules Through Multi-Dimensional Scaling. 369-378
  
• Hidenao Abe, Shusaku Tsumoto, Miho Ohsaki, Takahira Yamaguchi:
  Evaluating Learning Algorithms for a Rule Evaluation Support Method Based on Objective Rule Evaluation Indices. 379-388
  
• Alicja Wieczorkowska, Piotr Synak:
  Quality Assessment of k-NN Multi-label Classification for Music Data. 389-398
  
• Mehmet Kaya, Reda Alhajj:
  Effective Mining of Fuzzy Multi-Cross-Level Weighted Association Rules. 399-408
  
• Daniele P. Radicioni, Marco Botta:
  A Methodological Contribution to Music Sequences Analysis. 409-418
  
• Jeroen S. de Bruin:
  Towards a Framework for Inductive Querying. 419-424
  
• Ruggero G. Pensa, Céline Robardet, Jean-François Boulicaut:
  Towards Constrained Co-clustering in Ordered 0/1 Data Sets. 425-434
  
• Sang-Chul Lee, Ja-Chul Gu, Yung Ho Suh:
  A Comparative Analysis of Clustering Methodology and Application for Market Segmentation: K-Means, SOM and a Two-Level SOM. 435-444
  
• Zbigniew W. Ras, Agnieszka Dardzinska:
  Action Rules Discovery, a New Simplified Strategy. 445-453
  
• Shoji Hirano, Shusaku Tsumoto:
  Characteristics of Indiscernibility Degree in Rough Clustering Examined Using Perfect Initial Equivalence Relations. 454-462
  
• Gilbert Ritschard, Djamel A. Zighed:
  Implication Strength of Classification Rules. 463-472
  
• Haytham Elghazel, Véronique Deslandres, Mohand-Said Hacid, Alain Dussauchoy, Hamamache Kheddouci:
  A New Clustering Approach for Symbolic Data and Its Validation: Application to the Healthcare Data. 473-482
  
• Li-Shiang Tsay, Zbigniew W. Ras:
  Action Rules Discovery System DEAR_3. 483-492
  
• Qingsong Yao, Aijun An, Xiangji Huang:
  Mining and Modeling Database User Access Patterns. 493-503
  

Logic for AI and Logic Programming

• Robert Demolombe, Maria del Pilar Pozos Parra:
  Belief Revision in the Situation Calculus Without Plausibility Levels. 504-513
  
• Robert Demolombe, Vincent Louis:
  Norms, Institutional Power and Roles: Towards a Logical Framework. 514-523
  
• Giorgio Terracina, Nicola Leone, Vincenzino Lio, Claudio Panetta:
  Adding Efficient Data Management to Logic Programming Systems. 524-533
  
• Pierangelo Dell'Acqua, Anna Lombardi, Luís Moniz Pereira:
  A Logic-Based Approach to Model Supervisory Control Systems. 534-539
  
• Marco Cadoli, Toni Mancini, Fabio Patrizi:
  SAT as an Effective Solving Technology for Constraint Problems. 540-549
  
• Leonardo Lesmo, Livio Robaldo:
  Dependency Tree Semantics. 550-559
  

Machine Learning

• Annalisa Appice, Michelangelo Ceci:
  Mining Tolerance Regions with Model Trees. 560-569
  
• Claudia d'Amato, Nicola Fanizzi:
  Lazy Learning from Terminological Knowledge Bases. 570-579
  
• Tsair-Fwu Lee, Ming-Yuan Cho, Chin-Shiuh Shieh, Hong-Jen Lee, Fu-Min Fang:
  Diagnosis of Incipient Fault of Power Transformers Using SVM with Clonal Selection Algorithms Optimization. 580-590
  
• Fernando Berzal Galiano, Juan Carlos Cubero Talavera, Nicolás Marín, José-Luis Polo:
  An Overview of Alternative Rule Evaluation Criteria and Their Use in Separate-and-Conquer Classifiers. 591-600
  
• Chao-Lin Liu:
  Learning Students' Learning Patterns with Support Vector Machines. 601-611
  
• Tapio Elomaa, Jussi Kujala, Juho Rousu:
  Practical Approximation of Optimal Multivariate Discretization. 612-621
  
• Julien Thomas, Pierre-Emmanuel Jouve, Nicolas Nicoloyannis:
  Optimisation and Evaluation of Random Forests for Imbalanced Datasets. 622-631
  
• João Mendes-Moreira, Alípio Mário Jorge, Carlos Soares, Jorge Freire de Sousa:
  Improving SVM-Linear Predictions Using CART for Example Selection. 632-641
  
• Anton Bezuglov, Juan E. Vargas:
  Simulated Annealing Algorithm with Biased Neighborhood Distribution for Training Profile Models. 642-651
  
• Daniele P. Radicioni, Roberto Esposito:
  A Conditional Model for Tonal Analysis. 652-661
  
• Lorenza Saitta:
  Hypothesis Diversity in Ensemble Classification. 662-670
  
• Christopher N. Eichelberger, Mirsad Hadzikadic:
  Complex Adaptive Systems: Using a Free-Market Simulation to Estimate Attribute Relevance. 671-680
  

Text Mining

• Chao-Lin Liu, Chwen-Dar Hsieh:
  Exploring Phrase-Based Classification of Judicial Documents for Criminal Charges in Chinese. 681-690
  
• Diego Sona, Sriharsha Veeramachaneni, Nicola Polettini, Paolo Avesani:
  Regularization for Unsupervised Classification on Taxonomies. 691-696
  
• Guillaume Cleuziou, Sylvie Billot, Stanislas Lew, Lionel Martin, Christel Vrain:
  A Proximity Measure and a Clustering Method for Concept Extraction in an Ontology Building Perspective. 697-706
  
• Marco Degemmis, Pasquale Lops, Pierpaolo Basile:
  An Intelligent Personalized Service for Conference Participants. 707-712
  
• Krzysztof Ciesielski, Mieczyslaw A. Klopotek:
  Contextual Maps for Browsing Huge Document Collections. 713-722
  

Web Intelligence

• Jerzy Stefanowski, Marcin Zienkowicz:
  Classification of Polish Email Messages: Experiments with Various Data Representations. 723-728
  
• Wenbin Li, Ning Zhong, Chunnian Liu:
  Combining Multiple Email Filters Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis. 729-738
  
• Silverio Petruzzellis, Oriana Licchelli, Ignazio Palmisano, Valeria Bavaro, Cosimo Palmisano:
  Employee Profiling in the Total Reward Management. 739-744
  
• Kjetil Nørvåg, Trond Øivind Eriksen, Kjell-Inge Skogstad:
  Mining Association Rules in Temporal Document Collections. 745-754
  
• Ronen Feldman, Binyamin Rosenfeld, Stephen Soderland, Oren Etzioni:
  Self-supervised Relation Extraction from the Web. 755-764