| A Monte Carlo Approach to Hard Relational Learning Problems | p. 1 |
| Boosting as a Monte Carlo Algorithm | p. 11 |
| Stepwise Induction of Model Trees | p. 20 |
| Evaluation Methods for Focused Crawling | p. 33 |
| A Knowledge-Based Neurocomputing Approach to Extract Refined Linguistic Rules from Data | p. 40 |
| RBF Networks Exploiting Supervised Data in the Adaptation of Hidden Neuron Parameters | p. 51 |
| A New Machine Learning Approach to Fingerprint Classification | p. 57 |
| An Automatic Accompanist Based on Hidden Markov Models | p. 64 |
| Resampling vs Reweighting in Boosting a Relational Weak Learner | p. 70 |
| Learning Logic Models for Automated Text Categorization | p. 81 |
| User Profiling in an Application of Electronic Commerce | p. 87 |
| Computing Spatial Similarity by Games | p. 99 |
| An Analysis of Backjumping and Trivial Truth in Quantified Boolean Formulas Satisfiability | p. 111 |
| Abduction with Penalization in Logic Programming | p. 123 |
| Causal Simulation and Diagnosis of Dynamic Systems | p. 135 |
| Critical Parallelization of Local Search for MAX-SAT | p. 147 |
| Product Design as Product Revise: The Case of Chemical Compounds | p. 159 |
| Belief Revision and the Ramsey Test: A Solution | p. 165 |
| Supporting Product Configuration in a Virtual Store | p. 176 |
| Characterising Concept's Properties in Ontologies | p. 189 |
| Reasoning about Dynamic Scenes Using Autonomous Agents | p. 201 |
| Tuning the Collaboration Level with Autonomous Agents: A Principled Theory | p. 212 |
| The Definition of Legal Relations in a BDI Multiagent Framework | p. 225 |
| Reasoning about Actions in a Multiagent Domain | p. 237 |
| L MASS: A Language for Situated Multi-agent Systems | p. 249 |
| An Interactive System for Generating Arguments in Deceptive Communication | p. 255 |
| An Agent Based Approach to Virtual Market Place Simulation | p. 267 |
| Open Domain Question/Answering on the WEB | p. 273 |
| User-Adapted Image Descriptions from Annotated Knowledge Sources | p. 285 |
| Wide Coverage Incremental Parsing by Learning Attachment Preferences | p. 297 |
| Flexible Parsing Architectures for NLP Applications | p. 308 |
| Information Presentation Adapted to the "User in Context" | p. 314 |
| A Hybrid Approach to Optimize Feature Selection Process in Text Classification | p. 320 |
| Concepts for Anchoring in Robotics | p. 327 |
| Symbolic and Conceptual Representation of Dynamic Scenes: Interpreting Situation Calculus on Conceptual Spaces | p. 333 |
| A Non-traditional Omnidirectional Vision System with Stereo Capabilities for Autonomous Robots | p. 344 |
| Architectural Scenes Reconstruction from Uncalibrated Photos and Map Based Model Knowledge | p. 356 |
| A SOM/ARSOM Hierarchy for the Description of Dynamic Scenes | p. 362 |
| A Constraint-Based Architecture for Flexible Support to Activity Scheduling | p. 369 |
| Planning and Execution in Dynamic Environments | p. 382 |
| An Agent Architecture for Planning in a Dynamic Environment | p. 388 |
| Author Index | p. 395 |
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