| Intelligent Operational Management and the Concept of Integration | p. 1 |
| Ontology-Based Knowledge Fusion Framework Using Graph Partitioning | p. 11 |
| Deductive and Inductive Reasoning for Processing the Claims of Unsatisfied Customers | p. 21 |
| Preserving Diversity in Particle Swarm Optimisation | p. 31 |
| A Genetic Algorithm for 1,5 Dimensional Assortment Problems with Multiple Objectives | p. 41 |
| How to Create Priorities in Genetics | p. 52 |
| Mapping Virtual Objects into Real Scene | p. 62 |
| Color Image Segmentation in Color and Spatial Domain | p. 72 |
| Multiple Signal Fault Detection Using Fuzzy Logic | p. 83 |
| Clustering On-Line Dynamically Constructed Handwritten Music Notation with the Self-organising Feature Map | p. 93 |
| Cellular Automata Cryptography Using Reconfigurable Computing | p. 104 |
| Pitch-Dependent Musical Instrument Identification and Its Application to Musical Sound Ontology | p. 112 |
| Automated Case Base Creation and Management | p. 123 |
| The Study on Algorithm AE[subscript 11] of Learning from Examples | p. 134 |
| Applying Semantic Links for Classifying Web Pages | p. 148 |
| Learning Joint Coordinated Plans in Multi-agent Systems | p. 154 |
| Extracting Causal Nets from Databases | p. 166 |
| Extraction of Meaningful Tables from the Internet Using Decision Trees | p. 176 |
| Theory and Algorithm for Rule Base Refinement | p. 187 |
| Developing Constraint-Based Applications with Spreadsheets | p. 197 |
| Diagnosis of Dynamic Systems: A Knowledge Model That Allows Tracking the System during the Diagnosis Process | p. 208 |
| A Rigorous Approach to Knowledge Base Maintenance | p. 219 |
| Evaluation of Intelligent Systems for the Utilisation of HAZOP Analysis Results | p. 229 |
| State-Based Modelling in Hazard Identification | p. 244 |
| Deriving Consensus for Conflict Data in Web-Based Systems | p. 254 |
| Knowledge Based Support for the Authoring and Checking of Operating Procedures | p. 264 |
| A Concept of Modeling PVC Batch Plant in Object Oriented Approach for Safety Analysis | p. 271 |
| Automatic Visual Inspection of Wooden Pallets | p. 277 |
| Feature Extraction for Classification of Caenorhabditis Elegans Behavioural Phenotypes | p. 287 |
| Measurement System of Traffic Flow Using Real-Time Processing of Moving Pictures | p. 296 |
| Infrared Sensor Data Correction for Local Area Map Construction by a Mobile Robot | p. 306 |
| An Improved Compound Gradient Vector Based Neural Network On-Line Training Algorithm | p. 316 |
| Document Clustering Based on Vector Quantization and Growing-Cell Structure | p. 326 |
| Using a Modified Counter-Propagation Algorithm to Classify Conjoint Data | p. 337 |
| A Comparison of Corporate Failure Models in Australia: Hybrid Neural Networks, Logit Models and Discriminant Analysis | p. 348 |
| An Ontology-Based Information Retrieval System | p. 359 |
| A Bidders Cooperation Support System for Agent-Based Electronic Commerce | p. 369 |
| SumTime-Turbine: A Knowledge-Based System to Communicate Gas Turbine Time-Series Data | p. 379 |
| A Blackboard-Based Learning Intrusion Detection System: A New Approach | p. 385 |
| Developing a Goodness Criteria for Tide Predictions Based on Fuzzy Preference Ranking | p. 391 |
| Debugging VHDL Designs Using Temporal Process Instances | p. 402 |
| Efficient Pattern Matching for Non-strongly Sequential Term Rewriting Systems | p. 416 |
| A Policy Based Framework for Software Agents | p. 426 |
| Intelligent Support for Solving Classification Differences in Statistical Information Integration | p. 437 |
| Supporting Collaborative Product Design in an Agent Based Environment | p. 447 |
| Fast Feature Selection by Means of Projections | p. 461 |
| Hybrid Least-Squares Methods for Reinforcement Learning | p. 471 |
| HMM/ANN System for Vietnamese Continuous Digit Recognition | p. 481 |
| UMAS Learning Requirement for Controlling Network Resources | p. 487 |
| Dialogue Management in an Automatic Meteorological Information System | p. 495 |
| Agent-Based Implementation on Intelligent Instruments | p. 505 |
| Granules and Reasoning Based on Granular Computing | p. 516 |
| A Comparison of the Effectiveness of Neural and Wavelet Networks for Insurer Credit Rating Based on Publicly Available Financial Data | p. 527 |
| A New System Based on the Use of Neural Networks and Database for Monitoring Coal Combustion Efficiency | p. 537 |
| Application of Artificial Neural Network for Identification of Parameters of a Constitutive Law for Soils | p. 545 |
| Visualising the Internet Components of Networks | p. 555 |
| Bayesian Web Document Classification through Optimizing Association Word | p. 565 |
| The Use of a Supervised [kappa]-Means Algorithm on Real-Valued Data with Application in Health | p. 575 |
| SymCure: A Model-Based Approach for Fault Management with Causal Directed Graphs | p. 582 |
| Efficient Initial Solution to Extremal Optimization Algorithm for Weighted MAXSAT Problem | p. 592 |
| Adaptive Resource Location in a Peer-to-Peer Network | p. 604 |
| Computing Lower Bound for MAX-CSP Problems | p. 614 |
| Efficient Pre-processing for Large Window-Based Modular Exponentiation Using Genetic Algorithms | p. 625 |
| Improving Genetic Algorithms' Efficiency Using Intelligent Fitness Functions | p. 636 |
| Clustering Hoax Fire Calls Using Evolutionary Computation Technology | p. 644 |
| Packet Transmission Optimisation Using Genetic Algorithms | p. 653 |
| Design and Implementation of Personality of Humanoids in Human Humanoid Non-verbal Interaction | p. 662 |
| Improving the Predictive Power of AdaBoost: A Case Study in Classifying Borrowers | p. 674 |
| Proposition of the Quality Measure for the Probabilistic Decision Support System | p. 686 |
| Using Local Information to Guide Ant Based Search | p. 692 |
| The Generalised Method for Solving Problems of the DEDS Control Synthesis | p. 702 |
| Nurse Rostering Using Constraint Programming and Meta-level Reasoning | p. 712 |
| An Application of Genetic Algorithm to Hierarchical Configuration of ATM Internetworking Domain with a Special Constraint for Scalable Broadcasting | p. 722 |
| Faster Speaker Enrollment for Speaker Verification Systems Based on MLPs by Using Discriminative Cohort Speakers Method | p. 734 |
| Improving the Multi-stack Decoding Algorithm in a Segment-Based Speech Recognizer | p. 744 |
| A Parallel Approach to Row-Based VLSI Layout Using Stoachastic Hill-Climbing | p. 750 |
| An Optimal Coalition Formation among Buyer Agents Based on a Genetic Algorithm | p. 759 |
| Application of Cepstrum Algorithms for Speech Recognition | p. 768 |
| Maintaining Global Consistency of Temporal Constraints in a Dynamic Environment | p. 779 |
| Towards a Practical Argumentative Reasoning with Qualitative Spatial Databases | p. 789 |
| The Object Event Calculus and Temporal Geographic Information Systems | p. 799 |
| Author Index | p. 815 |
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