Vasile Palade Robert J. HowlettLakhmi Jain (Eds.)

Knowledge-B asedIntelligent Informationand Engineering Systems

7th International Conference, KES 2003"Oxford, UK, September 3-5, 2003Proceedings, Part II

Springer

Table of Contents, Part II

Advances on Adaptive Resonance Theory and Applications -

Putting the Utility of Match Tracking in Fuzzy ARTMAP Trainingto the TestGeorgios C. Anagnostopoulos and Michael Georgiopoulos 1

An ART-Based Hybrid Network for Medical Pattern Classification Taskswith Missing DataChee Peng him, Mei Ming Kuan, and Robert F. Harrison 7

Combining Support Vector Machines and ARTMAP Architecturesfor Natural ClassificationAlberto Munoz and Javier M. Moguerza 16

ART-Based Neuro-fuzzy Modelling Applied to Reinforcement LearningKonstantinos C. Zikidis and Spyros G. Tzafestas 22

AFC: ART-Based Fuzzy ClassifierElena P. Sapozhnikova and Wolfgang Rosenstiel 30

Intelligent Decision Support Making Systems

Intelligent Assistance, Retrieval, Reminder and Advicefor Fuzzy Multicriteria Decision-MakingJocelyn San Pedro and Frada Burstein 37

Facilitating Electronic Business Planning ,with Decision Making Support Systems \Lidan Ha, Guisseppi Forgionne, and Fen Wang 45

Critical Context for Decision Making:A Modeling Approach Based on a Re-planning ToolGuy Camilleri, Jean-Luc Soubie, and Pascale Zarate . 52

A Framework to Assess Intelligent Decision-Making Support SystemsM. Mora, G. Forgionne, J. Gupta, F. Cervantes, and O. Gelman 59

An Information Market for Multi-agent Decision Making:Observations from a Human ExperimentBartel Van de Walle and Mihai Moldovan ;. 66

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Classification of Decision-Behavior Patternsin Multivariate Computer Log DataUsing Independent Component AnalysisSerafeim Fragos, Lampros K. Stergioulas, and Costas S. Xydeas 73

Design, Integration and Evaluation .. .of an Artificial Intelligence-Based Control Systemfor the Improvement of the Monitoring and Quality Control Processin the Manufacturing of Metal Casting ComponentsEmma L. Mares and Jerry H. Sokolowski 80

Developing Intelligent Decision Support Systems: A Bipartite ApproachAlexandre Gachet and Pius Haettenschwiler ." 87

Fuzzy Support Systems for Discretionary Judicial Decision MakingFelipe Lara-Rosano and Maria del Socorro Tellez-Silva 94

Intelligent Decision Making Supportthrough Just-in-Time Knowledge ManagementNabie Y. Conteh and Guisseppi Forgionne 101

Integrating Simulation and Argumentationin Organizational Decision MakingNikos Karacapilidis and Emmanuel Adamides 107

Neural Networks for Vision - Biological and Artificial

Perceptual Grouping to Motion Direction and Speed in AperturesIsao Hayashi 115

Assignment of Figural Side to Contours Basedon Symmetry, Parallelism, and ConvexityMasayuki Kikuchi and Kunihiko Fukushima 123

Neural Network Model Restoring Partly Occluded PatternsKunihiko Fukushima 131

Face Localization in the Neural Abstraction PyramidSven Behnke 139

A Model for Selective Visual Attention Based on Discrete Scale-Spaces.Shunji Satoh and Shogo Miyake 147

A Trainable Object-Detection MethodUsing Equivalent Retinotopical Sampling and Fisher KernelHirotaka Niitsuma 155

Self-Organizing Feature Maps for HMM Based Lip-ReadingNaoyuki Tsuruta, Hirotaka Iuchi, Alaa El. Sagheer,and Tarek El. Tobely 162

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A Convolutional Neural Network VLSI for Image RecognitionUsing Merged/Mixed Analog-Digital ArchitectureKeisuke Korekado, Takashi Morie, Osamu Nomura, Hiroshi Ando,Teppei Nakano, Masakazu Matsugu, and Atsushi Iwata 169

Promoting Smart User-Centred Approachesin Innovative Teaching and Learning

Making Intelligent Learning Technologies Meaningful:Practical Lessons Learnt from Public Administration Training Programsin South Africa and CanadaAlbert A. Einsiedel, Jr 177

Using Communication Preference and Mapping Learning Stylesto Teaching Styles in the Distance Learning Intelligent Tutoring System -WISDeMWilliam A. Janvier and Claude Ghaoui 185

Evaluation of Discussions in Online ClassroomsAiman Badri, Floriana Grasso, and Paul Leng 193

Web-Based Synchronized Multimedia System Designfor Teaching/Learning Chinese as a Foreign LanguageNatalius Huang, Herng- Yow Chen, and R. C. T. Lee 201

An Integrated Courseware Usability Evaluation MethodMaria Alexandra Rentroia-Bonito and Joaquim Armando Pires Jorge 208

Development of a Level-Based Instruction Modelin Web-Based EducationChanjung Park and Maenghee Kim 215

AI Techniques in Web-Based Educational Systems

Using Fuzzy Techniques to Model Studentsin Web-Based Learning EnvironmentsEssam Kosba, Vania Dimitrova, and Roger Boyle 222

The Use of Conceptual Graphs for Interactive Student Modellingand Adaptive Web ExplanationsVania Dimitrova and Kalina Bontcheva 230

Supporting Collaborative Knowledge Building with Intelligent AgentsWeiqin Chen, Jan Dolonen, and Barbara Wasson 238

Providing Personalised Recommendationsin a Web-Based Education SystemColm 0 'Riordan and Josephine Griffith 245

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A Rule-Based Formalismfor Describing Collaborative Adaptive CoursesRosa M. Carro, Alvaro Ortigosa, and Johann Schlichter 252

User Modeling on Adaptive Web-Based Learning CommunitiesElena Gaudioso and Jesus G. Boticario .-.- 260

Preventing Student Dropout in Distance LearningUsing Machine Learning TechniquesS.B. Kotsiantis, C.J. Pierrakeas, and P.E. Pintelas 267

Evaluation of an Intelligent Web-Based Language TutorVictoria Tsiriga and Maria Virvou 275

Domain Knowledge Acquisition and Plan Recognitionby Probabilistic ReasoningManolis Maragoudakis, Aristomenis Thanopoulos, Kyriakos Sgarbas,and Nikos Fakotakis 282

Web Based Education as a Result of AI Supported Classroom TeachingGerald Friedland, Lars Knipping, Raul Rojas, and Ernesto Tapia 290

From Web-Based Educational Systems to Education on the Web:On the Road to the Adaptive WebNicola Henze 297

Complex-Valued Neural Networks

Qubit Neural Network and Its EfficiencyNoriaki Kouda, Nobuyuki Matsui, Haruhiko Nishimura,and Ferdinand Peper 304

Performance of Adaptive Beamforming \by Using Complex-Valued Neural NetworkAndriyan Bayu Suksmono and Akira Hirose 311

Quaternion Neural Network and Its ApplicationTeijiro Isokawa, Tomoaki Kusakabe, Nobuyuki Matsui,and Ferdinand Peper 318

Building Up of a Pen Oriented Human-Software Interfacewith Complex-Valued Spiking MachinesA. Ardouin, N. Brouard, C. Moreau, R. Plouvier, S. Rouchy,and G. Vaucher 325

Pitch-Asynchronous Overlap-Add Waveform-Concatenation Speech Synthesisby Using a Phase-Optimizing Neural NetworkKeiichi Tsuda and Akira Hirose 332

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A Data-Reusing Gradient Descent Algorithmfor Complex-Valued Recurrent Neural NetworksSu Lee Goh and Danilo P. Mandic 340

Some Properties of the Network Consistingof Two Complex-Valued Nagumo-Sato Neurons .Iku Nemoto 351

Knowledge Based Computer Assisted Systems for Health Care

Ontology-Based Medical Information Service SystemHirokazu Taki, Noriyuki Matsuda, Michiyasu Hiramatsu,Yuki Naito, Jiro Nakajima, Tadashi Nakamura, Akihisa Imagawa,Yuji Matsuzawa, Norihiro Abe, and Satoshi Hori 358

Abstraction of Long-Term Changed Tests in Mining Hepatitis DataSaori Kawasaki, Tu Bao Ho, and Dung Trong Nguyen 366

A Classification Capability of Reflective Neural Networksin Medical DatabasesTakumi Ichimura, Shinichi Oeda, Machi Suka, and Katsumi Yoshida 373

A Classification Method of Medical Databaseby Immune Multi-agent Neural Networkswith Planar Lattice ArchitectureTakumi Ichimura, Shinichi Oeda, Toshiyuki Yamashita,and Katsumi Yoshida 380

Physiological Simulation by Integrating a Circulatory System Modelwith Beat-by-Beat HemodynamicsKen'ichi Asami and Tadashi Kitamura 388

Collimation Detection in Digital RadiographsUsing Plane Detection Hough Transform •Ikuo Kawashita, Masahito Aoyama, Tomoaki Kajiyama, \and Naoki Asada 394

Automated Cerebral Arteries Segmentation and Diameter Measurementof Aneurysm from MR AngiogramsMasahito Aoyama, Ikuo Kawashita, Yoko Naruse, Naoki Asada,and Kazuo Awai 402

Data Mining for Seeking Relationships between Sickness Absenceand Japanese Worker's ProfileHiroki Sugimori, Yukiyasu Iida, Machi Suka, Takumi Ichimura,and Katsumi Yoshida 410

Clinical Decision Support SystemApplied the Analytic Hierarchy ProcessMachi Suka, Takumi Ichimura, and Katsumi Yoshida 417

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Intelligent Human Computer Interaction Systems

Emotion Generating Calculations Based on Hidden Markov ModelKazuya Mera and Takumi Ichimura 424

Support System for Analysis of Student's Motivationin Group LearningManabu Nakamura, Takumi Ichimura, Kazuya Mera,and Setsuko Otsuki 432

Personalization of Help System Output in the Frameworkof Everyday Language ComputingShino Iwashita, Ichiro Kobayashi, Noriko Ito, Toru Sugimoto,and Michio Sugeno 439

A Description Method of Syntactic Rules on Japanese FilmscriptYoshiaki Kurosawa, Takumi Ichimura, and Teruaki Aizawa 446

Knowledge Structure for Acquiring Personal Taste InformationKazuya Mera and Takumi Ichimura 454

A Proposal of Kansei Description for Multimedia ContentsKaori Yoshida 461

Interactive Navigation for Problem-Solving Oriented Learning ProcessesKazuhisa Seta, Kei Tachibana, and Motohide Umano 466

Multi-objective Decision Making by AHP and Its Applicationto Personal Preference Retrieval SystemTakumi Ichimura, Akira Hara, Tetsuyuki Takahama,Yoshinori Isomichi, and Rie Utsunomiya 474

Interactive Design Support System by Customer Evaluationand Genetic Evolution: Application to Eye Glass FrameHideyoshi Yanagisawa and Shuichi Fukuda ; 481

Immunity-Based Systems

Towards an Immunity-Based System for Detecting MasqueradersTakeshi Okamoto, Takayuki Watanabe, and Yoshiteru Ishida 488

Noisy Channel and Reaction-Diffusion Systems:Models for Artificial Immune SystemsVincenzo Cutello and Giuseppe Nicosia 496

Immunity-Based Approaches for Self-Monitoringin Distributed Intrusion Detection SystemYuji Watanabe and Yoshiteru Ishida 503

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Idiotypic Network Model for Feature Extraction in Pattern Recognition -Effect of Diffusion of AntibodyToshiyuki Shimooka and Koichi Shimizu 511

Mechanism of a Transient but Long-Lasting Immune Memory Functionon a Self/Non-Self BoundaryKouji Harada and Norio Shiratori 519

A Proposal of Immune Multi-agent Neural Networks andIts Application to Medical Diagnostic System for Hepatobiliary DisordersShinichi Oeda, Takumi Ichimura, Toshiyuki Yamashita,

Katsumi Yoshida 526

Intelligent Knowledge-Based Interface Systems (I)

Development of an ESP E-learning Tool Using In-House CorporaYukie Koyama,, Tomofumi Nakano, and Chikako Matsuura 533

Evaluation of Learning Support Systemfor Agent-Based C ProgrammingKazuhiko Nagao and Naohiro Ishii 540

EM Algorithm for Cleaning of Answers Generatedby an E-learning SystemTomofumi Nakano, Yukie Koyama, Nobuhiro Inuzuka,and Chikako Matsuura 547

Reinforcement Learning Methods to Handle Actionswith Differing Costs in MDPsTakahisa Ishiguro, Tohgoroh Matsui, Nobuhiro Inuzuka,and Koichi Wada 553

Intelligent Knowledge-Based Interface Systems (II)

Extraction of Face Parts by Using Flesh Color and Boundary ImagesYoshinori Adachi, Saori Takeoka, and Masahiro Ozaki 561

Web Type CAI System with Dynamic Text Changefrom Database by UnderstandingMasahiro Ozaki, Koji Koyama, Yoshinori Adachi, and Naohiro Ishii 567

A Study on Saccadic Eye Movements at the Mutual GazingHiroshi Sasaki, Kazuhiro Murai, and Naohiro Ishii 573

Direction Selective Artificial Vision Modeland the Layout for Analog VLSIMasashi Kawaguchi, Takashi Jimbo, Masayoshi Umeno,and Naohiro Ishii 578

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Knowledge-Based and Cognitive Neuroscience Systemsfor Future Humanoid Robot Development

Cognitive Humanoid Robots Based on Complex Kinematic FeaturesFrank Kirchner, Takamasa Koshizen, and Dirk Spenneberg 584

A Multi-layered Hierarchical Architecture for a Humanoid RobotKenji Suzuki and Shuji Hashimoto 592

Active Detection of Anomalous Region as Primitive Processingfor Visual Object SegregationShinichi Nagai, Koji Akatsuka, Tetsuya Ido, Hiroshi Kondo,Atsushi Miura, and Hiroshi Tsujino 600

ANNA: An Artificial Neural Network for Attentionto Emotional RecognitionJ. G. Taylor and N. Fragopanagos 607

Attention-Based Robot Control5. Kasderidis and J. G. Taylor 615

Industrial Applications of Soft Computing

Two Industrial Problems Solved througha Novel Optimization AlgorithmM. Vannucci, V. Colla, G. Bioli, and R. Valentini 622

Do Neurofuzzy Systems Have Chances in Industrial Applications?Leonardo M. Reyneri 629

Clusterability and Centroid ApproximationAlina Romero and Mukkai S. Krishnamoorthy 637

An Artificial Olfactory System for Qualityand Geographical Discrimination of Olive OilsMarco Cococcioni, Beatrice Lazzerini, and Francesco Marcelloni 647

A Fuzzy Logic Approach to Improve Manufacturing EffectivenessRiccardo Dulmin and Valeria Mininno 654

Intelligent Mobile Agents in Mobile Networks: All-Mobile Networks

Knowledge-Based Mobility Management in All-Mobile NetworkIgnac Lovrek and Vjekoslav Sinkovic 661

The Intelligent Agent-Based Control of Service Processing CapacityDragan Jevtic, Marijan Kunstic, and Nenad Jerkovic 668

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Multi-agent System for Remote Software OperationsGordan Jezic, Mario Kusek, Sasa Desic, Ozren Labor, Antun Caric,and Darko Huljenic '. 675

Command and Control (C2) and Situation Awareness -Reasoning in Intelligent Agents

A Frigate Movement Survival Agent-Based ApproachPierrick Plamondon, Brahim Chaib-draa, Patrick Beaumont,and Dale Blodgett 683

Weasel: A User Guided Enemy Course of Action GeneratorCaroline C. Hayes and Ujwala Ravinder 692

A Multi-agent System for Executing Group TasksJeremy W. Baxter and Graham S. Horn 697

Knowledge Elicitation and Decision-Modelling for Command AgentsMarcus Watson and Frank Lui 704

The Wargame Infrastructure and Simulation Environment (Wise)Paul Pearce, Alan Robinson, and Susan Wright 714

Intelligent Agents and Situation AwarenessPierre Urlings, Jeffrey Tweedale, Christos Sioutis,and Nikhil Ichalkaranje 723

Intelligent Groupware

A New MPEG-2 Solution Using a 2nd ALU in the RISCKunihiro Yamada, Yukihisa Naoe, Masanori Kojima,and Tadanori Mizuno 734

Idea Generation Support System GUNGEN DX II beyond PapersTomohiro Shigenobu, Takashi Yoshino, and Jun Munemori 741

Data Processing Methodof Small-Scale Five Senses Communication SystemTakashi Yoshino, Yoshinori Fujihara, and Jun Munemori ' * 748

A Trial of a Bidirectional Learning Management Toolfor Promoting Learning by Mobile PhoneKouji Yoshida, Kouiti Matsumoto, Kazuhiro Nakada, Tomonori Akutsu,Satoru Fujii, and Hiroshi Ichimura 756

Development of a Remote Communication Systemfor Computer Novices and Their InstructorsSatoru Fujii, Jun Iwata, Kouji Yoshida, and Tadanori Mizuno 764

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Personalized Environment for Skimming DocumentsTessai Hayama, Takashi Kanai, and Susumu Kunifuji 771

GUNGEN-GO: Real-Time Groupware Development Environmentfor a Hypermedia SystemTakaya Yuizono, Takashi Yoshino, and Jun Munemori . . 779

Visualization Methods for Sharing Knowledge Piecesand Relationships Based on Biological ModelsMasao Usuki and Kozo Sugiyama 786

Intelligent Paradigms in Biocybernetics and Biomedical Engineering

Functional Imaging of Tinnitus: Seeing of the Unseeable!Ali A. Danesh, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Deena L. Wener,and Abhijit Pandya 794

Brain Signal Source LocalizationUsing a Method Combining BP Neural Networkswith Nonlinear Least Squares MethodQinyu Zhang, Masatake Akutagawa, Xiaoxiao Bai,Hirofumi Nagashino, and Yohsuke Kinouchi 800

System Identification of the Brain Dynamics by EEG AnalysisUsing Neural NetworksToshio Kawano, Masatake Akutagawa, Qinyu Zhang,Hirofumi Nagashino, Yohsuke Kinouchi, Fumio Shichijo,and Shinji Nagahiro 807

A Neural Network Model for Pattern RecognitionHirohito Shintani, Hirofumi Nagashino, Masatake Akutagawa,and Yohsuke Kinouchi 814

A Predictive Feedback Control Model Using NN and NLMSMalrey Lee, Dongju Im, Sung Su Park, Jung sik Lee, and Jae wanLee 822

Intelligent Systems Design

Representing of Dependence Model and Class TestingUsing Program Dependence ModelMalrey Lee, Dong-Ju Im, SungSu Park, Jungsik Lee, Jaewan Lee,and Bumjun Cho 828

Secure Transaction Processing in Multi-expert Systemswith Replicated DataJeong Hyun- Cheol, Malrey Lee, and Bumjun Cho 834

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Goal-Directed Design for Proactive and Intelligent Device CollaborationMichael VanHilst and Martin Griss 841

Recognition of X-ray Imagesby Using Revised GMDH-type Neural NetworksTadashi Kondo and Abhijit S. Pandya 849

Low Power Design of the NeuroprocessorA.S. Pandya, Ankur Agarwal, and P.K. Kim 856

Visual Sensing and Human Interface for Affective Computing

Age and Gender Estimation Based on Facial Image AnalysisJun-ichiro Hayashi, Hiroyasu Koshimizu, and Seiji Hata 863

Age and Gender Estimations by Modeling Statistical Relationshipamong FacesTakayuki Fujiwara and Hiroyasu Koshimizu 870

Subjective Age Obtained from Facial Images -How Old We Feel Compared to OthersNoriko Nagata and Seiji Inokuchi 877

Robust Facial Parts Detection by Using Four Directional Featuresand Relaxation MatchingKenji Iwata, Hitoshi Hongo, Kazuhiko Yamamoto, and Yoshinori Niwa ... 882

Event Detection for a Visual Surveillance SystemUsing Stereo Omni-directional SystemHiroki Watanabe, Hideki Tanahashi, Yutaka Satoh, Yoshinori Niwa,and Kazuhiko Yamamoto 890

Mental Workload of Ship's Navigator -A Few Comments on Heart Rate Variabilityduring Navigational Watch KeepingKoji Murai, Yuji Hayashi, Noriko Nagata, and Seiji Inokuchi 897

Face Tracking System with Fixed CCD and PTZ CameraTakuma Funahashi, Tsuyoshi Yamaguchi, Masafumi Tominaga,George Lashkia, and Hiroyasu Koshimizu 904

Intelligent Techniques for Biology and Chemistry

A Study of Aquatic Toxicity Using Artificial Neural NetworksMarian Viorel Craciun, Daniel C. Neagu, Christoph Konig,and Severin Bumbaru 911

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Discovery of Toxicological Patterns with Lazy LearningEva Armengol and Enric Plaza 919

Discovering Active Regions in Non-redundant Genome DatabasesK. Ramesh and Shivashankar B. Nair 927

Neural Network Application to Eggplant ClassificationYasuo Saito, Toshiharu Hatanaka, Katsuji Uosaki,and Hidekazu Shigeto 933

Intelligent Optimal Control of a Biosynthesis ProcessUsing a N e u r a l Network Based EstimatorGrigore Fetecau, Viorel Nicolau, Vasile Palade, and Maria Fetecau 941

Methods and Applications of Intelligent Hybrid Systems

On the Analysis of Neural Networks for Image ProcessingBerend Jan van der Zwaag, Kees Slump, and Lambert Spaanenburg 950

Development of Methods How to Avoid the Overfitting-Effectwithin the GeLog-SystemGabriella Kokai 958

An Optimal Algorithm for Combining Multivariate Forecastsin Hybrid SystemsYe. Bodyanskiy, P. Otto, I. Pliss, and S. Popov 967

Probabilistic Neuro-fuzzy Networkwith Non-conventional Activation FunctionsYe. Bodyanskiy, Ye. Gorshkov, V. Kolodyazhniy, and J. Wernstedt 973

An Optimization of Data Mining AlgorithmsUsed in Fuzzy Association RulesDragos Arotaritei and Mircea Gh. Negoita 980

Some Test Problems Regarding Intelligent Tutoring SystemsMircea Gh. Negoita and David Pritchard 986

Knowledge Based Methods and Applicationsfor Product Development

A Web-Based Intelligent Forecasting SystemXiang Li, King-Jim Hee, and Yushi Cheng 993

A Tabu Search-Based Optimization Approach for Process PlanningWD Li, SK Ong, YQ Lu, and AYC Nee 1000

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Automated Text Classification for Fast Feedback -Investigating the Effects of Document RepresentationRakesh Menon, Loh Han Tong, S. Sathiyakeerthi,and Aarnout Brombacher 1008

A Solution to Billiard Balls Puzzle Using AO* Algorithmand Its Application to Product DevelopmentZhu Fuxi, Tian Ming, and He Yanxiang 1015

A Product Model for Mass - Customisation ProductsDennis Janitza, Martin Lacher, Maik Maurer, Udo Pulm,and Henning Rudolf 1023

Intelligent Media Technologyfor Communicative Intelligence

Parti: Embodied Conversational Agents and Intelligent Supportfor Content Creation

Embodied Conversational Agentsfor Presenting Intellectual Multimedia ContentsYukiko I. Nakano, Toshihiro Murayama, Daisuke Kawahara,Sadao Kurohashi, and Toyoaki Nishida 1030

Channel Design for Strategic Knowledge InteractionHidekazu Kubota and Toyoaki Nishida 1037

Object Tracking and Task Recognitionfor Producing Interactive Video Content -Semi-automatic Indexing for QUEVICOMotoyuki Ozeki, Masatsugu Itoh, Hidekatsu Izuno, Yuichi Nakamura,and Yuichi Ohta , 1044

Structural Analysis of Instruction UtterancesTomohide Shibata, Daisuke Kawahara, Masashi Okamoto,Sadao Kurohashi, and Toyoaki Nishida 1054

On Personalizing Video Portal System with MetadataKouzou Ohara, Takehiro Ogura, and Noboru Babaguchi '. ; . . . 1062

Part2: Environmental Media and Intelligent Interaction Support

Environmental Media - In the Case of Lecture Archiving System -Michihiko Minoh and Satoshi Nishiguchi 1070

Non-verbal Human Communication Using Avatars in a Virtual SpaceDaisaku Arita and Rin-ichiro Taniguchi 1077

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Adjustment of Nonverbal Conversational Signalsfrom Embodied Agents in DialoguesJunko Itou, Koh Kakusho, and Michihiko Minoh 1085

Toward the Human Communication Efficiency Monitoringfrom Captured Audio and Video Media in Real Environments • - . ...-•-Tomasz M. Rutkowski, Susumu Seki, Yoko Yamakata,Koh Kakusho, and Michihiko Minoh 1093

Toward a Mutual Adaptive Interface:An Interface and a User Induce and Utilize the Partner's AdaptationTdkanori Komatsu, Atsushi Utsunomiya, Kentaro Suzuki,Kazuhiro Ueda, Kazuo Hiraki, and Natsuki Oka 1101

Neural Network Models of Brain Disease, Plasticityand Rehabilitation

Neural Network Theory and Recent Neuroanatomical Findings Indicatethat Inadequate Nitric Oxide Synthase Will Cause AutismLennart Gustafsson 1109

From Dopamine to Psychosis: A Computational ApproachAndrew Smith, Suzanna Becker, and Shitij Kapur 1115

Preoccupation with a Restricted Pattern of Interestin Modelling Autistic LearningLennart Gustafsson and Andrew P. Papliiiski 1122

The CODAM Model and Deficits of Consciousness I: CODAMJ.G. Taylor 1130

CODAM and Deficits of Consciousness II:Schizophrenia and Neglect/ExtinctionJ.G. Taylor \ 1140

A Neurocomputational Model of Early PsychosisEric Y.H. Chen 1149

Schizophrenia Positive Symptoms Interpretedas Cognitive HallucinationsJavier Ropero Pelaez ' 1156

Selfreparing Neural Networks:A Model for Recovery from Brain DamageJaap M.J. Murre, Robert Griffioen, and I.H. Robertson 1164

Dopaminergic Noise Control of Memoryin Psychic Aparatus FunctioningLuis Alfredo V. de Carvalho, Roseli S. Wedemann,Raul Donangelo, and Daniele Q. Mendes 1172

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Soft Computing Techniques for 3D Computer Vision

Contour Based Superquadric TrackingJaka Krivic and Franc Solina 1180

2D Qualitative Recognition of SymGeon AspectsFiora Pirri and Massimo Romano 1187

Accelerated Bundle Adjustment in Multiple-View ReconstructionBing Liu, Maoyuan Yu, Dennis Maier, and Reinhard Manner 1195

Knowledge Based E-learning

Learning Method Objects for Knowledge-Driven EnvironmentsIgnatz Heinz and Ursula Suter-Seuling 1202

Open Web-Based Learning Environments and Knowledge Forumsto Support Disabled PeopleIleana Hamburg, Miona Lazea, and Mihnea Marin 1208

A Model Conception for Learner Profile Constructionand Determination of Optimal Scenario in Intelligent Learning SystemsE. Kukla, N. T. Nguyen, J. Sobecki, C. Danilowicz, and M. Lenar 1216

Adaptive Learning Scenarios in Intelligent Instructional EnvironmentEmilia Pecheanu, Luminita Dumitriu, and Cristina Segal 1223

Content Modeling in Intelligent Instructional EnvironmentsEmilia Pecheanu, Cristina Segal, and Diana Stefanescu 1229

Knowledge Engineering at the User Interfacefor Intelligent Biometric Processing

Human Factors that Affected the Benchmarking of NAFIS:A Case StudyAmbika Suman 1235

A Study on Performance Evaluationof the Liveness Detection for Various Fingerprint Sensor ModulesHyosup Kang, Bongku Lee, Hakil Kim, Daecheol Shin,and Jaesung Kim.'. 1245

Intelligent Management of Multimodal Biometric TransactionsM.C. Fairhurst, F. Deravi, N. Mavity, J. George, and K. Sirlantzis 1254

An Experimental Study on Measuring Image Qualityof Infant FingerprintsSungwook Joun, Hakil Kim, Yongwha Chung, and Dosung Ahn 1261

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A Study of the User Interface in Biometric Verification Based on theCharacteristics of Human Signature CheckingM. C. Fairhurst and E. Kaplani 1270

Advances on Knowledge Engineering

Knowledge Model of a Therapy Administration TaskApplied to an Agricultural DomainIsabel Maria del Aguila, Jose Joaquin Canadas,Alfonso Bosch, Samuel Tunez, and Roque Marin 1277

Acquisition and Representation of Causaland Temporal Knowledge in Medical DomainsJ. Palma, B. Llamas, A. Gonzalez, and M. Mendrguez 1284

Extended Models of Dynamic Selection Using Ontological ElementsApplication to Design and Image Analysis ProblemsJ. Fernando Bienvenido and Isabel M. Flores-Parra 1291

Experiences in Reusing Problem Solving MethodsAn Application in Constraint ProgrammingAbraham Rodriguez, Jose Palma, and Francisca Quintana 1299

Problem-Solving Analysis for the Budgeting Task in Furniture IndustryJ.C. Vidal, M. Lama, A. Bugarin, and S. Barro 1307

Collecting, Analyzing and Interpreting Datafor User Model Acquisition in Open Web-Based Adaptive CollaborativeEnvironmentElena Gaudioso and Jesus G. Boticario 1314

Some Issues about the Representation and Exploitation '••of Imprecise Temporal Knowledge for an AI PlannerLuis Castillo, Juan Fernandez- Olivares, and Antonio Gonzalez 1321

On Selecting and Scheduling Assembly PlansUsing Constraint ProgrammingCarmelo Del Valle, Antonio A. Mdrquez, Rafael M. Gasca,and Miguel Toro " . . . 1329

Dynamic versus Static Student Models Based on Bayesian Networks:An Empirical StudyEva Milldn, Jose Luis Perez-de-la-Cruz, and Felipe Garcia 1337

Knowledge Acquisition in PROSTANET -A Bayesian Network for Diagnosing Prostate CancerCarmen Lacave and Francisco J. Diez 1345

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Construction of a Development Environmentfor GPMs Based on OO Analysis PatternsManuel Arias, Angeles Manjarres, Francisco J. Diez,and Simon Pickin 1351

Using Electronic Documents for Knowledge Acquisitionand Model MaintenanceMartin Molina and Gemma Blasco 1357

Design of a Validation Tool Based on Design Patternsfor Intelligent SystemsEduardo Mosqueira-Rey, Juan Gabriel Fernandez Garcia de la Rocha,and Vicente Moret-Bonillo 1365

Knowledge Base DevelopmentD. Martinez, M. Taboada, and J. Mira 1373

KB-Grid: Towards Building Large-Scale Knowledge Systemin Semantic WebHuajun Chen, Zhaohui Wu, and Jiefeng Xu 1381

First Steps towards an Ontology for AstrophysicsLuis M. Sarro and Rafael Martinez 1389

Emergence and Self-Organization in Agent Systems

Cellular Automata Model Based on Multiagent TechniquesY. Hassan, E. Tazaki, and D. Yamaguchi 1396

Extraction of Rules by Heterogeneous AgentsUsing Automatically Defined GroupsAkira Hara, Takumi Ichimura, Tetsuyuki Takahama,and Yoshinori Isomichi : 1405

Data Mining for Distributed Databases with MultiagentsAyahiko Niimi and Osamu Konishi 1412

Applying Self-Organizing Agents to University Class SchedulingEiji Nunohiro and Kenneth J. Mackin 1419

Emergence in Agents with Different Internal Time FramesKenneth J. Mackin and Kazuko Yamasaki 1426

Author Index 1433