| Message from the General Chair |
| Message from the Program Chair |
| Committees |
| Conference Schedule |
| Multi-Agents and Distributed AI / Session 1： |
| Towards Ontological Reconciliation for Agents / L. Sterling ; K. Lister |
| Transaction Oriented Computational Models for Multi-Agent Systems / K. Ramamohanarao ; J. Bailey ; P. Busetta |
| Resource Coordination in Single Agent and Multiagent Systems / G. Edwin ; M. T. Cox |
| Smart Cars as Autonomous Intelligent Agents / N. Bourbakis ; M. Findler |
| Interleaved Backtracking in Distributed Constraint Networks / Y. Hamadi |
| A Multi-Agent System to the Common Management of a Renewable Resource: Application to Water Sharing / M. Le Bars ; J. M. Attonaty |
| Using Software Agents to Avoid Collisions Among Multiple Robots / M. Jager |
| Reasoning / Session 2： |
| RaBeCa: A Hybrid Case-Based Reasoning Development Environment / R. B. Sovat ; S. M. Aluisio ; A. C. P. L. F. de Carvalho |
| Automatic Knowledge Acquisition from Subject Matter Experts / M. Boicu ; G. Tecuci ; B. Stanescu ; D. Marcu ; C. Cascaval |
| Inconsistent Requirements: An Argumentation View / L. Perrussel ; P.-J. Charrel |
| Perfect Sequences for Belief Networks Representation / R. Jirousek ; J. Vejnarova |
| A Decentralized Model-Based Diagnostic Tool for Complex Systems / Y. Pencole ; M.-O. Cordier ; L. Roze |
| Alma/Carne: Implementation of a Time-Situated Meta-Reasoner / K. Purang |
| Towards a General Theory for Qualitative Space / B. A. El-Geresy ; A. I. Abdelmonty |
| Genetic Algorithms / Session 3： |
| Dynamic Load-Balancing via a Genetic Algorithm / W. A. Greene |
| Parallel Genetic Programming for Decision Tree Induction / G. Folino ; C. Pizzuti ; G. Spezzano |
| New Hybrid Genetic Algorithms for the Frequency Assignment Problem / M. Alabau ; L. Idoumghar ; R. Schott |
| Planning / Session 4： |
| Fast Suboptimal Planning with Nexus States / W. Briggs ; B. Dawson |
| An Architecture for Planning in Uncertain Domains / M. E. Agueda ; P. H. Ibarguengoytia |
| A Metaheuristic for the Pickup and Delivery Problem with Time Windows / H. Li ; A. Lim |
| Machine Learning and Data Mining / Session 5： |
| An Effective Method for Generating Multiple Linear Regression Rules from Artificial Neural Networks / R. Setiono ; A. Azcarraga |
| Data Flow Coherence Criteria in ILP Tools / S. Muresan ; T. Muresan ; R. Potolea |
| Comparing Keyword Extraction Techniques for WEBSOM Text Archives / A. P. Azcarraga ; T. N. Yap, Jr. |
| Developing Collaborative Golog Agents by Reinforcement Learning / I. A. Letia ; D. Precup |
| Combinatorial Optimization through Statistical Instance-Based Learning / O. Telelis ; P. Stamatopoulos |
| Empirical Study of a Stacking State-Space / A. Ledezma ; R. Aler ; D. Borrajo |
| Mining First-Order Knowledge Bases for Association Rules / H. M. Jamil |
| Visualization Support for User-Centered Model Selection in Knowledge Discovery in Databases / T. B. Ho ; T. D. Nguyen |
| Generation of Propagation Rules for Intentionally Defined Constraints / S. Abdennadher ; C. Rigotti |
| Natural Language Processing and Information Retrieval / Session 6： |
| B-Course: A Web Service for Bayesian Data Analysis / P. Myllymaki ; T. Silander ; H. Tirri ; P. Uronen |
| An Expert Recommendation System Using Concept-Based Relevance Discernment / T. Yukawa ; K. Kasahara ; T. Kato ; T. Kita |
| A Robust Model for Intelligent Text Classification / R. Basili ; A. Moschitti |
| Corefdraw--A Tool for Annotation and Visualization of Coreference Data / S. M. Harabagiu ; R. C. Bunescu ; S. Trausan-Matu |
| Word Semantics for Information Retrieval: Moving One Step Closer to the Semantic Web / R. F. Mihalcea ; S. I. Mihalcea |
| High Precision Logic Form Transformation / V. Rus |
| Software Engineering / Session 7： |
| Loop--A Language for LP-Based AI Applications / A. Suciu ; K. Pusztai ; Z. Simon |
| Shamash: An AI Tool for Modeling and Optimizing Business Processes / D. Camacho ; A. Sierra-Alonso |
| An On-Line Repository for Embedded Software / I.-L. Yen ; L. Khan ; B. Prabhakaran ; F. B. Bastani ; J. Linn |
| Constraint Satisfaction / Session 8： |
| A New Hybrid Method for Solving Constraint Optimization Problems in Anytime Contexts / S. Loudni ; P. Boizumault |
| Pickup and Delivery with Time Windows: Algorithms and Test Case Generation / H. C. Lau ; Z. Liang |
| Successive Search Method for Valued Constraint Satisfaction and Optimization Problems / M. Tounsi ; P. David |
| Applications / Session 9： |
| Maintaining Credible Dialogs in a VideoBot System with Special Audio Techniques / D. DeGroot |
| Maximizing Paper Spread in Examination Timetabling Using a Vehicle Routing Method / W.-K. Ho ; W.-C. Oon |
| Artificial Neural Networks in Hydrological Watershed Modeling: Surface Flow Contribution from the Ungauged Parts of a Catchment / R. Chibanga ; J. Berlamont ; J. Vandewalle |
| Author Index |
| Message from the General Chair |
| Message from the Program Chair |
| Committees |
| Conference Schedule |
| Multi-Agents and Distributed AI / Session 1： |
| Towards Ontological Reconciliation for Agents / L. Sterling ; K. Lister |
