Foundations of Intelligent Systems: 16th International Symposium, ISMIS 2006, Bari, Italy, September 27-29, 2006, Proceedings

Invited Talks.- Lifecycle Knowledge Management: Getting the Semantics Across in X-Media.- Argument-Based Machine Learning.- Play It Again: A Case-Based Approach to Expressivity-Preserving Tempo Transformations in Music.- Active Media Human-Computer Interaction.- Decision Fusion of Shape and Motion Information Based on Bayesian Framework for Moving Object Classification in Image Sequences.- A Two-Stage Visual Turkish Sign Language Recognition System Based on Global and Local Features.- Speech Emotion Recognition Using Spiking Neural Networks.- Visualizing Transactional Data with Multiple Clusterings for Knowledge Discovery.- Computational Intelligence.- An Optimization Model for Visual Cryptography Schemes with Unexpanded Shares.- A Fast Temporal Texture Synthesis Algorithm Using Segment Genetic Algorithm.- Quantum-Behaved Particle Swarm Optimization with Immune Operator.- Particle Swarm Optimization-Based SVM for Incipient Fault Classification of Power Transformers.- AntTrend: Stigmergetic Discovery of Spatial Trends.- Genetic Algorithm Based Approach for Multi-UAV Cooperative Reconnaissance Mission Planning Problem.- Improving SVM Training by Means of NTIL When the Data Sets Are Imbalanced.- Evolutionary Induction of Cost-Sensitive Decision Trees.- Triangulation of Bayesian Networks Using an Adaptive Genetic Algorithm.- Intelligent Agent Technology.- Intelligent Agents That Make Informed Decisions.- Using Intelligent Agents in e-Government for Supporting Decision Making About Service Proposals.- A Butler Agent for Personalized House Control.- Incremental Aggregation on Multiple Continuous Queries.- Location-Aware Multi-agent Based Intelligent Services in Home Networks.- A Verifiable Logic-Based Agent Architecture.- Intelligent Information Retrieval.- Flexible Querying of XML Documents.- VIRMA: Visual Image Retrieval by Shape MAtching.- Asymmetric Page Split Generalized Index Search Trees for Formal Concept Analysis.- Blind Signal Separation of Similar Pitches and Instruments in a Noisy Polyphonic Domain.- Score Distribution Approach to Automatic Kernel Selection for Image Retrieval Systems.- Business Intelligence in Large Organizations: Integrating Which Data?.- Intelligent Infomation Systems.- Intelligent Methodologies for Scientific Conference Management.- The Consistent Data Replication Service for Distributed Computing Environments.- OntoBayes Approach to Corporate Knowledge.- About Inclusion-Based Generalized Yes/No Queries in a Possibilistic Database Context.- Flexible Querying of an Intelligent Information System for EU Joint Project Proposals in a Specific Topic.- Multi-expression Face Recognition Using Neural Networks and Feature Approximation.- A Methodology for Building Semantic Web Mining Systems.- Content-Based Image Filtering for Recommendation.- Knowledge Representation and Integration.- A Declarative Kernel for Concept Descriptions.- RDF as Graph-Based, Diagrammatic Logic.- A Framework for Defining and Verifying Clinical Guidelines: A Case Study on Cancer Screening.- Preferred Generalized Answers for Inconsistent Databases.- Representation Interest Point Using Empirical Mode Decomposition and Independent Components Analysis.- Integration of Graph Based Authorization Policies.- Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining.- Supporting Visual Exploration of Discovered Association Rules Through Multi-Dimensional Scaling.- Evaluating Learning Algorithms for a Rule Evaluation Support Method Based on Objective Rule Evaluation Indices.- Quality Assessment of k-NN Multi-label Classification for Music Data.- Effective Mining of Fuzzy Multi-Cross-Level Weighted Association Rules.- A Methodological Contribution to Music Sequences Analysis.- Towards a Framework for Inductive Querying.- Towards Constrained Co-clustering in Ordered 0/1 Data Sets.- A Comparative Analysis of Clustering Methodology and Application for Market Segmentation: K-Means, SOM and a Two-Level SOM.- Action Rules Discovery, a New Simplified Strategy.- Characteristics of Indiscernibility Degree in Rough Clustering Examined Using Perfect Initial Equivalence Relations.- Implication Strength of Classification Rules.- A New Clustering Approach for Symbolic Data and Its Validation: Application to the Healthcare Data.- Action Rules Discovery System DEAR_3.- Mining and Modeling Database User Access Patterns.- Logic for AI and Logic Programming.- Belief Revision in the Situation Calculus Without Plausibility Levels.- Norms, Institutional Power and Roles: Towards a Logical Framework.- Adding Efficient Data Management to Logic Programming Systems.- A Logic-Based Approach to Model Supervisory Control Systems.- SAT as an Effective Solving Technology for Constraint Problems.- Dependency Tree Semantics.- Machine Learning.- Mining Tolerance Regions with Model Trees.- Lazy Learning from Terminological Knowledge Bases.- Diagnosis of Incipient Fault of Power Transformers Using SVM with Clonal Selection Algorithms Optimization.- An Overview of Alternative Rule Evaluation Criteria and Their Use in Separate-and-Conquer Classifiers.- Learning Students’ Learning Patterns with Support Vector Machines.- Practical Approximation of Optimal Multivariate Discretization.- Optimisation and Evaluation of Random Forests for Imbalanced Datasets.- Improving SVM-Linear Predictions Using CART for Example Selection.- Simulated Annealing Algorithm with Biased Neighborhood Distribution for Training Profile Models.- A Conditional Model for Tonal Analysis.- Hypothesis Diversity in Ensemble Classification.- Complex Adaptive Systems: Using a Free-Market Simulation to Estimate Attribute Relevance.- Text Mining.- Exploring Phrase-Based Classification of Judicial Documents for Criminal Charges in Chinese.- Regularization for Unsupervised Classification on Taxonomies.- A Proximity Measure and a Clustering Method for Concept Extraction in an Ontology Building Perspective.- An Intelligent Personalized Service for Conference Participants.- Contextual Maps for Browsing Huge Document Collections.- Web Intelligence.- Classification of Polish Email Messages: Experiments with Various Data Representations.- Combining Multiple Email Filters Based on Multivariate Statistical Analysis.- Employee Profiling in the Total Reward Management.- Mining Association Rules in Temporal Document Collections.- Self-supervised Relation Extraction from the Web.