Advances in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000 Workshop Reader: Four Workshops held at PRICAI 2000, Melbourne, Australia, August 28 - September 1, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2112) - Softcover

 
9783540425977: Advances in Artificial Intelligence. PRICAI 2000 Workshop Reader: Four Workshops held at PRICAI 2000, Melbourne, Australia, August 28 - September 1, ... (Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2112)

Synopsis

ThePaci?cRimInternationalConferenceonArti?cialIntelligence(PRICAI)is theleadingconferenceinthePaci?cRimregionforthepresentationofresearch andthelatestdevelopmentsinArti?cialIntelligence,includingtheapplication of AI to problems of social and economic importance. PRICAI 2000 was the sixthinthebiennialseriesofconferencesandwasheldinMelbourne,Australia, August28-September1,2000. ThePRICAI2000workshopsweredesignedtoprovideaforumforrese- chersandpractitionerstopresentandexchangethelatestdevelopmentsatthe AIfrontier. Workshopsaremorespecializedandonasmallerscalethancon- rencestofacilitateactiveinteractionamongtheattendees. TheyencourageAI theoriestomeetreality,AIresearcherstoworkwithpractitioners,andviceversa. Throughworkshops,bothsidesgetexposuretoevolvingresearchandtools,and tothepracticalproblemstowhichAIcanbeapplied. Asanexcellentindicator ofthecurrentlevelofactiveresearchanddevelopmentactivities,PRICAI2000 includedatotalofsevenworkshops:AIandtheInternet,IntelligentInfor- tionAgents,ApplicationsofAIinIndustry,Multi-AgentSystems,TextandWeb Mining,AIinE-Commerce,andTeamswithAdjustableAutonomy. The work from four of the seven workshops has formed this unique coll- tion of four parts. PartI reports on Applications of AI in Industry;PartII coversAIinE-Commerce;PartIII detailsIntelligentInformationAgents,and PartIV discussestheissuesofTeamworkandAdjustableAutonomyinAgents. Eachworkshoppaperwasacceptedafterreviewbyatleasttwoexperts. Further improvementswereincludedinmanypapersinpreparationforthiscollection. Readerscan?nddiversetopicsandcarefuldiscussionscenteredaroundthefour importantthemesinoureverchangingworld. Thiscollectionplaysanimp- tantroleinbridgingthegapbetweenAItheoryandpractice,toemphasizethe importanceofAIintheresearchanddevelopmentofAgents,E-Commerce,and inmanyreal-worldapplications,andtopublicizeandextendAItechnologyto manydomainsinthisfastmovinginformationage. Thechairsoftheworkshopsdidanexcellentjobinbringingtogethermany AIresearchersandpractitionersfromthePaci?c-Asiaregionandfromallover the world. The well received workshops at PRICAI 2000 and the publication ofthiscollectionhaveconvincinglyshownthesigni?canceandpracticalimpact oftheworkpresentedinthiscollection. ProfessorNancyReed'sgreate?ortin producingthisspecial,?necollectionwillbeapplaudedandappreciatedbymany. IamcertainthatthiscollectionwillstimulatemoreAIresearchandapplications, in?uencemanygraduatestudentstoconductresearchanddevelopmentinAI, and have a positive impact toward making our future better by creating an increasinglyintelligentworld. June2001 HuanLiu TableofContents I ApplicationsofArti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry Arti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GrahamJ. WilliamsandDicksonLukose ApplyingBehavior-OrientedRoboticstoaMobileSecurityDevice . . . . . . . 5 AndreasBirkandHolgerKenn OntologyDesignandItsApplicationinthePetroleum RemediationDomain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Lin-LiChenandChristineW. Chan ASalesAgentforWebsitePersonalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 WeiqinChen,RyanShaw,LeifMortenson,TomFoley, andRiichiroMizoguchi AnomalyDetectionofCopmuterUsageUsingArti?cial IntelligenceTechniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 JonghoChoyandSung-BaeCho ApplicationofSelf-OrganizingMapstoClassi?cationandBrowsing ofFAQE-mails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Synopsis

This book constitutes the thoroughly refereed joint post-proceedings of four workshops held during the Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PRICAI 2000, held in Melbourne, Australia, in August/September 2000. The 32 revised full papers presented were carefully selected during two rounds of reviewing and revision. In accordance with the four workshops represented, the book is organized in topical sections on applications of artificial intelligence in industry, artificial intelligence in electronic commerce, intelligent information agents, and teamwork and adjustable autonomy in agents.

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