Intelligent Information Processing: IFIP 17th World Computer Congress TC12 Stream on Intelligent Information Processing August 2530, 2002, Montréal, Québec, Canada (IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology)

Intelligent Information Processing presents new research with special emphasis on knowledge-based system architecture and intelligent information management. The following topics are addressed:

-Agent-based Computing;
-Semantic Web and Learning;
-Ontology Management;
-Semantic Web Architecture;
-Knowledge-engineering Frameworks;
-Knowledge-system Structure;
-Data Mining;
-Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice; and
-Implementing Problem Solvers.

Foreword. Conference and Program Committees. Invited Presentations: Being Smart In Information Processing; H. Akkermans. Multimodal Representations as Basis for Cognitive Architecture; B. Chandrasekaran. Agent-Based Computing; N.R. Jennings. Architectures and Solutions for the Knowledge We; E. Motta. Semantic Web and Peer-to-Peer Technologies for Distributed Learning Repositories; W. Nejdl. Paper Sessions: Ontology Management. Managing Multiple Ontologies and Ontology Evolution in Ontologging; A. Maedche, B. Motik, L. Stojanovic, R. Studer, R. Volz. IKAT: A Tool for Incremental Development of Ontologies through Version; M. Larrañaga, J.A. Elorriaga. A Template-Based Approach Toward Acquisition of Logical Sentences; C.J. Hou, N.F. Noy, M.A. Musen. Semantic Web Architecture. Configuring Online Problem-Solving Resources with the Internet Reasoning Service; M. Crubézy, W. Lu, E. Motta, M.A. Musen. Semantic Web and Multi-Agents Approach to Corporate Memory Management; F. Gandon, R. Dieng-Kuntz, O. Corby, A. Giboin. Mobile Constraints for Semantic Web Applications; P. Gray, K. Hui, A. Preece. Knowledge-engineering Frameworks. A Knowledge Based Framework for The Design of Soft-Computing Systems; S. Ramachandran, M. Erraguntla, P. Benjamin. A Reverse Engineering Approach for Migrating Data-intensive Web Sites to the Semantic Web; N. Stojanovic, L. Stojanovic, R. Volz. Systematic Generation of Bayesian Networks from Systems Specifications; M. Borth, H. von Hasseln. Knowledge-system Structure. Dynamic Choice of Agent Interaction Protocols; J.-L. Koning. An Algebraic Characterization of Equivalent Bayesian Networks; S.K.M. Wong, D.Wu. Estimating Knowledge Decay; J. Debenham. DataMining. An Information-Theoretic Approach to the Pre-pruning of Classification Rules; M. Bramer. A User-Centered Visual Approach to Data Mining: The System D2MS; T.B. Ho, T.D. Nguyen, D.D. Nguyen. ONTOCOPI: Methods and Tools for Identifying Communities of Practice; H. Alani, K. O'Hara, N. Shadbolt. Implementing Problem Solvers. The JESSTAB Approach to Protégé and JESS Integration; H. Eriksson. Implementing Constraint Solvers in B-Prolog; N. Zhou. Poster Session: Application of Uncertain Variables to Decision Making in a Class of Distributed Computer Systems; Z. Bubnicki. Learning Fuzzy Decision Trees from Sequential and Incomplete Data; G. Chen, R. Lu, Z. Jin. Harnessing the Internet into a Knowledge Framework; R. Longworth. Analogy Supports for Software Reuse and Knowledge Management; C.-H. Lung, G.T. Mackulak, J.E. Urban. Knowledge Management Support for Cooperative Research; J. Ma, M. Hemmje. An Extended Possibility-Based Fuzzy Nested Relational Database Model and Algebra; Z.M. Ma, F. Mili. Real-Time Meeting Scheduling Model by Computer Supported Cooperative Work; G. Martinovic, L. Budin. The NED IIS Project - Forest Ecosystem Management; W. Potter, D. Nute, J. Wang, F. Maier, M. Twery, M. Rauscher, P. Knopp, S. Thomasma, M. Dass, H. Uchiyama. Elaboration and Exploitation of Lessons Learned; H. Rakoto, P. Clermont, L. Geneste. A Hybrid Expert System Supporting Diagnosis of Heart Diseases; A.-B.M. Salem, R.A. HodHod. IDSIS: Intelligent Document Semantic Indexing System; Z. Shi, B. Wu, Q. He, X. Gong, S. Liu, Y. Zheng. An Application of Assembly Structure in Welding Estimate of Welding Object in Manufacturing Design; Z. Zhang, I. Nagasawa, M. Mochizuki, H. Yamaguchi, M. Umeda. Author Index.