Table of Contents

• Applications and Research Problems of Subgroup MiningWilli Klösgen. 1-15
• Knowledge Discovery in Texts: A Definition, and ApplicationsYves Kodratoff. 16-29
• Semantic Ontology Tools in IS DesignRobert Meersman. 30-45
• Heterogenous Agent systems (Extended Abstract)V. S. Subrahmanian. 46-55
• Information Systems that ::::Really:::: Support Decision-makingGio Wiederhold. 56-66
• A Class of Stratified Programs in Autoepistemic Logic of Knowledge and BeliefJianhua Chen. 67-75
• On-Line Estimation of Matching Complexity in First Order LogicAttilio Giordana, Lorenza Saitta. 76-84
• Implementing Prioritized Logic ProgrammingCheng-Min Wu, Yan Zhang. 85-93
• Extending Description Logics with Generalized QuantifikationAntonio Badia. 94-102
• Machine Learning for Intelligent Document Processing: The WISDOM SystemFloriana Esposito, Donato Malerba, Francesca A. Lisi. 103-113
• Concept Based Retrieval by Minimal Term SetsAli H. Alsaffar, Jitender S. Deogun, Vijay V. Raghavan, Hayri Sever. 114-122
• Querying Document Bases by Content, Structure and PropertiesPatrick Lambrix, Nahid Shahmehri, Svend Jacobsen. 123-132
• Total Knowledge and Partial Knowledge in Logical Models of Information RetrievalFabrizio Sebastiani. 133-143
• Towards a Theoretical Foundation for Cooperating Knowledge Based SystemsS. Misbah Deen, C. A. Johnson. 144-153
• CINDI: A System for Cataloguing, Searching, and Annotating Electronic Documents in Digital LibrariesBipin C. Desai, Rajjan Shinghal, Nader Shayan, Youquan Zhou. 154-162
• Externalization of Human Idea and Problem Description for Automatic ProgrammingSetsuo Ohsuga, Takumi Aida. 163-171
• Rough Set Based Data Exploration Using ROSE SystemBartlomiej Predki, Szymon Wilk. 172-180
• Towards an Intelligent System Dealing with Nuanced Information Expressed in Affirmative or Negative FormsDaniel Pacholczyk. 181-189
• Logic Programs for Intelligent Web SearchBernd Thomas. 190-198
• Representing Document Content via an Object-Oriented ParadigmRoberto Basili, Massimo Di Nanni, Maria Teresa Pazienza. 199-207
• A Learning Server for Inducing User Classification Rules in a Digital Library ServiceGiovanni Semeraro, Maria Francesca Costabile, Floriana Esposito, Nicola Fanizzi, Stefano Ferilli. 208-216
• A Better Fitness Measure of a Text-Document for a Given Set of KeywordsSukhamay Kundu. 217-225
• CONCERTO, An Environment for the Intelligent Indexing, Querying and Retrieval of Digital DocumentsGian Piero Zarri, Elisa Bertino, Bill Black, Andrew Brasher, Barbara Catania, Diana Deavin, Luigi Di Pace, Floriana Esposito, Pietro Leo, John McNaught, Andreas Persidis, Fabio Rinaldi, Giovanni Semeraro. 226-234
• Text Classification Using Lattice MachineHui Wang, Hung Son Nguyen. 235-243
• Discovering Semantic Proximity for Web PagesM. A. Merzbacher. 244-252
• A Declarative Language Bias for Levelwise Search of First-Order RegularitiesIrene Weber. 253-261
• The More We Learn the Less We Know? On Inductive Learning from ExamplesPiotr Ejdys, Grzegorz Góra. 262-270
• Computing MPMA Updates Using Dijkstra s SemanticsPatrick Doherty, Witold Lukaszewicz, Ewa Madalinska-Bugaj. 271-281
• Several Extensions of Truth Values in Fuzzy LogicMasao Mukaidono. 282-291
• Phase Transitions in the Regular Random 3-SAT ProblemRamón Béjar, Felip Manyà. 292-300
• Improving Backtrack Search for SAT by Means of RedundancyLaure Brisoux, Éric Grégoire, Lakhdar Sais. 301-309
• Decomposition of Task Specification ProblemsHung Son Nguyen, Sinh Hoa Nguyen, Andrzej Skowron. 310-318
• ORTES: The Design of a Real-Time Control Expert SystemAijun An, Nick Cercone, Christine W. Chan. 319-329
• A Statistical Approach to Rule Selection in Semantic Query OptimisationBarry G. T. Lowden, Jerome Robinson. 330-339
• Representing and Reasoning on Conceptual Queries Over Image DatabasesMohand-Said Hacid, Christophe Rigotti. 340-348
• Knowledge Discovery in Clinical Databases: An Experiment with Rule Induction and StatisticsShusaku Tsumoto. 349-357
• Reasoning and Acquisition of Knowledge in a System for Hand Wound Diagnosis and PrognosisMaciej Michalewicz, Mieczyslaw A. Klopotek, Slawomir T. Wierzchon. 358-366
• Rough Sets as A Tool for Audio Signal ClassificationAlicja Wieczorkowska. 367-375
• Experiments with Rough Sets Approach to Speech RecognitionDavid Brindle, Wojciech Ziarko. 376-384
• A System for Understanding a Mechanical Assembly Instruction Manual Using Virtual SpaceNorihiro Abe, Kazuaki Tanaka, Hirokazu Taki. 385-394
• Perceptual Convergence of Discrete Clamped Fractal OperatorWladyslaw Skarbek. 395-401
• Modified Oja-RLS Algorithm-Stochastic Convergence Analysis and Application for Image CompressionWladyslaw Skarbek, Adam Pietrowcew, Radoslaw Sikora. 402-410
• Learning from Inconsistent and Noisy Data: The AQ18 ApproachKenneth A. Kaufman, Ryszard S. Michalski. 411-419
• Learning English Grapheme Segmentation Using the Iterated Version Space AlgorithmJianna Jian Zhang, Howard J. Hamilton, Nick Cercone. 420-429
• Fully Automatic Acquisition of Taxonomic Knowledge from Large Corpora of Texts: Limited Syntax Knowledge Representation System Based on Natural LanguageLucja Iwanska, Naveen Mata, Kellyn Kruger. 430-438
• A Fuzzy Measure of Similarity for Instance-Based LearningFrancisco Botana. 439-447
• Computation of Minimal Cost ReductsRobert Susmaga. 448-456
• Rough Set Data Mining of Diabetes DataJaroslaw Stepaniuk. 457-465
• Selection of a Relevant Feature Subset for Induction TasksDelphine Michaut, Pierre Baptiste. 466-474
• A Data Structure for Subsumption-Based Tabling in Top-Drown Resolution Engines for Data-Intensive Logic ApplicationsJacques Calmet, Peter Kullmann. 475-483
• Modelling and Reasoning about Multi-dimensional InformationMehmet A. Orgun. 484-493
• An Interpretation for the Conditional Belief Function in the Theory of EvidenceMieczyslaw A. Klopotek, Slawomir T. Wierzchon. 494-502
• Artificial Neural Networks Aid the Design of Non-carcinogenic Azo DyesLes M. Sztandera, Charles Bock, Mendel Trachtman, Janardhan Velga. 503-511
• Evolving in a Changing WorldKenneth A. De Jong. 512-519
• High-Performance Data Mining on Networks of WorkstationsCosimo Anglano, Attilio Giordana, Giuseppe Lo Bello. 520-528
• Virus-Enhanced Genetic Algorithms Inspired by DNA ComputingJan J. Mulawka, Piotr Wasiewicz, Katarzyna Pietak. 529-537
• Evolutionary Approach to Non-stationary Optimisation TasksKrzysztof Trojanowski, Zbigniew Michalewicz. 538-546
• On Discovering Functional Relationships When Observations Are Noisy: 2D CaseJan Cwik, Jacek Koronacki, Jan M. Zytkow. 547-555
• Approximate Time Rough Software Cost Decision System: multicriteria Decision-Making ApproachJames F. Peters, Liting Han, Sheela Ramanna. 556-564
• Machine Learning Method for Software Quality Model BuildingMauricio Amaral de Almeida, Stan Matwin. 565-573
• Discovery of Generalized PatternsSinh Hoa Nguyen. 574-582
• Incomplete Database Issues for Representative Association RulesMarzena Kryszkiewicz, Henryk Rybinski. 583-591
• A Dynamic Integration Algorithm for an Ensemble of ClassifiersSeppo Puuronen, Vagan Y. Terziyan, Alexey Tsymbal. 592-600
• UIB-IK: A Computer System for Decision Trees InductionGabriel Fiol-Roig. 601-611
• Preterm Birth Risk Assessed by a New Method of Classifikation Using Selective Partial MatchingJerzy W. Grzymala-Busse, Linda K. Goodwin, Xiaohui Zhang. 612-620
• Probabilistic Rough Induction: The GDT-RS Methodology and AlgorithmsJuzhen Dong, Ning Zhong, Setsuo Ohsuga. 621-629
• Cluster Evolution Strategies for Constrained Numerical OptimizationCees H. M. van Kemenade, Joost N. Kok. 630-638
• Evolutionary Algorithms as Fittness Function DebuggersF. Mansanne, F. Carrère, A. Ehinger, Marc Schoenauer. 639-647
• Solving Real-Life Time-Tabling ProblemsMartin Schmidt. 648-656
• On Measures of Search FeaturesRoger Johnson. 657-664
• Genetic Algorithms in Constructive InductionJacek Jelonek, Maciej Komosinski. 665-673