October 13, Monday

Time

Workshops and Tutorials

08:30-09:00

Workshop and Tutorial On-site Registration (Georgian Lounge)

Venue

  Regency Ballroom

09:00-10:15

W1: Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence

W2: Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems

W3: Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments

10:15-10:30

Coffee Break

10:30-12:00

W1: Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence(Cont.)

W2: Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems(Cont.)

W3: Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments(Cont.)

12:00-13:30

Lunch

13:30-15:30

W1: Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence(Cont.)

W2: Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems(Cont.)

W3: Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments(Cont.)

T1: A Glimpse at the Future of Agent Technology
Jeffrey M. Bradshaw

15:30-15:40

Coffee Break

15:40-17:40

W1: Knowledge Grid and Grid Intelligence(Cont.)

W2: Applications, Products and Services of Web-based Support Systems(Cont.)

W3: Collaboration Agents: Autonomous Agents for Collaborative Environments(Cont.)

T2: Adaptive Web-based Systems: Technologies and Examples
Peter Brusilovsky

16:00-18:30

Conference On-site Registration (Georgian Lounge)

October 14, Tuesday

Time

Sessions

08:00-08:50

Conference On-site Registration (Georgian Lounge)

08:50-09:00

Opening Address (Imperial Ballroom)

09:00-09:45

Invited Talk 1 (Chair: Nick Cercone): "Mining and Monitoring Data Streams", Dr. Philip S. Yu (Imperial Ballroom)

09:45-10:30

Invited Talk 2 (Chair: Boi Faltings): "Reasoning about Cooperation", Prof. Michael Wooldridge (Imperial Ballroom)

10:30-10:50

Coffee Break

Venue

  Regency Ballroom

10:50-12:20

(90)

Session 1A (IAT) (Chair: Jesus Favela):

Agent Behaviors and Reinforcement Learning (1)

Session 1B (WI) (Chair: Chunnian Liu):

Web Mining and Data Engineering (1)

Session 1C (WI) (Chair: Jiming Liu):

Web Topology and Social Networks (1)

Regular:

Social Interactions in Multi-Agent Systems: A Formal Approach
M. Fasli

Representing and Enforcing Interaction Protocols in Multi-Agent Systems: An Approach Based on Conceptual Graphs
G. W. Mineau

Controlling Malevolent Behavior in Open Multi-Agent Systems by Means of Deterrence Theory
P. Winoto

Modeling and Specifying Scenarios and Agent Behaviors
L. Shan and H. Zhu

Regular:

Mining Answers in German Web Pages
G. Neumann and F. Xu

Generic Text Summarization Using Local and Global Properties of Sentences
C. Kruengkrai and C. Jaruskulchai

Incremental Personalized Web Page Mining Utilizing Self-Organizing HCMAC Neural Network
C.-M. Chen

Short:

Temporal Web Usage Mining
M. Hogo, M. Snorek, and P. Lingras

A Data-Mining Approach for Optimizing Performance of an Incremental Crawler
H. Bullot, S. K. Gupta, and M. K. Mohania

Web Farming and Data Warehousing for Energy Tradefloors
C. Felden and P. Chamoni

Regular:

Local Policies for the Control of Virtual Communities
G. Boella and L. van der Torre

Mining Social Network of Conference Participants from the Web
Y. Matsuo, H. Tomobe, K. Hasida, and M. Ishizuka

Detecting Near-Replicas on the Web by Content and Hyperlink Analysis
E. Di Iorio, M. Diligenti, M. Gori, M. Maggini, and A. Pucci

PageRank and Web Communities
M. Bianchini, M. Gori, and F. Scarselli

Short: 

Community-Based Model and Access Control for Information Grid
X. Li, Z. Xu, X. Liu, and N. Yang

Social Scheduler: A Proposal of Collaborative Personal Task Management
I. Ohmukai and H. Takeda

12:20-13:20

Lunch

13:20-15:00

(100)

Session 2A (IAT) (Chair: Boi Faltings):

Distributed Problem Solving

Session 2B (IAT) (Chair: Shahram Rahimi):

Task-Oriented Agents

Session 2C (WI) (Chair: Y. Y. Yao):

Web Prefetching

Regular:

A Distributed Agent Approach to Global Transportation Scheduling
D. Perugini, D. Lambert, L. Sterling, and A. Pearce

Efficiency of Emergent Constraint Satisfaction in Small-World and Random Agent Networks
X. Jin and J. Liu

Problem-Solving in Open Environments
S. Macho-Gonzalez and B. Faltings

Short:  

HOWTO: Asynchronous PFC-MRDAC-Optimization in Distributed Constraint Problems +- Adopt
M.-C. Silaghi

Arithmetic Circuit for the First Solution of Distributed CSPs with Cryptographic Multi-Party Computations
M.-C. Silaghi

Problem Solving with Attitude and the Theory of Reasoned Action
S. Au and N. Parameswaran

A New Distributed Approach to Solve Meeting Scheduling Problems
A. B. Hassine, T. Ito, and T. B. Ho

Regular:

Tasks as Context for Intelligent Agents
K. Lister and L. Sterling

Mission Impossible? Automatically Assembling Agents from High-Level Task Descriptions
G. Jayaputera, S. Loke, and A. Zaslavsky

A Task-Oriented Agent-Based Mechanism for Theorem Proving
Q. B. Vo

Multi-Agent Planning as a Coordination Model for Self-Organized Systems
F. Marc, I. Degirmenciyan-Cartault, and A. El Fallah-Seghrouchni

A Resource-Based Framework for Planning and Replanning
R. van der Krogt, M. de Weerdt, and C. Witteveen

Short:  

Human-Agent Viewpoint Similarity Based on Terminological Logic for Mixed-Initiative Planning
A. Bouzouane and B. Bouchard

Regular:

Exploiting Webspace Organization for Accelerating Web Prefetching
J. I. Khan and Q. Tao

CARP Compliant Proxy Enforcer Frame Work
K. E. A. Negm

A Real-Time Evolutionary Algorithm for Web Prediction
D. Bonino, F. Corno, and G. Squillero

Short: 

Web Prefetching Using Display-Based Prediction
Y. Kim and J. Kim

WebScout: Support for Revisitation of Web Pages within a Navigation Session
N. Milic-Frayling, R. Sommerer, and K. Rodden

LRU Based Small Latency First Replacement (SLFR) Algorithm for the Proxy Cache
S.-W. Shin, K.-Y. Kim, and J.-S. Jang

15:00-15:10

Break

(100)

Session 3A (IAT) (Chair: Jiming Liu):

Autonomy-Oriented Computing (AOC)

Session 3B (IAT) (Chair: Jeffery M. Bradshaw):

Autonomous Pricing and Negotiation (1)

Session 3C (WI) (Chair: Yiming Ye):

Ontology Engineering (1)

Regular:

Assistive Ecologies-Bio-Mimetic Design of Ambient Intelligence
M. H. Sorensen

Modeling Agent-Based Load Balancing with Time Delays
Y. Wang, J. Liu, and X. Jin

Proxy Ecology-Cooperative Proxies with Artificial Life
J. Z. Wang and R. K. Guha

Short: 

Network Load Balancing Algorithm Using Ants Computing
H. Une and F. Qian

Discrete Bee Dance Algorithms for Pattern Formation on a Grid
N. Gordon, I. A. Wagner, and A. M. Bruckstein

MPIAB: A Novel Agent Architecture for Parallel Processing
S. Rahimi, A. Narayanan, and M. Sabharwal

Soft Gene, Role, Agent: MABS Learns from Sociology
Q. Yan, X. Mao, L. Shan, Z. Qi, and H. Zhu

Regular:

Dynamic Stochastic Capacity Pricing for Resource Allocation
A. G. Anyouzoa, T. D'Hondt, D. C. Akoa, and M. Ba

The Use of Hybrid Negotiation in Resource Coordination Among Agents
X. Li and L.-K. Soh

Dynamic Inference of Perceptual Categories in Negotiating Agents
M. Grimsley and A. Meehan

Belief Revision for Adaptive Negotiation Agents
R. Y. K. Lau, B. Essam, S. Y. Chan, and Z. Huang

Short:  

Multi-Agent Coalition via Autonomous Price Negotiation in a Real-Time Web Environment
H. C. Lau and W. S. Lim

Privilege Negotiation Agents for Distributed Authorization on World Wide Web
R. Au, M. Yao, and M. Looi

Regular:

Semantic Web Complex Ontology Mapping
N. Silva and J. Rocha

Ontology-Based Web Mining Model: Representations of User Profiles
Y. Li and N. Zhong

Integrating Ontological and Linguistic Knowledge for Conceptual Information Extraction
R. Basili, M. Vindigni, and F. M. Zanzotto

Semantic Reliability in Distributed Systems: Ontology Issues and System Engineering
C. Linn

Short:  

Building an Ontology Based on Hub Words for Information Retrieval
S. O. Koo, S. Y. Lim, and S. J. Lee

IISM: An Image Internal Semantic Model for Image Database Based on Relevance Feedback
L. Duan and W. Gao

16:50-17:10

Coffee Break

17:10-18:50

(100)

Session 4A (IAT) (Chair: John Yen):

Autonomous Information Services

Session 4B (WI) (Chair: Kwei-Jay Lin):

Context-Aware Computing

Session 4C (WI) (Chair: Soe-Tsyr Yuan):

Collaborative Filtering and Recommendation (1)

Regular:

An Agent-Based Digital Self in 24/7 Web Services World: Architecture and Implementation
S. Goschnick and L. Sterling

Autonomous Information Services Integration and Allocation in Agent-Based Information Service System
X. Lu and K. Mori

A Neural Multi-Agent Based System for Smart HTML Pages Retrieval
G. Pilato, S. Vitabile, G. Vassallo, V. Conti, and F. Sorbello

Combining Reactive and Deliberative Agents for Complete Ecosystems in Infospheres
F. L. Gandon

Short:  

Odaies: Ontology-Driven Adaptive Web Information Extraction System
N. Zhang, H. Chen, Y. Wang, S.-J. Cheng, and M.-F. Xiong

Learning DNF Concepts by Constrained Clustering of Positive Instances
L. Minqiang and L. Zhi

Regular:

Music Information Retrieval by Detecting Mood via Computational Media Aesthetics
Y. Feng, Y. Zhuang, and Y. Pan

MobiShare: Sharing Context-Dependent Data and Services from Mobile Sources
E. Valavanis, C. Ververidis, M. Vazirgianis, G. C. Polyzos, and K. Norvag

Determining Remote System Contention States in Query Processing over the Internet
W. Liu, Z. Liao, J. Hong, and Z. Liao

Functionality Adaptation: A Context-Aware Service Code Adaptation for Pervasive Computing Environments
V. W.-M. Kwan, F. C.-M. Lau, and C.-L. Wang

Information-Need Driven Query Refinement
N. Stojanovic

Short: 

Constraining Model-Based Reasoning Using Contexts
L. Gong and D. Riecken

Towards Know-When Technology in the Mobile Information Space: Long-Term User Trace Log Analysis in the Mobile Internet
T. Yamakami

Regular:

Foundations of Unconstrained Collaborative Web Browsing with Awareness
M. Aneiros and V. Estivill-Castro

Clustering Approach for Hybrid Recommender System
Q. Li and B. M. Kim

Online Recommendation Based on Customer Shopping Model in E-Commerce
J. Ji, Z. Sha, C. Liu, and N. Zhong

Improvements of Naive Bayes Collaborative Filtering Using Interval Estimation
V. Robles, P. Larranaga, E. Menasalvas, M. S. Perez, and V. Herves

Short: 

A Recommendation Algorithm Using Multi-Level Association Rules
C. Kim and J. Kim

18:50-19:30

Break 

19:30-20:30

Reception (the Atrium of the Computer Science Building, 6050 University Avenue, Halifax)

October 15, Wednesday

Time

Sessions

08:30-09:15

Invited Talk 3 (Chair: Ning Zhong): "Web Intelligence and Fuzzy Logic-The Concept of Web IQ (WIQ)", Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh (Imperial Ballroom)

09:15-09:20

  Break

Venue

  Regency Ballroom

09:20-10:50

Session 5A (IAT) (Chair: Tarek Helmy):

Embodied Agents and Agent-Based System Applications (1)

Session 5B (WI) (Chair: Einoshin Suzuki):

Categorization and Ranking (1)

Session 5C (WI) (Chair: Jingtao Yao):

Web Mining and Data Engineering (2)

Regular:

A Hybrid Architecture for Autonomous Navigation Using a CBR Reactive Layer
C. Urdiales, E. J. Perez, F. Sandoval, and J. Vazquez-Salceda

MMASS Approach to Localization Problems
S. Bandini, S. Manzoni, and G. Vizzari

An Approach to Digitizing and Managing Well-Logging Parameter Graphs with Agent-Based Perspective
C. Li, C. Zhang, M. Wang, and Q. Song

Short:  

Preliminary Performance Evaluation of an Agent-Based Geospatial Data Conflation System
S. Rahimi, J. Bjursell, D. Ali, M. Cobb, and M. Paprzyckis

Hybrid Intelligent System for Pricing the Indices of Dual-Listing Stock Markets
S. I. Ao

Introducing Software Agents to Support a Web-Based Collective Activity
N. Taurisson and P. Tchounikine

Regular:

Improving Web Usability by Categorizing Information
V. Carchiolo, A. Longheu, and M. Malgeri

Web Image Retrieval Re-Ranking with Relevance Model
W.-H. Lin, R. Jin, and A. Hauptmann

An Architecture to Support Navigation and Propose Tips within a Dedicated Website
B. Richard, P. Tchounikine, and P. Jacoboni

Topic Continuity for Web Document Categorization and Ranking
B. L. Narayan, C. A. Murthy, and S. K. Pal

Short: 

Incremental Document Clustering Using Cluster Similarity Histograms
K. M. Hammouda and M. S. Kamel

Regular:

Towards Modernized and Web-Specific Stoplists for Web Document Analysis
M. P. Sinka and D. W. Corne

Querying and Clustering Web Pages about Persons and Organizations
S. Ye, T.-S. Chua, and J. R. Kei

Short: 

Attribute Reduction of Rough Sets in Mining Market Value Functions
J. Huang, C. Liu, C. Ou, Y. Y. Yao, and N. Zhong

Bidirectional Hierarchical Clustering for Web Mining
Z. Yao and B. Choi

A Text Mining Approach on Automatic Generation of Web Directories and Hierarchies
H.-C. Yang and C.-H. Lee

A System for Chinese Question Answering
G.-T. Huang and H.-H. Yao

A Comparative Study of Zernike Moments
T.-W. Lin and Y.-F. Chou

10:50-11:10

Coffee Break

11:10-12:40

(90)

Session 6A (IAT) (Chair: Leendert van der Torre):

Multi-Agent Systems, Modeling and Methodology (1)

Session 6B (WI) (Chair: Peter Brusilovsky):

Web Services

Session 6C (WI) (Chair: Chunnian Liu):

Web Mining and Data Engineering (3)

Regular:

An Investigation of the Long-Term Impact of Knowledge Sharing on Multi-Agent Systems
P. Winoto

A Software Engineering Process for BDI Agent-Based Systems
T. I. Zhang, E. Kendall, and H. Jiang

On Need-Driven Proactive Information Exchanges in Agent Teams
J. Yen, X. Fan, and R. A. Volz

Short: 

Formal Framework for Adaptive Multi-Agent Systems
W. Jiao, M. Zhou, and Q. Wang

Modeling the Behaviors of Players in Competitive Environments
S.-Y. Chiao and C. S. Xydeas

Identifiability of Causal Effects in a Multi-Agent Causal Model
S. Maes, J. Reumers, and B. Manderick

Enlarging the Applicability of a Failure Cause Eradication Based Methodology
N. Guionnet and G. Gouarderes

Regular:

WISE-Building Simple Intelligence into Web Services
S.-T. Yuan and K.-J. Lin

Efficient Matchmaking and Directory Services
I. Constantinescu and B. Faltings

Configuring Web Services, Using Structuring and Techniques from Agent Configuration
S. van Splunter, M. Sabou, F. M. T. Brazier, and D. Richards

Short:  

Automatic Composition of Web Service Workflows Using a Semantic Agent
J. Korhonen, L. Pajunen, and J. Puustjarvi

Ubiquitous Service Interoperation through Polyarchical Middleware
M. Yu, A. Taleb-Bendiab, D. Reilly, and W. Omar

Web-Based Medical Decision Support System for Neurological Diseases
S. Tsumoto

Regular:

WebKIV: Visualizing Structure and Navigation for Web Mining
Y. Niu, T. Zheng, J. Chen, and R. Goebel

Two-Phase Web Site Classification Based on Hidden Markov Tree Models
Y.-H. Tian, T.-J. Huang, W. Gao, J. Cheng, and P.-B. Kang

Short: 

Concept Decomposition by Fuzzy k-Means Algorithm
J. Dobsa and B. D. Basic

Using the KDD Process to Support Web Site Reconfigurations
J. D. Velasquez, H. Yasuda, T. Aoki, and R. Weber

A New Facial Feature Extraction Method Based on Linear Combination Model
Y. Hu, B. Yin, and D. Kong

Research on Modeling with Dynamic Bayesian Networks
F. Tian, H. Zhang, and Y. Lu

A Query Processing Algorithm for Hierarchical Markov Networks
C. J. Butz and J. Liu

12:40-13:40

Lunch

13:40-14:25

Invited Talk 4 (Chair: Toyoaki Nishida): "Grid Research in China and the Vega Grid Project at ICT", Prof. Zhiwei Xu (Imperial Ballroom)

14:25-14:30

  Break

Venue

  Regency Ballroom

14:30-16:10

(100)

Session 7A (IAT) (Chair: Leon Sterling):

Embodied Agents and Agent-Based System Applications (2)

Session 7B (IAT) (Chair: Ron Sun):

Autonomous Pricing and Negotiation (2)

Session 7C (WI) (Chair: Vijay Raghavan):

Web Information Search and Retrieval (1)

Regular:

FLIP: A Platform to Integrate Embodied Agent Technology
L. K. Jensen, B. B. Kristensen, and Y. Demazeau

EMMA: An E-Mail Management Assistant
V. Ho, W. Wobcke, and P. Compton

A New Approach of the Collaborative User Interface Agents
T. Helmy, S. Amamiya, T. Mine, and M. Amamiya

Short: 

A Possible Approach to the Development of Robotic Multi-Agent Systems
M. Cossentino, L. Sabatucci, and A. Chella

An Application of Multi-Agent Coordination Techniques in Air Traffic Management
M. Nguyen-Duc, J.-P. Briot, and A. Drogoul

A Multi-Agent System for Optimizing Urban Traffic
J. France and A. A. Ghorbani

Regular:

A Two-Level Negotiation Framework for Complex Negotiations
X. Zhang, V. Lesser, and T. Wagner

Integrative Negotiation in Complex Organizational Agent Systems
X. Zhang, V. Lesser, and T. Wagner

Designing Flexible Negotiation Agent with Relaxed Decision Rules
K. M. Sim and S. Y. Wang

Agent-Based Decision Support for Actual-World Procurement Scenarios
J. A. Rodriguez-Aguilar, A. Giovannucci, A. Reyes-Moro, F. X. Noria, and J. Cerquides

Short:  

A Procedure for Mediating Between Service Requesters and Providers
P. Lamarre and S. Cazalens

Cost-Based Dynamic Reconfiguration System for Intelligent Agent Negotiation
F. P. Maturana, P. Tichy, P. Slechta, R. J. Staron, F. M. Discenzo, K. Hall, and V. Marik

Regular:

Context Sensitive Text Mining and Belief Revision for Adaptive Information Retrieval
R. Y. K. Lau

Short:  

Web-Based Information Retrieval Support Systems: Building Research Tools for Scientists in the New Information Age
J. T. Yao and Y. Y. Yao

Web Intelligence in Information Retrieval
K. Curran, C. Murphy, and S. Annesley
Evaluation of Criteria for Information Retrieval
T. Ishioka

Expected Value of User Sessions: Limitations to the Non-Semantic Approach
E. Menasalvas, B. Pardo, S. Millan, E. Hochsztain, and J. M. Pena

Evolutionary Reinforcement of User Models in an Adaptive Search Engine
S. Maleki-Dizaji, Z. A. Othman, H. O. Nyongesa, and J. Siddiqi

Performance Management in Competitive Distributed Web Search
R. Khoussainov and N. Kushmerick

Video Browsing and Retrieval Based on Multimodal Integration
Y. Zhu and D. Zhou

16:10-16:30

Coffee Break

16:30-17:30

(60)

Session 8A(WI) (Chair: Ali A. Ghorbani):

Web Agents (1)

Session 8B (WI) (Chair: Craig Linn):

Ontology Engineering (2)

Session 8C (WI) (Chair: Marco Gori):

Web Topology and Social Networks (2)

Regular:

Towards Holistic Web-Based Information Retrieval: An Agent-Based Approach
K. M. Sim

Exploiting a Search Engine to Develop More Flexible Web Agents
S.-d. Lin and C. A. Knoblock

A QoS Network Routing Algorithm Using Multiple Pheromone Tables
S. Tadrus and L. Bai

Regular:

Querying Spatiotemporal XML Using DataFoX
Y. Chen and P. Revesz

Implementing Explanation Ontology for Agent System
X. Su, M. Matskin, and J. Rao

Trust Based Knowledge Outsourcing for Semantic Web Agents
L. Ding, L. Zhou, and T. Finin

Regular:

Mining Web Site's Clusters from Link Topology and Site Hierarchy
K.-W. Cheung and Y. Sun

Enhancing a Web-Based Distance-Learning Curriculum with Dedicated Tools
D. Rasseneur, P. Jacoboni, and P. Tchounikine

Graph Structures in Paragraph-Linked Repositories
J. Miao

17:30-17:35

Break

17:35-18:35

(60)

Session 9A (WI) (Chair: Kwang Mong Sim):

Web Agents (2)

Session 9B (WI) (Chair: Josiah Poon):

Categorization and Ranking (2)

Session 9C (IAT) (Chair: Marias Silaghi):

Cooperative Problem Solving

Regular:

Value Centric Trust in Multi-Agent Systems
J. Carter and A. A. Ghorbani

Bayesian Network-Based Trust Model
Y. Wang and J. Vassileva

Short: 

Web-Agents Inspired by Ethology: A Population of "Ant"-Like Agents to Help Finding User-Oriented Information
A. Revel

Web Agents for Requirements Consistency Management
Z. Chen and A. Ghose

AntWeb-The Adaptive Web Server Based on the Ants' Behavior
W. M. Teles, L. Weigang, and C. G. Ralha

Regular:

Detecting Hostile Accesses through Incremental Subspace Clustering
M. Narahashi and E. Suzuki

Web-Based Collection Selection Using Singular Value Decomposition
J. King and Y. Li

Social Cognitive Factors of Unfair Ratings in Reputation Reporting Systems
R. Conte and M. Paolucci

Short:  

A Generalized Site Ranking Model for Web IR
C. Ding and C.-H. Chi

Regular:

Many Is More, But Not Too Many: Dimensions of Cooperation of Agents with and without Predictive Capabilities
M. Scheutz and P. Schermerhorn

Strategies for Cooperative Search in Distributed Databases
J. J. Chua and P. E. Tischer

Short:  

Collaboration Based on Hierachical Relationship
X. Liang, X. Shen, and Q. Zhao

BDIGGY: A Cognitive Architecture for Cooperative Problem Solving
A. Pauchet, N. Chaignaud, and A. E. Fallah-Seghrouchni

18:35-19:00

Break 

19:00-20:30

Banquet (Pier 22, 1031 Marginal Road, Halifax)

October 16, Thursday

Time

Sessions

08:30-09:15

Invited Talk 5 (Chair: Jiming Liu): "Web information Extraction with Lixto: Visual Logic and Expressive Power, Prof. Georg Gottlob (Imperial Ballroom)

Venue

  Regency Ballroom

09:20-10:50

(90)

Session 10A (IAT) (Chair: Wayne Wobcke):

Agent Behaviors and Reinforcement Learning (2)

Session 10B (WI) (Chair: Zhiwei Xu):

E-Business and E-Technology (1)

Session 10C (WI) (Chair: Jingtao Yao):

Web Information Extraction and Management

Regular:

Asymmetric Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
V. Kononen

Living with Dynamic Concepts in Dynamic Environments: Intelligent Agents that Adapt Themselves
M. Rehm

Integrating Reinforcement Learning, Bidding and Genetic Algorithms
D. Qi and R. Sun

Short:  

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Using OLAP-Based Association Rules Mining
M. Kaya and R. Alhajj

Q-Learning Automaton
F. Qian and H. Hirata

Regular:

A Negotiation Strategy for Electronic Trade Using Intelligent Agents
O. Cairo, J. G. Olarte, and F. Rivera-Illingworth

Service-Oriented Autonomous Decentralized Community Communication Technique for a Complex Adaptive Information System
K. Ragab, N. Kaji, and K. Mori

Short:  

Negotiation Paradigms Based on Knowledge Bead's Methodology
Y. Zhuang, S. Fong, and S. Meilin

WICE: A Web-Based Intelligent Cost Estimator for Real-Time Decision Support
W.-D. Yu and C.-C. Lai

Adaptive Intelligent Environment for Remote Experimentation
M. J. Callaghan, J. Harkin, T. M. McGinnity, and L. P. Maguire

A Comparative Framework for EB Systems Development Methodologies
J. Huang, J. Wang, T. Chang, C. Zhao, and L. Wang

Regular:

A Knowledge Extraction Process Specification for Today's Non-Semantic Web
J. L. Arjona, R. Corchuelo, and M. Toro

Topic and Meta-Descriptor Extraction for Text Description
N. Hernandez and B. Grau

Short:  

The Formalization of Argumentation and Its Application in Network Computing
Z. Yang and C. Mu

A Hybrid Method for Web Data Extraction
Y. Wang and L. Zhou

Learning Information Extraction Patterns from Tabular Web Pages without Manual Labeling
X. Gao, M. Zhang, and P. Andreae

An Automated Management Tool for Unstructured Data
M. Ceglowski, A. Coburn, and J. Cuadrado

10:50-11:10

Coffee Break

11:10-12:40

(90)

Session 11A (WI) (Chair: Toyoaki Nishida):

Intelligent Human-Web Interaction

Session 11B (WI) (Chair: Ernestina Menasalvas):

E-Business and E-Technology (2)

Session 11C (WI) (Chair: Ning Zhong):

Web Mining and Data Engineering (4)

Short: 

A Novel Web Security Evaluation Model for a One-Time-Password System
B. Soh and A. Joy

User Attributes in Web-Based Electronic Service Adoption Model (E-SAM)
K. Sandhu and B. Corbitt

A Toolkit for Creating Personalized Presentations
D. Pacey, E. Dempster, M. H. Williams, A. Cawsey, D. Marwick, and L. MacKinnon

Adaptive Web Interface Design Using Fuzzy Logic
H. O. Nyongesa, T. Shicheng, S. Maleki-Dizaji, S.-T. Huang, and J. Siddiqi

Supporting the Interaction between User and Web-Based Multimedia Information
N. Bianchi-Berthouze, N. Katsumi, H. Yoneyama, S. Bhalla, and T. Izumita

Future View: Web Navigation Based on Learning User's Browsing Patterns
N. Nagino and S. Yamada

Learning to Perform Moderation in Online Forums
A. Arnt and S. Zilberstein

Personalizing a Web Site for Cellular Phones
A. Kobayashi and H. Fujioka

Intelligent User Interfaces for Web-Based Configuration Systems
L. Ardissono, A. Goy, G. Petrone, M. Holland, R. Schafer, G. Friedrich, and C. Russ

Regular:

An Online Multi-Agent E-Sales Recruitment System
R. Khosla and T. Goonesekera

Bundling and Pricing for Information Brokerage: Customer Satisfaction as a Means to Profit Optimization
D. J. A. Somefun and J. A. La Poutre

Short:   

Design and Implementation of a Web-Based Computational Grid Portal
G. He and Z. Xu

An Intelligent Agent-Mediated Web Trading Environment
S. Kouremenos, S. Vrettos, and A. Stafylopatis

A Simulation-Based Approach for Testing Market Strategies in Electronic Marketplaces
M. J. Viamonte, C. Ramos, F. Rodrigues, and J. S. Cardoso

Increasing Matchmaking Semantics in Intelligent Commerce System
R. F. Tomaz and S. Labidi

Short: 

Matrix Dimensionality Reduction for Mining Web Logs
J. Lu, B. Xu, and H. Yang

Embedded Data Indexing for Fast Stream Interception by Internet Appliances
J. I. Khan and Y. He

Clustering for Web Information Hierarchy Mining
H.-Y. Kao, J.-M. Ho, and M.-S. Chen

A Neural Network Based Approach to Automated E-Mail Classification
J. Clark, I. Koprinska, and J. Poon

Decreasing Saw-Tooth Priority (DSTP) Based Product Data Classifier
R. D. Goyal and J. Mukherjee

A New Method for Query Generation Applied to Learning Text Classifiers
J. Leblet and M. Quafafou

Intelligent Mapping of Hyperspace
C. G. Ralha and J. C. L. Ralha

The Concept of Attribute Dimension and Corresponding Operations
Y. Lin and L. Zhanhuai

12:40-14:00

Lunch

14:00-15:40

(100)

Session 12A (IAT) (Chair: Ville Kononen):

Multi-Agent Systems, Modeling and Methodology (2)

Session 12B (IAT) (Chair: Raymond Y. K. Lau):

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Agents (1)

Session 12C (IAT) (Chair: Martin Purvis):

Ubiquitous Systems and E-Technology Agents

Regular:

Norm Governed Multi-Agent Systems: The Delegation of Control to Autonomous Agents
G. Boella and L. van der Torre

Inaccessibility in Multi-Agent Systems
M. Pechoucek, M. Dobisek, J. Lazansky, and V. Marik

Improving the Fault-Tolerance in MAS with Dynamic Proxy Replicate Groups
A. Fedoruk and R. Deters

CARLA-A CORBA-Based Architecture for Lightweight Agents
M. Aleksy, A. Korthaus, and M. Schader

Short:  

Knowledge Sharing in Default Reasoning Based Multi-Agent Systems
H. Rybinski and D. Ryzko

A General Architecture for Autonomous Agents
B. Ekdahl, L. Jensen, M. R. Lilja, S. Nyman, and A. Wikstrom

Regular:

Discovery and Sharing of Knowledge with Self-Organized Agents
L. K. Wickramasinghe and L. D. Alahakoon

Discovery of Emergent Natural Laws by Hierarchical Multi-Agent Systems
H. Stolk, K. Gates, and J. Hanan

Classification Rule Discovery with Ant Colony Optimization
B. Liu, H. A. Abbass, and B. McKay

Learning Knowledge Bases for Information Extraction from Multiple Text-Based Web Sites
X. Gao and M. Zhang

Short:  

Multi-Agent Technology for Distributed Data Mining and Classification
V. Gorodetsky, O. Karsaeyv, and V. Samoilov

Agent-Oriented Framework for Decision Tree Evolution
M. Sprogar and M. Colnaric

Regular:

An XML-Based Multi-Agent System for the User-Oriented Management of QoS in Telecommunications Networks
P. De Meo, J. Mbale, G. Terracina, and D. Ursino

Multi-Agent Interaction Protocols for E-Business
M. Purvis, M. Nowostawski, M. Oliveira, and S. Cranefield

Short:  

Using Self-Organization for Functional Integrity Maintenance of Wireless Sensor Networks
J.-P. Jamont and M. Occello

Validating Interaction in Ubiquitous Software Systems Using Dialogue Oriented Interactions
A. Gouaich

Distributed Ubiquitous Software Services
A. Gouaich

Multi-Agent Autonomic Architecture and Its Application in E-Medicine
H. Tianfield

Virtual Enterprise Formation with Agents-An Approach to Implementation
S. A. Petersen, J. Rao, and M. Matskin

Supporting Knowledge Management Infrastructure: A Multi-Agent Approach
W. Dai, S. H. Rubin, and C. Chen

15:40-16:00

Coffee Break

16:00-17:00

(60)

Session 13A (IAT) (Chair: Huaglory Tianfield):

Mobile Agents

Session 13B (IAT) (Chair: Vladimir Gorodetsky):

Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining Agents (2)

Session 13C (WI) (Chair: Georg Gottlob):

Web Information Search and Retrieval (2)

Regular:

Mobile Agents for Data Analysis in Industrial Automation Systems
D. P. Buse, J. Q. Feng, and Q. H. Wu

Short:  

A Programming Language for Autonomous and Mobile Agents
A. El Fallah-Seghrouchni and A. Suna

A JMS Message Transport Protocol for the JADE Platform
E. Curry, D. Chambers, and G. Lyons

Adding Flexibility Using Structured Goals: The Case of Itinerant Mobile Agents
T. Phung, S. W. Loke, and J. Harland

Communicative Acts of Elvin-Enhanced Mobile Agents
S. W. Loke and A. Zaslavsky

Regular:

Novel Vertical Mining on Diffsets Structure
W. Consue and W. Kurutach

The Role of Agents in Distributed Data Mining: Issues and Benefits
M. Klusch, S. Lodi, and G. Moro

Short:  

Web Course Self-Adaptation
M. A. Razek, C. Frasson, and M. Kaltenbach

Person Name Identification in Chinese Documents Using Finite State Automata
B. Shen, Z. Zhang, and C. Yuan

Short: 

Towards Automatic Incorporation of Search Engines into a Large-Scale Metasearch Engine
Z. Wu, V. Raghavan, H. Qian, V. Rama, W. Meng, H. He, and C. Yu

Using Psychological Word Database in Web Search
H. Takeuchi, M. Kitajima, and H. Urokobara

A Unified Fuzzy Feature Indexing Scheme for Region Based Online Image Querying
R. Zhang, Z. Zhang, and J. Yao

An Efficient Internet Crawling and Filtering System for the Nationwide Tendering Information Retrieval
T. Matsuda, K. Nakamura, and N. Sakamoto

A Framework for an Advanced Reading Support in the Digital Library Age
K. Rouane, C. Frasson, and M. Kaltenbach

17:00-17:05

Break

17:05-18:05

(60)

Session 14A (IAT) (Chair: Xiaolong Jin):

Agent-Based Simulation

Session 14B (WI) (Chair: Kwok-Wai Cheung):

Collaborative Filtering and Recommendation (2)

Session 14C (IAT) (Chair: Seng W. Loke):

Autonomous Auctions

Regular:

Method of Crowd Simulation by Using Multi-Agent on Cellular Automata
T. Hamagami and H. Hirata

Short: 

A New Agent-Based Framework for the Simulation of Electricity Markets
I. Praca, C. Ramos, Z. Vale, and M. Cordeiro

Formal Framework for Modeling and Simulation of DDoS Attacks Based on Teamwork of Hackers-Agents
I. Kotenko, A. Alexeev, and E. Man'kov

Regular:

On the Temporal Analysis for Improved Hybrid Recommendations
T. Y. Tang, P. Winoto, and K. C. C. Chan

Short: 

INTIMATE: A Web-Based Movie Recommender Using Text Categorization
H. Mak, I. Koprinska, and J. Poon

WebGuard: Web-Based Adult Content Detection and Filtering System
M. Hammami, Y. Chahir, and L. Chen

Regular:

On Heuristics for Solving Winner Determination Problem in Combinatorial Auctions
M. Mito and S. Fujita

Artificial Software Agents on Thin Double Auction Markets-A Human Trader Experiment
J. Grossklags and C. Schmidt

Short:  

SIMPLE-A Multi-Agent System for Simultaneous and Related Auctions
R. L. Milidiu, T. Melcop, F. dos S. Liporace, and C. J. P. de Lucena

Non-Refundable-Bid Auctions for Positions in a Queue: A Decision-Theoretic Analysis
P. Winoto and T. Y. Tang