Developments in Applied Artificial Intelligence: 15th International Conference on Industrial and Engineering. Applications of Artificial Intelligence (Paperback, 2002)

Neural Networks 1.- An Error Back-Propagation Artificial Neural Networks Application in Automatic Car License Plate Recognition.- Use of Artificial Neural Networks for Buffet Loads Prediction.- Computational Cost Reduction by Selective Attention for Fast Speaker Adaptation in Multilayer Perceptron.- A Comparison of Neural Networks with Time Series Models for Forecasting Returns on a Stock Market Index.- Image/Speech 1.- Automatic Detection of Film Orientation with Support Vector Machines.- A Generic Approach for the Vietnamese Handwritten and Speech Recognition Problems.- Efficient and Automatic Faces Detection Based on Skin-Tone and Neural Network Model.- Efficient Image Segmentation Based on Wavelet and Watersheds for Video Objects Extraction.- Evolutionary and Genetic Algorithms 1.- FPGA-Based Implementation of Genetic Algorithm for the Traveling Salesman Problem and Its Industrial Application.- Minimal Addition Chain for Efficient Modular Exponentiation Using Genetic Algorithms.- An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Synthesis of RAM-Based FSMs.- Genetic Algorithms for Design of Liquid Retaining Structure.- Autonomous Agents.- Modelling Crew Assistants with Multi-Agent Systems in Fighter Aircraft.- Learning from Human Decision-Making Behaviors - An Application to RoboCup Software Agents.- Distributed Deadlock Detection in Mobile Agent Systems.- An Agent-Based Approach for Production Control Incorporating Environmental and Life-Cycle Issues, together with Sensitivity Analysis.- Feasibility Restoration for Iterative Meta-heuristics Search Algorithms.- Best Paper Candidates 1.- Optimization of Pulse Pattern for a Multi-robot Sonar System Using Genetic Algorithm.- The Suitability of Particle Swarm Optimisation for Training Neural Hardware.- Evolutionary Multi-objective Integer Programming for the Design of Adaptive Cruise Control Systems.- The Macronet Element: A Substitute for the Conventional Neuron.- Genetic Algorithm Optimisation of Mathematical Models Using Distributed Computing.- Best Paper Candidates 2.- Genetic Algorithm Optimisation of Part Placement Using a Connection-Based Coding Method.- A Fast Evolutionary Algorithm for Image Compression in Hardware.- Automatic Speech Recognition: The New Millennium.- Applying Machine Learning for Ensemble Branch Predictors.- A Customizable Configuration Tool for Design of Multi-part Products.- Neural Networks 2.- Phase-to-Phase Wave Parameters Measurement of Distribution Lines Based on BP Networks.- Learning Capability: Classical RBF Network vs. SVM with Gaussian Kernel.- Trading off between Misclassification, Recognition and Generalization in Data Mining with Continuous Features.- Interacting Neural Modules.- The Application of Visualization and Neural Network Techniques in a Power Transformer Condition Monitoring System.- Internet Applications 1.- Entrepreneurial Intervention in an Electronic Market Place.- Intelligent Auto-downloading of Images.- Intelligent Facilitation Agent for Online Web-Based Group Discussion System.- TWIMC: An Anonymous Recipient E-mail System.- Mental States of Autonomous Agents in Competitive and Cooperative Settings.- Expert Systems.- An Expert System Application for Improving Results in a Handwritten Form Recognition System.- A Knowledge-Based System for Construction Site Level Facilities Layout.- A Decision-Support System to Improve Damage Survivability of Submarine.- On the Verification of an Expert System: Practical Issues.- DOWNSIZINGX: A Rule-Based System for Downsizing the Corporation's Computer Systems.- Credit Apportionment Scheme for Rule-Based Systems: Implementation and Comparative Study.- Internet Applications ...