ICAIS'2002

• Application of Genetic Algorithms in Multi Agent System
  • 'Application of Intelligent Algorithms for Humanoid Robot Gait Generation: A Case Study for Going Up-stairs'
    Dr Yasuo Nasu, Yamagata University, Japan
    G. Capi, Yamagata University, Japan
    L. Barolli, Yamagata University, Japan
    K. Mitobe, Yamagata University, Japan
    M. Yamano, Yamagata University, Japan
  • 'Optimizing Wavelets for Wavelet Packet Analysis of Ammunition Doppler Signals by Genetic Algorithm'
    Dr Abbas Z Kouzani, Deakin University, Australia
    S.H. Ong, Deakin University, Australia
  • 'Evolutionary Approach to Multiobjective Problems Using Adaptive Memetic Algorithm'
    Prof Dr Te-Jen Su, National Kaohuiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
    Boi-Wei Wang, National Kaohuiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
    Wen-Jye Shyr, National Changhua University of Education Changhua, Taiwan
    Tze-Li Kang, National Changhua University of Education Changhua, Taiwan
  • 'Comparison of Memetic Algorithm and Genetic Algorithm for Evaluation of Optimization Problems'
    Prof Te-Jen Su, National Kaohuiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
    Boi-Wei Wang, National Kaohuiung University of Applied Sciences, Taiwan
    Wen-Jye Shyr, National Changhua University of Education Changhua, Taiwan
    Tze-Li Kang, National Changhua University of Education Changhua, Taiwan
• Autonomous Agents in Practice
  • 'Defining Information Flow for Autonomous Manufacturing Agents: Analytical Model'
    Prof Edward Szczerbicki, The University of Newcastle, Australia
  • 'Modeling Autonomous Agent's Architecture with Knowledge Migration in Social Agency'
    Dr Noriko Etani, Ritsumeikan University, Japan
  • 'Autonomous Intelligent Agents for Metasynthetic Engineering: A Macroeconomic Decision Support System'
    Dr Longbing Cao, Institute of Automation,Chinese Academy of Science, China
    Ruwei Dai, Institute of Automation,Chinese Academy of Science, China
  • 'The Basic Instinct of Autonomous Cognitive Agents'
    Mr Fenintsoa Andriamasinoro, IREMIA, University of La Reunion, France
    Remy Courdier, IREMIA, University of La Reunion, France
• Control System Design
  • 'A Methodology for Reducing the Observed Radar Cross Section of Autonomous Precision Guided Munitions'
    Dr Frank W Moore, Miami University USA
  • 'Digital Observer-Based Controller Design of Decentralized Actuator Systems'
    Dr Kai-Chao Yao, National Chinese Naval Academy, China
  • 'Computer Control of Decentralized Singular-Perturbed Systems'
    Dr Kai-Chao Yao, National Chinese Naval Academy, China
  • 'A Robust Control Scheme for Robot Manipulator by Using a Genetic Algorithm'
    Dr Rongyan Zhu, Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan
    Yuzo Yamane, Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan
  • 'Synthesis of Decentralized Nonlinear Control Systems with Uncertainties'
    Y.A. Vershinin, School of Engineering Coventry University, UK
    A.R. Gaiduk, Taganrog State University, Russia
    M.J. West, School of Engineering Coventry University, UK
    M.Y. Medveder, Taganrog State University, Russia
• Distributed Autonomous Systems
  • 'Stabilization Design for Fuzzy Large-Scale Systems'
    Prof Dr Wen-June Wang, National Central University, Taiwan
    Leh Luoh, National Central University, Taiwan
  • '{Movement, Interaction, Calculus}* : an Algebraic Environment for Distributed and Mobile Calculus'
    Abdelkader Gouaich, MOTOROLA LABS, France
    Yves Guiraud, Universite Montpellier 2, France
  • 'Mission Level Design of Autonomous Underwater Vehicles'
    Mr Thomas Liebezeit, TU Ilmenau, Germany
    Volker Zerbe, TU Ilmenau, Germany
  • 'The Consequential Effects of Input Arrangements in Hierarchical Fuzzy Systems.'
    Mr Waratt Rattasiri, University of Melbourne, Australia
    Saman Halgamuge, University of Melbourne, Australia
• Generic Agent / Intelligent Agent
  • 'Adaptive State Space Quantization for Reinforcement Learning Agents'
    Dr Ralph Breithaupt, Nat. Research Centre for Information Technology, Germany
    Oliver Hofmann, Nat. Research Centre for Information Technology, Germany
    J. Fischer, Nat. Research Center for Information Technology, Germany
    M. Bode, University of Muenster, Germany
  • 'JIAC IV - An Open, Scalable Agent Architecture for Telecommunications Applications'
    Dr Sahin Albayrak, TU Berlin, Germany
    Ralf Sesseler, TU Berlin, Germany
  • 'Agent-Based Knowledge Fusion in Scalable Information Environment: Major Principles and System Framefork'
    Prof Dr Alexander V. Smirnov, SPIIRAS, Russia
    Mikhail Pashkin, SPIIRAS, Russia
    Nikolai Chilov, SPIIRAS, Russia
    Tatyana Levashova, SPIIRAS, Russia
  • 'CGP- Net to Model Multi-Agent-Systems'
    Mr Jean-Dany Vally, Iremia (La Réunion), FRANCE
    Rémy Courdier, Iremia (La Réunion), FRANCE
  • 'Behavior Planning for Adaptive Agents'
    Prof Dr Freimut Bodendorf, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany
  • 'A Framework for Internet Data Collection Based on Intelligent Agents'
    Mr Pedro A. C Sousa, UNINOVA, Portugal
    João Pimentão, UNINOVA, Portugal
    Adolfo Steiger, UNINOVA, Portugal
• Intelligent Interface Design
  • 'A Computer-Aided System for Designing a Pump-Impeller'
    Mr Toshihiko Mochida, Hitachi,Ltd., JAPAN
    Norihiko Nonaka, Hitachi,Ltd., JAPAN
    Yuji Tanaka, Hitachi,Ltd., JAPAN
  • 'SEAVS - a 3D Simulation Environment for Aerial Visual Servoing Applications'
    Mr Martin J Persson, Örebro University, Sweden
    Dimiter Driankov, Örebro University, Sweden
  • 'A New Approach to Computation Completion Time Distribution Function of Stochastic PERT Networks'
    Dr Masoud Rabbani, University of Tehran, Iran
    Reza Tavakkoli Moghaddam, University of Tehran, Iran
  • 'Integrated Intelligent Human Engineering Environment'
    Prof Dr Ali Azadeh, University of Tehran, Iran
• Invited Session
  • 'An Agent for Accessing the Database of the Autonomous Distributed Total Hospital Information System II'
    Hisao Kuma, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan
    Masato Hakozaki, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan
    Masahiro Hagiwara, Teikyo Heisei University, Japan
  • 'An Algorithm for Clinical Diagnosis Using Neural Network'
    Tsutomu Matsumoto, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Yuki Ueda, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Hirofumi Ohtsuka, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Shigeyasu Kawaji, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Keijirou Torigoe, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
  • 'Design of Mobile Terminal for Telehealth & Life Support System Using Handy Phone'
    Tsutomu Matsumoto, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Kazufumi Takamura, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Shin-ichi Ogata, Kozo Keikaku Engineering Inc., Japan
    Yasuyuki Shimada, Kumamoto National College of Technology, Japan
    Shigeyasu Kawaji, Kumamoto University, Japan
  • 'An Intelligent Medical Decision Support System Using Learning Classifier Systems'
    Manuel Filipe Santos, Universidade do Minho Portugal
    Jose Neves, Universidade do Minho Portugal
    Antonio Abelha, Universidade do Minho Portugal Fernando Rua, Hospital Geral de Santo Antonio Portugal
    Alvaro M. Silva, Hospital Geral de Santo Antonio Portugal
  • 'Autonomous Intelligent System Leveraging Case Base Reasoning Techniques to Compose Personalized Health Maintenance Information'
    Syed Sibte Raza Abidi, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
    Chong Young Han, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
    Samina Raza Abidi, Universiti Sains Malaysia, Malaysia
• Knowledge Discovery / Management and Data Mining
  • 'Identifying Quality Association Rules by External Data'
    Shichao Zhang, Deakin University, Australia
    Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University, Australia
  • 'Causality Discovery in Databases'
    Mr Shichao Zhang, Deakin University, Australia
    Chengqi Zhang, Deakin University, Australia
    Li Liu, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
  • 'A Priori Data Selection for a SVM-Based Classification within a Diagnosis Process'
    Mr Marius J Zoellner, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
    Karsten Berns, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
  • 'Information Broker: A Universal Information Mediating System'
    Prof Dr Ching-Cheng Lee, California State University at Hayward, USA
    Jie Deng, PeopleSoft Inc., USA
  • 'Removing Trivial Associations in Association Rule Discovery'
    Prof Geoff I Webb, Deakin University, Australia
    Songmao Zhang, Deakin University, Australia
• Machine Learning
  • 'Classifying Lighting Variations in Facial Images'
    Abbas Z Kouzani, Deakin University, Australia
    S.H. Ong, Deakin University, Australia
  • 'Victim Detection with Infrared Camera in a "Rescue Robot"'
    Mr Saeed Moradi, Sharif University of Technology, Iran
  • 'Automatic Region-Based Motion Detection and Segmentation for ITS'
    Mr Jong Bae Kim, Kyungpook National Univiversity, South Korea
    Hang Joon Kim, Kyungpook National Univiversity, South Korea
    Kyung Mee Lee, Kumi 1 College, South Korea
  • 'RAGUN: A Resource-Allocating Agent Based on a Network of Gaussian Units'
    Prof Thibault Langlois, INESC-ID / IST, Portugal
    Fernando Mira da Silva, INESC-ID / IST, Portugal
  • 'Visual Learning Control of a Robot in an Unknown Environment'
    Prof. Dr. Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University, Australia
    Nan-Feng Xiao, Deakin University, Australia
• Multi-Agent Based System
  • 'A Process Algebra for Anti-Cheating Among Cooperative Agents'
    Dr Wenpin Jiao, University of Victoria, Canada
  • 'A Multi-Agent Strategy for Dynamic Distributed Scheduling of Manufacturing Systems'
    Mr Simon P Walsh, CSIRO Manufacturing Science and Technology, Australia
  • 'f-Desktop: A Framework for Follow-Me Desktop Applications in Ubiquitous Computing Environment'
    Dr Kazunori Takashio, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
    Gakuya Soeda, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
    Hideyuki Tokuda, Keio University, JAPAN
  • 'A Simulation Environment for Heterogenic Agents'
    Mr David Meyer, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    Alexandros Karatzoglou, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    Friedrich Leisch, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    Kurt Hornik, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
    Christian Buchta, Vienna University of Economics and Business Administration, Austria
• Neural Network and Reinforcement Learning
  • 'A New Neural Network Based on Wavelet Kernel Function'
    Dr Li Zhang, Xidian University, China
    Weida Zhou, Xidian University, China
    LiCheng Jiao, Xidian University, China
  • 'The Use of An Evolutionary Computing For Solving Course Scheduling Problems'
    Prof Reza Tavakkoli Moghaddam, University of Tehran, Iran
    Kaveh Sheibani, University of Tehran,Iran 'Application of Artificial Neural Networks for Predicting CNC Machine Failures'
    Dr Ambalavanar Tharumarajah, CSIRO Manufacturing Science & Technology, Australia
• Poster Session
  • 'The Changing Trends in Electricity Trading: A Role for Artificial Intelligent Agents'
    Dr Henry C. Wong, University of Dundee Scotland, UK
    Bruce Ramsay, University of Dundee Scotland, UK
  • 'Analysis on the Generalization Performance of SVMs'
    Dr Weida Zhou, Xidian University, China
    Licheng Jiao, Xidian University, China
    Li Zhang, Xidian University, China
  • 'Determining Terms Using Compound Filed Association Words and its Knowledge Representations'
    Mr ElSayed Abd Atlam, University of Tokushima, Japan
    Jun Aoe, University of Tokushima, Japan
  • 'Agent-Based Reconfiguration of Legacy Software Systems'
    Mrs Liu Xijuan, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
    Wang Yinglin, Shanghai Jiaotong University, China
  • 'Communication Mechanisms for Mobile Agents'
    Mr Ram Bahadur Patel, India Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
    Prof. Kumkum Garg, India Institute of Technology Roorkee, India
  • 'Development of Buoy-Type Automatic Water Quality Monitoring System'
    Mr Gwang J Chung, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Republic of Korea
    Mr J. J. Lee, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Republic of Korea
    Mr S. W. Lee, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Republic of Korea
    J. H. Oh, Korea Institute of Machinery & Materials, Republic of Korea
  • 'Energy Flow And Management of A Hybrid Wind/PV/ Fuel Cell Generation System'
    Dr Mona N. Eskander, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt
    Thanaa El Shatter, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt
    Mohsen El-Hagry, Electronics Research Institute, Egypt
  • 'Real time Intelligent Driver Assistance System'
    Dr Nasrollah M. M.Charkari, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
    Ali Kheradvar, Tarbiat Modarres University, Iran
  • 'Parallel Neural Networks by Actively Repetitive Learning with Autonomous Label Assignment and Majority Voting'
    Mr Yohtaro Yatsuzuka, KDDI R&D Labs, Japan
    Tetsuya Sugiyama, Ecology Simulation Labs, Japan
  • 'An Evaluation of Hybrid Fitness Assignment Strategy in Interactive Genetic Algorithm'
    Prof Dr Futoshi Sugimoto, Toyo University Japan
    Masahide Yoneyama, Toyo University Japan
  • 'Autonomous Multi-Agent System Model of Telecommunications Networks'
    Dr John E Wells, University of Dundee Scotland, UK
    Dr Bruce Ramsay, University of Dundee Scotland, UK
  • 'Xpertfinder- Expert Finding within Specified Subject Areas Through Analysis of Messages'
    Dr Wildfried Sihn, Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Eng. and Automation, Germany
    Frank Heeren, Fraunhofer-Institute for Manufacturing Eng. and Automation, Germany
• Solving Location- Allocation Problem by an Evolutionary Algorithm
  • 'An Agent-Based Hybrid Framework for Database Mining'
    Mr Zili Zhang, Deakin University Australia
    Chengqi Zhang, University of Technology, Sydney, Australia
  • 'Adaptive Color Image Enhancement for Visual Inspection Using Evolutionary Algorithms'
    Prof. Dr. Saeid Nahavandi, Deakin University, Australia
    Hong Zheng, Deakin University, Australia
    Abbas Kouzani, Deakin University, Australia
  • 'Solving Set Covering Problem by an Evolutionary Algorithm'
    Dr Reza Tavakkoli-Moghaddam, University of Tehran, Iran
    Masoud M. Rabbani, University of Tehran, Iran
    Ahmad-Reza Ali-Hosseini, University of Tehran, Iran
• Trajectory / Path Planning in Intelligent Mobile Robots
  • 'DIVA: A Self Organizing Adaptive World Model for Reinforcement Learning'
    Mr Joern Fischer, GMD National Research Center, Germany
    Ralph Breithaupt, GMD National Research Center, Germany
    Mathias Bode, GMD National Research Center, Germany
    Joachim Hertzberg, GMD National Research Center, Germany
  • 'Intelligent Control for Off-Road Driving'
    Mr Karl N Murphy, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
    Marilyn Abrams, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
  • 'Hierarchical Architecture for Coordinating Ground Vehicles in Unstructured Environments'
    Mr Alberto D Lacaze, National Institute of Standards and Technology, USA
  • 'Navigation Templates for PSA'
    Prof David P Miller, University of Oklahoma, USA
    Li Tan, University of Oklahoma, USA
  • 'Stabilization and Trajectory Tracking of Nonholonomic Systems: New Strategies Using Feedback Control'
    Mr Luiz C Figueiredo, UNILESTE, Brazil
    Fabio Jota, UFMG, Brazil
  • 'A "Go Where you are Looking" Semi-Autonomous Robotic Wheelchair'
    Prof Raymond (Ray) A Jarvis, Monash University, Australia
  • 'A Geometric Approach to Natural Indoor Landmark Recognition for Mobile Robots'
    Dr Stefano Panzieri, Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy
    Alessandro Micarelli, Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy
    Enver Snagineto, Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy
    Giuseppe Sansonetti, Universita degli Studi "Roma Tre", Italy
• Tutorial
  • 'System Optimization Using Simulation Models'
    by Professor Helena Szczerbicka, University of Hannover, Germany
• Plenary Speech
  • 'A New Method to Evaluate, Optimize and Forecast Human and Robot Performance in 21st Century Space Operations'
    By Charles R. Weisbin, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, USA
  • 'Autonomous Physical Systems'
    by Dr. Uwe R. Zimmer, The Australian National University, Australia
  • 'Modelling Support for Information Management'
    by Edward Szczerbicki, University of Newcastle, Australia
• Keynote Speech
  • 'Autonomous, Tele-Autonomous and Teleoperated Outdoor Mobile Robot Navigation'
    by Professor Ray Jarvis, Monash University, Australia
  • 'Capability to Search Engines-The Concept of Protoform'
    by Prof. Lotfi A. Zadeh, University of California, USA