Industrial and Engineering Applications or Artificial Intelligence and Expert Systems

✍ Scribed by Takushi Tanaka (editor), Setsuo Ohsuga (editor), Ali Moonis (editor)

• Publisher: CRC Press
• Year: 1997
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 831
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This volume includes the proceedings from Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference Fukuoka, Japan, June 4-7, 1996. This work represents a broad spectrum of new ideas in the field of applied artificial intelligence and expert systems, and serves to disseminate information regarding intelligent methodologies and their implementation in solving various problems in industry and engineering.

✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Table of Contents
Preface
Conference Organization
List of Sponsors
Invited Papers
Micromachines as Unconventional Artifacts
Multi-Strata Modeling to Automate Problem Solving Including Human Activity
The Current State of AI Planning Research
DCSG: A Logic Grammar for Knowledge Representation of Hierarchically Organized Objects
Pattern Separation by Chaotic Networks Employing Chaotic Itinerancy
Automated Reasoning
Design and Implementation of Multiple-Context Truth Maintenance System with Binary Decision Diagram
PARCAR: Parallel Cost-Based Abductive Reasoning System
CAD/CAM
Automatic Placement Using Static and Dynamic Groupings
A Domain-Specific Conceptual Model in Building Design
The Elements of Programming Style in Design Calculations
Case-Based Reasoning
Knowledge-Based Expert System Combining Case-Based Reasoning and Rule-Based Reasoning to Select Repair and Retrofitting Methods for Fatigue Damage on Steel Bridge
Multiple Domain Feature Mapping Utilizing Case-Based Reasoning and Blackboard Technology
Plant Fault Diagnosis by Integrating Fault Cases and Rules
Database
Characteristics of Query Responses on Fuzzy Object-Oriented Databases
A Knowledge Media Approach Using Associative Representation for Constructing Information Bases
A Query Procedure for Allowing Exceptions in Advanced Logical Database
Decision Support
Decision Support System for Water-Supply Risk Management
Suggestions on Developing “Creative Decision Stimulation Systems (CDSS)”
Diagnosis
A Method of Diagnosis Using Possibility Theory
Model-Based Program Debugging and Repair
An Object-Oriented Method for Control Loop Diagnosis and Monitoring
A Self-Learning Fuzzy System for Automotive Fault Diagnosis
Distributed AI
An Automated Reasoning System for Multi-Agent Cooperation
GUARDNET: A Distributed and Concurrent Programming Environment for Multi-Agent Systems
Fuzzy Logic and Control
Assigning Weights to Rules of an Expert System Based on Fuzzy Logic
Detection of Chaos in Process Control Systems Using a Julia Set Methodology
Fuzzy Johnson’s Algorithm for Two-Machine Flow Shop
Prediction of Properties of Mixture by Integration of Pattern Recognition and Logic Procedure by Using Fuzzy Clustering
Self-Learning Fuzzy Logic Control of Non-Linear Processes
Using Fuzzy Logic in Feedrate Control for Free-Form Surface Machining
Genetic Algorithm
GA-Based Reconstruction of Plane Images from Projections
Genetic Algorithm Processor for the Frequency Assignment Problem
Selection of Representatives Using Genetic Algorithms
Using the Baldwin Effect to Accelerate a Genetic Algorithm
Intelligent Tutoring
Generating Courses in an Intelligent Tutoring System
Object-Oriented Model of Knowledge for the Intelligent Tutoring Shell
Knowledge Acquisition
A Data Mining Technique for Time Series Data
Development of a Knowledge Based System Using a Combined Knowledge Acquisition and Knowledge Modeling Approach
A Human-Intelligence-Imitating Question-Asking Strategy for Propositional Knowledge-Based Systems
Incremental Rule Production: Towards a Uniform Approach for Knowledge Organization
Ontology-Based Information Gathering and Categorization from the Internet
Knowledge-Based Systems
A Knowledge-Based Mesh Generation System for Forging Simulation
A Knowledge Based Tool for Checking Large Knowledge Bases
OKCFTR: Translators for Knowledge Reuse
Integration of Forward and Backward Inferences Using Extended Rete Networks
VAREX: An Environment for Validating and Refining Rule Bases
Knowledge Representation
A Formalism for Defeasible Inheritance
Knowledge Compilation for Interactive Design of Sequence Control Programs
Shape Reasoning in CAD Systems
Logic Programming
Applications of Logic Programs with Functor Set to Automated Problem Solving Under Uncertainty
Channel Routing with Constraint Logic Programming and Delay
Design of Database Interface to ILP for Building Knowledge Base
An Incremental Solver for Constraint Hierarchies over Real Intervals
Machine Learning
Coin Classification Using a Novel Technique for Learning Characteristic Decision Trees by Controlling the Degree of Generalization
Evaluation of Attribute Selection Measures in Decision Tree Induction
Feature Selection and Classification - A Probabilistic Wrapper Approach
Knowledge Discovery from Numerical Data
A Knowledge Revision Learner Using Artificially Generated Examples
Learning Probabilistic Networks from Data
A Practical Object-Oriented Concept Learning System in Clinical Medicine
Sampling Effectiveness in Discovering Functional Relationships in Databases
Signal Interpretation in Two-Phase Fluid Dynamics Through Machine Learning and Evolutionary Computing
Manufacturing
Hybrid AI Solutions and Their Application in Manufacturing
Performance Optimization of Flexible Manufacturing Systems Using Artificial Neural Networks
Real-Time Intelligent Monitoring System in Manufacturing System
Simulation of Scheduling Rules in a Flexible Manufacturing System Using Fuzzy Logic
Monitoring
An Expert System for the Monitoring and Simulation of the AXAF-1
Knowledge-Enhanced CO-Monitoring in Coal-Mines
Medi-View - An Intelligent ICU Monitoring System
Neural Network
Comparison of Two Learning Networks for Time Series Prediction
An Evolutionary Algorithm for the Generation of Unsupervised Self Organizing Neural Nets
Exploiting Don’t-Care Information in Neural Network Learning
Extended Tree Based Regression Neural Networks for Multifeature Split
Mixing Stochastic Exploration and Propagation for Pruning Neural Networks
A Note on the Generalization Error in Neural Networks
A Proposal of Emotional Processing Model
Recursive Prediction Error Algorithm for the NUFZY System to Identify Nonlinear Systems
Reflective Learning of Neural Networks
Neural Network Applications
Collision Avoidance Using Neural Networks Learned by Genetic Algorithms
Identifying Chemical Species in a Plasma Using a Neural Network
A Method for Selecting Learning Data in the Prediction of Time Series with Explanatory Variables Using Neural Networks
A New Second-Order Adaptation Rule and Its Application to Electrical Model Synthesis
Real Option Valuation with Neural Networks
Natural Language
Automatic Segmentation and Tagging of Hanzi Text Using a Hybrid Algorithm
Computer-Aided News Article Summarization
A Connectionist/Symbolic Dependency Parser for Free Word-Order Languages
Intelligent Support for Construction and Exploration of Advanced Technological Information Space
Planning and Scheduling
Adaptation of a Production Scheduling Framework to Distributed Work Environment
Application of Genetic Algorithm to Alloy Casting Process Scheduling
Design and Development of an Integrated Intelligent Process Planning System Taking CAD Data Files as Input
Encapsulation of Actions and Plans in Conditional Planning Systems
On-Line Optimization Techniques for Dynamic Scheduling of Real-Time Tasks
Practical Applications
Application-Specific Configuration of Telecommunication Systems
Character Design Based on Concept Space Formation
Customizing A* Heuristics for Network Routing
Feature Selection in Automatic Transmission Shift Quality Classification
KOA: General Affairs Expert System with Easy Customization
Using Constraint Technology for Predictive Control of Urban Traffic Based on Qualitative and Temporal Reasoning
Robotics
Fuzzy Behavior Organization and Fusion for Mobile Robot Reactive Navigation
Learning and Classification of Contact States in Robotic Assembly Tasks
A Neural Approach for Navigation Inspired by the Human Visual System
Ultrasonic Perception: A Tri-aural Sensor Array for Mobile Robots Using a Competition Neural Network Approach
Vision
A Genetic Algorithm for Image Segmentation
A Hierarchy of Detail for Representing Non-Convex Curved Objects
A Qualitative Traffic Sensor Based on Three-Dimensional Qualitative Modeling of Visual Textures of Traffic Behavior
Towards an Automatic Determination of Grasping Points Through a Machine Vision Approach
Abstracts for Poster Session
Case-Based Reasoning
A Case-Based Reasoning Approach in Injection Modeling Process Design
SMARTUSA: A Case-Based Reasoning System for Customer Services
Decision Making
Modeling and Implementing Aspects of Holistic Judgment in Industrial Decision Making
Diagnosis
Computer Intrusion Detection and Incomplete Information
TURBOLID: Time Use in a Rule-Based, On-Line Industrial Diagnoser
Distributed AI
An Approach to a Multi-Agent Based Scheduling System Using a Coalition Formation
Integrating Agent and Object-Oriented Programming Paradigms for Multi-Agent Systems Development
Necessary Knowledge Sharing for Cooperative Learning Among Agents
Genetic Algorithm
Optimal Selection of Cutting Length of Bars by Genetic Algorithms
Intelligent Tutoring
A Descriptive Model of Student Program Generation Based on a Protocol Analysis
An Intelligent Tutoring System for the Teaching of the Industry Equipment and Its Student Modeling
Interactive System
Skill Training at a Distance
Knowledge Based System
K-Tree: An Efficient Structure for Verification and Inference in Rule-Based Systems
Software Fault Reduction Methodology for Reliable Knowledge Bases
Knowledge Representation
Macro Scale Object Complexity Measurement and Its Relation to a Semantic Model
Logic Programming
B-Prolog: A High Performance Prolog Compiler
Machine Learning
A Cascade of Neural Networks for Complex Classification
PAC-Learning of Weights in Multiobjective Function by Pairwise Comparison
Natural Language
A Machine Translating Approach from Japanese to Tamil
Neural Network
Annealed Hopfield Network Approach for Boundary-Based Object Recognition
Better Neurons for Biological Simulations
Canonical Form of Recurrent Neural Network Architecture
Equalisation of Digital Communication Channel Using Hartley-Neural Technique
A Nonlinear Optimization Neural Network for Optimum Multiuser Detectors
Parallel Computer Implementation for Feature Extraction via Answer-in-Weights Neural Network
Serial and Parallel Neural Networks for Image Compression
Planning and Scheduling
Explore the Operational Problems of FMSs through Analytical Hierarchy Process and Simulation Approach
Practical Applications
Spectacle Designing and Advice Computer Graphics System Using Artificial Intelligence
Study of a Consultation System for Railway Safety Countermeasure
Robotics
A Step Toward Human-Robot Cooperative System
Index of Authors