IC-AI 2008: Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
Hamid R. Arabnia, Youngsong Mun (Eds.): Proceedings of the 2008 International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ICAI 2008, July 14-17, 2008, Las Vegas, Nevada, USA, 2 Volumes (includes the 2008 International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications). CSREA Press 2008 ISBN 1-60132-072-8
Neural Networks and Applications
Anatoli Nachev, Seamus Hill: Business Failure Prediction Using Distributed ARTMAP Neural Networks. 3-9
Janett Williams, Yan Li: A Case Study Using Neural Networks Algorithms: Horse Racing Predictions In Jamaica. 16-22
Timothy Chan, Amar Raheja: Use of Neural Networks to Detect Impaired Cheating on the Computerized CERAD Word List Memory Test. 23-27
Eman El-Sheikh, Bradley Swain, Mohamed A. Khabou: A Comparison of Neural Network Architectures for Handwritten Digit Recognition. 28-32
Feng-Jen Yang: Is Your Neural Network Learning or Memorizing?. 33-38

Yongshan Ding, Dongxiang Jiang, Liangyou Hong, Qian Huang: Study on Gas Turbine Thermodynamic Component Performance Degradation Assessment Based on RBF and SOM Neural Networks. 52-57
Celso Camilo, Keiji Yamanaka: A Practical Method for Finding an Efficient Static Learning Rate for ANN. 58-60
Mahrokh Maghsoodi, Reza Taghavi Fallahpoor: Neural Network-Aided Computing of Microstrip Line Characteristic Impedance Based on Elliptic Function. 61-66
Syed Khursheed Ul Hasnain: Confusion Matrix Validation of an Urdu Language Speech Number System. 67-73
Azam Beg: An Efficient Realization of an OCR System Using HDL. 74-78
Jitendriya Kumar Satapathy, Konidala Ratna Subhashini: A Tabu Based Neural Network Training Algorithm for Equalization of Communication Channels. 79-85
Agent Technologies
Anne Håkansson, Ronald L. Hartung: Autonomously creating a hierarchy of intelligent agents using clustering in a multi-agent system. 89-95
Celso Camilo, Reinaldo Nogueira, Cássio Vinhal: A Multi-Agent System for E-Commerce Automated Negotiation Protocols Evaluation. 96-100
Xusheng Yang, Wanxing Sheng, Fangping Xu, Zheng Wang, Xiaoping Yao, Yi Wang, Xinkun Ju: Research on Intelligent Distribution Control and Automation System. 101-105
Matthew Conforth, Yan Meng: Communication Scheme Comparison for a Distributed Multi-Agent System. 106-112
Chris Scogings, Kenneth A. Hawick: Energy Flow and Conservation in an Artificial Life Agent Model. 113-119
Elham Sahebkar Khorasani, Norman Carver, Shahram Rahimi: Performance Evaluation of DPS Coordination Strategies Modeled in Pi-calculus. 120-128
Fredy Fernando Munoz, Luis Fernando Niño, Claribed Calderon: Multi-agent Object Transportation Inspired By The Innate And Adaptive Immune Responses. 129-135
Edgar Castillo-Barrera, Sandra Nava: A Web Site Architecture for Interaction Between Avatars and and Intelligent Animated Agents. 143-150
Bikramjit Banerjee, Matthew Bennett, Mike Johnson, Adel Ali: Congestion Avoidance in Multi-Agent-based Egress Simulation. 151-157
Sally M. El-Ghamrawy, Ali I. El-Desouky: A Framework for Distributed Decision Support Multi-Agent Intelligent System. 158-164
Databases + Information Retrieval + Search Methods and Related Algorithms
Sandeep K. Namilikonda, Nihar R. Mahapatra: Enhancing Available-Memory Cost-Bounded Iterative-Deepening Search. 175-181
Martin Maskarinec, Kathleen Neumann: Optimized Sorting Functions for a Distributed Deductive Database. 182-184
Suruchi Chawla, Punam Bedi: Finding Hubs and Authorities using Information Scent to Improve the Information Retrieval precision. 185-191
Hazim Farhan: Design and Implementation of a Visual Environment for Building and Integrating Expert Systems with Various DBMS. 192-198
Novel Applications, Methodologies, and Algorithms

Mamun Bin Ibne Reaz, Awss Assim, Muhammad I. Ibrahimy, Florence Choong, Faisal Mohd-Yasin: Hardware Simulation of Home Automation Using Pattern Matching and Reinforcement Learning for Disabled People. 213-218
Mohammad Khalid Ahmad, Abdul Wahab, Norhaslinda Kamaruddin: Real Time Driving Data Collection and Driver Verification using CMAC-MFCC. 219-224
Eungyeong Kim, Yupeng Zhang, Malrey Lee: A Model of Active Agent design to cope Hypertension's Emergencies situation rapidly Home healthcare. 225-231
Eduard Plett, Sanjoy Das: A Region Restricted V-Detector Algorithm for Automatic Bearing Testing Machines. 232-237
Nicholas Harkiolakis, Nasrullah Memon, David L. Hicks, Claus Atzenbeck: Revealing Topological Properties of Terrorist Networks. 238-244
Xingmei Suo, Yingtao Jiang, Mei Yang, Shaokun Li, Keru Wang: Artificial Neural Networks Application in Population Chlorophyll Content Forecast From Cotton Plant Digital Images. 245-250
Sergio Pissanetzky: A new type of Structured Artificial Neural Networks based on the Matrix Model of Computation. 251-257
Cuneyt Aliustaoglu, H. Metin Ertunç, Hasan Ocak: Applied Real Time Bearing Fault Diagnosis Based on Vibration and Current Analysis. 258-262
Priyank Jindal, Pankaj Malhotra, V. Rihani, Sahil Rihani, Parkhi Sharma, Bhupendra Singh Chhabra: A Neural Network For Prognosis of Chronic Myeloid Leukemia. 263-268
Ekaterina Shalamitskaya, Sviatlana Staleuskaya, Valery Tsourikov: A.I. system for automatic synthesis of trading technologies and portfolios for investment funds. 275-279
Md. Kamrul Hasan, Husne Ara Rubaiyeat, Young-Koo Lee, Sungyoung Lee: Mapping of Activity Recognition as a Distributed Inference Problem in Sensor Network. 280-285
Sara Moein: Hepatitis Diagnosis by Training of an MLP Artificial Neural Network. 291-294
Yuhai Liu, Guo-Zheng Li, Wenqian Yu, Jianqun Xu, Jack Y. Yang, Mary Qu Yang: Abnormal Traffic Detection in VoIP by Using Machine Learning Approaches. 295-300
Xiefeng Cheng, Yewei Tao, Shoubai Zhang, Jianbing Ding, Yuhan Cheng: A New BSS Arithmetic and Applications Based On Sub-Band Function and Wavelet Transform. 301-307
Sayed Javed Ahmad: Use of Geographical Information System (GIS) in Developing an Intelligent Transport System (ITS). 308-312
Sanjoy Das, Dapeng Li, Anil Pahwa, Bijaya K. Panigrahi, Stephen Welch: A Gene Regulatory Network Approach for Failure Rate Prediction in Distributed Systems. 313-317
Edgar Castillo-Barrera, O. Vital-Ochoa: Using L-System Grammars for Music Automatic Generation. 318-322
Natural Language Processing
Waleed Faris, Kam-Hoi Cheng: An Object-Oriented Approach in Representing the English Grammar and Parsing. 325-331
Erika Matsak: Improved Version of the Natural Language Dialog System DST and Its Application for Discovery of Logical Constructions in Children's Speech. 332-338
Daniel Rayburn Reeves, Curry I. Guinn: Improving Upon Semantic Classification of Spoken Diary Entries Using Pragmatic Context Information. 339-343
Shefali Bhat, C. Anantaram, Hemant K. Jain: An Architecture for Intelligent Email Based Workflow Interface to Business Applications. 344-350
Dan Tappan: Monte Carlo Simulation for Plausible Interpretation of Natural-Language Spatial Descriptions. 351-357
Fuzzy Logic and Applications
HuiQing Yang, Sharnei Miller: A PHP-CLIPS Based Intelligent System for Diabetic Self-Diagnosis. 361-367
Lourdes Canós, María José Canós, Trinidad Casasús, Tomas Lara, Vicente Liern, Juan-Carlos Pérez: Constructing an Intelligent System for Selecting People. 368-373
Irvin Jones, Arjun Mitra, Shounak Mitra: Navigation in Dynamic Environments Utilizing Translation of Fuzzy Sets. 374-378
Horng-Lin Shieh, Ying-Kuei Yang: A Fuzzy Data Sifter for Constructing a Takagi-Sugeno Fuzzy Model. 379-383
Siu-Yeung Cho, Teik-Toe Teoh: A Real-time Facial Emotion Recognition System Using Fuzzy Neural Networks. 384-389
Shikha Mehta, Anusha Kalvala: Decision Support System for Health Care Specialists: A Fuzzy Data Mining Approach. 390-395
Swarm Optimization + Ant/Bees Colony Systems and Applications
Julio Barrera, Juan J. Flores, Claudio R. Fuerte-Esquivel: Plotting of Complete Bifurcation Diagrams Using a Dynamic Environment Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. 399-406
Hossein Shayeghi, Heidar Ali Shayanfar, Mahmud Fotuhi-Firuzabad, Aref Jalili, Sirus Molla Mohammadi Behnagh: Reliability Optimization of Series-Parallels Systems Using PSO Technique. 407-412
Hossein Shayeghi, Heidar Ali Shayanfar, Amin Shojaei, Aref Jalili: Economic Dispatch of the Power Systems Using the Modified Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. 420-424
Hossein Shayeghi, Heidar Ali Shayanfar, Aref Jalili, Mehran Hosseinzadeh: PSO Based Solution for Generation Expansion Planning. 425-430
Heidar Ali Shayanfar, Aref Jalili, Hossein Shayeghi: Application of Particle Swarm Optimization for Fuzzy AGC Design. 431-437
Yupeng Zhang, Malrey Lee, Eungyeong Kim, Thomas M. Gatton: A Study of Combination Genetic Algorithm and MMAS for VRP problem. 438-442
Social Networks + Knowledge Engineering, Representation, Discovery, and Data Mining
Eunice E. Santos, Eugene Santos Jr., Long Pan, John Thomas Wilkinson: Culturally Infused Social Network Analysis. 449-455
Fano Ramparany, Jean-Michel Ortholand, Vincent Louis: Mediating Social Networking Using Software Agents - The CarPooling Use Case. 456-462
Clodis Boscarioli, Emílio Del Moral Hernandez, Leandro Augusto da Silva: Using self Organizing Maps and Nearest-Neighbor to Data Clustering. 463-467
Vincent A. Schmidt, Jane M. Binner: A Connectionist Approach to Producing Rules Describing Monthly UK Divisia Data. 468-474
Jeffrey W. Wallace, Barbara J. Hannibal: Software and Hardware System Integration and Intelligent Automation using Ontology-based Knowledge Representation Technology. 475-483
Peeter Lorents: Knowledge and Taxonomy of Intellect. 484-489
Muhammad Fermi Pasha, Rahmat Budiarto, Sureswaran Ramadass, Mohammad Syukur: A Sequential Hierarchical Superset Implementation of Neocortex Memory System and its Case Study of Automated Network Forensic Analysis. 490-495
Bassel Habib, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia: Using AI to Reconstruct Claude Bernard's Empirical Investigations. 496-501
Keun-Chang Kwak: Knowledge Discovery Based on Quantum Mechanism and Its Application. 506-510
Genetic and Evolutionary Algorithms and Applications
Shefali Bhat, C. Anantaram, Hemant K. Jain: An Architecture for Intelligent Email Based Workflow Interface to Business Applications. 519-525
David de la Fuente, Jesús Lozano Mosterín: A comparison of Memetic Algorithms and Grasp in a rostering problem. 526-530
Akin Cellatoglu, Balasubramanian Karuppanan, Joseph Raj Vaidyanathan: Car-Parking System Management Using Modular Genetic Neural Networks. 531-535
Zhen-zhong Lan, Yuan Shi, Xiang-hu Feng: An Information Spread Evolutionary Algorithm for Numerical Optimization. 536-540
Hassan Najadat, Hadeel Ammari, Ismail Hmeidi: Solving the Constraint Satisfaction Problem Using Genetic Algorithms. 541-544
Applications of Advanced AI Techniques to Information Management for Solving Company-Related Problems

Alberto Gomez, Ruben Cuevas, David de la Fuente, José Parreño, Paolo Priore: New Metaheuristic for the Job Shop Scheduling Problem with PSO. 552-553
David de la Fuente, María José Pardo: Flow Line System with Possibilistic Priority-Discipline: Adaptation and Development of Prade's Methodology. 554-559
Rocío Rocha, Margarita Alonso, Angel Cobo: Using Swarm Intelligence Techniques in Document Management Systems. 560-565
Enrique Torres Franco, Oscar Sanjuán Martínez, José Daniel García Sánchez, Luis Joyanes Aguilar, B. Cristina Pelayo García-Bustelo: A Multi-Agent based Proposal for the Management of Distributed and Redundant Storage. 566-571
Rubén González Crespo, Gloria García Fernández, Daniel Zapico Palacio, Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle: Adaptative Intelligent Streaming Server. 572-577
Vicente García-Díaz, Héctor Fernández-Fernández, Elías Palacios-González, B. Cristina Pelayo García-Bustelo, Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle: Intelligent traceability system of Cabrales cheese using MDA TALISMAN. 578-584
Elías Palacios-González, Héctor Fernández-Fernández, Vicente García-Díaz, B. Cristina Pelayo García-Bustelo, Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle: A review of Intelligent Software Development Tools. 585-590
Héctor Fernández-Fernández, Elías Palacios-González, Vicente García-Díaz, B. Cristina Pelayo García-Bustelo, Juan Manuel Cueva Lovelle: Design of intelligent business applications based in BPM and MDE. 591-597
David de la Fuente, Raúl Pino, José Parreño, Paolo Priore: Demand and Price Forecasting in Hotel Management. 598-601
Francisco P. Romero, José Angel Olivas, Pablo J. Garcés, Jesús Serrano-Guerrero: Fuzzy Search Platform applied to XML Native databases. 602-607
Isabel García, Alfonso Duran: Agent-Enabled Design of Revenue Management Decision Support System for Small Hotel Enterprises. 608-614
Knowledge Bases for Learning

Perakath C. Benjamin, Dan Corlette, Richard J. Mayer: Semi-Automated Framework for Ontology Management and Learning. 624-629
Jeffrey Hudack, Mark Zappavigna, Warren Geiler, Michael Corey: Characterizing Documents for Information Extraction. 630-636
Sheri Stirtzinger, Anthony Stirtzinger: Information Discovery - NLP Parsing using Semantic Ontological Patterns. 637-643
Aaron Wheeler, Mark Wallace, Michael Winburn, James Dike, John Maxey: The Cybercraft System Ontology: An Ontology for Reasoning about Distributed Agent Capabilities. 644-648
Mark Wallace, Aaron Wheeler, Michael Winburn, James Dike, William Maxey: Leveraging OWL-DL, SPARQL, and XSLT to Automate Cybercraft Configuration. 649-653
V. Bandekar, Brian Xu, Andrew Kostrzewski, Peter M. LaMonica, Robert Jurgens: Net-Centric Rule Engines for Decision Support. 654-658
Robotics - Autonomous Mobile Robotics
Stuart Glaser, Eitan Marder-Eppstein, William Smart: Computationally Efficient Path-Following using Adaptive Color Models. 661-667
Georgios Demetriou, Andrey Vystavkin, Socratis Anastasiou, Alexandros Theofilou, Constantinos Giannopoulos, Demetra Yerolemou: Indoor Mobile Robot Localization Using a Wireless Network: WiFiBot Case Study. 668-674
Cordell Davidson, Michael V. Doran, Gene Simmons, Thomas G. Thomas: Veronica JagBot: A Robotic Campus Tour Guide. 675-679
Abdul Haseeb, Mihhail Matskin, Peep Küngas: DeLP based Semantic Location Lattice for Intelligent Robotic Navigation. 686-692
Hajime Uchiyama, Walter D. Potter: Behavior-based Perceptual Navigation for Semi-Autonomous Wheelchair Operations. 700-706
Reza Sabzevari, Saeid Masoumzadeh, Mahdi Rezaei Ghahroudi: Employing ANFIS for Object Detection in Robo-Pong. 707-712
Proceedings of the International Conference on Machine Learning; Models, Technologies and Applications
Napsiah Ismail, S. Sulaiman, Sai Hong Tang, M. R. Vasili: A Statistical Travel Time Model for Miniload Automated Storage and Retrieval Systems with Open-Rack Structure. 715-721
SungTaek Park, Myungsoo Cha, Taioun Kim, Bhushan M. Jayarao: Evaluation of bulk tank milk quality based on Fuzzy logic. 722-727
Yanguo Wang, Weiming Hu, Xiaoqin Zhang: Online Boosting Based Intrusion Detection in Changing Environments. 735-741
Mohammed Yeasin, David J. Russomanno, Mohammad S. Sorower, M. Smith, Jahangheer S. Shaik: Robust Classification of Objects using a Sparse Detector Sensor. 742-748
Omid Motlagh, Sai Hong Tang, Napsiah Ismail: A Goal-Oriented Approach to Robot Way-Finding in Environments with Local Dead-Ends. 749-755
Woosung Kim, Jayant M. Naik: Using Model Trees for Online Monitoring of Human-Computer Call Dialogues. 756-761
Sungmook Lim: A Decision Tree-Based Method for Selection of Input-Output Factors in DEA. 762-769
G. M. Shafiullah, Scott Simson, Adam Thompson, Peter J. Wolfs, Shawkat Ali: Monitoring Vertical Acceleration of Railway Wagon using Machine Learning Technique. 770-775
David Luper, Muthukumaran Chandrasekaran, Khaled Rasheed, Hamid R. Arabnia: Path Normalcy Analysis Using Nearest Neighbor Outlier Detection. 776-783
Y. Sakiyama, H. Yuki, T. Honma: Prediction of Human Liver Microsomal Stability with Machine Learning. 784-786
Michal Veselý, Clemens Novak, Andreas Reh, Herwig Mayr: Incremental Navigation Map Enhancement with GPS Tracks from Heterogeneous Sources. 787-793
Azadeh Mohammadi, Mohammad R. Ashouri: Hybrid Neural Network-Genetic AlgorithmMethod to Predict Monthly Minimum and Maximum of Stock Prices. 794-799
Glenn F. Matthews, Khaled Rasheed: Temporal Difference Learning for Nondeterministic Board Games. 800-806
Mircea Hulea: A Biologically Inspired Model of Spiking Neurons Suitable for Analog IC Design. 807-813
Andras Farag: Speeding Up Large Scale Distance Computations. 814-820
Boseon Byeon, Khaled Rasheed, Prashant Doshi: Enhancing the Quality of Noisy Training Data Using a Genetic Algorithm and Prototype Selection. 821-827
Gholam Ali Montazer, Reza Sabzevari, Fatemeh Ghorbani: Enhancement in Two-Phase OSD Learning Method for RBF Neural Networks. 828-831
Intelligent Linguistic Technologies - ILINTEC'08
Igor P. Kuznetsov, Elena B. Kozerenko: Linguistic Processor Semantix for Knowledge Extraction from Natural Texts in Russian and English. 835-841
Elena B. Kozerenko: A Hybrid Model for Language Structures Disambiguation in Machine Translation. 842-848
Late Papers
Hassan Alam, Aman Kumar, Yuliya Tarnikova, David Tedjasatyawira: Linguistic Processor Semantix for Knowledge Extraction from Natural Texts in Russian and English. 851-854
Matthias Dehmer: Relations Between the Topological Complexities of Complex Networks. 855-859
P. V. Rao, S. SriPathi, Chandramouli Srinivas, Raju Hajare, Madhusudhana Rao Ganji: Controlling Multiple Motors Using a Single Microcontroller. 860-864
O. Erhun Kundakcioglu, Panos M. Pardalos: A Branch and Bound Algorithm for Multiple Instance Classification. 865-869
Mohammad Inayatullah, S. Sheheryar, Shah Rukh Saleem, Saad Pervez Durrani, M. Irfan Khan: Improving Speaker Independent Speech Recognition Process using Speech Recognition Engine. 870-875
Kushan Ahmadian, Abbas Golestani, Mohammad-Reza Jahed Motlagh, Nasser Mozayani: A New Non-Autonomous Chaotic Neural Network for Solving TSP. 876-880
Anh-Duc Do, Siu-Yeung Cho, Yew-Soon Ong: A Multi-Objective Memetic Algorithm Based Clustering Method. 881-887
Kushan Ahmadian, Abbas Golestani, Mohammad-Reza Jahed Motlagh, Nasser Mozayani: A Noisy Chaotic Neural Network for Solving Attributed Relational Graph Matching Problem. 892-896
Ushaa Eswaran, Makkena Madhavilatha, Jayanthi Murthy, Madhusudhana Rao Ganji: Expert System Design for Disease Detection Using Pattern Recognition Techniques. 902-906
Daniel Zapico Palacio, Victor Hugo Medina García, Oscar Sanjuán Martínez, Rubén González Crespo: Generating Digital Fingerprints using Artificial Neural Networks. 907-912
Minsu Kim, Haeseong Jeong, Chaeseok Lim, Jong Tae Kim: Radiation Pattern Reconstruction for Localization using Artificial Neural Network. 913-916
Nathaniel Stickney: SLAM for HAGAR. 917-923
Mickaël Camus: Morphology Programming with an Auto-Adaptive System. 924-930
Hirokazu Watabe, Eriko Yoshimura, Seiji Tsuchiya, Tsukasa Kawaoka: Information Assorting Technique for Classifying and Summarizing Documents using Association System. 931-936
Eriko Yoshimura, Seiji Tsuchiya, Hirokazu Watabe, Tsukasa Kawaoka: A Detection Method of Illogical Adjective Phrase for Computer Conversation. 937-942
Maryam Tayefeh Mahmoudi, Kambiz Badie, Mahmood Kharrat, Sogol Babazadeh Khamaneh, Mahmood Yadollahi Khales: Content Personalization in Organizations via Composing a Source Content Model with User Model. 943-949
Oscar Sanjuán Martínez, B. Cristina Pelayo García-Bustelo, Yago Saez Achaerandio, Luis Rodriguez Baena, Enrique Torres Franco, Hector Castan Rodriguez, Javier Parra Fuente: Feasibility Study for A Recommendation System for E-Learning Environments Application. 950-954
Phillip Coleman, Michael Pellon, Yu Zhang: A New Load Balancing Scheme for Distributed Multi-Agent Simulations. 955-961



