MICAI 2005: Monterrey, Mexico
Alexander F. Gelbukh, Alvaro de Albornoz, Hugo Terashima-Marín (Eds.): MICAI 2005: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 4th Mexican International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Monterrey, Mexico, November 14-18, 2005, Proceedings. Springer 2005 Lecture Notes in Computer Science ISBN 3-540-29896-7
Knowledge Representation and Management

Vianey Guadalupe Cruz Sánchez, Gerardo Reyes Salgado, Osslan Osiris Vergara-Villegas, Joaquín Pérez Ortega, Azucena Montes Rendón: Compilation of Symbolic Knowledge and Integration with Numeric Knowledge Using Hybrid Systems. 11-20
Bernhard Heinemann: The Topological Effect of Improving Knowledge Acquisition. 21-30
Alejandro Peña Ayala, Humberto Sossa, Agustin Gutiérrez: Knowledge and Reasoning Supported by Cognitive Maps. 41-50
José H. Espinosa, Henry Lieberman: EventNet: Inferring Temporal Relations Between Commonsense Events. 61-69
Miklos Nagy, Maria Vargas-Vera, Enrico Motta: Multi Agent Ontology Mapping Framework in the AQUA Question Answering System. 70-79
Agustina Buccella, Alejandra Cechich, Nieves R. Brisaboa: A Three-Level Approach to Ontology Merging. 80-89
Yassine Gargouri, Bernard Lefebvre, Jean Guy Meunier: Domain and Competences Ontologies and Their Maintenance for an Intelligent Dissemination of Documents. 90-97
Carlos Iván Chesñevar, Ramón F. Brena, José-Luis Aguirre: Modelling Power and Trust for Knowledge Distribution: An Argumentative Approach. 98-108
Gerardo Ayala, Magdalena Ortiz, Mauricio Osorio: Application of ASP for Agent Modelling in CSCL Environments. 109-118
Logic and Constraint Programming
Pablo Sáez: Deductive Systems' Representation and an Incompleteness Result in the Situation Calculus. 119-131
Guillermo Morales-Luna: Geometric Aspects Related to Solutions of #kSAT. 132-141
Jerusa Marchi, Guilherme Bittencourt, Laurent Perrussel: A Syntactical Approach to Belief Update. 142-151
Yanhui Li, Jianjiang Lu, Baowen Xu, Dazhou Kang, Jixiang Jiang: A Fuzzy Extension of Description Logic ALCH. 152-161
Carlos Castro, Eric Monfroy, Christian Figueroa, Rafael Meneses: An Approach for Dynamic Split Strategies in Constraint Solving. 162-174
Hugo Terashima-Marín, Juan Manuel Tavernier-Deloya, Manuel Valenzuela-Rendón: Scheduling Transportation Events with Grouping Genetic Algorithms and the Heuristic DJD. 185-194
José Rodríguez, Abdellah Salhi: Radial Search: A Simple Solution Approach to Hard Combinatorial Problems. 195-203
Uncertainty Reasoning
Danjun Zhu, Boqin Feng, Tao Guan: Rough Sets and Decision Rules in Fuzzy Set-Valued Information Systems. 204-213
Alexander L. Tulupyev, Sergey I. Nikolenko: Directed Cycles in Bayesian Belief Networks: Probabilistic Semantics and Consistency Checking Complexity. 214-223
Mikael Heinze, Daniel Ortiz Arroyo, Henrik Legind Larsen, Francisco Rodríguez-Henríquez: Fuzzeval: A Fuzzy Controller-Based Approach in Adaptive Learning for Backgammon Game. 224-233
Alejandra Duenas, Dobrila Petrovic, Sanja Petrovic: Analysis of Performance of Fuzzy Logic-Based Production Scheduling by Simulation. 234-243
Multiagent Systems and Distributed AI
Candelaria Sansores, Juan Pavón: Agent-Based Simulation Replication: A Model Driven Architecture Approach. 244-253
Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Leonardo Garrido, José-Luis Aguirre: Effects of Inter-agent Communication in Ant-Based Clustering Algorithms: A Case Study on Communication Policies in Swarm Systems. 254-263
Armando Robles P, B. V. Pablo Noriega, Francisco J. Cantu, Rubén Morales-Menéndez: Enabling Intelligent Organizations: An Electronic Institutions Approach for Controlling and Executing Problem Solving Methods. 275-286
Hugo da Silva Corrêa Pinto, Luis Otávio Alvares: An Extended Behavior Network for a Game Agent: An Investigation of Action Selection Quality and Agent Performance in Unreal Tournament. 287-296
Jesús Héctor Domínguez Sanchez, Luis Marcelo Fernández, José-Luis Aguirre, Leonardo Garrido, Ramón F. Brena: Air Pollution Assessment Through a Multiagent-Based Traffic Simulation. 297-306
Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition
Patrice Delmas, Georgy L. Gimel'farb, Jiang Liu, John Morris: A Noise-Driven Paradigm for Solving the Stereo Correspondence Problem. 307-317
Roberto Antonio Vázquez, Humberto Sossa, Ricardo Barrón: Invariant Descriptions and Associative Processing Applied to Object Recognition Under Occlusions. 318-327
Xiaoyi Feng, Jie Cui, Matti Pietikäinen, Abdenour Hadid: Real Time Facial Expression Recognition Using Local Binary Patterns and Linear Programming. 328-336
Rafael Muñoz-Salinas, Eugenio Aguirre, Miguel García-Silvente, Antonio González: People Detection and Tracking Through Stereo Vision for Human-Robot Interaction. 337-346
Mario Peña-Cabrera, Ismael Lopez-Juarez, Reyes Rios-Cabrera, Jorge Corona Castuera, Roman Osorio: Mapping Visual Behavior to Robotic Assembly Tasks. 347-358
Raziel Álvarez, Erik Millán, Ricardo Swain Oropeza: Multilevel Seed Region Growth Segmentation. 359-368
Dora Luz Almanza-Ojeda, Víctor Ayala-Ramírez, Raúl Enrique Sánchez-Yáñez, Juan Gabriel Aviña-Cervantes: Performance Evaluation of a Segmentation Algorithm for Synthetic Texture Images. 379-385
Wenyin Zhang, Zhenli Nie, Zhenbing Zeng: Image Retrieval Based on Salient Points from DCT Domain. 386-395
Machine Learning and Data Mining
Chao Shao, Houkuan Huang: Selection of the Optimal Parameter Value for the ISOMAP Algorithm. 396-404
Edgar Chávez, Karina Figueroa, Gonzalo Navarro: Proximity Searching in High Dimensional Spaces with a Proximity Preserving Order. 405-414
Frank Emmert-Streib: A Neurobiologically Motivated Model for Self-organized Learning. 415-424
Sylvain Hallé: Using Boolean Differences for Discovering Ill-Defined Attributes in Propositional Machine Learning. 425-434
Yuangui Li, Weidong Zhang, Guoli Wang, Yunze Cai: Simplify Decision Function of Reduced Support Vector Machines. 435-442
Marlon Núñez, Raúl Fidalgo, Rafael Morales: On-Line Learning of Decision Trees in Problems with Unknown Dynamics. 443-453
Huaqing Li, Feihu Qi, Shaoyu Wang: Improved Pairwise Coupling Support Vector Machines with Correcting Classifiers. 454-461
Nobuo Inui, Yuji Shinano: Minimizing State Transition Model for Multiclassification by Mixed-Integer Programming. 473-482
Fernanda Kri, Carlos Gómez-Pantoja, Paz Caro: Overview of Metaheuristics Methods in Compilation. 483-493
Ariel García-Gamboa, Miguel González-Mendoza, Rodolfo Ibarra-Orozco, Neil Hernández-Gress, Jaime Mora-Vargas: Comparison of SVM-Fuzzy Modelling Techniques for System Identification. 494-503
Janset Kuvulmaz, Serkan Usanmaz, Seref Naci Engin: Time-Series Forecasting by Means of Linear and Nonlinear Models. 504-513
Ildar Z. Batyrshin, Leonid Sheremetov: Perception Based Time Series Data Mining with MAP Transform. 514-523
J. Horacio Camacho, Abdellah Salhi, Qingfu Zhang: A Graph Theoretic Approach to Key Equivalence. 524-533
Mingyang Gu: Supporting Generalized Cases in Conversational CBR. 544-553
Caihong Sun, Simon Chi-Keung Shiu, Xizhao Wang: Organizing Large Case Library by Linear Programming. 554-564
Ruifan Li, Cong Wang, Hongwei Hao, Xuyan Tu: Classifying Faces with Discriminant Isometric Feature Mapping. 565-573
Luis E. Garza-Castañón, Francisco J. Cantú Ortiz, Rubén Morales-Menéndez, Ricardo Ramírez-Mendoza: A Fault Detection Approach Based on Machine Learning Models. 583-592
Evolutionary Computation and Genetic Algorithms
Hongbin Dong, Jun He, Houkuan Huang, Wei Hou: A Mixed Mutation Strategy Evolutionary Programming Combined with Species Conservation Technique. 593-602
Margarita Reyes Sierra, Carlos A. Coello Coello: Coevolutionary Multi-objective Optimization Using Clustering Techniques. 603-612
Eduardo Rodriguez-Tello, Jin-Kao Hao, Jose Torres-Jimenez: A Comparison of Memetic Recombination Operators for the MinLA Problem. 613-622
Crina Grosan, Ajith Abraham, Sangyong Han, Alexander F. Gelbukh: Hybrid Particle Swarm - Evolutionary Algorithm for Search and Optimization. 623-632
Angel Eduardo Muñoz Zavala, Arturo Hernández Aguirre, Enrique Raúl Villa Diharce: Particle Evolutionary Swarm Optimization with Linearly Decreasing epsilon-Tolerance. 641-651
Efrén Mezura-Montes, Carlos A. Coello Coello: Useful Infeasible Solutions in Engineering Optimization with Evolutionary Algorithms. 652-662
XiuPing Guo, GenKe Yang, Zhiming Wu: A Hybrid Self-adjusted Memetic Algorithm for Multi-objective Optimization. 663-672
Ajith Abraham, Crina Grosan, Sang-Yong Han, Alexander F. Gelbukh: Evolutionary Multiobjective Optimization Approach for Evolving Ensemble of Intelligent Paradigms for Stock Market Modeling. 673-681
Alexandre Blansché, Pierre Gançarski, Jerzy J. Korczak: Genetic Algorithms for Feature Weighting: Evolution vs. Coevolution and Darwin vs. Lamarck. 682-691
Manuel Valenzuela-Rendón, Horacio Martinez-Alfaro, Hugo Terashima-Marín: A Deterministic Alternative to Competent Genetic Algorithms That Solves to Optimality Linearly Decomposable Non-overlapping Problems in Polynomial Time. 692-701
Neural Networks
Carolina Saavedra, Héctor Allende, Sebastián Moreno, Rodrigo Salas: K-Dynamical Self Organizing Maps. 702-711
Yong He, Yun Zhang, Liguo Xiang: Study of Application Model on BP Neural Network Optimized by Fuzzy Clustering. 712-720
Darius Plikynas, Yusaf H. Akbar: Application of Modified Neural Network Weights' Matrices Explaining Determinants of Foreign Investment Patterns in the Emerging Markets. 721-730
Luis Pastor Sánchez Fernández, Oleksiy B. Pogrebnyak, Cornelio Yáñez-Márquez: Neural Network and Trend Prediction for Technological Processes Monitoring. 731-740
Natural Language Processing
Alexander Ja. Dikovsky: Underspecified Semantics for Dependency Grammars. 741-751
Ying-Hong Liang, Tiejun Zhao: Distributed English Text Chunking Using Multi-agent Based Architecture. 752-760
JingHui Xiao, Bingquan Liu, Xiaolong Wang, Bing Li: A Similarity-Based Approach to Data Sparseness Problem of Chinese Language Modeling. 761-769
Zornitsa Kozareva, Boyan Bonev, Andrés Montoyo: Self-training and Co-training Applied to Spanish Named Entity Recognition. 770-779
Sofía N. Galicia-Haro, Alexander F. Gelbukh: Towards the Automatic Learning of Idiomatic Prepositional Phrases. 780-789
Igor A. Bolshakov, Elena I. Bolshakova: Measurements of Lexico-Syntactic Cohesion by Means of Internet. 790-799
Empar Bisbal, David Tomás, Lidia Moreno, José Luis Vicedo González, Armando Suárez: A Multilingual SVM-Based Question Classification System. 806-815
José Manuel Gómez Soriano, Manuel Montes-y-Gómez, Emilio Sanchis Arnal, Luis Villaseñor Pineda, Paolo Rosso: Language Independent Passage Retrieval for Question Answering. 816-823
Rodolfo A. Pazos Rangel, Joaquín Pérez Ortega, Juan Javier González Barbosa, Alexander F. Gelbukh, Grigori Sidorov, Myriam J. Rodríguez M.: A Domain Independent Natural Language Interface to Databases Capable of Processing Complex Queries. 833-842
Intelligent Interfaces and Speech Processing
John A. Fitzgerald, Bing Quan Huang, M. Tahar Kechadi: An Efficient Hybrid Approach for Online Recognition of Handwritten Symbols. 843-853
Haifeng Shen, Jun Guo, Gang Liu, Pingmu Huang, Qunxia Li: Environment Compensation Based on Maximum a Posteriori Estimation for Improved Speech Recognition. 854-862
Juan Arturo Nolazco-Flores: ASR Based on the Analasys of the Short-MelFrequencyCepstra Time Transform. 863-869
Humberto Pérez Espinosa, Carlos A. Reyes García: Building and Training of a New Mexican Spanish Voice for Festival. 870-879
Bioinformatics and Medical Applications
Angel Fernando Kuri Morales, Martha R. Ortiz-Posadas: A New Approach to Sequence Representation of Proteins in Bioinformatics. 880-889

Fernando Arámbula Cosío: Prostate Segmentation Using Pixel Classification and Genetic Algorithms. 910-917
Jun Kong, Jingdan Zhang, Yinghua Lu, Jianzhong Wang, Yanjun Zhou: A Novel Approach for Adaptive Unsupervised Segmentation of MRI Brain Images. 918-927
Sanjay Modgil, Pancho Tolchinsky, Ulises Cortés: Towards Formalising Agent Argumentation over the Viability of Human Organs for Transplantation. 928-938
Adriano Lorena Inácio de Oliveira, Carolina Baldisserotto, Julio Baldisserotto: A Comparative Study on Machine Learning Techniques for Prediction of Success of Dental Implants. 939-948
Orion Fausto Reyes-Galaviz, Carlos A. Reyes García: Infant Cry Classification to Identify Hypo Acoustics and Asphyxia Comparing an Evolutionary-Neural System with a Neural Network System. 949-958
Robotics
Jérôme Leboeuf Pasquier: Applying the GFM Prospective Paradigm to the Autonomous and Adaptative Control of a Virtual Robot. 959-969
Ramón F. Brena, Emmanuel Martinez: Maximizing Future Options: An On-Line Real-Time Planning Method. 970-979
Abraham Sánchez, Maria A. Osorio: On the Use of Randomized Low-Discrepancy Sequences in Sampling-Based Motion Planning. 980-989
Rafael Murrieta-Cid, Alejandro Sarmiento, Teja Muppirala, Seth Hutchinson, Raul Monroy, Moises Alencastre-Miranda, Lourdes Muñoz-Gómez, Ricardo Swain Oropeza: A Framework for Reactive Motion and Sensing Planning: A Critical Events-Based Approach. 990-1000
Antonio Marín-Hernández, Michel Devy, Víctor Ayala-Ramírez: Visual Planning for Autonomous Mobile Robot Navigation. 1001-1011
Pengfei Liu, Jiuqiang Han: Gait Synthesis Based on FWN and PD Controller for a Five-Link Biped Robot. 1012-1021
Jorge Axel Domínguez-López, Gilberto Marrufo: Hybrid Fuzzy/Expert System to Control Grasping with Deformation Detection. 1022-1031
Jorge Axel Domínguez-López: Adaptive Neuro-Fuzzy-Expert Controller of a Robotic Gripper. 1032-1041
Hwayoun Lee, Ho-Jin Choi, In-Young Ko: A Semantically-Based Software Component Selection Mechanism for Intelligent Service Robots. 1042-1051
Jorge Corona Castuera, Reyes Rios-Cabrera, Ismael Lopez-Juarez, Mario Peña-Cabrera: An Approach for Intelligent Fixtureless Assembly: Issues and Experiments. 1052-1061
Ismael Lopez-Juarez, Keny Ordaz-Hernández, Mario Peña-Cabrera, Jorge Corona Castuera, Reyes Rios-Cabrera: On the Design of a Multimodal Cognitive Architecture for Perceptual Learning in Industrial Robots. 1062-1072
Federico Guedea-Elizalde, Josafat M. Mata-Hernández, Rubén Morales-Menéndez: CORBA Distributed Robotic System: A Case Study Using a Motoman 6-DOF Arm Manipulator. 1073-1081
Modeling and Intelligent Control
Rafael Ceballos, Sergio Pozo, Carmelo Del Valle, Rafael M. Gasca: An Integration of FDI and DX Techniques for Determining the Minimal Diagnosis in an Automatic Way. 1082-1092
Jaime Alvarez-Gallegos, Carlos Alberto Cruz Villar, Edgar Alfredo Portilla-Flores: Evolutionary Dynamic Optimization of a Continuously Variable Transmission for Mechanical Efficiency Maximization. 1093-1102
Horacio Martinez-Alfaro, Griselda P. Cervantes-Casillas: Performance Improvement of Ad-Hoc Networks by Using a Behavior-Based Architecture. 1103-1112
Patrick B. Moratori, Adriano J. de Oliveira Cruz, Laci Mary B. Manhães, Emília B. Ferreira, Márcia V. Pedro, Cabral Lima, Leila Cristina V. de Andrade: Analysis of the Performance of Different Fuzzy System Controllers. 1113-1123
Andon V. Topalov, Okyay Kaynak: Discrete-Time Quasi-Sliding Mode Feedback-Error-Learning Neurocontrol of a Class of Uncertain Systems. 1124-1133
Gerardo Loreto, Ruben Garrido: Stable Task Space Neuro Controller for Robot Manipulators Without Velocity Measurements. 1134-1144
Changjie Yu, Jihong Zhu, Jianguo Che, Zengqi Sun: Input-Output Data Modelling Using Fully Tuned RBF Networks for a Four Degree-of-Freedom Tilt Rotor Aircraft Platform. 1145-1154
Sefer Kurnaz, Emre Eroglu, Okyay Kaynak, Umit Malkoc: A Frugal Fuzzy Logic Based Approach for Autonomous Flight Control of Unmanned Aerial Vehicles. 1155-1163
Rubén Morales-Menéndez, Sheyla Aguilar M, Ciro A. Rodríguez, Federico Guedea-Elizalde, Luis E. Garza-Castañón: Sensor-Fusion System for Monitoring a CNC-Milling Center. 1164-1174
Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Yasmín Hernández, Julieta Noguez, Luis Enrique Sucar, Gustavo Arroyo-Figueroa: A Probabilistic Model of Affective Behavior for Intelligent Tutoring Systems. 1175-1184
Julieta Noguez, Luis Enrique Sucar: A Semi-open Learning Environment for Virtual Laboratories. 1185-1194



