Cybernetics and Systems '96: Table of Contents

• Preface

• On a New System Theory and Its New Paradigms
  P.Zampa, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• An Internal Approach to Systems Description and Its Specification for DEDS Relation Modelling
  G.Juhas, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Towards a Differentiable Boolean Dynamics
  F.Bazso, E.Labos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• The Generalized Concept of Hierarchy
  M.Kalaidjieva, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Evolutionary Hierarchies of Energy Processing in Nature
  P.Winiwarter, C.Cempel, Bordalier Institute, Droue, France
• Cybernetic Communication and Control with Discrete Element Models
  R.A.Gagliano, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA
• Adapted Systems versus Systems in Equilibrium
  F. Parra-Luna, Universidad Complutense, Madrid, Spain
• Discursive Systems Theory: Joining Hard and Soft Systems in Analytic Tools
  S.Leven, R.Smith, Neural Systems & Science, Coral Springs, FL, USA
• Building Intelligent Systems from General Systems Theory
  A.Caselles, University of Valencia, Spain
• Upper and Lower Conditional Possibilities and Necessities Induced by a Multivalued Mapping
  E.Tsiporkova, B.de Baets, E.Kerre, University of Ghent, Belgium
• Observation, Memorization and Causal Operators
  R.Vallee, Universitè Paris-Nord, France
• Use of Linguistic Scales in Qualimetry Examination of Objects
  I.E.Tom, O.V.Krasko, Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk, Belarus

• New System-Theoretical Methods in Design of Discrete Automation Systems
  E.Schnieder, Technical University of Braunschweig, Germany
• Intelligent Systems Combining Reactive and Learning Capabilities
  W.Jacak, B.Buchberger, S.Stifter, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• A Petri Net Approach to Analysis of Complex Discrete Event Systems and to Synthesis of their Control
  F.Capkovic, Slovak Academy of Sciences, Bratislava, Slovakia
• Modeling of Discrete Dynamical Systems by Neural Networks and Genetic Algorithms
  S.Dreiseitl, Research Institute for Symbolic Computation, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• An Automata-Theory Approach to Design a Feedback Control Law for Autonomous Agents
  I.Sierocki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• Emergence of Space-Time Structures from Diffusive Chaos in Pearl-Verhulst and Lotka-Volterra Cellular Automata
  D.M.Dubois, University of Liege, Belgium
• Walsh Harmonizable Processes in Linear System Theory
  Y.Endow, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
• Chaotic Kolmogoroff-Flows for Image Encryption
  J.Scharinger, F.Pichler, W.Kozek, H.G.Feichtinger, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Parameters in a One-Dimensional Neuronal Diffusion Model with Reversal Potentials
  P.Lansky, V.Lanska, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic
• Recognition of Structural Changes in Stochastic Systems from the Data of Small Samples
  N.A.Nechval, Aviation University of Riga, Latvia
• Sensitive Control of Nonlinear Time Delay Systems
  R.G.Tsoneva, T.D.Patarinska, I.P.Popchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Sensitivity and Numerical Properties of Kalman Filters
  M.M.Konstantinov, I.P.Popchev, V.A.Angelova, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Incorporating Risk-Attitudes of Decision-Makers into Decisions
  S.Benedikt, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• Dualrate Approach to the State and Disturbance Reconstruction
  M.Huba, K.Zakova, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia

• System, the Quantum, and Complexity: General Introduction
  M.E.Carvallo, Groningen, The Netherlands
• Quantum Cybernetics: Systemic Modelling instead of Magical Mystifications of Quantum Theory
  G.Grössing, Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, Austria
• Time Generated by Intrinsic Observers
  K.Svozil, University of Technology, Vienna, Austria
• Quanta, Incompleteness, and Levels of Constructivity
  L.Löfgren, University of Lund, Sweden
• Is There Empirical Evidence that Psychology Requires a Quantum Theoretical Description?
  W.von Lucadou, Institut f.Grenzgebiete der Psychologie und Psychohygiene, Freiburg/Br., Germany
• Geometric Analysis: The Double-Slit Interference Experiment and Magnetic Resonance Imaging
  W.Schempp, University of Siegen, Germany
• Cybernetics and Evolution: A Philosophical Examination in a Wittgensteinian Light
  G.L.Farre, Georgetown University, Washington, DC, USA
• Hierarchically Emergent Fractal Evolution
  S. Fussy, G. Grössing, H. Schwabl, Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, Austria
• Autonomous Systems: Description and Construction
  E.von Goldammer, C.Kennedy, J.Paul, H.Lerchner, R.Swik, Institute for Cybernetics and Systems Theory, Bochum, Germany
• On a Semantics for Cooperative Agents Scenarios
  J.Pfalzgraf, V.Sofronie, K.Stokkermans, RISC-Linz, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Introducing and Modeling Polycontextural Logics
  R.Kaehr, T.Mahler, Institute for Cybernetics and Systems Theory, Bochum, Germany
• Dead and Living Systems: Their Relation to Formal Logical Descriptions
  E.von Goldammer, J.Paul, C.Kennedy, Institute for Cybernetics and Systems Theory, Bochum, Germany
• Panel Discussion
  with all workshop contributors and other interested participants

• Qualitative Analysis of System Architectures
  J.Schepers, Siemens AG, Munich, Germany
• Hierarchical Design and Evaluation of Heterogeneous Complex Systems
  C.Schaffer, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Constructed Complex Systems: Issues, Architectures and Wrappings
  C.Landauer, K.L.Bellman, The Aerospace Corp., Herndon, USA
• Concepts for Computer Aided Support of Complex Engineering Projects
  J.W.Rozenblit, L.Suantak, F.Bretschneider, University of Arizona, Tucson, USA
• DERC: A Dialogue Based, Evolutionary and Recursive Design Strategy for Complex, Learning and Adaptive Sociotechnical Systems
  P.S.Agrell, V.Asproth, S.C.Holmberg, A.Hakansson, Mid-Sweden University, Oestersund, Sweden
• A Semiotic Approach to Business Systems Analysis
  R.Smith, S.Leven, Arthur Andersen & Co., USA
• Simulation based Prediction of Energy Consumption for Steel Plants
  M.Beneder, S.Hofer, G.Jahn, F.Blümelhuber, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Object Oriented Modeling and Configuration of Simulation Programs
  H.Prähofer, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Towards Combinatorial Engineering of Decomposable Systems
  M.S.Levin, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan
• System of Two Cyclic Processes with Common Resource: Modelling and Performance Analysis
  C.Chudy, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

• Fuzzy Programming Approaches to Multiobjective Optimal Control Problems in Linear Distributed-Parameter Systems
  M.Sakawa, K.Kato, Hiroshima University, Higashi-Hiroshima, Japan
• A Fuzzy System for Image Pixel Classification and its Genetic Optimization
  P.Bauer, U.Bodenhofer, E.P.Klement, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• Object Recognition with the Fuzzy-Hough-Transform, and Special Evaluation Strategies for Lines, Circles, and Patterns
  H.Schmitzer, J.Kepler University, Linz, Austria
• A Neuro-Fuzzy System for Portfolio Evaluation
  C.Carlsson, R.Fuller, Abo Akademi University, Finland
• A Fuzzy Model of Data Interpretation for the Medical Expert System MedFrame/CADIAG-4
  H.Leitich, K.Bögl, G.Kolousek, T.E.Rothenfluh, K.-P.Adlassnig, University of Vienna, Austria
• Knowledge-Based Algorithm for Performing Problem-Oriented Complex Computational Jobs
  I.Pozniak, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• The Least Core and the Nucleolus in N-Person Cooperative Fuzzy Games
  I.Nishizaki, M.Sakawa, Setsunan University, Osaka, Japan
• Using the Systemic U-Knowledge Framework for Modeling Ambiguity in Human Expertise
  N.J.Bashias, M.R.Tausner, City University of New York, Staten Island, USA
• Consistency of Fuzzy Subsethood Based Knowledge: A Deductive Approach
  B.Haddad, University of Vienna, Austria
• Suitability of Fuzzy Controller Fine-Tuning: A Case Study for a Chemical Plant
  J.Zhou, J.Eriksson, Umea University, Sweden
• A Method for Approximate Reasoning in Exploratory Data Analysis
  M.Holena, University of Paderborn, Germany
• Query Optimization Properties of Modified Valuation-Based Systems
  M.A.Klopotek, S.T.Wierzchon, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• First Results for a Mathematical Theory of Possibilistic Processes
  H.J.Janssen, G.de Cooman, E.E.Kerre, State University of Ghent, Belgium
• Rating Alternatives Using Fuzzy Numbers
  V.Peneva, I.Popchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
• A Unified Algebraic Approach to Fuzzy Algebras and Rough Approximations
  G.Cattaneo, University of Milano, Italy

• The Primacy of Design: On Design as a Guiding Paradigm
  T.Mann, Florida A&M University, Tallahassee, Florida, USA
• Architectural Conception and CAD
  F.Pousin, Lab.d'Architecturologie et de Recherche Epistèmologique sur l'Architecture, Paris, France
• Assisting Creative Design by Visual Evaluation
  E.Grabska, Jagiellonian University, Cracow, Poland
• Mental Imagery as a Design Tool
  U.A.Athavankar, Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay, India
• Design Problem Solving: The Effect of Problem Formulation on the Construction of Solution Spaces
  G.Goldschmidt, A.Ben Zeev, S.Levi, Technion, Haifa, Israel
• Designers as Knowledge Based Systems
  M.Kavakli, Istanbul Technical University, Turkey
• Teaching/Learning How to Change and to Evolve Using Simulation
  H.Löckenhoff, Polytechnique, Esslingen, Germany
• Creative Aspects of Maintainability Design System
  W.Tarelko, Gdynia Maritime Academy, Poland
• From Hypertext to Hyperquestions: Informational Tools for Knowledge Workers
  B.A.Banathy, International Systems Institute, and Monterey Peninsula College, Monterey, CA, USA
• Visualization of Object-Oriented Knowledge
  C.Demmer, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
• Designing Educational Systems Using the Model for Designing Technical Systems
  M.Gawrysiak, Bialystok University of Technology, Poland
• Qualities We Seek in Designing Social Systems
  B.H.Banathy, International Systems Institute and Saybrook Graduate School, Carmel, CA, USA
• Preparing Educational Learning Communities for Change by Design
  S.McCormick, T.Waters, Saybrook Institute and Learning Systems Design, Snohomish, WA, USA
• Systems Motivations and Transformations - Inquiry of Informatic Integration
  M.Bazewicz, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

• NOAH: The Ark of Knowing in a Learning Environment (a Tribute to Gordon Pask and Robin McKinnon-Wood)
  R.Glanville, R.McKinnon-Wood, University of Portsmouth, England
• The Relevance of Naturalized Control Theory to Resolving Augustinian Issues
  I.D.Cole, Richmond, VA, USA
• Two Genetic Areas of Methodology for the Application of Cybernetics to Human Science Research
  A.Collen, Saybrook Institute, San Francisco, CA, USA
• A Paradoxical Perspective
  R.B.Uribe, University of Illinois, Urbana, USA
• Contradiction - from Causal Flow to Infinite Ontology
  F.-G.Winkler, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• Language Theory: Consensual Selection of Dynamics
  C.Henry, L.M.Rocha, SUNY at Binghamton, USA
• Lost in the Information Flood: On the Problem of Relevant Information Selection in Firms
  E.Hanappi-Egger, H.Hanappi, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna, Austria

• A Boolean Neural Network Learning from a Random Environment
  F.E.Lauria, M.Sette, S.Visco, University of Naples, Italy
• Error Transmission Based Connectivity Estimations on Neural Units (An Optimization Strategy for Neural Network Associative Memory Storage)
  L.Orzo, E.Labos, Semmelweis University Medical School, Budapest, Hungary
• A Statistical Model of the CA3 Region of the Hippocampus
  T.Gröbler, G.Barna, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• Diffusion Approximation of Discrete Markov Chains with Binomial-like Transition Probabilities
  M.Abundo, University Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
• On the Straight Line Crossing Problem for Two-Dimensional Random Walks
  A. Di Crescenzo, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Naples, Italy
• Some Remarks on First-Passage-Time for Jump-Diffusion Processes
  M.T.Giraudo, L.Sacerdote, University of Torino, Italy
• On Asymptotic Behaviors of Stochastic Models for Single Neuron Activity
  V.Giorno, A.G.Nobile, L.M.Ricciardi, University of Naples, Italy
• Two Types of Bistable Behaviour in Thalamocortical Neurons
  T.I.Toth, S.R.Williams, V.Crunelli, University of Wales, Cardiff, England
• Multicompartmental Modeling of the Olfactory Bulb
  I.Aradi, P.Erdi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• A Method for Analysing Transients in Dendritic Trees with Nonuniform Segments
  M. Ohme, A. Schierwagen, University of Leipzig, Germany
• Control of Plastic Neural Oscillators
  H.Nagashino, Y.Kinouchi, University of Tokushima, Japan
• Cerebellar Involvement in the Control of Skilled Movements
  F.Mechsner, University of Ulm, Germany
• Models of Spontaneous Oscillations in 'Simple' Animals
  V.Di Maio, P.Lansky, Italian National Council for Research, Arco Felice, Italy
• The Role of Genetic Redundancy in the Evolution of Genetic Systems
  G.Nadori, L.Tornyi, I.Molnar, Lorand Eötvös University, Budapest, Hungary

• Search for Nonlinearity in the Heartbeat Time Series
  A.Di Garbo, M.Barbi, S.Chillemi, R.Balocchi, C.Michelassi, C.Carpeggiani, CNR Institute of Clinical Physiology, Pisa, Italy
• An Analysis for the Plasma Disappearance Rate of Indocyanine Green in a Turbid Media Using Monte Carlo Simulation and Diffusion Approximation
  K.Awazu, University of Texas, USA
• A Computational Model of the Locus Coeruleus
  A.C.M.Diogo, L.A.V.de Carvalho, COPPE/UFRJ, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
• Application of Non-Linear Classifiers to EEG at Rest for Identifying Psychiatric Disorders
  J.Magdolen, P.Rappelsberger, G.Dorffner, A.Flexer, G.Winterer, University of Vienna, Austria
• The Generalised Preprocessing Perceptron for Medical Data Analysis: A Case Study for the Polycystic Ovary Syndrome
  L.Anttila, P.Eklund, L.Kallin, P.Koskinen, T.-A.Penttilä, Umea University, Sweden
• An Optimum Sampling Problem of Stochastic Processes and Its Application in Endocrinology
  X.Zhongjie, P.Zhang, C.Hseih, M.Xu, L.Xiamin, Peking University, China
• A Manipulator for 3D Ultrasonography - A Robotic Experience
  I.Duleba, W.Ilczyszyn, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• ACU - A Therapy Advice System Based on Acupuncture and Moxibustion
  N.H.Phuong, L.D.Long, T.Q.Minh, Vietnam National Center for Natural Science and Technology, Hanoi, Vietnam
• Emergence of Chaos in the Classical SIRS Epidemiologic Model
  P.Sabatier, P.M.Guigal, D.M.Dubois, Ecole Vètèrinaire de Lyon, France
• Epidemiological Monitor of Antenatal Screening for Down's Syndrome
  V.Lanska, D.Stejskal, Institute for Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Prague, Czech Republic
• Normal and Pathological Adaptation of Children to Mental Effort
  D.A. Napalkov, M.L. Sosenko, Moscow State University, Russia
• The Role of Time in Socialization, Mind Control and Psychotherapy
  M.Okuyama, Ohmiya Child Health Center, Ohmiya-shi, Japan
• Performing Psychological Thinking: Psychotherapy between Systems Theory and Postmodernity
  J.Kooistra, Utrecht University, The Netherlands

• A Comparison of the Stability of the Socio-Economic Systems of the United States and Russia
  S.A.Umpleby, P.A.Makeyenko, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
• Human Adaptation to a Changing Socio-Economic Environment: Transition to the Openness
  A.Dreimanis, Environmental State Inspectorate, Riga, Latvia
• Eastern Post-Cold War "Peace Dividend": General Typology of Components
  C.Mesjasz, Academy of Economics, Cracow, Poland
• Total Quality Management, Reengineering or Something Else - A Basic Tool of Cybernetics of the Socio-Economic Systems and Country Development in Central and Eastern Europe
  M.Mulej, S.Kajzer, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Informal R&D and (Real) National Innovation Systems
  M.S.Lipsett, R.K.Smith, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, Canada
• Shouldn't We just Mind our own Business?
  O.Forsgren, O.Henfridsson, Umea University, Sweden
• Does Structure Matter?
  P.A.Ballonoff, Ballonoff Consulting Service, Washington, D.C., USA
• General Systems in the World of Systems
  K.Balkus, Florida State University, Mexico Beach, FL, USA
• The Self-Organization of Socio-Economic Systems from an Information-Theoretic Approach: The Case of Industrial Districts
  J.Such, Faculty of Economics, Valencia, Spain
• Virtual Structures in Sociocultural Systems
  J.J.Hagen, University of Salzburg, Austria
• Some Problems of Evolution of Social Systems
  V.Degtiar, Moscow State University, Russia
• The Interplay between Strategic, Political and Innovative Processes of Management - The Case of Bennet BV
  S.Ree, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
• A Decision Support Approach for R & D Resource Allocation
  A.Jakubowski, R.Kulikowski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• The 'Optimal' Budget for Austria under Patience and Impatience
  R.Neck, S.Karbuz, University of Osnabrück, Germany

• A Complexity Perspective of Organizing
  G.Broekstra, Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands
• Against Evaluation?
  A.Gregory, University of Humberside, Hull, United Kingdom
• The Change Process within the National Health Service, Using Darlington Memorial Hospital as a Case Study.
  S.Roberts, I.Sharratt, University of Teesside, Cleveland, England
• Cybernetics of Multinational Production Systems
  B.Schiemenz, Philipps-University, Marburg, Germany
• Quality Management via Organisational Feedback-Loops
  S.Haferkamp, C.Wunn, G.Strina, K.Henning, Institute of Entrepreneurial Cybernetics, Mülheim an der Ruhr, Germany
• Behavioral Systems Levels in the Business Firm
  J.W.Henke, Oakland University, Rochester, MI, USA
• Does Modern Information Technology Increase Flexibility and Productivity?
  J.D.M.Kruisinga, Delft University of Technology, The Netherlands
• Information Systems and Competitive Advantage
  S.Treven, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Knowledge Utilization Process in Business Environment
  M.Verkasalo, P.Lappalainen, Nokia Telecommunications, Haukipudas, Finland
• Parameterized Petri Nets for Organizing Human and Artificial Agents
  G.Agimont, G.Libert, Faculte Polytechnique de Mons, Belgium
• Lean Management - through the Looking Glass of System Theory
  B. Blöchl, Fachhochschule Lausitz, Senftenberg, Germany
• Systems Methodologies, Reference Systems and Science
  D.Tsagdis, University of Humberside, Hull, England
• Business Ethics in Poland: Sketches to the Portrait
  W.W.Gasparski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
• Managing Stories: A Community Research Perspective on Water
  M.Vahl, University of Humberside, Hull, England

• Query Processing in Object-Oriented Databases
  L.Wang, M.Wing, C.Davis, N.Revell, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
• Optimal Partitioning of a Distributed Relational Database for Multistage Decision-Making Support Systems
  L.Borzemski, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• How to Measure Cognitive Complexity in Human-Computer Interaction
  M.Rauterberg, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH), Zurich, Switzerland
• Design of Visual Interfaces to Coordinate Real-Time Decision Making in Hierarchical Structures
  S. Nishida, Osaka University, Japan
• A Block Approach for Flow-Shop Scheduling to Minimize Maximum Cost
  J.Grabowski, C.Smutnicki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• Integrated Product Development: New Challenges for Engineering Cybernetics
  R.Rohatynski, Technical University of Zielona Gora, Poland
• Compression and Reconstruction of Movie Sequences by Means of Loeve-Karhunen Expansion
  L.Favella, N.Balossino, M.T.Reineri, Universita di Torino, Italy
• Three Dimensional Computer Vision for Computer Design and Manufacturing Applications
  M.Milanova, R.Kunchev, J.Amat, Technical University, Sofia, Bulgaria
• Long-Range Correlations in Computer Programs
  P.Kokol, J.Brest, V.Zumer, University of Maribor, Slovenia
• An Exact Algorithm for Capacity and Flow Assignment in Wide Area Computer Networks
  M.Gola, A.Kasprzak, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

• Language and Metaphors of Cyberspace
  G.J.Marshall, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
• Four Models from Cybernetics to Guide our Understanding of Cyberspace
  S.A.Umpleby, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA
• Electronic Agrarianism: Or Thomas Jefferson Gets a Modem
  K.Howley, Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• CYBERSTADT: Problems of Growth of Virtual Communities
  M.J.Lipner, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA
• Of Mind, Body and Machine: Cyborg Cultural Politics in the Age of Hypertext
  J.M.Albright, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA
• The Distortion of the Outside/Inside Antonymy
  A.Cecchi, Terni, Italy
• Fiction as Artificial Life: Exploring the Ideosphere
  M.A.Taylor, Kinjo Gakuin University, Nagoya, Japan
• Meta-Portfolios: Fractal Maps of Cyber-Markets
  M.F.Schreiber, University of Economics and Business Administration, Vienna, Austria
• Semantic Webs: A Cyberspatial Representational Form for Cybernetics
  C.Joslyn, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD, USA
• Algorithms for the Self-Organization of Distributed, Multi-User Networks. Possible Application to the Future World Wide Web
  J.Bollen, F.Heylighen, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• The World-Wide Web as a Super-Brain: From Metaphor to Model
  F.Heylighen, J.Bollen, Free University of Brussels, Belgium
• Global Brains and Communication in a Complex Adaptive World
  G.Mayer-Kress, Beckman Institute, UIUC, Urbana, IL, USA
• Implementing Gibsonian Virtual Environments
  D.Schmalstieg, M.Gervautz, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
• A Logic for Networked Virtual World
  P.Camargo Silva, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Erlangen, Germany
• Panel Discussion
  with all symposium contributors and other interested participants

• Discovering Causal Rules in Relational Databases
  F.Esposito, D.Malerba, V.Ripa, G.Semeraro, Universita degli Studi di Bari, Italy
• Efficient Algorithms for Mining and Manipulating Associations in Texts
  R.Feldman, I.Dagan, W.Klösgen, GMD, St.Augustin, Germany
• Using SQL Primitives and Parallel DB Servers to Speed up Knowledge Discovery in Large Relational Databases
  A.A.Freitas, S.H.Lavington, University of Essex, Colchester, United Kingdom
• Discovering Foreign Key Relations in Relational Databases
  A.J.Knobbe, P.W.Adriaans, Syllogic, Houten, The Netherlands
• Knowledge Discovery in Databases: Mining in Warranty Cost Data
  C.Legner, S.Ohl, G.Nakhaeizadeh, Daimler-Benz AG, Ulm, Germany
• On an Algorithm for Finding all Interesting Sentences
  H.Mannila, H.Toivonen, University of Helsinki, Finland
• An Original Environment for Cooperative Scientific Knowledge Test, Revision and Discovery
  P.Munteanu, B.Caillaud, J.F.Serignat, Universitè Stendhal, Grenoble, France
• ARCII: A System for Inducing and Simplifying Dependence and Causal Dependence Relationships
  G.Pavillon, INSERM, Le Vesinet, France
• The Use of Statistics in Semantic Query Optimization
  A.Sayli, B.Lowden, University of Essex, England
• A Discretization Method of Continuous Attributes in Induction Graphs
  D.A. Zighed, R. Rakotomalala, S. Rabaseda, Universitè Lumiere Lyon 2, Bron, France

• Statistical Evaluation of Neural Network Experiments: Minimum Requirements and Current Practice
  A.Flexer, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria
• Adaptive Analysis and Visualization in High Dimensional Data Spaces
  G.Palm, F.Schwenker, University of Ulm, Germany
• Adaptive Learning Algorithm for Principal Component Analysis with Partial Data
  A.Cichocki, W.Kasprzak, W.Skarbek, Frontier Lab, RIKEN, Wako, Saitama, Japan
• Reinforcement Learning for Cybernetic Control
  M.Pendrith, M.Ryan, A.Hoffmann, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• A Neural Circuit to Handle Passive Extinction in Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
  A.Gülöksüz, U.Halici, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
• Truncated Temporal Differences with Function Approximation: Successful Examples Using CMAC
  P.Cichosz, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
• Adaptive Classification in Autonomous Agents
  C.Scheier, D.Lambrinos, University of Zurich, Switzerland
• A Study of the Adaptation of Learning Rule Parameters Using a Meta Neural Network
  C.McCormack, University College Cork, Ireland
• Lower Bounds on Identification Criteria for Perceptron-like Learning Rules
  M.Schmitt, Technical University of Graz, Austria
• Learning to Control Dynamic Systems
  M.Riedmiller, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Neuronal Adaptivity and Network Fault-Tolerance
  D.Horn, N.Levy, E.Ruppin, Tel-Aviv University, Israel
• Tracking of Non-Stationary Time-Series Using Resource-Allocating RBF Networks
  A.McLachlan, D.Lowe, Aston University, United Kingdom
• Neural Networks: Do They Really Outperform Linear Models? Exchange Rate Forecasting Using Weekly Data
  T.H.Hann, University of Karlsruhe, Germany
• Hippocampal Two-Stage Learning and Memory Consolidation
  A.Bibbig, T.Wennekers, University of Ulm, Germany
• Analog Computations with Mapped Neural Fields
  A.Schierwagen, H.Werner, University of Leipzig, Germany
• The Role of Reinforcement in a Reading Model
  H.Ruellan, LIMSI/CNRS, Orsay, France
• Quasi Mental Clusters: A Neural Model of Knowledge Discovery in Narrative Texts
  S.W.K.Chan, J.Franklin, University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
• An Application of the Saturated Attractor Analysis to Three Typical Models
  J. Feng, B. Tirozzi, University of Munich, Germany
• On a New Gauge-Theoretical Framework for Controlling Neural Network Dynamics
  E.Pessa, G.Resconi, Universita Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Brescia, Italy
• Investigation of the Attractor Structure in the Continuous Hopfield Model
  S.Amin, BT Laboratories, Ipswich, United Kingdom

• Anxieties around AI - Philosophical and Practical, Educational Response
  T.Vamos, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
• A Look at CLP - Theory and Application
  J.Csonto, J.Paralic, Technical University of Kosice, Slovakia
• Modifying and Justifying Recursive Programs in Inductive Theorem Proving: Why and How?
  M.Franova, CNRS & Universitè Paris Sud, Orsay, France
• A New Approach for the Unsupervised Parity Problem
  T.Y.T.Chan, University of Aizu, Fukushima, Japan
• Structural Regression Trees: First Steps
  S.Kramer, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria
• An Urn Model for Autonomous Learning
  C.Liu, B.Zhang, Tsinghua University, Beijing, China
• A Data Preparation for Relational Inductive Learning in Robotics
  A.Rieger, University of Dortmund, Germany
• A Navigation System for Mobile Robots Using Visual Feedback and Artificial Potential Fields
  F.Serradilla, D.Maravall, Polytechnical University of Madrid, Spain
• On the Cognition of Synthetic Characters
  P.Petta, R.Trappl, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria
• Multi-Agent Systems as Support of Consensual Knowledge Bases for the Development of Cooperative Environments
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• Engineering Design Support and Intelligent Agents
  B.Lees, University of Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
• Multi-Agent System with Qualitative Simulation Unit
  V.Marik, O.Stepankova, O.Flek, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
• Control of an Autonomous Agent by Applying Selected Hypotheses Tracking
  B.Kreczmer, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
• Natural Language Explanations for Constraint-Based Expert Systems
  H.Horacek, University of Konstanz, Germany
• The Generation of Idiomatic and Collocational Expressions
  J.Matiasek, Austrian Research Institute f. Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria
• Decision Techniques in Large Vocabulary Speech Recognition System
  J.Psutka, University of West Bohemia, Pilsen, Czech Republic
• Towards Logical Analysis of Rule-Based Systems: Quality and Reliability Verification
  A.Ligeza, P.Fuster Parra, Technical University, Cracow, Poland
• Evaluation of the Quality of a Rule Base
  I.Aguilo-Pons, G.Fiol-Roig, Universitat de les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• A Model for Representing Causal Diagnostic Reasoning
  P.Fuster Parra, A.Ligeza, University of Balearic Islands, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
• Intelligent Search Algorithms in Scheduling
  E.Dudek-Dyduch, T.Dyduch, Academy of Mining and Metallurgy, Cracow, Poland