Symposium A: New Developments in Mathematical Systems Theory
Y.Rav, France, and F.Pichler, Austria

Tuesday, April 14, p.m. Room 34

14.00-14.30
Reachability and Controllability of Positive Singular Discrete Linear Systems
T.Kaczorek, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland
14.30-15.00
Parameter Identification of Hammerstein Systems with Two-Segment Nonlinearities
J.Vörös, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
15.00-15.30
Eigenfrequency Assignment Using Passive Vibration Absorption Systems
M.Loccufier, E.Noldus, University of Ghent, Belgium
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Robust Control for Uncertain Linear Systems with Online Adjustment of Target Trajectory
M.Maki, K.Hagino, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
16.30-17.00
Minimum Time Pole Assignment PWM Controllers for I1- and I2-Systems
M.Huba, D.Sovisova, B.Bozgai, P.Bistak, K.Zakova, Slovak Technical University, Bratislava, Slovakia
17.00-17.30
"Structure Loops" in "Space-Time-Imbrication" Reference Frames
T.Moulin, Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Techniques Avancées, Paris, France
17.30-18.00
A Short Introduction to Observable Operator Models of Stochastic Processes
H.Jaeger, German National Research Center for Information Technology, Sankt Augustin, Germany

Wednesday, April 15, a.m. Room 34

11.00-11.30
Variational Approach to Adaptive Optimization of Stochastic Systems
N.A.Nechval, K.N.Nechval, B.M.Heimanis, Aviation University of Riga, Latvia
11.30-12.00
Systems Theory for Macro-Architecting in the Computer- and Information Sciences
F.Pichler, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
12.00-12.30
The Artificial Intelligence Approach to the State Identification Problems
I.Sierocki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
12.30-13.00
Some Remarks on Calculation Complexity of Fourier Transforms on Finite Groups
R.S.Stankovic, D.Milenovic, Faculty of Electronics, Nis, Yugoslavia

Wednesday, April 15, p.m. Room 47

16.00-16.30
Dyadic Systems and Their Evolution Operators
Y.Endow, Chuo University, Tokyo, Japan
16.30-17.00
Irreversibility Aspects of Kolmogorov Systems
J.Scharinger, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
17.00-17.30
Carrier Synchronization Requirements for DMT Modems
J.Zeindl, C.Schaffer, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria
17.30-18.00
A Spectral Collocation Method for Nonlinear Stable Control via a Homotopy Approach
S.He, S.Günther, K.Reif, R.Unbehauen, University of Erlangen-Nürnberg, Germany

Symposium B: System, the Quantum, and Complexity
M.Carvallo, Netherlands, and G.Groessing, Austria

Wednesday, April 15, a.m. Room 48

11.00-11.30
Understanding System, the Quantum and Information
M.E.Carvallo, Groningen, The Netherlands
11.30-12.00
Quantum Communication and Entanglement
H.Weinfurter, D.Bouwmeester, K.Mattle, J.-W.Pan, M.Eibl, A.Zeilinger, J.Brendel, W.Tittel, H.Zbinden, N.Gisin, J.G.Rarity, P.Tapster, University of Innsbruck, Austria
12.00-12.30
EPR Correlations Made Useful. A Quantum Communication Perspective
H.-J.Briegel, J.I.Cirac, P.Zoller, University of Innsbruck, Austria

Wednesday, April 15, p.m. Room 48

14.00-14.30
Reversible Computation as a Model for the Quantum Measurement Process
K.Svozil, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
14.30-15.00
Quantum Computing by NMR Spectroscopy
W.Schempp, University of Siegen, Germany
15.00-15.30
Nonseparability of Inferribility and Measurability in Quantum Mechanics as a Systema Magnum
L.Löfgren, University of Lund, Sweden
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Oscillations in Quantum Theory: Means to "Observe" the Environment
G.Grössing, Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, Austria
16.30-17.00
Quantization Phenomenon in Dynamical Systems Observed under Random Perturbations
V.F.Krotov, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
17.00-17.30
Incursive Harmonic Oscillator Related to Quantum Mechanics
D.Dubois, University of Liege, Belgium

Thursday, April 16, p.m. Room 48

14.00-14.30
A Quantitative Measure of Complexity in a Feedback Model for Macroevolution
S.Fussy, G.Grössing, H.Schwabl, Austrian Institute for Nonlinear Studies, Vienna, Austria
14.30-15.00
Complexity, Quantum Theory, and a System-Theoretic Description of Cognitive Processes
D.Gernert, Technical University of Munich, Germany
15.00-15.30
The Semantic Filter and the Structure of Observation
G.L.Farre, Georgetown University, Washington, D.C., USA

Symposium C: Fuzzy Systems, Approximate Reasoning and Knowledge-Based Systems
C.Carlsson, Finland, K.-P.Adlassnig, Austria, and E.P.Klement, Austria

Friday, April 17, a.m. Room 41

11.00-11.30
Rule Base and Inference Process of the Medical Expert System CADIAG-IV
L.Brein, K.-P.Adlassnig, G.Kolousek, University of Vienna, Austria
11.30-12.00
An Application of Fuzzy Set Theory in a Diagnostic Process Extended in Time
E.Rakus-Andersson, T.Gerstenkorn, University of Lodz, Poland
12.00-12.30
Optimal Threshold Settings in CADIAG-II/COLON
C.Lagor, K.-P.Adlassnig, G.-V. Kornek, W.Scheitauer, University of Vienna, Austria

Friday, April 17, p.m. Room 41

14.00-14.30
A New Look at Linguistic Importance Weighted Aggregations
C.Carlsson, R.Fuller, Eötvös Lorand University, Budapest, Hungary
14.30-15.00
On Rough Quantifiers
C.-J.Liau, Academia Sinica, Taipei, Taiwan
15.00-15.30
The Lattice of the Generalizations in a KDD Process
M.C.Fernandez, E.Menasalvas, J.P.Pena, C.Perez, E.Santos, Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, Spain
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Refinement-Driven Knowledge Acquisition
N.Stojanovic, L.Stojanovic, Faculty of Electronical Engineering, Nis, Yugoslavia
16.30-17.00
Identification of Unknown Criminal Offenders Using Probabilistic Methods
S.Benedikt, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
17.00-17.30
Decision Making with Fuzzy Relations
V.Peneva, I.Popchev, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Sofia, Bulgaria
17.30-18.00
Knowledge Based Alarm States Management in Lift System
Z.Avdagic, University of Sarajevo, Bosnia-Herzegovina

Symposium D: Designing and Systems
W.Gasparski, Poland, and G.Goldschmidt, Israel

Tuesday, April 14, p.m. Room 41

14.00-14.30
Problem Definition - a Multi-Disciplinary Systems View: Breathing Circuit Disconnection in the Operating Room as Exemplar
G.Goldschmidt, Y.Donchin, Technion - Israel Inst. of Technology, Haifa, Israel
14.30-15.00
Need the System Hinder Your Thoughts?: Divided Attention and the Design of Mind-Machine Systems for Artists
J.Fish, Frausseilles, France
15.00-15.30
Computer-Aided Pharmaceutical Process Development Using a Natural Design Language
A.A.Linninger, G.Stephanopoulos, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Units of Design Thinking and Quanta of Design Teaching
P.Kapustin, Voronezh State Academy of Architecture and Civil Engineering, Voronezh, Russia
16.30-17.00
VHDL Based Semantics of Extended State Diagrams
T.Müller-Wipperfürth, Johannes Kepler University, Linz, Austria

Symposium E: Social Systems Design, and its Education
B.Banathy, USA, and M.Jackson, UK

Wednesday, April 15, a.m. Room 41

11.00-11.30
Designing Social Systems
B.H.Banathy, International Systems Institute and Saybrook Graduate School, Carmel, CA, USA
11.30-12.00
Critical Reflections on Participation in Design and Decision-Making
A.M.Castell, A.J.Gregory, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Lincoln, United Kingdom
12.00-12.30
Moving Towards Compliance with Standards for Environmental Protection - an Example of Mixing Approaches to "Messy" Problems
D.Petkov, T.McEwan, S.von Solms, M.Vezjak, University of Natal, Pietermaritzburg, South Africa
12.30-13.00
Agency and Community
J.L.England, K.Warner, C.Ward, Brigham Young University, Provo, Utah, USA

Wednesday, April 15, p.m. Room 41

14.00-14.30
Value Consistency and Second-Order Design in the Development of Interprofessional Development Programs at American Universities
K.Udas, Univerzita Komenskeho, Bratislava, Slovakia
14.30-15.00
Education as a Process: Analytical Framework for the Analysis
A.Repeko, Belarusian Academy of Sciences, Minsk, Belarus
15.00-15.30
A New Theoretical and Practical Approach to Early Positive Developing Child's Consciousness
V.A.Fomichov, O.S.Fomichova, Moscow State Institute of Electronics and Mathematics, Russia
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Learning to Design Societal Systems for a Global Society is Quite Something
J.L.Elohim, Mautern a.d.Donau, Austria
16.30-17.00
Another Myth for the Information Age
B.A.Banathy, International Systems Institute, Salinas, CA, USA
17.00-17.30
The Nature and Culture of Cyberspace
G.J.Marshall, Middlesex University, London, United Kingdom
17.30-18.00
Social Systems Design of Virtual Organizations
M.James, M.Brayshaw, University of Lincolnshire and Humberside, Lincoln, United Kingdom

Symposium F: Biocybernetics and Mathematical Biology
L.M.Ricciardi, Italy

Tuesday, April 14, p.m. Room 46

14.00-14.30
A Bio-Inspired Method for Visual Movement Discrimination
R.Moreno-Diaz, M.Aleman-Flores, R.Moreno-Diaz, Jr., Universidad de Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
14.30-15.00
Image Transforms Based on Retinal Concepts
J.C.Quevedo-Losada, O.Bolivar-Toledo, R.Moreno-Diaz, Jr., University of Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
15.00-15.30
A Self-Organising Model of the Ontogeny of the Frog's Visual System: The Anisotropical Development
Z.Somogyvari, A.Andai, G.Szekely, P.Erdi, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Budapest, Hungary
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Dynamics of Synaptic Transmission and Neural Code
L.Orzo, E.Labos, Semmelweis Medical School, Budapest, Hungary
16.30-17.00
Connectedness and Formal Neural Nets
E.Labos, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
17.00-17.30
A Cybernetic Emulator for an Adaptable Boolean Net
F.E.Lauria, R.Prevete, M.Milo, S.Visco, Universita di Napoli, Italy
17.30-18.00
Neurodynamical Model for Time Processing
C.L.Simionescu-Badea, University of Salzburg, Austria

Wednesday, April 15, a.m. Room 46

11.00-11.30
Application of Spectral Methods to Modelling Spatio-Temporal Neural Processes
T.I.Toth, V.Crunelli, University of Wales, Cardiff, United Kingdom
11.30-12.00
Transitions of Oscillatory Modes in a Four Coupled Neural Oscillator Model
H.Nagashino, T.Ikemoto, Y.Kinouchi, University of Tokushima, Japan
12.00-12.30
Populations of Integrate-and-Fire Oscillators with Different Frequencies
W.Gruber, K.W.Kratky, University of Vienna, Austria

Wednesday, April 15, p.m. Room 46

14.00-14.30
The Origin of Information and Regulation (Control) in the Evolution of Predator-Prey-Like Systems
D.Kirvelis, Vilnius University, Vilnius, Lithuania
14.30-15.00
Remarks on Survival for a Stochastic Model of Competing Populations
A.Di Crescenzo, V.Giorno, A.G.Nobile, L.M.Ricciardi, Universita di Napoli "Federico II", Napoli, Italy
15.00-15.30
Walking Tree Heuristics for String Matching and Gene Location
P.Cull, J.L.Holloway, J.D.Cavener, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR, USA
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Memory Storage Capacity Process of a Biochemical Clock
A.L.Kovacs, Universita "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy
16.30-17.00
Some Remarks on First-Crossing-Time Problem for One-Dimensional Diffusion Processes
M.Abundo, Universita Tor Vergata, Rome, Italy
17.00-17.30
Some Informational Aspects of Biocybernetics
O.G.Chorayan, Rostov-on-Don State University, Russia

Symposium G: Cybernetics and Systems in Medicine
Xie Z., China, and G.Porenta, Austria

Friday, April 17, p.m. Room 47

14.00-14.30
Statistical Parametric Modeling for the Luteinizing Hormone Curve Based on Few Observed Values of Estradiol and Progesterone
H.Chungming, X.Meihong, M.Quanfu, Z.Xie, Z.Zun, L.Xiamin, Beijing University, China
14.30-15.00
Tissue Automat. A Cell Kinetics Model
G.Zajicek, Hadassah Medical School, Jerusalem, Israel
15.00-15.30
Applying EMDR (Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing) with Children Suffering from Long Term Physical Illness
E.Sakio, National Children's Hospital, Tokyo, Japan
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Comparison of Two Methods of Contouring Medical Ultrasonic Images
P.Rogalinski, I.Duleba, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
16.30-17.00
Application of CASE Methodology to Develop a Medical Information System
D.Moertl, T.Dombrowski, G.Porenta, University of Vienna, Austria

Symposium H: Cybernetics of Socio-Economic Systems and of Country Development
P.Ballonoff, USA, and S.A.Umpleby, USA

Thursday, April 16, p.m. Room 48

16.00-16.30
Systems Thinking or Systems Dreaming?: Predictive, Normative and Prescriptive Approaches in Applications of Systems Thinking in Social Sciences
C.Mesjasz, Academy of Economics, Cracow, Poland
16.30-17.00
Liberalism, Libertarianism, Free Choice
P.Ballonoff, Ballonoff Consulting Service, Washington, D.C., USA
17.00-17.30
General Considerations on Fundamental Differences Between the Anglo-American and the Central European Socio-Economic System
K.Körner, Vienna, Austria
17.30-18.00
From Verbal Data to Complex Problem Solving by GABEK
J.Zelger, Leopold-Franzens-University, Innsbruck, Austria

Friday, April 17, a.m. Room 48

11.00-11.30
Identifying the Russian Cultural Constitution
V.Gouchtchina, S.A.Umpleby, Voronezh State University, Russia
11.30-12.00
Problems of Support of Socio-Economic Environment of Organisations for their Sustainable Development
V.Degtiar, Moscow State University, Russia
12.00-12.30
Will Russia Become an Industrial or a Post-Industrial Society?
S.A.Umpleby, V.N.Gouchtchina, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
12.30-13.00
Transition by Ownership or Entrepreneurship?
M.Rebernik, M.Mulej, S.Kajzer, University of Maribor, Slovenia

Friday, April 17, p.m. Room 48

14.00-14.30
Income Differentiation in Russia: Pros and Cons. A Look from Inside
N.Fedotova, Irkutsk State Academy of Economics, Russia
14.30-15.00
Societal Self-Awareness as an Aid to Societal Development
T.Medvedeva, S.A.Umpleby, Siberian State University of Transport, Novosibirsk, Russia
15.00-15.30
An Essay on Management Processes and the Implementation of the EURO
S.Ree, Copenhagen Business School, Denmark
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
The Dependence of Optimal Macroeconomic Policies on "Ideal" Values of Target Variables: A Case Study for Austria
R.Neck, S.Karbuz, University of Klagenfurt, Austria
16.30-17.00
Space-Time Simulation Models for Social Systems
J.C.Mico-Ruiz, A.Caselles-Moncho, Universitat de Valencia, Burjassot, Spain
17.00-17.30
Global Neuronet Type Models of Socio-Economic Systems
A.Makarenko, National Technical University of Ukraine, Kiev, Ukraine

Symposium I: Systems, Management and Organization
G.Broekstra, Netherlands, and R.Hough, USA

Tuesday, April 14, p.m. Room 48

14.00-14.30
Unmanagement: Do the Emperors Still Have Clothes?
G.Broekstra, Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands
14.30-15.00
Cost Modelling in the Paper Industries
J.Fogelholm, Helsinki University of Technology, Espoo, Finland
15.00-15.30
Service Orientation in Emerging Markets: Does It Matter?
S.Bobek, M.L.Lynn, R.S.Lytle, University of Maribor, Slovenia
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Underlying Assumptions of Several Traditions in Systems Science
E.Dent, S.A.Umpleby, George Washington University, Washington, D.C., USA
16.30-17.00
How to Sustain a Community: Stories and Actorship
M.Vahl, Nijenrode University, Breukelen, The Netherlands
17.00-17.30
A Systems Approach to the Structure, Management and Competitive Advantage of Very Small Companies
O.Hanson, S.Ball, L.Hall, A.Pope, A.Rennie, City University, London, United Kingdom

Symposium J: Communication and Computers
A M.Tjoa, Austria

Thursday, April 16, p.m. Room 46

14.00-14.30
The Intranet as a Tool for Communicating and Focussing Information
O.Hanson, A.Pope, N.Revell, R.Sims, City University, London, United Kingdom
14.30-15.00
A Post UML Terminology for Object Oriented Analysis and Design
C.Demmer, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
15.00-15.30
Analysis of MIS Architecture with Analytic Hierarchy Process
M.P.Gupta, Indian Institute of Technology, New Delhi, India
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
An Exact Algorithm for Capacity, Flow and Database Segments Allocation Assignment in Wide Area Networks
A.Kasprzak, G.Solecki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
16.30-17.00
Simulation of Systems of Cyclic Processes with Common Resources: Some Results
C.Chudy, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland
17.00-17.30
Design of Group Communication Support System for Emergent Situation Based on Communication Model
S.Nishida, T.Koiso, Osaka University, Japan
17.30-18.00
Cost Optimal Trajectory Planning with Partially Fixed Velocity Profile in Robot Manipulators
I.Duleba, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

Symposium K: Ethical Problems of Information Systems
W.Gasparski, Poland

Thursday, April 16, p.m. Room 41

14.00-14.30
Ethical Problems of Information Systems
W.Gasparski, Polish Academy of Sciences, Warsaw, Poland
14.30-15.00
A Design of a Conversation for Human Inquiry into Ethical Dilemmas, Issues, and Problems of Information Systems
A.Collen, Saybrook Graduate School, San Francisco, CA, USA
15.00-15.30
Ethical Challenges for Networked Enterprises
A.P.Lüthi, T.B.Hodel, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
The Relevance of the Problem of Intellectual Property During the Computer Revolution
K.Gorniak-Kocikowska, Southern Connecticut State University, New Haven, CT, USA
16.30-17.00
Responding to the Challenges of the Internet: The Emergence of Community-Based Regulation
T.R.Flynn, Slippery Rock University, Slippery Rock, PA, USA

Symposium L: Artificial Neural Networks and Adaptive Systems
H.-M.Gross, Germany, and G.Dorffner, Austria

Thursday, April 16, p.m. Room 47

14.00-14.30
Neural Architecture for Sensorimotor Anticipation
H.-M. Gross, V.Stephan, T.Seiler, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
14.30-15.00
A Lifelong Learning Approach for Incremental Neural Networks
F.H.Hamker, H.-M. Gross, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
15.00-15.30
Self-Identification as Key Mechanism of Awareness
V.Y.Sergin, Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Predicting Work-Related Psychological Variables with a Fuzzy ARTMAP Neural Network
G.D.Mengov, I.L.Zinovieva, G.R.Sotirov, Technical University of Sofia, Bulgaria
16.30-17.00
On Line Adaptation of Neural Network Classifiers to Non-Stationary Image and Video Inputs
N.Doulamis, A.Doulamis, S.Kollias, National Technical University of Athens, Greece
17.00-17.30
Adaptation in Intelligent Multi-Modular Systems: A Case Study on Adaptive Speech Recognition
N.Kasabov, University of Otago, Dunedin, New Zealand
17.30-18.00
Morphogenetic Neurons
G.Resconi, E.Pessa, R.Poluzzi, Universita di Roma "La Sapienza", Rome, Italy

Friday, April 17, a.m. Room 47

11.00-11.30
Chaotic Neural Network under External Periodic Pulsed Force
V.E.Bondarenko, A.V.Rusev, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia
11.30-12.00
Forecasting of Crude Oil Prices Using Neural Networks
M.I.Irawan, Technical University of Vienna, Austria
12.00-12.30
A Comparative Study on Feedforward and Recurrent Neural Networks in Time Series Prediction Using Gradient Descent Learning
M.Hallas, G.Dorffner, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence and University of Vienna, Austria

Symposium M: Embodied Cognition and Artificial Intelligence
M.Mataric, USA, and E.Prem, Austria

Friday, April 17, p.m. Room 46

14.00-14.30
Embodiment and Memories - Algebras of Time and History for Autobiographic Agents
C.L.Nehaniv, K.Dautenhahn, University of Aizu, Japan
14.30-15.00
What Gödel Said: On the Non-Algorithmic Nature of the Second Theorem
M.Estep, University of Texas, Austin, USA
15.00-15.30
Some Considerations on Cognitive Modelling
E.Vaccari, Universita di Bari, Italy
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Achieving Low-Level Rationality from Pure Reactivity - Some Empirical Observations
L.Stybnar, Silesian University, Opava, Czech Republic
16.30-17.00
Model-Based Partitioning for Control Learning
O.Sigaud, Dassault Aviation, St.Cloud, France
17.00-17.30
Exploiting Natural Dynamics in Robot Control
M.M.Williamson, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA
17.30-18.00
The Implications of Embodiment for Cognitive Theories: A Systems Review
E.Prem, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria

Symposium N: From Agent Theory to Agent Implementation
J.P.Müller, UK, and P.Petta, Austria

Wednesday, April 15,, 14.00-18.00 Room 34

 
TeleTruck: A Holonic Fleet Management System
H.-J. Bürckert, K.Fischer, G.Vierke, DFKI Saarbrücken, Germany
 
Poly-Agent System Design Approach to Autonomous Anticipative Management
K.Tanaka, University of Electro-Communications, Tokyo, Japan
 
Mobile Intelligent Agents for Document Classification and Retrieval: A Machine Learning Approach
J.Yang, P.Pai, V.Honavar, L.Miller, Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA
 
Using an Agent-Enhanced Approach for the Implementation of Environmental Information Systems of the Third Generation
R.Kopetzky, A.Grohmann, University of Stuttgart, Germany
 
ACADEMIA: An Agent-Maintained Database Based on Information Extraction from Web Documents
M.Magnanelli, A.Erni, M.Norrie, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
 
ProPlanT - Multi-Agent System for Production Planning
V.Marik, M.Pechoucek, T.Hazdra, O.Stepankova, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic

Thursday, April 16,, 14.00-18.00 Room 34

 
Autonomous Agents: From Concepts to Implementations
F.Chantemargue, O.Krone, M.Schumacher, T.Dagaeff, B.Hirsbrunner, University of Fribourg, Switzerland
 
Modeling the Mental Activity of an Autonomous Agent: An Implementation Based on Intentions and Persuasions
P.Baroni, D.Fogli, G.Guida, S.Mussi, Universita di Brescia, Italy
 
Problem Solving without Search
R.M.M.Ventura, C.A.Pinto-Ferreira, Instituto Superior Tecnico, Lisboa, Portugal
 
On the Role of Computational Models for Specifying Hybrid Agents
C.G.Jung, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
 
From Mutant to Learning Agents: Different Agents to Model Learning Environments
G.Gouarderes, M.F.Canut, E.Sanchis, Universite Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France

Friday, April 17,, 11.00-13.00 Room 34

 
Towards the Necessity of Constructivism as an Epistemology of Agents in the Social Sciences
J.Woch, University of Koblenz, Germany
 
Multi-Agent Architecture to Model and Simulate a Business Network of Recurrent Conversations and Associated Tasks
H.Bestougeff, A.Bouaissi, Universite de Marne La Vallee, Noisy le Grand, France
 
From Organizational Design to the Design of Agent Systems: Towards a Multiagent Organization Theory
S.Kirn, Technical University of Ilmenau, Germany
 
Grounding Agent Sociality: The Social World Is Its Own Best Model
K.Dautenhahn, University of Reading, United Kingdom

Symposium O: Applications of Data Mining
Y.Kodratoff, France

Friday, April 17, p.m. Room 34

14.00-14.30
REGINT: A Tool for Discovery by Complex Function Fitting
A.Caselles, University of Valencia, Spain
14.30-15.00
Eliminating Redundant Knowledge in an Association Rule-Based System: An Algorithm
R.Lehn, F.Guillet, H.Briand, PerformanSe SA, Nantes, France
15.00-15.30
Empirical Evaluation of Rule Characterization in Rule Induction Process
R.Rakotomalala, D.A.Zighed, F.Feschet, University of Lyon 2, Bron, France
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Contribution of the Integration of Intensity of Implication into the Algorithm Proposed by Agrawal
S.Guillaume, F.Guillet, J.Philippe, IRESTE, Nantes, France
16.30-17.00
Learning Rules from Facts: Extraction and Update
A.Faye, D.Laurent, N.Spyratos, Universite Paris 11, Orsay, France

Symposium P: Theory and Application of Artificial Intelligence
V.Marik, Czech Republic, and E.Buchberger, Austria

Tuesday, April 14, p.m. Room 47

14.00-14.30
Peace, Psychology and AI
A.Olbrich, A.Hergovich, University of Vienna, Austria
14.30-15.00
On the Systemic Modeling of Complex, Multi-Level Knowledge
N.J.Bashias, Hofstra University, Hempstead, NY, USA
15.00-15.30
A Time Ontology for Medical Knowledge-Based Systems
E.T.Keravnou, University of Cyprus, Nicosia, Cyprus
15.30-16.00
Coffee Break
16.00-16.30
Recursion Manipulation for Robotics: Why and How?
M.Franova, M.Kooli, Universite Paris Sud, Orsay, France
16.30-17.00
Modeling of Cognitive Complexity with Petri Nets: An Action Theoretical Approach
M.Rauterberg, S.Schluep, M.Fjeld, Swiss Federal Institute of Technology, Zurich, Switzerland
17.00-17.30
Planning Natural and Concise Presentations of Mathematical Proofs
H.Horacek, University of the Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany

Wednesday, April 15, a.m. Room 47

11.00-11.30
On Tuning and Experimental Evaluation of Genetic Algorithms
J.Kubalik, J.Lazansky, Czech Technical University, Prague, Czech Republic
11.30-12.00
The Application of Case-Based Reasoning to Support Quality in Engineering
B.Lees, D.Adams, M.Hamza, University of Paisley, Scotland, United Kingdom
12.00-12.30
The Adaptive Memory Search to Solve a Scheduling Problem
C.Smutnicki, Technical University of Wroclaw, Poland

Wednesday, April 15, p.m. Room 47

14.00-14.30
From Relativity to Duality - A Holistic Perspective
F.-G. Winkler, Vienna University of Technology, Austria
14.30-15.00
Machine Self-Consciousness More Efficient Than Human Self-Consciousness?
T.Cazenave, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, Paris, France
15.00-15.30
Discovering Compressive Partial Determinations in Mixed Numerical and Symbolic Domains
B.Pfahringer, S.Kramer, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence, Vienna, Austria