AI*IA 2001: Advances in Artificial Intelligence

1. Front Matter

   Pages I-XII

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2. Machine Learning

   1. A Monte Carlo Approach to Hard Relational Learning Problems

      • A. Serra, A. Giordana

      Pages 1-10

   2. Boosting as a Monte Carlo Algorithm

      • Roberto Esposito, Lorenza Saitta

      Pages 11-19

   3. Stepwise Induction of Model Trees

      • Donato Malerba, Annalisa Appice, Antonia Bellino, Michelangelo Ceci, Domenico Pallotta

      Pages 20-32

   4. Evaluation Methods for Focused Crawling

      • Andrea Passerini, Paolo Frasconi, Giovanni Soda

      Pages 33-39

   5. A Knowledge-Based Neurocomputing Approach to Extract Refined Linguistic Rules from Data

      • Giovanna Castellano, Anna Maria Fanelli

      Pages 40-50

   6. RBF Networks Exploiting Supervised Data in the Adaptation of Hidden Neuron Parameters

      • Palma Blonda, Andrea Baraldi, Annarita D’Addabbo, Cristina Tarantino, Roberto De Blasi

      Pages 51-56

   7. A New Machine Learning Approach to Fingerprint Classification

      • Yuan Yao, Gian Luca Marcialis, Massimiliano Pontil, Paolo Frasconi, Fabio Roli

      Pages 57-63

   8. An Automatic Accompanist Based on Hidden Markov Models

      • Nicola Orio

      Pages 64-69

   9. Resampling vs Reweighting in Boosting a Relational Weak Learner

      • Marco Botta

      Pages 70-80

   10. Learning Logic Models for Automated Text Categorization

       • Stefano Ferilli, Nicola Fanizzi, Giovanni Semeraro

       Pages 81-86

   11. User Profiling in an Application of Electronic Commerce

       • Fabio Abbattista, Nicola Fanizzi, Stefano Ferilli, Pasquale Lops, Giovanni Semeraro

       Pages 87-98

3. Automated Reasoning

   1. Computing Spatial Similarity by Games

      • Marco Aiello

      Pages 99-110

   2. An Analysis of Backjumping and Trivial Truth in Quantified Boolean Formulas Satisfiability

      • Enrico Giunchiglia, Massimo Narizzano, Armando Tacchella

      Pages 111-122

   3. Abduction with Penalization in Logic Programming

      • Nicola Leone, Simona Perri, Francesco Scarcello

      Pages 123-134

   4. Causal Simulation and Diagnosis of Dynamic Systems

      • Andrea Panati, Daniele Theseider Dupré

      Pages 135-146

   5. Critical Parallelization of Local Search for MAX-SAT

      • Andrea Roli, Christian Blum

      Pages 147-158

   6. Product Design as Product Revise: The Case of Chemical Compounds

      • Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni

      Pages 159-164

4. Knowledge Representation

   1. Belief Revision and the Ramsey Test: A Solution

      • Laura Giordano, Valentina Gliozzi, Nicola Olivetti

      Pages 165-175

   2. Supporting Product Configuration in a Virtual Store

      • Diego Magro, Pietro Torasso

      Pages 176-188

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the scientific track of the 7th Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA 2001, held in Bari, Italy, in September 2001.
The 25 revised long papers and 16 revised short papers were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the volume. The papers are organized in topical sections on machine learning; automated reasoning; knowledge representation; multi-agent systems; natural language processing; perception, vision, and robotics; and planning and scheduling.

• AI Logics
• Agent-Based Systems
• Algorithmic Learning
• Artificial Intelligence
• Computational Linguistics
• Intelligent Information Processing
• Intelligent Systems
• Knowledge Processing
• automated reasoning
• classification
• intelligence
• knowledge representation
• learning
• ontology
• robotics

• Computer Science Department, University of Bari, Bari, Italy

  Floriana Esposito

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