Foundations of Intelligent Systems 14th International Symposium, ISM
This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 2003, held in Maebashi City, Japan, 28–31 October, 2003. The symposium was organized by the Maebashi Institute of
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Foundations of Intelligent Systems 14th International Symposium, ISMIS 2003 Maebashi City, Japan, October 28-31, 2003 Proceedings
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA J¨org Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbr¨ucken, Germany Volume Editors Ning Zhong Maebashi Institute of Technology Department of Systems and Information Engineering 460-1 Kamisadori-Cho, Maebashi-City 371-0816, Japan Zbigniew W. Ra´s University of North Carolina Department of Computer Science Charlotte, NC 28223, USA Shusaku Tsumoto Shimane Medical University School of Medicine, Department of Medical Informatics 89-1 Enya-cho, Izumo 693-8501, Japan Einoshin Suzuki Yokohama National University Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 79-5 Tokiwadai, Hodogaya, Yokohama, Kanagawa 240-8501, Japan Cataloging-in-Publication Data applied for A catalog record for this book is available from the Library of Congress. Bibliographic information published by Die Deutsche Bibliothek Die Deutsche Bibliothek lists this publication in the Deutsche Nationalbibliografie; detailed bibliographic data is available in the Internet at . CR Subject Classification (1998): I.2, H.3, H.2.8, H.4, H.5.2, K.4.4, F.1 ISSN 0302-9743 ISBN 3-540-20256-0 Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, re-use of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other way, and storage in data banks. Duplication of this publication or parts thereof is permitted only under the provisions of the German Copyright Law of September 9, 1965, in its current version, and permission for use must always be obtained from Springer-Verlag. Violations are liable for prosecution under the German Copyright Law. Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg New York a member of BertelsmannSpringer Science+Business Media GmbH http://www.springeronline.com © Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2003 Printed in Germany Typesetting: Camera-ready by author, data conversion by PTP-Berlin GmbH Printed on acid-free paper SPIN: 10960912 06/3142 543210
Preface This volume contains the papers selected for presentation at the 14th International Symposium on Methodologies for Intelligent Systems, ISMIS 2003, held in Maebashi City, Japan, 28–31 October, 2003. The symposium was organized by the Maebashi Institute of Technology in co-operation with the Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence. It was sponsored by the Maebashi Institute of Technology, Maebashi Convention Bureau, Maebashi City Government, Gunma Prefecture Government, US AFOSR/AOARD, the Web Intelligence Consortium (Japan), Gunma Information Service Industry Association, and Ryomo Systems Co., Ltd. ISMIS is a conference series that
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