Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management 9th International Conf
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, KSEM 2016, held in Passau, Germany, in October 2016. The 49 revised full papers presented together with 2 keynotes were ca
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Franz Lehner Nora Fteimi (Eds.)
Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management 9th International Conference, KSEM 2016 Passau, Germany, October 5–7, 2016 Proceedings
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Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence Subseries of Lecture Notes in Computer Science
LNAI Series Editors Randy Goebel University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada Yuzuru Tanaka Hokkaido University, Sapporo, Japan Wolfgang Wahlster DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
LNAI Founding Series Editor Joerg Siekmann DFKI and Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management 9th International Conference, KSEM 2016 Passau, Germany, October 5–7, 2016 Proceedings
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Editors Franz Lehner University of Passau Passau Germany
Nora Fteimi University of Passau Passau Germany
ISSN 0302-9743 ISSN 1611-3349 (electronic) Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence ISBN 978-3-319-47649-0 ISBN 978-3-319-47650-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-47650-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016954191 LNCS Sublibrary: SL7 – Artificial Intelligence © Springer International Publishing AG 2016 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Springer imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Springer International Publishing AG The registered company address is: Gewerbestrasse 11, 6330 Cham, Switzerland
Preface
The 9th International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering, and Management 2016 (KSEM 2016) was the latest in the KSEM series, building on the success of eight previous events held in Guilin, China (KSEM 2006); Melbourne, Australia (KSEM 2007); Vienna, Austria (KSEM 2009); Belfast, UK (KSEM 2010); Irvine, USA (KSEM 2011); Dalian, China (KSEM 2013), Sibiu, Romania (KSEM 2014), and Chongqing, China (KSEM 2015). The series was initiated in 2006 by Prof. Ruqian Lu from the Chinese Academy of Sciences, wit
