Topics in Artificial Intelligence Book

	Reasoning Models
	Components for Case-Based Reasoning Systems	1
	Analysis of Tensions in a Population Based on the Adequacy Concept	17
	Qualitative Velocity	29
	Knowledge Representation Model for Dynamic Processes	40
	A Decision Case-Based System, That Reasons in Uncertainty Conditions	54
	Modeling Motion Qualitatively: Integrating Space and Time	64
	Qualitative Comparison of Temporal Series QSI	75
	Integrating 3D Orientation Models	88
	Improving Reliability in Classification of Microcalcifications in Digital Mammograms Using Case-Based Reasoning	101
	Fusion of Qualitative Preferences with Different Vocabularies	113
	FUTURA: Hybrid System for Electric Load Forecasting by Using Case-Based Reasoning and Expert System	125
	Constraint Satisfaction
	Minimal and Redundant SAT Encodings for the All-Interval-Series Problem	139
	PN to CSP Methodology: Improved Bounds	145
	Disjunction of Non-binary and Numeric Constraint Satisfaction Problems	159
	Machine Learning and Classification
	An Empirical Approach to Discourse Markers by Clustering	173
	The Role of Interval Initialization in a GBML System with Rule Representation and Adaptive Discrete Intervals	184
	Feature Subset Selection in an ICA Space	196
	Validating Distance-Based Record Linkage with Probabilistic Record Linkage	207
	Evaluating Feature Selection Algorithms	216
	KDSM Methodology for Knowledge Discovery from Ill-Structured Domains Presenting Very Short and Repeated Serial Measures with Blocking Factor	228
	On Filtering the Training Prototypes in Nearest Neighbour Classification	239
	Classification of Abnormal Situations in a Waste Water Treatment Plant	249
	Ant Colonies for the RCPS Problem	257
	A Multi-agent Architecture Integrating Learning and Fuzzy Techniques for Landmark-Based Robot Navigation	269
	SIMBA: An Approach for Real-Time Multi-agent Systems	282
	Cooperative Case Bartering for Case-Based Reasoning Agents	294
	Integrating the Organ and Tissue Allocation Processes through an Agent-Mediated Electronic Institution	309
	Modelling the Acquisition Geometry of a C-Arm Angiography System for 3D Reconstruction	322
	Non-negative Matrix Factorization for Face Recognition	336
	Efficient Path Planning Using Harmonic Functions Computed on a Non-regular Grid	345
	Image Texture Prediction Using Colour Photometric Stereo	355
	Region-Boundary Cooperative Image Segmentation Based on Active Regions	364
	Spherical Panoramas for Pan-Tilt Camera Motion Compensation in Space-Variant Images	375
	Unsupervised Parameterisation of Gaussian Mixture Models	388
	Bayesian Classification for Inspection of Industrial Products	399
	Internal and External Coronary Vessel Images Registration	408
	Textual Descriptors for Browsing People by Visual Appearance	419
	Author Index	431