From: FLAIRS-02 Proceedings. Copyright © 2002, AAAI (www.aaai.org). All rights reserved.

FLAIRS-2002

Florida AI Research Society Officers

President Douglas Dankel II, University of Florida

Vice President Bill Manaris, College of Charleston

Treasurer Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida

Secretary Scott Goodwin, University of Windsor

FLAIRS-2002 Organizing Committee

General Chair John Kolen, University of West Florida

Program Chairs Susan Haller, University of Wisconsin - Parkside Gene Simmons, University of South Alabama

Special Track Coordinator Rosina Weber, Drexel University Workshops Coordinator Stefan C. Kremer, University of Guelp

Conference Administration and Registration Jean W. Gerber

FLAIRS-2002 Program Committee Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Florida International University Felix Brandt, Technical University of Munich Will Briggs, Lynchburg College Brian Carse, University of the West of England Grazia Cicirelli, IESI CNR William Clancey, NASA/Ames Research Center and Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington Michael Cox, Wright State University Douglas Dankel, University of Florida John Debenham, University of Technology, Sydney Georgios Demetriou, University of Southern Mississippi Michael Doran, University of South Alabama Soliman Edrees, Central Laboratory of Expert Systems, ARC Tom Eskridge, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Jim Etheredge, University of Louisiana at Lafayette Maria Fasli, University of Essex James Geller, New Jersey Institute of Technology Hans Guesgen, University of Auckland Howard Hamilton, University of Regina Hyoil Han, University of Texas at Arlington Charles Hannon, Texas Christian University Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras Rattikorn Hewett, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Henry Hexmoor, University of Arkansas Lawrence Holder, University of Texas at Arlington Istvan Jonyer, University of Texas at Arlington Driss Kettani, Alakhwayn University, Morocco Rainer Knauf, Ilmenau Technical University John Kolen, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Vincent Kovarik, Exigent International Andrew Kun, University of New Hampshire David Leake, Indiana University Yugyung Lee, University of Missouri-Kansas City Chun Liew, Lafayette College Christine Lisetti, University of Central Florida Raja Loganantharaj, University of Louisiana Bill Manaris, College of Charleston George Meghabghab, Roane State University Lisa Michaud, University of Delaware Rada Mihalcea, Southern Methodist University Fatma Mili, Oakland University Debasis Mitra, Florida Institute of Technology Frank Moore, Miami University George Nasr, Lebanese American University Nandan Paramesh, University of New South Wales Simon Parsons, University of Liverpool Marius Pasca, Southern Methodist University Ilka Philippow, Technical University of Ilmenau Anthony Pipe, University of the West of England Jim Prentzas, University of Patras Silja Renooij, Utrecht University Robert Reynolds, Wayne State University Carlos Ribeiro, Instituto Tecnologico de Aeronautica Vasile Rus, Southern Methodist University Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford Vladimir Ryabov, University of Jyvaskyla Roberto Santana, Institute of Cybernetics, Mathematics and Physics Eugene Santos, University of Connecticut Eunice Santos, Virginia Polytechnic Institute & State University Stephan Schulz, Technische Universität München Geoff Sutcliffe, University of Miami Wai Sum Tang, Chinese University of Hong Kong Choh Man Teng, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Takao Terano, Tsukuba University Krishnaprasad Thirunarayan, Wright State University Stanislav Vassilyev, Institute of System Dynamics and Control Theory of SB RAS Andreas Wolf NorCom, AG FLAIRS-2002 Special Track Program Committees

AI in Aerospace Chair: Paul Zetocha, DR III, Air Force Research Laboratory Derek Surka, AI-Solutions Pat Cappalaere, Interface and Control Systems Steve Lindsay, Sandia National Laboratory

AI in Educational IT Cochair: Alejandro Martins Rodriguez, Federal University of Santa Catarina Cochair: Roberto Carlos dos Santos Pacheco, Federal University of Santa Catarina Paul Bacsich, Sheffield Hallam University Beatriz Barros B., LSI-Uned, Madrid Gautam Biswas, Vanderbilt University Lucia M. M. Giraffa, PUC-RS Vinícius M. Kern, Federal University of Santa Catarina Eric Klopfer, Massachusetts Institute of Technology M. David Merrill, Utah State University Tanja Mitrovic, University of Canterbury Fernando S. Osório, Unisinos Rachel M. Pilkington, University of Leeds Naren Ramakrishnan, Virginia Tech Mia K. Stern, IBM Research Raul S. Wazlawick, Federal University of Santa Catarina Jie Chi Yang, National Central University

Behavioral Characteristics and AI Systems: Innovations and Applications Cochair: Christina Frederick-Recascino, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Cochair: Nandan Paramesh, University of New South Wales John Wise, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University Marc Wise, IBM Christine Lisetti, University of Central Florida

Case-Based Reasoning Cochair: Hector Munoz-Avila, Lehigh University David W. Aha, Naval Research Laboratory Klaus-Dieter Althoff, Fraunhofer Institut Stefanie Bruninghaus, University of Pittsburgh Pedro Gonzalez, Universidad Complutense de Madrid Christiane Gresse von Wangenheim, Universidade do Vale do Itajai Ramon Lopez de Mantaras, Spanish Council for Scientific Research (CSIC) Lorraine McGinty, University College Dublin David McSherry, University of Ulster Sascha Schmitt, University of Kaiserslautern Additional Reviewers: Thomas Roth-Berghoffer, Empolis, Germany Barry Smyth, University College Dublin, Ireland

Categorization and Concept Representation Models and Implications Chair: Colette Faucher, University of Aix-Marseille III David W. Aha, Navy Center for Applied Research in AI Ralph Bergmann, University of Kaiserslautern Max Bramer, University of Portsmouth Paolo Frasconi, University of Florence Robert L. Goldstone, Indiana University James Hampton, City University David Leake, Indiana University Bradley C. Love, University of Texas Paul McKevitt, University of Ulster Clark Glymour, Carnegie Mellon University Philip Resnik, University of Maryland Lance J. Rips, Northwestern University Steven A. Sloman, Brown University

Evaluation of Intelligent Systems Chair: Rainer Knauf, Ilmenau Technical University Valerie Barr, Hofstra University Avelino Gonzalez, University of Central Florida Ilka Philippow, Ilmenau Technical University Takao Terano, University of Tsukuba Setsuo Tsuruta, Hitachi Ltd. Neli P. Zlatareva, Central Connecticut State University

Imprecise and Indeterminate Probabilities in AI Chair: Choh Man Teng, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Fabio G. Cozman, University of Sao Paulo Gert de Cooman, Ghent University Henry E. Kyburg, Jr., University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition and University of Rochester Isaac Levi, Columbia University Serafin Moral, University of Granada Eric Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan

Integrated Intelligent Systems Chair: Ioannis Hatzilygeroudis, University of Patras & CTI Cochair: Basilis Boutsinas, University of Patras & UPAIRC Norman Foo, University of New South Wales Artur S. d'Avila Garcez, Imperial College of Science Melanie Hilario, University of Geneva Steffen Hoelldobler, Dresden University of Technology Detlef D. Nauck, BTexact Technologies Chris Nikolopoulos, Bradley University Ian Watson, University of Auckland Yanqing Zhang, Georgia State University Additional Reviewers Nikolaos Avouris, University of Patras Dimitrios Kalles, University of Patras Timos Sellis, National Technical University of Athens Julita Vassileva, University of Saskatchewan

Knowledge Management Chair: Irma Becerra-Fernandez, Florida International University Alberto J. Canas, University of West Florida Michael Freeman, NASA Ames Research Laboratory Rajiv Sabherwal, University of Missouri Rosina Weber, Drexel University

Machine Learning Chair: Zdravko Markov, Central Connecticut State University Diane Cook, University of Texas at Arlington Altay Güveni, Bilkent University Henry Hexmoor, University of Arkansas Lawrence Holder, University of Texas at Arlington Igor Kononenko, University of Ljubljana Miroslav Kubat, University of Miami Gheorghe Tecuci, George Mason University Gerhard Widmer, Austrian Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence Neural Networks Cochair: Ingrid Russell, University of Hartford Cochair: Brian Carse, University of the West of England Cochair: Anthony G. Pipe, University of the West of England Charles Anderson, Colorado State University Jim Austin, University of Yor Serge Dolenko, Moscow State University Vijaya Kumar, Carnegie Mellon University Lisa Meeden, Swarthmore College Bernhard Sendhoff, Honda Research and Development Europe C. N. Schizas, University of Cyprus

Semantic Web Chair: Borys Omelayenko, Vrije Universiteit Program Chair: Dieter Fensel, Vrije Universiteit Hans Akkermans, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Vassilis Christophides, FORTH Isabel Cruz, University of Illinois at Chicago Stefan Decker, Stanford University Steven Demurjian, University of Connecticut Max J. Egenhofer, University of Maine Jeffrey R. Ellis, The University of Connecticut Jerome Euzenat, INRIA Natasha Fridman Noy, Stanford University Carole Goble, University of Manchester Asun Gomez-Perez, Polytechnic University of Madrid Siegfried Handschuh, University of Karlsruhe Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit, Amsterdam Jim Hendler, University of Maryland Masahiro Hori, IBM Ian Horrocks, University of Manchester Michel Klein, Vrije Universiteit Ora Lassila, Nokia Research Center Deborah McGuinness, Stanford University Enrico Motta, The Open University Dimitri Plexousakis, FORTH Guus Schreiber, Universiteit van Amsterdam Steffen Staab, University of Karlsruhe Heiner Stuckenschmidt, University of Bremen Rudi Studer, University of Karlsruhe Jutta Willamowski, Xerox Research Centre Europe Jan-Daniel Zucker, University of Paris 6 Additional Reviewers Jeffrey R. Ellis Jan-Daniel Zucker Siegfried Handschuh Jutta Willamowski

Spatiotemporal Reasoning Cochair: Hans Guesgen, University of Auckland Cochair: Kathleen Hornsby, University of Maine Frank Anger, National Science Foundation Thomas Bittner, Northwestern University Christian Freksa, Hamburg University Patrick Hayes, University of West Florida / Institute for Human and Machine Cognition Joachim Hertzberg, GMD National Research Center for Information Technology Lina Khatib, NASA Ames Research Center Christian Kray, German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence Benjamin Kuipers, University of Texas at Austin Gerard Ligozat, LIMSI and Universite Paris XI Robert Morris, NASA Ames Research Center Jayant Sharma, Oracle Corporation Michael Worboys, University of Maine

Uncertain Reasoning Cochair: Yang Xiang, University of Guelph Cochair: Salem Benferhat, University Paul Sabatier Cory Butz, University of Regina David Chiu, University of Guelph Marek Druzdzel, University of Pittsburgh Love Ekenberg, Stockholm University and KTH Linda van der Gaag, Utrecht University Christopher Geib, Honeywell Research Michael Horsch, University of Saskatchewan Timothy Huang, Middlebury College Weiru Liu, University of Ulster Anders Madsen, Hugin Expert Eric Neufeld, University of Saskatchewan Andy Novobilski, University of Tennessee