Web Intelligence and Agent Systems

Volume 6, Number 2, 2008
Contents
Yoseba K. Penya and Nicholas R. Jennings
Optimal combinatorial electricity markets

 123-135

Henry Hexmoor, Shahram Rahimi and Rachil Chandran
Delegations guided by trust and autonomy

137-155

Pavel Klinov, Julia M. Taylor and Lawrence J. Mazlack
Interval rough mereology and description logic: An approach to formal treatment of imprecision in the Semantic Web ontologies

 157-174

Vladimir Zadorozhny, Michael Yudelson and Peter Brusilovsky
A framework for performance evaluation of user modeling servers for Web applications

175-191

Peep Küngas and Mihhail Matskin
Symbolic negotiation: Partial deduction for linear logic with coalition formation

193-215

Ioannis V. Papaioannou, Ioanna G. Roussaki and Miltiades E. Anagnostou
Neural networks against genetic algorithms for negotiating agent behaviour prediction

 217-233

Volume 6, Number 1, 2008
Contents
Leen-Kiat Soh

Considering operational issues for multiagent conceptual inferencing in a distributed information retrieval application

1-28

Arnaud Doniec, René Mandiau, Sylvain Piechowiak and Stéphane Espié
Controlling non-normative behaviors by anticipation for autonomous agents

29-42

Laurent Mazuel and Nicolas Sabouret

Generic command interpretation algorithms for conversational agents

43-57

Frank McCarey, Mel Ó Cinnéide and Nicholas Kushmerick
Knowledge reuse for software reuse

 59-81

Mourad Atlas and Yan-Qing Zhang
Fuzzy neural Web agents for efficient NBA scouting

83-91

Anna V. Zhdanova
Community-driven ontology construction in social networking portals

 93-121

Volume 5, Number 4, 2007
Contents
Xiaocong Fan and John Yen
Multi-party communication and information-need anticipation by experience

357-373

Michele Ruta, Tommaso Di Noia, Eugenio Di Sciascio, Francesco Maria Donini 
Semantic based collaborative P2P in ubiquitous computing

375-391

Guido Boella, Luigi Sauro, Leendert van der Torre
From social power to social importance

393-404

Jianhan Zhu, Alexandre L. Gonçalves, Victoria S. Uren, Enrico Motta, Roberto Pacheco, Marc Eisenstadt, Dawei Song
 Relation discovery from web data for competency management

405 - 417

Antonella Chirichiello and Gwen Salaün 
Encoding process algebraic descriptions of web services into BPEL

419 - 434

Ahmed Hadj-Kacem, Amira Regayeg, Mohamed Jmaiel
ForMAAD: A formal method for agent-based application design 

435 - 454

Acknowledgement

455

Volume 5, Number 3, 2007
Contents
John D. King, Yuefeng Li, Xiaohui Tao, Richi Nayak
Mining world knowledge for analysis of search engine content

233-253

Zili Zhang and Chengqi Zhang
Building agent-based hybrid intelligent systems: A case study

255-271

Pasquale De Meo, Giovanni Quattrone, Giorgio Terracina, Domenico Ursino
Utilization of intelligent agents for supporting citizens in their access to e-government services

273-310

Orland Hoeber, Xue Dong Yang, Yiyu Yao
 VisiQ: Supporting visual and interactive query refinement

311 - 329

Hiroaki Ueda, Takeshi Naraki, Naoki Hanada, Hideaki Kimoto, Kenichi Takahashi, Tetsuhiro Miyahara
Fuzzy Q-Learning with the modified fuzzy ART neural network

331 - 341

William K. Cheung and Yuxiang Sun
Identifying a hierarchy of bipartite subgraphs for web site abstraction 

343 - 355

Volume 5, Number 2, 2007
Contents
Junzhong Ji, Chunnian Liu, Jing Yan, Ning Zhong
An improved Bayesian network structure learning algorithm and its application in an intelligent B2C portal

127-138

G.T. Jayaputera, S.W. Loke, A. Zaslavsky
Design, implementation and run-time evolution of a mission-based multiagent system

139-159

Andrea Omicini, Alessandro Ricci, Mirko Viroli
Timed environment for web agents

161-175

Yuping Yang and M. Howard Williams
 Personalized redirection and content adaptation for increased user control of communications

177 - 196

Juan Manuel Serrano and Sascha Ossowski
A compositional framework for the specification of interaction protocols in multiagent organizations

197 - 214

Davide Balzarotti, Paolo Costa, Gian Pietro Picco
 The LighTS tuple space framework and its customization for context-aware applications

215 - 231

Volume 5, Number 1, 2007
Contents
Xiaohua Xu, Ling Chen, Ping He
A novel ant clustering algorithm based on cellular automata

1-14

Norimichi Ukita
Real-time cooperative multi-target tracking by dense communication among Active Vision Agents

15-29

Min Xu, Lin Padgham, Aloys Mbala, James Harland
Tracking reliability and helpfulness in agent interactions

31-46

A. Suna and A. El Fallah Seghrouchni
 Programming mobile intelligent agents: An operational semantics

47 - 67

Loris Penserini, Manuel Kolp, Luca Spalazzi
Social-oriented engineering of intelligent software

69 - 87

Ronny Siebes and Spyros Kotoulas
 pRoute: Peer selection using shared term similarity matrices

89 - 107

W.C. Cho and D. Richards
Ontology construction and concept reuse with formal concept analysis for improved web document retrieval

109 - 126

Volume 4, Number 4, 2006
Contents
Haizheng Zhang and Victor Lesser
Forming and searching content-based hierarchical agent clusters in distributed information retrieval systems

353 - 370

 Yinglong Ma, Yulin Feng, Beihong Jin, Jun Wei
A default extension to distributed description logics

371 - 383

Prasanna Lokuge and Damminda Alahakoon
An extended agent model embedded with "intelligent-deliberation" for improved performances in a container terminal application

385 - 405

Muhammad Abulaish and Lipika Dey
 Information extraction and imprecise query answering from web documents

407 - 429

Toshiko Wakaki, Hiroyuki Itakura, Masaki Tamura, Hiroshi Motoda, Takashi Washio
A study on rough set-aided feature selection for automatic web-page classification

431 - 441

Acknowledgement

443

Volume 4, Number 3, 2006
Contents
Jörg Denzinger and Jasmine Hamdan
Improving observation-based modeling of other agents using tentative stereotyping and compactification through kd-tree structuring

255 - 270

Shen Huang, Yong Yu, Gui-Rong Xue, Ben-Yu Zhang, Zheng Chen, Wei-Ying Ma
TSSP: Multi-features based reinforcement algorithm to find related papers

271 - 287

Alfredo Cuzzocrea
 Combining multidimensional user models and knowledge representation and management techniques for making web services knowledge-aware

289 - 312

Longbing Cao, Chengqi Zhang, Jiming Liu
Ontology-based integration of business intelligence

313 - 325

Xiaohua Hu, T.Y. Lin, Il-Yeol Song, Xia Lin, Illhoi Yoo, Min Song
A semi-supervised efficient learning approach to extract biological relationships from web-based biomedical digital library

327 - 339

Zhihong Tian, Mingzeng Hu, Bin Li, Bo Liu, Hongli Zhang
Defending against distributed denial-of-service attacks with an auction-based method

341 - 351

Volume 4, Number 2, 2006
Contents
Manolis Vozalis and Konstantinos G. Margaritis
 On the enhancement of collaborative filtering by demographic data

117 - 138

Audun Jřsang, Elizabeth Gray, Michael Kinateder
Simplification and analysis of transitive trust networks

139 - 161

Adam Jatowt and Mitsuru Ishizuka
Temporal multi-page summarization

163 - 180

Salvatore Garruzzo, Stefano Modafferi, Domenico Rosaci, Domenico Ursino
An XML-based agent model for supporting user activities on the Web

181 - 207

Elisabeth Crawford and Manuela Veloso
 Mechanism design for multi-agent meeting scheduling

209 - 220

Josenildo Costa da Silva, Matthias Klusch, Stefano Lodi, Gianluca Moro
Privacy-preserving agent-based distributed data clustering

221 - 238

Sahin Albayrak and Dragan Milosevic
Multi-domain strategy coordination approach for optimal resource usage in agent based filtering framework 239 - 253
Volume 4, Number 1, 2006
Contents
Sergio Camorlinga and Ken Barker
 A complex adaptive system based on squirrels behaviors for distributed resource allocation

1 - 23

Eric Lo, David W. Cheung, C.Y. Ng, Thomas Lee
WSIPL: An XML scripting language for integrating web service data and applications

25 - 41

Meikang Qiu, Kang Zhang, Maolin Huang
Usability in mobile interface browsing

43 - 59

James Z. Wang and Matti Vanninen
 Self-configuration protocols for P2P networks

61 - 76

C.J. Butz, S. Hua, R.B. Maguire
 A web-based bayesian intelligent tutoring system for computer programming

77 - 97

Li Weigang and Vinícius Guilherme Fracari Branco
A web information system for determining the controllers of financial entities in central bank of Brazil

99 - 116

Volume 3, Number 4, 2005
Contents
Shiren Ye, Tat-Seng Chua, Jeremy R. Kei
Clustering web pages about persons and organizations

203 - 216

Emerson Cabrera Paraiso and Jean-Paul A. Barthčs
An intelligent speech interface for personal assistants applied to knowledge management

217 - 230

Xin Li and Leen-Kiat Soh
Hybrid negotiation for resource coordination in multiagent systems

231 - 259

Hansheng Lei and Venu Govindaraju
Matching and retrieving sequential patterns using regression

261 - 270

WIC Introduction

271 - 272

WIC Structure

273

Volume 3, Number 3, 2005  
Contents
Alberto Díaz and Pablo Gervás
Personalisation in news delivery systems: Item summarization and multi-tier item selection using relevance feedback 135
Nenad Stojanovic
Information-need driven query refinement 155
Tetsuya Yoshida, Daiki Shinkai, Shogo Nishida
A document retrieval support system with term relationship 171
Vincenza Carchiolo, Alessandro Longheu, Michele Malgeri
Information categorization in web pages and sites 183
WIC Introduction 199
WIC Structure 201
Volume 3, Number 2, 2005
Contents  
   
   
Wenpin Jiao, John Debenham, Brian Henderson-Sellers  
Organizational models and interaction patterns for use in the analysis and design of multi-agent systems

67

   
A.G. Njimolu Anyouzoa and Theo D'Hondt  
On the stability of a dynamic stochastic capacity pricing scheme for resource allocation in a multi-agent environment

85

   
Matthias Scheutz and Paul Schermerhorn  
Many is more: The utility of simple reactive agents with predictive mechanisms in multiagent object collection tasks

97

   
Javed I. Khan and Qingping Tao  
Exploiting Webspace organization for accelerating web prefetching

117

   
 WIC Introduction

131

   
 WIC Structure

133

   
   
   
Volume 3, Number 1, 2005  
Contents  
Shou-de Lin and Craig A. Knoblock  
SERGEANT: A framework for building more flexible web agents by exploiting a search engine

1

Ville Könönen  
Gradient descent for symmetric and asymmetric multiagent reinforcement learning

17

L.K. Wickramasinghe and L.D. Alahakoon  
 Dynamic self organizing maps for discovery and sharing of knowledge in multi agent systems

31

Mikkel Holm Sřrensen  
Survival of the Assistive. Toward biomimetic ambient intelligence

49

WIC Introduction

63

WIC Structure

65

Volume 2, Number 4, 2004  
Contents  
John Yen, Xiaocong Fan, Richard A. Volz  
Information needs in agent teamwork

231

Yong-Hong Tian, Tie-Jun Huang, Wen Gao

249

Two-phase Web site classification based on Hidden Markov Tree models
Giovanni Pilato, Salvatore Vitabile, Giorgio Vassallo, et al.  
Web directories as a knowledge base to build a multi-agent system for information sharing

265

Wei Ru Liu, Zhi Ning Liao, Jun Hong  
Query cost estimation through remote system contention states analysis over the Internet

279

Volume 2, Number 3, 2004  
Contents  
Stefania Bandini, Sara Manzoni, Giuseppe Vizzari  
Multi-agent approach to localization problems: The case of Multilayered Multi-Agent Situated System

155

Jonathan Carter and Ali A. Ghorbani  
Towards a formalization of value-centric trust in agent societies

167

Hans-Joachim Mosler  
Modelling social behavior with a socio psychological simulation approach

185

James Z. Wang and Ratan K. Guha  
Proxy ecology - Cooperative proxies with artificial life

201

Pawan Lingras, Mofreh Hogo, Miroslav Snorek  
Interval set clustering of web users using modified Kohonen self-organizing maps based on the properties of rough sets

217

Volume 2, Number 2, 2004  
Contents  
Xiaoqin Zhang, Victor Lesser, and Tom Wagner  
A Layered Approach to Complex Negotiations

91

Ville Kononen  
Asymmetric Multiagent Reinforcement Learning.

105

Manevitz Larry and Malik Yousef  
A Web Navigation System Based on a Neural Network User-Model Trained with Only Positive Web Documents

137

Zakaria Maamar, Quan Z. Sheng, and Boaulem Benatallah  
Towards a Conversation-Driven Composition of Web Services

145

Guenter Neumann and Feiyu Xu  
Mining Natural Language Answers from the Web

151

Volume 2, Number 1, 2004  
Contents  
Hyungjick Lee, Jim Alves-Foss, and Scott Harrison  
The Construction of Secure Mobile Agents via Evaluating Encrypted Functions

1

Chen Chih-Ming  
Incremental Personalized Web Page Mining Utilizing Self-organizing HCMAC Neural Networks

21

Yongzheng Zhang, Nur Zincir-Heywood, and Evangelos Milios  
World Wide Web Site Summarization

39

Pasquale De Meo, Jameson Mbale, Giorgio Terracina, and Domenico Ursino  
XICOMASQ: An XML-based Information Content Oriented Multi-Agent System
for QoS Management in Telecommunications Networks

55

Quoc Bao Vo  
A Task-oriented Agent-based Mechanism for Mathematical Assistant Systems

71

Volume 1, Numbers 3 - 4, 2003  
Contents  
Research Papers  
Raymond Y.K. Lau  
Context-Sensitive Text Mining and Belief Revision for Intelligent Information Retrieval on the Web

151

Roman van der Krogt, Mathijs de Weerdt, and Cees Witteveen  
A Resource Based Framework for Planning and Replanning

173

Dehu Qi and Ron Sun  
A Multi-Agent System Integrating Reinforcement Learning, Bidding
and Genetic Algorithms

187

Cora B. Excelente-Toledo and Nicholas R. Jennings  
Learning When and How to Coordinate

203

Susan Gauch, Jason Chaffee, and Alexander Pretschner  
Ontology-Based Personalized Search and Browsing

219

Brief Papers  
Nuno Silva and Joao Rocha  
Semantic Web Complex Ontology Mapping

235

Noiryuki Matsuda, Tsukasa Hirashima, Toyohiro Nomoto, Hirokazu Taki, and Junichi Toyoda  
Context-Sensitive Filtering for the Web 249
Markus Aleksy, Axel Korthaus, and Martin Schader  
Design Considerations for a CORBA-based Architecture for Lightweight  Agents (CARLA) 259
Volume 1, Number 2, 2003  
Contents  
A. Congiusta, A. Pugliese, D. Talia, and P. Trunfio  
Designing Grid services for distributed knowledge discovery 91
P. Yolum and M.P. Singh  
Dynamic communities in referral networks 105
Y.M. Ye, P. Nandi, J.J. Jeng, and S. Kumaran  
Smart distance principle for "sense and respond" enterprise systems 117
J. Delgado, J.M. Pujol, and R. Sanguesa  
Emergence of coordination in scale-free networks 131
J.M. Vidal  
A method for solving distributed service allocation problems 139
WIC Introduction 147
WIC Structure 149
Volume 1, Number 1, 2003  
Contents  
Jiming Liu and Ning Zhong  
Editors-in-Chief's Introduction:
A Journal Pivotal to the Future of Web Intelligence and Agent Systems 1
L. Penserini, L. Liu, J. Mylopoulos, M. Panti and L. Spalazzi  
Cooperation strategies for agent-based P2P systems 3
F. Gandon  
Agents handling annotation distribution in a corporate semantic Web 23
C. Bourjot, V. Chevrier and V. Thomas  
A new swarm mechanism based on social spiders colonies: From web weaving to region detection 47
S. Marsh, A.A. Ghorbani and V.C. Bhavsar  
The ACORN multi-agent system 65
WIC Introduction 87
WIC Structure 89