Edited by Hans W. Guesgen and R. Charles Murray

Daytona Beach, Florida. May 19–21, 2010. Published by The AAAI Press, Menlo Park, California.

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Preface / xiii
R. Charles Murray and Hans W. Guesgen

Florida AI Research Society Officers / xvi

Conference Committees / xvii

Invited Talk Abstract / xx

Main Conference Papers

A Psychologically-Inspired Agent for Iterative Prisoner’s Dilemma
Rawad Al-Haddad, Gita Sukthankar

Commonsense Inference in Dynamic Spatial Systems: Epistemological Requirements
Mehul Bhatt

Heuristic Sequencing Crossover: Integrating Problem Dependent Heuristic Knowledge into a Genetic Algorithm
Vincent A. Cicirello

A Reinforcement Learning Model for Economic Agent Specialization
Denton Cockburn, Ziad Kobti, Timothy A. Kohler

Off to a Good Start: Using Clustering to Select the Initial Training Set in Active Learning
Rong Hu, Brian Mac Namee, Sarah Jane Delany

Handling Concept Drift in a Text Data Stream Constrained by High Labelling Cost
Patrick Lindstrom, Sarah Jane Delany, Brian Mac Namee

Meta-Prediction for Collective Classification
Luke K. McDowell, Kalyan Moy Gupta, David W. Aha

Structured Motifs Identification in DNA Sequences
Yuridia P. Mejia, Ivan Olmos, Jesus A. Gonzalez

Decision-Theoretic Simulated Annealing
Todd W. Neller, Christopher J. La Pilla

Subgraph Isomorphism Detection with Support for Continuous Labels
Gerardo Perez, Ivan Olmos, Jesus A. Gonzalez

Learning to Identify and Track Imaginary Objects Implied by Gestures
Andreya Piplica, Alexandra Olivier, Allison Petrosino, Kevin Gold

Imitating Personalized Expressions in an Avatar through Machine Learning
Cassondra Puklavage, Alexander R. Pirela, Avelino J. Gonzalez, Michael Georgiopoulos

An Empirical Examination of the Relation Between Attention and Motivation in Computer-Based Education: a Modeling Approach
Genaro Rebolledo-Mendez, Sara de Freitas, Jose Rafael Rojano-Caceres, Alma Rosa Garcia-Gaona

Evaluating Multi-Agent Traffic Controllers
Crystal Redman, Adele Howe

Segmentation of Bone Marrow Cell Images for Morphological Classification of Acute Leukemia
Carolina Reta, Leopoldo Altamirano, Jesus A. Gonzalez, Raquel Diaz, Jose S. Guichard

A Supervised Method for Microcalcifications Detection using Breast Density
Gabriela A. Rodriguez, Jesus A. Gonzalez, Leopoldo Altamirano, Jose S. Guichard, Raquel Diaz

Visual Object Detection using Frequent Pattern Mining
Yousuf Aboobaker Sait, Balaraman Ravindran

Using Verbosity: Common Sense Data from Games with a Purpose
Robert Speer, Catherine Havasi, Harshit Surana

Progress Towards Effective Automated Reasoning with World Knowledge
Geoff Sutcliffe, Martin Suda, Alexandra Teyssandier, Nelson Dellis, Gerard de Melo

A System for Relational Probabilistic Reasoning on Maximum Entropy
Matthias Thimm, Marc Finthammer, Sebastian Loh, Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Christoph Beierle

Structured Value Elimination with D-Separation Analysis
Lionel Torti, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin

CsMTL MLP For WEKA: Neural Network Learning with Inductive Transfer
Liangliang Tu, Benjamin Fowler, Daniel L. Silver<

Main Conference Posterrs

On the Episode Duration Distribution in Fixed-Policy Markov Decision Processes
Itamar Arel, Andrew S. Davis

Timed Planning
Ajay Bansal, Neda Saeedloei, Gopal Gupta

A Knowledge Engineering Methodology for Rapid Prototyping of Planning Applications
Luis Castillo, Juan Fdez-Olivares, Antonio González, Gonzalo Milla, David Prior, Lluvia Morales, José Figueroa, Víctor Pérez-Villar

Image Re-Ranking Based on Relevance Feedback Combining Internal and External Similarities
Ricardo Omar Chávez García, Manuel Montes, Luis Enrique Sucar

Ontology-Based Text Mining for Predicting Disease Outbreaks
Nicolae Dragu, Fouad Elkhoury, Takunari Miyazaki, Ralph A. Morelli, Nicolás di Tada

Problem Space Analysis for Plan Library Generation and Algorithm Selection in Real-time Systems
Robert Holder

Primitive Capabilities for Visual Perception
Sudharsan R. Iyengar

Towards an Ensemble Framework for Assisting in Synthesis Tasks
Joseph Kendall-Morwick

Rectangle Reasoning: A Qualitative Spatial Reasoning with Superposition
Shou Kumokawa, Kazuko Takahashi

Partitioning Features for Model-based Clustering using Reversible Jump MCMC Technique
Younghwan Namkoong, Yongsung Joo, Douglas D. Dankel II

The Readability of Helpful Product Reviews
Michael P. O'Mahony, Barry Smyth

Handling of Numeric Ranges for Graph-Based Knowledge Discovery
Oscar E. Romero, Jesus A. Gonzalez, Lawrence B. Holder

Toward Building a Course-Timetabling Decision-Support System
Anthony Wehrer, Jay Yellen<

AI, Cognitive Semantics, and Computational Linguistics Special Track

Direct Reported Speech in Multilingual Texts: Automatic Annotation and Semantic Categorization
Motasem Alrahabi, Jean-Pierre Desclés, Jungyeon Suh

Coordination of Standard Arabic Subject Markers: Implementing the Agreement Asymmetries in the ACCG Framework
Ismaïl Biskri, Louisette Emirkanian, Adel Jebali

Reasoning in Natural Language in using Combinatory Logic and Topology An example with aspect and temporal relations
Jean-Pierre Desclés

French-Written Event Extraction Based on Contextual Exploration
Aymen Elkhlifi, Rim Faiz

Inverting Semantic Structure Under Open Domain Opinion Mining
Boris Galitsky, Gabor Dobrocsi, Josep Lluis de la Rosa

Explanation Versus Meta-Explanation: What Makes a Case More Convincing
Boris Galitsky, Josep Lluis de la Rosa, Boris Kovalerchuk

Combining MT Systems Effectively
Petr Homola, Jernej Vičič

Annotating Lexically Entailed Subevents for Textual Inference Tasks
Seohyun Im, James Pustejovsky

Disambiguation of Textual Data Typification for the Purpose of Categorial Analysis
Adam Joly, Ismaïl Biskri, Boubaker Hamrouni<

Applied Natural Language Processing Special Track

Dynamic Effects of Task Type Practice on the Japanese EFL University Student's Writing: Text Analysis with Coh-Metrix
Kyoko Baba, Ryo Nitta

Learning Collaborative Tasks on Textual User Interfaces
Nate Blaylock, William de Beaumont, Lucian Galescu, Hyuckchul Jung, James Allen, George Ferguson, Mary Swift

Interlanguage Talk: What Can Breadth of Knowledge Features Tell Us about Input and Output Differences?
Scott Crossley, Danielle McNamara

The Role of Local and Global Weighting in Assessing the Semantic Similarity of Texts Using Latent Semantic Analysis
Mihai Lintean, Cristian Moldovan, Vasile Rus, Danielle McNamara

GPAT: A Genre Purity Assessment Tool
Philip Michael McCarthy

Identifying Varietals in the Discourse of American and Korean Scientists: A Contrastive Corpus Analysis Using the Gramulator
Hyunsoon C. Min, Philip M McCarthy

Semantic Methods for Textual Entailment: How Much World Knowledge is Enough?
Andrew J. Neel, Max Garzon

Automatic Classification of Article Errors in L2 Written English
Aliva M. Pradhan, Aparna S. Varde, Jing Peng, Eileen M Fitzpatrick

Learning Textual Graph Patterns to Detect Causal Event Relations
Bryan Rink, Cosmin Adrian Bejan, Sanda Harabagiu

Toponym Disambiguation Using Events
Kirk Roberts, Cosmin Adrian Bejan, Sanda Harabagiu

Morphological Analysis of Ill-Formed Arabic Verbs in Intelligent Language Tutoring Framework
Khaled Fouad Shaalan, Marwa Magdy, Aly Fahmy

Towards A Computational Assessment of Freewriting Quality
Jennifer L. Weston, Scott A. Crossley, Danielle S. McNamara

A Quantitative Assessment of SENSATIONAL with an Exploration of Its Applications
Wei Xiong, Min Song, Lori Watrous-deVersterre

Summarization: Constructing an Ideal Summary and Evaluating a Student’s Summary Using LSA
Radhika Malladi, Irwin Levinstein, Chutima Boonthum, Joseph Magliano

Enhancing Protocol Evaluation Through Semantic Modification of Local Benchmarks
Shravan Mylavarapu, Irwin Levinstein, Chutima Boonthum, Joseph Magliano, Keith Millis<

Artificial Intelligence Education Special Track

Python as a Vehicle for Teaching Natural Language Processing
Reva Freedman

A Game Playing System for Use in Computer Science Education
James MacGlashan, Don Miner, Marie desJardins

Using Robots in Undergraduate AI Courses at Small Universities
Kenneth Moorman, Dee Parks

Recognizing American Sign Language Letters: A Machine Learning Experience in an Introductory AI Course
Ellen L. Walker

Effects of Game Tournaments on Learning and Classroom Climate
Michael Wollowski, John Verkamp<

Case-Based Reasoning Special Track

Similarity Measures in Hierarchical Behaviours from a Structural Point of View
Gonzalo Florez-Puga, Belen Diaz-Agudo, Pedro Gonzalez-Calero

Using Ontologies in Case-Based Activity Recognition
Stephen Knox, Lorcan Coyle, Simon Dobson

Assumption-Based Reasoning for Multiagent Case-Based Recommender Systems
Fabiana Lorenzi, Francesco Ricci, Mara Abel, Ana L. C. Bazzan<

Cognition and AI Special Track

A Method of Analysis to Uncover Artefact-Communication Relationships
Nik Nailah Binti Abdullah, Helen C Sharp, Shinichi Honiden

Affect and Mental Engagement: Towards Adaptability for Intelligent
Maher Chaouachi, Chalfoun Pierre, Imène Jraidi, Claude Frasson

Testing the Attention Capacities of a Complex Auto-Adaptive System: A Stroop Task Simulation
Othalia Larue, Mickaël Camus, Pierre Poirier

Performing Complex Associations Using a Feature-Extracting Bidirectional Associative Memory
Craig Leth-Steensen, Sylvain Chartier, Dominic Langlois, Marie-France Hebert

Grounded Event-Based and Modal Representations for Objects, Relations, Beliefs, Etc.
Ryan James McCall, Stan Franklin, David Friedlander<

Data Mining Special Track

An Experimental Evaluation of Popular Image Parameters for Monochromatic Solar Image Categorization
Juan Banda, Rafal Angryk

Large Data Sets, Conditional Entropy and the Cooper-Herskovitz Bayesian Score
Saaid Baraty, Dan A. Simovici

On the Number of Clusters in Block Clustering Algorithms
Malika Charrad, Yves Lechevallier, Mohamed Ben Ahmed, Gilbert Saporta

Correlating Shape and Functional Properties Using Decomposition Approaches
Daniel Dornbusch, Robert Haschke, Stefan Menzel, Heiko Wersing

Using a Graph-Based Approach for Discovering Cybercrime
William Eberle, Lawrence Holder, Jeffrey Graves

CMRULES: An Efficient Algorithm for Mining Sequential Rules Common to Several Sequences
Philippe Fournier-Viger, Usef Faghihi, Roger Nkambou, Engelbert Mephu Nguifo

An Evaluation of Sampling on Filter-Based Feature Selection Methods
Kehan Gao, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Jason Van Hulse

Optimized Mining of a Concise Representation for Frequent Patterns based on Disjunctions Rather than Conjunctions
Tarek Hamrouni, Sadok Ben Yahia, Engelbert Mephu Nguifo

Fast Discovery of Relevant Subgroup Patterns
Florian Lemmerich, Mathias Rohlfs, Martin Atzmueller

Incrementally Learning Rules for Anomaly Detection
Denis Petrussenko, Philip K. Chan

Using Constraint Satisfaction for Learning Hypotheses in Inductive Logic Programming
Roman Bartak, Ondrej Kuzelka, Filip Zelezny

Interactive Knowledge Frontier Discovery with COBWEB-KFD
Matt Honeycutt, Douglas Talbert, Steve Talbert

Mining Actionable Patterns
Prabakararaj Swapna Raj, Ravindran Balaraman<

Games and Entertainment Special Track

Designer-Driven Intention Recognition in an Action-Adventure Game Using Fast Forward Bayesian Models
Kevin Gold

Using Intelligent Agents to Build Navigation Meshes
D. Hunter Hale, G. Michael Youngblood, Nikhil Ketkar

Improving Structural Knowledge Transfer with Parametric Adaptation
Tolga Konik, Kamal Ali, Daniel Shapiro, Nan Li, David J. Stracuzzi

Applying Goal Driven Autonomy to a Team Shooter Game
Hector Munoz-Avila, David William Aha, Ulit Jaidee, Matthew Klenk, Matthew Molineaux

Reactive Teaming for Intelligent Game Characters
Frederick W. P. Heckel, G. Michael Youngblood, Nikhil S. Ketkar

A Largest Common Subsequence-based Distance Measure for Classifying Player Motion Traces in Virtual Worlds
Nikhil S. Ketkar, G. Michael Youngblood

A Destination Recommendation System for Virtual Worlds
Fahad Shah, Philip Bell, Gita Sukthankar

An Effective and Efficient Real Time Strategy Agent
Kurt Weissgerber, Brett J. Borghetti, Gilbert L. Peterson<

Intelligent Tutoring Systems Special Track

Gamed-Based iSTART Practice: From MiBoard to Self-Explanation Showdown
Justin F. Brunelle

A Model for Content Sequencing in Intelligent Tutoring Systems Based on the Ecological Approach and Its Validation Through Simulated Students
John Champaign, Robin Cohen

Problem Solving by English Learners and English Primary Students in an Algebra Readiness ITS
Federico Cirett, Carole R. Beal

MiBoard: A Digital Game from a Physical World
Kyle Dempsey, G. Tanner Jackson, Justin F. Brunelle, Michael Rowe, Danielle S. McNamara

Expert Tutors Feedback Is Immediate, Direct, and Discriminating
Sidney D'Mello, Blair Lehman, Natalie Person

Character Education Using Pedagogical Agents and Socratic Voice
Rania Hodhod, Daniel Kudenko, Paul Cairns

Game Based Training for Fighter Pilots
Jeremy Ludwig, Robert Richards, Jeff Lovelace

Computational Aspects of the Intelligent Tutoring System MetaTutor
Vasile Rus, Mihai Lintean, Roger Azevedo

Search and Exploration in LinkedCourse
Christo Dichev, Darina Dicheva, Rob Drayton

An Adaptive Training Prototype for Small Unmanned
Paula J. Durlach, Brandt W. Dargue

Enhancing Learner Self-Esteem for Learning Improvements
Imène Jraidi, Maher Chaouachi, Claude Frasson

Considering Ill-Definedness of Problems from the Aspect of Solution Space
Nguyen-Thinh Le, Wolfgang Menzel, Niels Pinkwart<

Uncertain Reasoning Special Track

Efficient Indexing for Recursive Conditioning Algorithms
Kevin Grant

Local Importance Sampling in Multiply Sectioned Bayesian Networks
Karen H. Jin, Dan Wu

Conditional Gaussian Probabilistic Decision Graphs
Jens Dalgaard Nielsen, Antonio Salmerón Cerdán

Generalized Non-impeding Noisy-AND Trees
Yang Xiang

A Surprise-Based Qualitative Probability Calculus II
Zina M. Ibrahim, Ahmed Tawfik, Alioune Ngom

Towards a More Expressive Model for Dynamic Classification
Shengtong Zhong, Ana M. Martinez, Thomas D. Nielsen, Helge Langseth

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