Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society Conference
Edited by Chutima Boonthum-Denecke and G. Michael Youngblood
St. Pete Beach, Florida. May 22–24, 2013. Published by The AAAI Press, Palo Alto, California.
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General Conference
Preface
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke, G. Michael Youngblood
Florida AI Research Society
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Conference Committees
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Invited Speakers
Invited Talk Abstracts
Ayanna Howard, David Johnson, Cristina Conati, Frederick W. Chen, Nikolaj Bjorner
Robots Learn to Play: Robots Emerging Role in Pediatric Therapy
Ayanna Howard
General Conference Full Paper
Semantically Correct Representation of Multi-Model Interoperations
Ahmed Abu Jbara, Alexander Levis
On the Minimal Labeling Problem of Temporal and Spatial Qualitative Constraints
Nouhad Amaneddine, Jean-François Condotta
Automatic Building of Semantically Rich Domain Models from Unstructured Data
Mithun Balakrishna, Dan Moldovan
Simplifying Verification of Nested Workflows with Extra Constraints
Roman Bartak
A Framework for Simulating and Evaluating Artificial Chatter Bot Conversations
Chayan Chakrabarti, George F. Luger
Exploiting Key Events for Learning Interception Policies
Yuan Chang, Gita Reese Sukthankar
Profiling the Distance Characteristics of Mutation Operators for Permutation-Based Genetic Algorithms
Vincent A. Cicirello, Robert Cernera
Lexical Chains on WordNet and Extensions
Tatiana N. Erekhinskaya, Dan I. Moldovan
Comparing Air Mission Routes from a Combat Survival Perspective
Tina Erlandsson, Lars Niklasson
Comparing Frequency- and Style-Based Features for Twitter Author Identification
Rachel M. Green, John W. Sheppard
Knowledge Sharing Through Agent Migration with Multi-Population Cultural Algorithm
Andrew William Hlynka, Ziad Kobti
Learning Individualized Facial Expressions in an Avatar with PSO and Tabu Search
Evan Husk, Avelino J. Gonzalez, Sumanta Pattanaik
Learning Policies in Partially Observable MDPs with Abstract Actions Using Value Iteration
Hamed Janzadeh, Manfred Huber
Learning Social Calculus with Genetic Programing
Saad Ahmad Khan, Jonathan Streater, Tarajeet Singh Bhatia, Steve Fiore, Ladislau Boloni
Improving SAT Solver Efficiency Using a Multi-Core Approach
Ricardo Marques, Luis G Silva, Paulo Flores, L. Miguel Silveira
Effects of Social Inhibition on Selection of Artifact Capabilities
Felicitas Mokom, Ziad Kobti
Top-Down Executive Control Drives Reticular-Thalamic Inhibition and Relays Cortical Information in a Large-Scale Neurocognitive Model
Matthew E. Phillips, Michael C. Avery, Jeffrey L. Krichmar, Rajan Bhattacharyya
Acquiring User Models to Test Automated Assistants
Marc Pickett, David W. Aha, J. Gregory Trafton
A Prototype Mobile Expert System for Nutritional Diagnosis
Cristian Quesada, Marcelo Jenkins
Novelty Detection Using Sparse Online Gaussian Processes for Visual Object Recognition
Ruben Ramirez-Padron, Boris Mederos, Avelino J. Gonzalez
Two-Stage Second Order Training in Feedforward Neural Networks
Melvin Deloyd Robinson, Michael Thomas Manry
Bias and Variance Optimization for SVMs Model Selection
Alejandro Rosales-Pérez, Hugo Jair Escalante, Jesus A. Gonzalez, Carlos A. Reyes-Garcia
A Fuzzy Logic Computational Model for Emotion Regulation Based on Gross
Ahmad Soleimani, Ziad Kobti
A Computationally Efficient System for High-Performance Multi-Document Summarization
Sean Sovine, Hyoil Han
Lack of Spatial Indicators in Hamlet
Christine Talbot, G. Michael Youngblood
Domain-Independent Heuristics for Goal Formulation
Mark A. Wilson, Matthew Molineaux, David W. Aha
Cluster Analysis for Optimal Indexing
Tim Wylie, Michael A. Schuh, John W. Sheppard, Rafal A. Angryk
General Conference Poster Paper
Detection of Alzheimer’s Disease via Statistical Features from Brain Slices
Namita Aggarwal, Bharti Rana, R. K. Agrawal
A Framework to Manage Conditional Constraints and Qualitative Preferences
Eisa Alanazi, Malek Mouhoub
Intelligent Shopping Using Migrating Agents
Lianne Lee, Nandan Parameswaran
A Framework for the Qualitative Comparison of Diverse Developmental Agents
Lisa B. Soros, Avelino J. Gonzalez
Applied Natural Language Processing Special Track
Special Track on Applied Natural Language Processing
Mihai Lintean, Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Automatic Detection of Nominal Entities in Speech for Enriched Content Search
Ricardo A. Calix, Leili Javadpout, Mehdi Khazaeli, Gerald M. Knapp
Novel Curve Signatures and a Combination Method for Thai On-Line Handwriting Character Recognition
Ekawat Chaowicharat, Nick Cercone, Kanlaya Naruedomkul
Cohesion-Based Prompt Effects in Argumentative Writing
Scott Crossley, Laura Varner, Danielle McNamara
Using Automatic Scoring Models to Detect Changes in Student Writing in an Intelligent Tutoring System
Scott Crossley, Rod Roscoe, Danielle McNamara
Automated Non-Content Word List Generation Using hLDA
Wayne Krug, Marc T. Tomlinson
Comparing Two Measures for Formality
Haiying Li, Zhiqiang Cai, Arthur C. Graesser
Towards Finding Relevant Information Graphics: Identifying the Independent and Dependent Axis from User-Written Queries
Zhuo Li, Matthew Stagitis, Kathleen McCoy, Sandra Carberry
A Study of Probabilistic and Algebraic Methods for Semantic Similarity
Vasile Rus, Nobal Bikram Niraula, Rajendra Banjade
Extending Word Highlighting in Multiparticipant Chat
David C. Uthus, David W. Aha
A Gramulator Analysis of Gendered Language in Cable News Reportage
Xin Wen, Philip Michael McCarthy, Amber Chauncey Strain
Ontology-Based Named Entity Recognizer for Behavioral Health
Ugan Yasavur, Reza Amini, Christine Lisetti, Naphtali Rishe
A Logic Prover Approach to Predicting Textual Similarity
Eduardo Blanco, Dan Moldovan
Twitter Trends Detection by Identifying Grammatical Relations
Mikhail Aleksandrovich Dykov, Pavel Nikolaevich Vorobkalov
Using an Automatically Generated Dictionary and a Classifier to Identify a Person's Profession in Tweets
Abe Cezar Hall, Fernando Gomez
Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security Special Track
Special Track on Artificial Intelligence and Cyber Security
Gerald M. Knapp, Ricardo A. Calix, Mehdi Khazaeli, Leili Javadpour
User Authentication from Web Browsing Behavior
Myriam Abramson, David Aha
Inferring Accurate Histories of Malware Evolution from Structural Evidence
Craig Darmetko, Steven Jilcott, John Everett
An Expectation Maximization Approach to Detecting Compromised Remote Access Accounts
Kevin Gold, Ben Priest, Kevin M. Carter
Recognizing Artificial Faces Using Wavelet Based Adapted Median Binary Patterns
Abdallah Mohamed, Roman Yampolskiy
Feature Ranking and Support Vector Machines Classification Analysis of the NSL-KDD Intrusion Detection Corpus
Ricardo A. Calix, Rajesh Sankaran
Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Semantics, Computational Linguistics and Logics Special Track
Special Track on Artificial Intelligence, Cognitive Semantic, Computational Linguistics, and Logic
Florence Le Priol, Ismail Biskri, Adel Jebali, Anca Pascu
Exploiting Maching Learning for Automatic Semantic Feature Assignment
Karel Bilek, Natalia Klyueva, Vladislav Kubon
Integration of Sequence of Computational Modules Dedicated to Text Analysis: A Combinatory Typed Approach
Ismaïl Biskri, Marie Anastacio, Adam Joly, Boucif Amar Bensaber
A Neo-Topological Approach to Reasoning on Ontologies with Exceptions and Comparison with Defeasible Description Logics
Christophe Jouis, Mohammed Yasin Rahman, Jean-Gabriel Ganascia
A Hybrid Approach for Arabic Semantic Relation Extraction
Wiem Lahbib, Ibrahim Bounhas, Bilel Elayeb, Fabrice Evrard, Yahya Slimani
The Logic of Typical and Atypical Instances (LTA)
Jean-Pierre Descles, Anca Christine Pascu, Christophe Jouis
Revisiting Linguistic Approximation for Computing with Words
Nina Marhamati, Purvag Patel, Yousef Althobaiti, Elham S. Khorasani, Shahram Rahimi
Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Special Track
Special Track on Artificial Intelligence in Healthcare Informatics
Doug Talbert, Steve Talbert
Towards an Expressive Embodied Conversational Agent Utilizing Multi-Ethnicity to Augment Solution Focused Therapy
Mark Allison, Lynn Marie Kendrick
A Multi-Label Classification Approach for Coding Cancer Information Service Chat Transcripts
Anthony Rios, Robin Vanderpool, Pam Shaw, Ramakanth Kavuluru
ICA Analysis of Face Color for Health Applications
Roger Su, Timothy Michael Dockins, Manfred Huber
Ensemble Gene Selection Versus Single Gene Selection: Which Is Better?
Randall Wald, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, David J. Dittman
Case-Based Reasoning Special Track
Special Track on Case-Based Reasoning
Michael W. Floyd, Santiago Ontañón
MAC/FAC Retrieval of Semantic Workflows
Ralph Bergmann, Alexander Stromer
Trace-Based Reasoning — Modeling Interaction Traces for Reasoning on Experiences
Amélie Cordier, Marie Lefevre, Pierre-Antoine Champin, Olivier Georgeon, Alain Mille
Evaluating Sketch-Based Retrieval Speed-Up for Behaviour Design in Soccerbots
Gonzalo Florez-Puga, Belén Díaz-Agudo, Pedro González-Calero
Analysis and Cleaning of User Traces Through Comparison of Multiple Traces
Michael William Floyd, Babak Esfandiari
An Ensemble Approach to Instance-Based Regression Using Stretched Neighborhoods
Vahid Jalali, David Leake
A Comparison of Case Acquisition Strategies for Learning from Observations of State-Based Experts
Santiago Ontanon, Michael Floyd
Learning from Demonstration to Be a Good Team Member in a Role Playing Game
Michael Silva, Silas McCroskey, Jonathan Rubin, Michael Youngblood, Ashwin Ram
Modeling Competence for Case Based Reasoning Systems Using Clustering
Abir Smiti, Zied Elouedi
Applying CBR Principles to Reason without Negative Exemplars
Sidath Gunawardena, Rosina O. Weber
What a Shame — Why Good Ideas Can’t Make It in Architecture: A Contemporary Approach towards the Case-Based Reasoning Paradigm in Architecture
Katharina Richter
Data Mining Special Track
Special Track on Data Mining
David Bisant, William Eberle
Constraint-Based Search of Different Kinds of Discriminative Patterns
Loïc Cerf, João Foscarini, Israel Guerra, Michel Boaventura, Wagner Meira Jr.
Classification Performance of Rank Aggregation Techniques for Ensemble Gene Selection
David J. Dittman, Taghi M. Khoshgoftaar, Randall Wald, Amri Napolitano
An Accelerated Nearest Neighbor Search Method for the K-Means Clustering Algorithm
Adam Fausett, M. Emre Celebi
A Hybrid Global-Local Approach for Hierarchical Classification
Julio Noe Hernandez, Luis Enrique Sucar, Eduardo F. Morales
A Hierarchical Model for Morphological Galaxy Classification
Maribel Angelica Marin, Luis Enrique Sucar, Jesus A. Gonzalez, Raquel Diaz
MDL-Based Unsupervised Attribute Ranking
Zdravko Markov
Discovering Fraud in Online Classified Ads
Alan Matthew McCormick, William Eberle
A Simulated Annealing Clustering Algorithm Based On Center Perturbation Using Gaussian Mutation
Stephen Merendino, M. Emre Celebi
Context-Driven Image Annotation Using ImageNet
George E. Noel, Gilbert L. Peterson
Stretchy Time Pattern Mining: A Deeper Analysis of Environment Sensor Data
Carlos Roberto Silveira Junior, Marilde Terezinha Prado Santos, Marcela Xavier Ribeiro
Exploiting Topical Perceptions over Multi-Lingual Text for Hashtag Suggestion on Twitter
Amara Tariq, Asim Karim, Fernando Gomez, Hassan Foroosh
Study on Parameter Selection Using SampleBoost
Mohamed Abouelenien, Xiaohui Yuan
Stochastic Aware Random Forests - A Variation Less Impacted by Randomness
Paulo Fernandes, Lucelene Lopes, Silvio Normey, Duncan Ruiz
Visualizing Stock Market Data with Self-Organizing Map
Joel Joseph, Indratmo Indratmo
Data Clustering and Similarity
Julien Soler, Fabien Tencé, Laurent Gaubert, Cédric Buche
Intelligent Tutoring System Special Track
Special Track on Intelligent Tutoring Systems
Rod Roscoe, G. Tanner Jackson
Game Performance as a Measure of Comprehension and Skill Transfer
G. Tanner Jackson, Erica L. Snow, Laura K. Varner, Danielle S. McNamara
Added Teacher-Created Motiational Video to an ITS
Kim M. Kelly, Neil Heffernan, Sidney D'Mello, Jeffrey Namais, Amber Chauncey Strain
Emotions During Writing about Socially-Charged Issues: Effects of the (Mis)Alignment of Personal Positions with Instructed Positions
Caitlin Spencer Mills, Sidney Keith D'Mello
Educational Game Enjoyment, Perceptions, and Features in an Intelligent Writing Tutor
Rod Roscoe, Erica L. Snow, Russell D. Brandon, Danielle S. McNamara
The Impact of Performance Orientation on Students’ Interactions and Achievements in an ITS
Erica Linn Snow, G. Tanner Jackson, Laura K Varner, Danielle S McNamara
Applying Clustering to the Problem of Predicting Retention within an ITS: Comparing Regularity Clustering with Traditional Methods
Fei Song, Shubhendu Trivedi, Yutao Wang, Gabor Sarkozy, Neil Heffernan
Will You Get It Right Next Week: Predict Delayed Performance in Enhanced ITS Mastery Cycle
Xiaolu Xiong, Shoujing Li, Joseph E. Beck
Assessing Motivational Strategies in Serious Games Using Hidden Markov Models
Lotfi Derbali, Ramla Ghali, Claude Frasson
Does Immediate Feedback While Doing Homework Improve Learning?
Paul Kehrer, Kim Kelly, Neil Heffernan
Does Size Matter? Investigating User Input at a Larger Bandwidth
Laura Kristen Varner, G. Tanner Jackson, Erica L. Snow, Danielle S. McNamara
Robotics Special Track
Special Track on Robotics and Human-Robot Interaction
Rebecca Caldwell, LaVonne Manning
Overwatch: An Educational Testbed for Multi-Robot Experimentation
D. Michael Franklin, Lynne E. Parker
Deciding like Humans Do
Jens Hoefinghoff, Laura Hoffmann, Nicole Kraemer, Josef Pauli
All-Terrain Network Service Robot Based on Tekkostu Framework
Derrick Jones, Ju Wang, John Lewis
Multirobot Coverage Using Observation-Based Cooperation with Backtracking
Briana Lowe Wellman, Shameka Dawson, Monica Anderson
Multirobot Task Allocation with Real-Time Path Planning
Prithviraj Dasgupta, Bradley Woosley
Exploring the Performance of the iRobot Create for Object Relocation in Outer Space
Hasani Burns, Chutima Boonthum-Denecke
Uncertain Reasoning Special Track
Special Track on Uncertain Reasoning
Christoph Beierle, Souhila Kaci
Towards Constraints Handling by Conflict Tolerance in Abstract Argumentation Frameworks
Ofer Arieli
A Temporal Logic for Planning under Uncertainty
Manuel Biscaia, Pedro Baltazar, Paulo Mateus, Rajagopal Nagarajan
Monotonic and Nonmonotonic Inference for Abstract Argumentation
Richard Booth, Souhila Kaci, Tjitze Rienstra, Leendert van der Torre
Compiling Preference Queries in Qualitative Constraint Problems
Jean-François Condotta, Souhila Kaci
Sensitivity Analysis in Portfolio Interval Decision Analysis
Tobias Fasth, Aron Larsson
Intensional Combination of Rankings for OCF-Networks
Gabriele Kern-Isberner, Christian Eichhorn
Improving Decision Diagrams for Decision Theoretic Planning
Jean-Christophe Magnan, Pierre-Henri Wuillemin
An Empirical Comparison of Bayesian Network Parameter Learning Algorithms for Continuous Data Streams
Parot Ratnapinda, Marek J. Druzdzel
Decision Tables Aggregation in Rough Sets Approximation
Salem Chakhar, Clara Pusceddu
A Transfer Learning Approach for Learning Temporal Nodes Bayesian Networks
Lindsey Jennifer Fiedler Cameras, Luis Enrique Sucar, Eduardo F. Morales
Propagation of Belief Functions through Frames of Discernment: Application to
Bastien Pietropaoli, Michele Dominici, Frédéric Weis
Some Notes on the Factorization of Probabilistic Logical Models under Maximum Entropy Semantics
Nico Potyka
Poster Abstracts
Poster Abstract Track
Chutima Boonthum-Denecke, Philip M. McCarthy
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