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AAAI
2004
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Solving Generalized Semi-Markov Decision Processes Using Continuous Phase-Type Distributions
We introduce the generalized semi-Markov decision process (GSMDP) as an extension of continuous-time MDPs and semi-Markov decision processes (SMDPs) for modeling stochastic decisi...
Håkan L. S. Younes, Reid G. Simmons
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Automatic Generation of Artistic Chinese Calligraphy
We introduce a novel intelligent system which can generate new Chinese calligraphic artwork that meets certain aesthetic requirements automatically. In the machine learning phase,...
Songhua Xu, Francis C. M. Lau, Kwok-Wai Cheung, Yu...
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
On the Integration of Grounding Language and Learning Objects
This paper presents a multimodal learning system that can ground spoken names of objects in their physical referents and learn to recognize those objects simultaneously from natur...
Chen Yu, Dana H. Ballard
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Synthetic Adversaries for Urban Combat Training
This paper describes requirements for synthetic adversaries for urban combat training and MOUTBots, a prototype application. The MOUTBots use a commercial computer game to define,...
Robert E. Wray, John E. Laird, Andrew Nuxoll, Devv...
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Just How Mad Are You? Finding Strong and Weak Opinion Clauses
There has been a recent swell of interest in the automatic identification and extraction of opinions and emotions in text. In this paper, we present the first experimental results...
Theresa Wilson, Janyce Wiebe, Rebecca Hwa
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Extending CP-Nets with Stronger Conditional Preference Statements
A logic of conditional preferences is defined, with a language which allows the compact representation of certain kinds of conditional preference statements, a semantics and a pro...
Nic Wilson
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Towards Autonomic Computing: Adaptive Job Routing and Scheduling
Computer systems are rapidly becoming so complex that maintaining them with human support staffs will be prohibitively expensive and inefficient. In response, visionaries have beg...
Shimon Whiteson, Peter Stone
AAAI
2004
13 years 6 months ago
Evaluating Ontology Cleaning
Ontology as a discipline of Computer Science has made many claims about its usefulness, however to date there has been very little evaluation of those claims. We present the resul...
Christopher A. Welty, Ruchi Mahindru, Jennifer Chu...