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AI
2006
Springer
13 years 6 months ago
A Smart Home Agent for Plan Recognition
Assistance to people suffering from cognitive deficiencies in a smart home raises complex issues. Plan recognition is one of them. We propose a formal framework for the recognition...
Bruno Bouchard, Sylvain Giroux, Abdenour Bouzouane
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Modeling Causal Reinforcement and Undermining with Noisy-AND Trees
Abstract. Causal modeling, such as noisy-OR, reduces probability parameters to be acquired in constructing a Bayesian network. Multiple causes can reinforce each other in producing...
Y. Xiang, N. Jia
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Classification Based on Logical Concept Analysis
This paper studies the problem of classification by using a concept lattice as a search space of classification rules. The left hand side of a classification rule is composed by a ...
Yan Zhao, Yiyu Yao
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
On the Quality and Quantity of Random Decisions in Stochastic Local Search for SAT
Stochastic local search (SLS) methods are underlying some of the best-performing algorithms for certain types of SAT instances, both from an empirical as well as from a theoretical...
Dave A. D. Tompkins, Holger H. Hoos
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Language Patterns in the Learning of Strategies from Negotiation Texts
The paper shows how to construct language patterns that signal influence strategies and tactical moves corresponding to such strategies. We apply corpus analysis methods to the ext...
Marina Sokolova, Stan Szpakowicz
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Satisfaction Equilibrium: Achieving Cooperation in Incomplete Information Games
So far, most equilibrium concepts in game theory require that the rewards and actions of the other agents are known and/or observed by all agents. However, in real life problems, a...
Stéphane Ross, Brahim Chaib-draa
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
An Efficient Resource Allocation Approach in Real-Time Stochastic Environment
We are interested in contributing to solving effectively a particular type of real-time stochastic resource allocation problem. Firstly, one distinction is that certain tasks may c...
Pierrick Plamondon, Brahim Chaib-draa, Abder Rezak...
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Partial Local FriendQ Multiagent Learning: Application to Team Automobile Coordination Problem
Real world multiagent coordination problems are important issues for reinforcement learning techniques. In general, these problems are partially observable and this characteristic ...
Julien Laumonier, Brahim Chaib-draa
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Probabilistic Melodic Harmonization
We propose a representation for musical chords that allows us to include domain knowledge in probabilistic models. We then introduce a graphical model for harmonization of melodies...
Jean-François Paiement, Douglas Eck, Samy B...
AI
2006
Springer
13 years 8 months ago
Unsupervised Named-Entity Recognition: Generating Gazetteers and Resolving Ambiguity
In this paper, we propose a named-entity recognition (NER) system that addresses two major limitations frequently discussed in the field. First, the system requires no human interv...
David Nadeau, Peter D. Turney, Stan Matwin