Advances in Artificial Intelligence. Pricai 2000 Workshop Reader: Four Workshops Held at Pricai 2000, Melbourne, Australia, August 28 - September 1, 2 Paperback - 2001 - 2001st Edition

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ThePaci?cRimInternationalConferenceonArti?cialIntelligence(PRICAI)is theleadingconferenceinthePaci?cRimregionforthepresentationofresearch andthelatestdevelopmentsinArti?cialIntelligence, includingtheapplication of AI to problems of social and economic importance. PRICAI 2000 was the sixthinthebiennialseriesofconferencesandwasheldinMelbourne, Australia, August28-September1,2000. ThePRICAI2000workshopsweredesignedtoprovideaforumforrese- chersandpractitionerstopresentandexchangethelatestdevelopmentsatthe AIfrontier. Workshopsaremorespecializedandonasmallerscalethancon- rencestofacilitateactiveinteractionamongtheattendees. TheyencourageAI theoriestomeetreality, AIresearcherstoworkwithpractitioners, andviceversa. Throughworkshops, bothsidesgetexposuretoevolvingresearchandtools, and tothepracticalproblemstowhichAIcanbeapplied. Asanexcellentindicator ofthecurrentlevelofactiveresearchanddevelopmentactivities, PRICAI2000 includedatotalofsevenworkshops: AIandtheInternet, IntelligentInfor- tionAgents, ApplicationsofAIinIndustry, Multi-AgentSystems, TextandWeb Mining, AIinE-Commerce, andTeamswithAdjustableAutonomy. The work from four of the seven workshops has formed this unique coll- tion of four parts. PartI reports on Applications of AI in Industry;PartII coversAIinE-Commerce;PartIII detailsIntelligentInformationAgents, and PartIV discussestheissuesofTeamworkandAdjustableAutonomyinAgents. Eachworkshoppaperwasacceptedafterreviewbyatleasttwoexperts. Further improvementswereincludedinmanypapersinpreparationforthiscollection. Readerscan?nddiversetopicsandcarefuldiscussionscenteredaroundthefour importantthemesinoureverchangingworld. Thiscollectionplaysanimp- tantroleinbridgingthegapbetweenAItheoryandpractice, toemphasizethe importanceofAIintheresearchanddevelopmentofAgents, E-Commerce, and inmanyreal-worldapplications, andtopublicizeandextendAItechnologyto manydomainsinthisfastmovinginformationage. Thechairsoftheworkshopsdidanexcellentjobinbringingtogethermany AIresearchersandpractitionersfromthePaci?c-Asiaregionandfromallover the world. The well received workshops at PRICAI 2000 and the publication ofthiscollectionhaveconvincinglyshownthesigni?canceandpracticalimpact oftheworkpresentedinthiscollection. ProfessorNancyReed'sgreate?ortin producingthisspecial, ?necollectionwillbeapplaudedandappreciatedbymany. IamcertainthatthiscollectionwillstimulatemoreAIresearchandapplications, in?uencemanygraduatestudentstoconductresearchanddevelopmentinAI, and have a positive impact toward making our future better by creating an increasinglyintelligentworld. June2001 HuanLiu TableofContents I ApplicationsofArti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry Arti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 GrahamJ. WilliamsandDicksonLukose ApplyingBehavior-OrientedRoboticstoaMobileSecurityDevice . . . . . . . 5 AndreasBirkandHolgerKenn OntologyDesignandItsApplicationinthePetroleum RemediationDomain. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Lin-LiChenandChristineW. Chan ASalesAgentforWebsitePersonalization . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 WeiqinChen, RyanShaw, LeifMortenson, TomFoley, andRiichiroMizoguchi AnomalyDetectionofCopmuterUsageUsingArti?cial IntelligenceTechniques . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31 JonghoChoyandSung-BaeCho ApplicationofSelf-OrganizingMapstoClassi?cationandBrowsing ofFAQE-mails. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .