We were very pleased to once again extend to the delegates and, we are pleased to th say, our friends the warmest of welcomes to the 8 International Conference on Knowledge-Based Intelligent Information and Engineering Systems at Wellington - stitute of Technology in Wellington, New Zealand. The KES conferences attract a wide range of interest. The broad focus of the c- ference series is the theory and applications of computational intelligence and em- gent technologies. Once purely a research field, intelligent systems have advanced to the point where their abilities have been incorporated into many conventional appli- tion areas. The quest to encapsulate human knowledge and capabilities in domains such as reasoning, problem solving, sensory analysis, and other complex areas has been avidly pursued. This is because it has been demonstrated that these abilities have definite practical applications. The techniques long ago reached the point where they are being exploited to provide commercial advantages for companies and real beneficial effects on profits. KES 2004 provided a valuable mechanism for delegates to obtain a profound view of the latest intelligent systems research into a range of - gorithms, tools and techniques. KES 2004 also gave delegates the chance to come into contact with those applying intelligent systems in diverse commercial areas. The combination of theory and practice represents a uniquely valuable opportunity for - preciating the full spectrum of intelligent-systems activity and the "state of the art".
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Methods of Computational Intelligence with Applications for Product Development and Human Resource Recruitment.- Integration of Psychology, Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing for Recruitment and Benchmarking of Salespersons.- FHP: Functional Heuristic Planning.- Planning with Recursive Subgoals.- Development of a Generic Computer Aided Deductive Algorithm for Process Parameter Design.- Epistemic Logic and Planning.- Tàtari: An Open Source Software Tool for the Development and Evaluation of Recommender System Algorithms.- DCPP: Knowledge Representation for Planning Processes.- An IS Framework to Support the Collaborative Design of Supply Chains.- Knowledge-Based Interface Systems.- A New Similarity Evaluation Function for Writer Recognition of Chinese Character.- Development of Teaching Materials Which Dynamically Change in Learning Process.- Analog VLSI Layout Design of Motion Detection for Artificial Vision Model.- Development of High-Precise and No-Contacting Capacitance Measuring System Using Dipmeter.- Similarity of Documents Using Reconfiguration of Thesaurus.- On Refractory Parameter of Chaotic Neurons in Incremental Learning.- Automatic Virtualization of Real Object Based on Shape Knowledge in Mixed Reality.- Generation of Virtual Image from Multiple View Point Image Database.- Correlation Computations for Movement Detection in Neural Networks.- Intelligent Human Computer Interaction Systems.- Information Acquisition Using Chat Environment for Question Answering.- Design and Implementation of Natural Language Interface for Impression-Based Music-Retrieval Systems.- InTREND: An Interactive Tool for Reflective Data Exploration Through Natural Discourse.- Using Mitate-shi Related to the CONTAINER Schema for Detecting the Container-for-Contents Metonymy.- Character Learning System Using Inter-stroke Information.- Construction of Conscious Model Using Reinforcement Learning.- Advice Recording Method for a Lesson with Computers.- Acquiring After-Sales Knowledge from Human Motions.- Emotion Analyzing Method Using Physiological State.- Posters.- A Lyapunov Function Based Direct Model Reference Adaptive Fuzzy Control.- Semi-automatic Video Object Segmentation Method Based on User Assistance and Object Tracking.- Design and Evaluation of a Scale Patching Technique for VOD Servers.- Optimal Gabor Encoding Scheme for Face Recognition Using Genetic Algorithm.- T-shape Diamond Search Pattern for New Fast Block Matching Motion Estimation.- Motion Estimation Using Cross Center-Biased Distribution and Spatio-Temporal Correlation of Motion Vector.- A Fast Motion Estimation Using Prediction of Motion Estimation Error.- Ontology Revision Using the Concept of Belief Revision.- Novelty in the Generation of Initial Population for Genetic Algorithms.- Framework for Personalized e-Mediator.- Advances in Intelligent Data Processing Techniques and Applications.- Weightless Neural Networks for Typing Biometrics Authentication.- Intelligent Pressure-Based Typing Biometrics System.- Classifiers for Sonar Target Differentiation.- Design and Development of Intelligent Fingerprint-Based Security System.- Weightless Neural Networks: A Comparison Between the Discriminator and the Deterministic Adaptive RAM Network.- Extracting Biochemical Reaction Kinetics from Time Series Data.- PCA and ICA Based Signal and Image Processing.- Image Feature Representation by the Subspace of Nonlinear PCA.- Improving ICA Performance for Modeling Image Appearance with the Kernel Trick.- Random Independent Subspace for Face Recognition.- An RDWT Based Logo Watermark Embedding Scheme with Independent Component Analysis Detection.- Real-Time Independent Component Analysis Based on Gradient Learning with Simultaneous Perturbation Stochastic Approximation.- Intelligent Data Processing in Process Systems and Plants.- Extraction Operation Know-How from Historical Operation Data.- Handling Qualitative Aspects of Human Knowledge in Diagnosis.- Qualitative Analysis for Detection of Stiction in Control Valves.- Agent-Based Batch Process Control Systems.- Acquisition of AGV Control Rules Using Profit Sharing Method and Evaluation of the Rules.- Dynamic Acquisition of Models for Multiagent-Oriented Simulation of Micro Chemical Processes.- Acquisition of Engineering Knowledge on Design of Industrial Cleaning System through IDEF0 Activity Model.- Intelligent Systems for Spatial Information Processing and Imaging.- Exchanging Generalised Maps Across the Internet.- Adaptive Spatial Data Processing System (ASDPS).- Modified ASDPS for Geochemical Data Processing.- Gravity Data Processing Using ASDPS.- Remote Sensing Image Processing Using MCDF.- Coarse-Grained Parallel Algorithms for Spatial Data Partition and Join Processing.- Image Processing and Intelligent Information Applications.- Multi-agents for Decision Support.- Dynamic Scheduling Using Multiagent Architecture.- Using Consensus Ensembles to Identify Suspect Data.- Fuzzy Analysis of X-Ray Images for Automated Disease Examination.- New Background Speaker Models and Experiments on the ANDOSL Speech Corpus.- Immunity-Based Systems and Approaches.- An Approach for Self-repair in Distributed System Using Immunity-Based Diagnostic Mobile Agents.- Artificial Immune System for Personal Identification with Finger Vein Pattern.- A Switching Memory Strategy in an Immune Network Model.- A Process Algebra Model of the Immune System.- Mechanism for Generating Immunity-Based Agents that Detect Masqueraders.- Machine and Computer Vision, Neural Networks, Intelligent Web Mining and Applications.- False Alarm Filter in Neural Networks for Multiclass Object Detection.- iJADE Scene Segmentator - A Real-Time Scene Segmentation System Using Watershed-Based Neuro-Oscillatory Network.- Visual Tracking by Using Kalman Gradient Vector Flow (KGVF) Snakes.- Chart Patterns Recognition and Forecast Using Wavelet and Radial Basis Function Network.- Appearance-Based Face Recognition Using Aggregated 2D Gabor Features.- Ontology-Based Web Agents Using Concept Description Flow.- Web Page Recommendation Model for Web Personalization.- iJADE Face Recognizer - A Multi-agent Based Pose and Scale Invariant Human Face Recognition System.- Neural Networks for Data Mining.- Piecewise Multivariate Polynomials Using a Four-Layer Perceptron.- Learning an Evaluation Function for Shogi from Data of Games.- Extended Parametric Mixture Model for Robust …