ISBN: 0-7695-2748-5

Tomaso Poggio, McGovern Institute for Brain Research, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA

Ian Foster, Argonne National Laboratory & University of Chicago, USA

Frank van Harmelen, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Andrzej Skowron, Warsaw University, Poland

Elisabeth Andre, Universitat Augsburg, Germany

Jorg Denzinger, University of Calgary, Canada

Jordan Kidney, University of Calgary, Canada

Arnaud Doniec, INRETS, France

Stephane Espie, INRETS, France

Rene Mandiau, University of Valenciennes, France

Sylvain Piechowiak, University of Valenciennes, France

Kensuke Fukuda, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Toshio Hirotsu, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Satoshi Kurihara, Osaka University, Japan

Shin-ya Sato, NTT Laboratories

Osamu Akashi, NTT Laboratories

Toshiharu Sugawara, NTT Laboratories

Xin Li, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

William K. Cheung, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Jiming Liu, Hong Kong Baptist University, Hong Kong

Jianming Zhao, ZheJiang Normal University, China

Xinjun Mao, National Univ. of Defense Technology, China

Ji Wang, National Univ. of Defense Technology, China

Eric Matson, University of Cincinnati, USA; Wright State University, USA

Raj Bhatnagar, University of Cincinnati, USA

Vito Morreale, R&D Lab - ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy

Susanna Bonura, R&D Lab - ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy

Giuseppe Francaviglia, R&D Lab - ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy

Fabio Centineo, R&D Lab - ENGINEERING Ingegneria Informatica S.p.A., Italy

Massimo Cossentino, ICAR-Italian National Research Council, Italy

Salvatore Gaglio, University of Palermo, Italy

Ingo Muller, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia

Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology Melbourne, Australia

Peter Braun, the agent factory GmbH, Germany

Nicole Ronald, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Leon Sterling, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Michael Kirley, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Akiko Takahashi, Tohoku University, Japan

Tetsuo Kinoshita, Tohoku University, Japan

Hayfa Zgaya, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France

Slim Hammadi, Ecole Centrale de Lille, France

Huiliang Zhang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Shell Ying Huang, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore

Prithviraj Dasgupta, University of Nebraska, USA

Matthew Hoeing, University of Nebraska, USA

Fabio Avellaneda, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Columbia

Cesar Bustacara, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Columbia

Juan Pablo Garzon, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Columbia

Enrique Gonzalez, Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, Columbia

Martin Purvis, University of Otago, New Zealand

Sharmila Savarimuthu, University of Otago, New Zealand

Marcos De Oliveira, University of Otago, New Zealand

Maryam Purvis, University of Otago, New Zealand

Li Tao, Southwest University, China

Zili Zhang, Southwest University, China; Deakin University, Australia

Zheng-guang Wang, Bei Hang University, China

Xiao-hui Liang, Bei Hang University, China

Zeng Zhifeng, Yunnan Police Officer Academy, China

Xue Xiao, Yunnan Police Officer Academy, China

Cui Ying, Yunnan Police Officer Academy, China

Samin Karim, University of Melbourne, Australia

Budhitama Subagdja, University of Melbourne, Australia

Liz Sonenberg, University of Melbourne, Australia

Laurent Mazuel, Laboratoire d?informatique de Paris 6 - LIP6, France

Nicolas Sabouret, Laboratoire d?informatique de Paris 6 - LIP6, France

Frank McCarey, University College Dublin, Ireland

Mel O Cinneide, University College Dublin, Ireland

Nicholas Kushmerick, University College Dublin, Ireland

Arturo Nakasone, University of Tokyo, Japan

Mitsuru Ishizuka, University of Tokyo, Japan

Paul Rudman, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Mary Zajicek, Oxford Brookes University, UK

Xiao Yan Deng, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

Phil Trinder, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

Greg Michaelson, Heriot-Watt University, Scotland

Manuel F Gomes Junior, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Anne Magaly Canuto, Federal University of Rio Grande do Norte, Brazil

Bin Guo, Keio University, Japan

Satoru Satake, Keio University, Japan

Michita Imai, Keio University, Japan

Susumu Konno, Tohoku University, Japan

Abar Sameera, Tohoku University, Japan

Yukio Iwaya, Tohoku University, Japan

Toru Abe, Tohoku University, Japan

Tetsuo Kinoshita, Tohoku University, Japan

Marcia Cristina Moraes, PUCRS, Brazil

Milene Selbach Silveira, PUCRS, Brazil

Dominik Ryzko, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Henryk Rybinski, Warsaw University of Technology, Poland

Mohsen Afsharchi, University of Calgary, Canada

Behrouz H. Far, University of Calgary, Canada

Jorg Denzinger, University of Calgary, Canada

George Alexander, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Anita Raja, The University of North Carolina at Charlotte, USA

Alessandro de Luna Almeida, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Samir Aknine, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Jean-Pierre Briot, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Jacques Malenfant, Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France

Xiangdong An, Dalhousie University, Canada

Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University, Canada

Xiangdong An, Dalhousie University, Canada

Nick Cercone, Dalhousie University, Canada

Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Catholijn M. Jonker, Radboud Universiteit Nijmegen, The Netherlands

Lourens van der Meij, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Alexei Sharpanskykh, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Peter-Paul van Maanen, TNO Human Factors, The Netherlands; Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jakub Brzostowski, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Hoi Chan, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA

Thomas Kwok, IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center, USA

Nikolaos Dimakis, Athens Information Technology, Greece

John Soldatos, Athens Information Technology, Greece

Lazaros Polymenakos, Athens Information Technology, Greece

Manfred Schenk, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Uwe Pfirrmann, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Axel Burkle, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Jian Huang, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Adrian R. Pearce, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Ron Katz, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Sarit Kraus, Bar-Ilan University, Israel

Peep Kungas, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Norway

Mihhail Matskin, Royal Institute of Technology IMIT/LECS, Sweden

Layuan Li, Wuhan University of Technology, China

Chunlin Li, Wuhan University of Technology, China

Peiyan Yuan, Wuhan University of Technology, China; Henan Normal University, China

Sio-Fan Lou, University of Macau, Macau

Yain-Whar Si, University of Macau, Macau

Hua-Qing Min, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, China; South China University of Technology, China

Jia-Xing Hui, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, China

Yan-Sheng Lu, South China University of Technology, China

Jia-zhi Jiang, HuaZhong University of Science and Technology, China

Minh Nguyen-Duc, Laval University, Canada

Brahim Chaib-draa, Laval University, Canada

Jose Ghislain Quenum, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Samir Aknine, Laboratoire d'Informatique de Paris, France

Onn Shehory, IBM-Haifa Research Labs

Shinichi Honiden, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Amy Unruh, The University of Melbourne, Australia

James Bailey, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Kotagiri Ramamohanarao, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Rui Wang, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Tracy Mullen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Viswanath Avasarala, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

John Yen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Wei Wang, Tongji University, China

Guosun Zeng, Tongji University, China

Tao Liu, Tongji University, China

Michael Winikoff, RMIT University, Australia

Kaifu Zhang, Tsinghua University, China

Wei Pan, Tsinghua University, China

Guido Boella, Universita di Torino, Italy

Rossana Damiano, Universita di Torino, Italy

Joris Hulstijn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Netherlands

Leendert van der Torre, University of Luxembourg

Po-Chun Chen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Xiaocong Fan, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Shizhuo Zhu, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

John Yen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Prithviraj Dasgupta, University of Nebraska, USA

S. Dehousse, University of Namur, Belgium

L. Liu, Tsinghua University, China

S. Faulkner, University of Namur, Belgium

M. Kolp, University of Louvain, Belgium

H. Mouratidis, Univ. of East London, UK

Yannis Dimopoulos, University of Cyprus, Cyprus

Pavlos Moraitis, Rene Descartes University, France

Frodi Hammer, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Alireza Derakhshan, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Yves Demazeau, Institut IMAG, France

Henrik Hautop Lund, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Xiaolin Hu, Georgia State University, USA

Ou Li, Georgia State University, USA

Tarek Jarraya, Univ. of Reims, France

Zahia Guessoum, Univ. of Paris VI, France

Masayuki Kushida, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Kenichi Takahashi, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Hiroaki Ueda, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Tetsuhiro Miyahara, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Xianwei Lai, Fuzhou University, China; Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Shanli Hu, Fuzhou University, China; Chinese Academy of Sciences, China

Zhengyuan Ning, Fujian Agriculture and Forestry University, China

Yisong Liu, Jiangsu University, China

Lili Dong, Jiangsu University, China

Yamin Sun, Nanjing University of Science & Technology, China

Guoqing Mo, PLA University of Science and Technology, China

Wei Zhao, PLA University of Science and Technology, China

Haixia Cao, Jiangxi University of Science and Technology, China

Jianshe Dong, Lanzou University of Technology, China

Pierrick Plamondon, Laval University, Canada

Brahim Chaib-draa, Laval University, Canada

Abder Rezak Benaskeur, Deference R&D Canada, Canada

Samir Aknine, Lip6, France

Onn Shehory, Haifa University Campus, Israel

Hiroaki Ueda, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Takeshi Naraki, Mazda Motor Corporation, Japan

Yo Nasu, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Kenichi Takahashi, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Tetsuhiro Miyahara, Hiroshima City University, Japan

Christel Kemke, University of Manitoba, Canada

Erin Walker, Carnegie-Mellon University, USA

KaiYu Wan, Concordia University, Canada

Vasu Alagar, Concordia University, Canada

Yu Zhang, Trinity University, USA

Frederick Asselin, Universite Laval, Canada

Brigitte Jaumard, Concordia University, Canada

Antoine Nongaillard, Concordia University, Canada

Mark Hoogendoorn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Mark Hoogendoorn, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Jan Treur, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Pinar Yolum, Bogazici University, Turkey

Ryan F. Kelly, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Adrian R. Pearce, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Hoong Chuin Lau, Singapore Management University, Singapore

Guan Li Soh, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Wee Chong Wan, National University of Singapore, Singapore

Terence H.-W. Law, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Adrian R. Pearce, The University of Melbourne, Australia

Roger Mailler, Artificial Intelligence Center, USA

Xuan Thang Nguyen, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Ryszard Kowalczyk, Swinburne University of Technology, Australia

Marius Calin Silaghi, Florida Institute of Technology, USA

Kevin Westwood, Utah State University, USA

Vicki H. Allan, Utah State University, USA

Dongyong Yang, Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Jinyin Chen, Zhejiang University of Technology, China

Naofumi Matsumoto, Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan

Yuzo Yamane, Ashikaga Institute of Technology, Japan

Mariusz Nowostawski, The University of Otago, New Zealand

Martin Purvis, The University of Otago, New Zealand

Toshiharu Sugawara, NTT Communication Science Labs.

Kensuke Fukuda, National Institute of Informatics, Japan

Toshio Hirotsu, Toyohashi University of Technology, Japan

Shin-ya Sato, NTT Network Innovation Labs

Satoshi Kurihara, Osaka University, Japan

K.K.F. Yuen, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

H.C.W. Lau, Hong Kong Polytechnic University, China

Yi Tang, Guangzhou University, China

Jun Yun, Guangzhou University, China

Quan Zhou, Guangzhou University, China

Viswanath Avasarala, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Himanshu Polavarapu, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Tracy Mullen, Pennsylvania State University, USA

Frank Guerin, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Emmanuel M. Tadjouddine, University of Aberdeen, Scotland

Marie-Jo Bellosta, Universite Paris Dauphine, France

Sylvie Kornman, Universite Paris Dauphine, France

Daniel Vanderpooten, Universite Paris Dauphine, France

Hu Qinyou, Shanghai Maritime University, China

Hu Qiaoer, Jiangsu Maritime Institute, China

Shi Chaojian, Shanghai Maritime University, China

Ioannis V. Papaioannou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Ioanna G. Roussaki, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Miltiades E. Anagnostou, National Technical University of Athens, Greece

Paul Bogg, University of Technology, Australia

Naoki Fukuta, Shizuoka University, Japan

Takayuki Ito, Nagoya Institute of Technology, Japan

Cheah Wai Shiang, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Narayanan Kulathuramaiyer, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Lai Suk Fui, Universiti Malaysia Sarawak, Malaysia

Paul Bogg, University of Technology, Sydney

Kasper Hallenborg, University of Southern Denmark, Denmark

Yves Demazeau, CNRS, LEIBNIZ/IMAG Laboratory, France

Zhenhua Jiang, University of Miami, USA

Bing Qiao, University of Reading, UK

Kecheng Liu, University of Reading, UK

Chris Guy, University of Reading, UK

Daniel Ramirez-Cano, Imperial College London, UK

Jeremy Pitt, Imperial College London, UK

Yohsuke Takahashi, Niigata University, Japan

Hajime Sawamura, Niigata University, Japan

Jing Zhang, Qiqihaer University, China

F. Bodendorf, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

R. Zimmermann, University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, Germany

Aniruddha Dasgupta, University of Wollongong, Australia

Aneesh Krishna, University of Wollongong, Australia

Aditya K. Ghose, University of Wollongong, Australia

Georgios K. Giannikis, University of Thessaly, Greece

Aspassia Daskalopulu, University of Thessaly, Greece

Yanli He, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Haicheng Yang, China Aerospace Science and Technology Corporation, China

Weiping He, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Wei Zhang, Northwestern Polytechnical University, China

Xinping He, Capital Aerospace Machinery Co, China

Yoon-Gu Kim, Yeungnam University, Korea

Han-Kil Kim, Yeungnam University, Korea

Suk-Gyu Lee, Yeungnam University, Korea

Ki-Dong Lee, Yeungnam University, Korea

Renato F. Bulcao Neto, ICMC-USP, Brazil

Taciana Novo Kudo, ICMC-USP, Brazil

Maria da Graca C. Pimentel, ICMC-USP, Brazil

Fuhua Shang, Daqing Petroleum Institute, China

Ruishan Du, Daqing Petroleum Institute, China

Yang Li, Daqing Petroleum Institute, China

Juan A. Suarez-Romero, University of A Coruna, Spain

Amparo Alonso-Betanzos, University of A Coruna, Spain

Bertha Guijarro-Berdinas, University of A Coruna, Spain

Wayne Wobcke, University of New South Wales, Australia

Rita Chan, University of New South Wales, Australia

Andrew Limaru, University of New South Wales, Australia

Tibor Bosse, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, The Netherlands

Dung N. Lam, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

K. Suzanne Barber, The University of Texas at Austin, USA

D.A.W. Clarke, OAKTON, Australia

Martin Rehak, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Milos Gregor, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Michal Pechoucek, Czech Technical University in Prague, Czech Republic

Jeffrey M. Bradshaw, Institute for Human and Machine Cognition, USA

Mohammed Berrada, Sidi Med ben Abdellah University, Morocco

Bouchaib Bounabat, Ecole Nationale d'Informatique et d'Analyse des Systemes, ENSIAS, Morocco

Mostafa Harti, Sidi Med ben Abdellah University, Morocco

Axel Burkle, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Barbara Essendorfer, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Alice Hertel, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Wilmuth Muller, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Martin Wieser, Fraunhofer Institute for Information and Data Processing, Germany

Celso de Melo, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Rui Prada, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Guilherme Raimundo, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Joana Paulo Pardal, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Helena Sofia Pinto, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Ana Paiva, Technical University of Lisbon and INESC-ID, Portugal

Cassia Trojahn, Universidade de Evora, UEVORA, Portugal

Marcia Moraes, Pontificia Universidade Catolica, PUCRS, Brazil

Paulo Quaresma, Universidade de Evora, UEVORA, Portugal

Renata Vieira, Universidade do Vale do Rio dos Sinos, UNISINOS, Brazil

Guruprasad Airy, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Po-Chun Chen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Xiaocong Fan, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

John Yen, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

David Hall, The Pennsylvania State University, USA

Michael Brogan, Solers Inc, USA

Tim Huynh, Solers Inc, USA

Vladimir Gorodetsky, St.-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russia

Oleg Karsaev, St.-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russia

Victor Konushy, St.-Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation, Russia

Wolf-Ekkehard Matzke, Cadence Design Systems, Germany

Eyck Jentzsch, Cadence Design Systems, Germany

Vadim Ermolayev, Zaporozhye National University, Ukraine