Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning - Ideal 2000 : Data Mining, Financial Engineering and Intelligent Agents - Second International Conference Shatin, N. T. , Hong Kong, China, December 2000, Proceedings

by ; ; ;
Format: Paperback
Pub. Date: 2001-03-01
Publisher(s): Springer-Verlag New York Inc
List Price: $149.00

Rent Textbook

Select for Price
There was a problem. Please try again later.

Rent Digital

Rent Digital Options
Online:30 Days access
Downloadable:30 Days
$35.64
Online:60 Days access
Downloadable:60 Days
$47.52
Online:90 Days access
Downloadable:90 Days
$59.40
Online:120 Days access
Downloadable:120 Days
$71.28
Online:180 Days access
Downloadable:180 Days
$77.22
Online:1825 Days access
Downloadable:Lifetime Access
$118.80
*To support the delivery of the digital material to you, a digital delivery fee of $3.99 will be charged on each digital item.
$77.22*

New Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

Used Textbook

We're Sorry
Sold Out

How Marketplace Works:

  • This item is offered by an independent seller and not shipped from our warehouse
  • Item details like edition and cover design may differ from our description; see seller's comments before ordering.
  • Sellers much confirm and ship within two business days; otherwise, the order will be cancelled and refunded.
  • Marketplace purchases cannot be returned to eCampus.com. Contact the seller directly for inquiries; if no response within two days, contact customer service.
  • Additional shipping costs apply to Marketplace purchases. Review shipping costs at checkout.

Summary

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second International Conference on Intelligent Data Engineering and Automated Learning, IDEAL 2000, held in Shatin, N.T., Hong Kong, China in December 2000. The 81 revised papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from numerous submissions. The book is divided in topical sections on data mining and automated learning, financial engineering, intelligent agents, Internet applications, multimedia processing, and genetic programming.

Table of Contents

Data Mining and Automated Learning
Clustering
Clustering by Similarity in an Auxiliary Spacep. 3
Analyses on the Generalised Lotto-Type Competitive Learningp. 9
A New Methodology to Compare Clustering Algorithmsp. 565
Extended K-means with an Efficient Estimation of the Number of Clustersp. 17
An Interactive Approach to Building Classification Models by Clustering and Cluster Validationp. 23
A New Distributed Algorithm for Large Data Clusteringp. 29
A New Nonhierarchical Clustering Procedure for Symbolic Objectsp. 35
Classification
Quantization of Continuous Input Variables for Binary Classificationp. 42
Information-Based Classification by Aggregating Emerging Patternsp. 48
Boosting the Margin Distributionp. 54
Detecting a Compact Decision Tree Based on an Appropriate Abstractionp. 60
A New Algorithm to Select Learning Examples from Learning Datap. 71
Data Ranking Based on Spatial Partitioningp. 78
Association Rules and Fuzzy Rules
Logical Decision Rules : Teaching C4.5 to Speak Prologp. 85
Visualisation of Temporal Interval Association Rulesp. 91
Lithofacies Characteristics Discovery from Well Log Data Using Association Rulesp. 97
Fuzzy Hydrocyclone Modelling for Particle Separation Using Fuzzy Rule Interpolationp. 103
A Data-Driven Fuzzy Approach to Robot Navigation Among Moving Obstaclesp. 109
Learning Systems
Best Harmony Learningp. 116
Observational Learning with Modular Networksp. 126
Finding Essential Attributes in Binary Datap. 133
A Heuristic Optimal Reduct Algorithmp. 139
A Note on Learning Automata Based Schemes for Adaptation of BP Parametersp. 145
Factor and Correlation Analysis
A Note on Covariances for Categorical Datap. 150
A General Class of Neural Networks for Principal Component Analysis and Factor Analysisp. 158
Generalised Canonical Correlation Analysisp. 164
Integrating KPCA with an Improved Evolutionary Algorithm for Knowledge Discovery in Fault Diagnosisp. 174
Temporal Data Mining
Temporal Data Mining Using Multilevel-Local Polynomial Modelsp. 180
First Experiments for Mining Sequential Patterns on Distributed Sites with Multi-Agentsp. 187
Nonlinear and Noisy Time Series Prediction Using a Hybrid Nonlinear Neural Predictorp. 193
Genetic Programming Prediction of Solar Activityp. 199
Interpretation of the Richardson Plot in Time Series Representationp. 206
Financial Engineering
Wavelet Methods in PDE Valuation of Financial Derivatives (Keynote Paper)p. 215
Fast Algorithms for Computing Corporate Default Probabilitiesp. 239
Variance-Penalized Reinforcement Learning for Risk-Averse Asset Allocationp. 244
Applying Mutual Information to Adaptive Mixture Modelsp. 250
Stability Analysis of Financial Ratiosp. 256
Modeling of the German Yield Curve by Error Correction Neural Networksp. 262
Feature Selection for Support Vector Machines in Financial Time Series Forecastingp. 268
$(epsilon$)-Descending Support Vector Machines for Financial Time Series Forecastingp. 274
Classifying Market States with WARSp. 280
"Left Shoulder" Detection in Korea Composite Stock Price Index Using an Auto-Associative Neural Networkp. 286
Intelligent Agents
A Computational Framework for Convergent Agents (Keynote Paper)p. 295
Multi-agent Integer Programmingp. 301
Building an Ontology for Financial Investmentp. 308
A Multi-Agent Negotiation Algorithm for Load Balancing in CORBA-Based Environmentp. 314
Existence of Minority in Multi-agent Systems Using Voronoi Tessellationp. 320
Combining Exploitation-Based and Exploration-Based Approach in Reinforcement Learningp. 326
A Probabilistic Agent Approach to the Traffic Jam Problemp. 332
Round-Table Architecture for Communication in Multi-agent Softbot Systemsp. 338
Mobile Agents for Reliable Migration in Networksp. 344
Internet Applications
A Construction of the Adapted Ontology Server in ECp. 355
A Design and Implementation of Cyber Banking Process and Settlement System for Internet Commercep. 361
A Shopping Agent That Automatically Constructs Wrappers for Semi-Structured Online Vendorsp. 368
Real-Time Web Data Mining and Visualisationp. 374
WebGuide: Filtering and Constraining Site Browsing through Web Walker Techniquesp. 380
Topic Spotting on News Articles with Topic Repository by Controlled Indexingp. 386
Validating the Behavior of Self-interested Agents in an Information Market Scenariop. 392
Discovering User Behavior Patterns in Personalized Interface Agentsp. 398
An Agent-Based Personalized Search on a Multi-Search Engine Based on Internet Search Servicep. 404
A Case-Based Transformation from HTML to XMLp. 410
Persistent DOM: An Architecture for XML Repositories in Relational Databasesp. 416
Multimedia Processing
Video Processing
Automatic News Video Caption Extraction and Recognitionp. 425
Advanced Multilevel Successive Elimination Algorithms for Motion Estimation in Video Codingp. 431
News Content Highlight via Fast Caption Text Detection on Compressed Videop. 443
Texture-Based Text Location for Video Indexingp. 449
Video Segmentation by Two Measures and Two Thresholdsp. 455
Image Processing
Ink Retrieval from Handwritten Documentsp. 461
An Off-Line Recognizer for Hand-Written Chinese Charactersp. 467
Bayesian Learning for Image Retrieval Using Multiple Featuresp. 473
A Content-Based Image Retrieval Method Using Third-Order Color Feature Relationsp. 479
Hierarchical Discriminant Regression for Incremental and Real-Time Image Classificationp. 484
Distinguishing Real and Virtual Edge Intersection in Pairs of Uncalibrated Imagesp. 490
Stereo Correspondence Using GA-Based Segmentationp. 497
Special Sessions
Genetic Algorithms and Genetic Programming in Agent-Based Computational Finance
How Adaptive Agents in Stock Market Perform in the Presence of Random News: A Genetic Algorithm Approachp. 505
Learning of Virtual Dealers in an Artificial Market: Comparison with Interview Datap. 511
Toward an Agent-Based Computational Modeling of Bargaining Strategies in Double Auction Markets with Genetic Programmingp. 517
Combining Ordinal Financial Predictions with Genetic Programmingp. 532
Data Analysis and Financial Modeling
Applying Independent Component Analysis to Factor Model in Financep. 538
Web-Based Cluster Analysis System for China and Hong Kong's Stock Marketp. 545
Arbitrage-Free Asset Pricing in General State Spacep. 551
A Tabu Search Based Algorithm for Clustering Categorical Data Setsp. 559
A New Methodology to Compare Clustering Algorithmsp. 565
Author Indexp. 571
Table of Contents provided by Publisher. All Rights Reserved.

An electronic version of this book is available through VitalSource.

This book is viewable on PC, Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod Touch, and most smartphones.

By purchasing, you will be able to view this book online, as well as download it, for the chosen number of days.

Digital License

You are licensing a digital product for a set duration. Durations are set forth in the product description, with "Lifetime" typically meaning five (5) years of online access and permanent download to a supported device. All licenses are non-transferable.

More details can be found here.

A downloadable version of this book is available through the eCampus Reader or compatible Adobe readers.

Applications are available on iOS, Android, PC, Mac, and Windows Mobile platforms.

Please view the compatibility matrix prior to purchase.