Proceedings of the Twenty-Third International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence

Beijing, China, 3–9 August 2013

Edited by
Francesca Rossi, University of Padova

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International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)

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Contents

Preface / xxvii
Francesca Rossi

Conference Organization / xxviii

Program Committee / xxix

Organizers and Sponsors / xxxviii

Awards and Distinguished Papers / xxxix

IJCAI Organization / xl

Past IJCAI Conferences / xli

Invited Talks

Computational Perspectives on Social Phenomena at Global Scales / 2
Jon Kleinberg
Abstract

Soft Robotics: The Next Generation of Intelligent Machines / 5
Rolf Pfeifer, Hugo Gravato Marques, Fumiya Iida
Abstract

Computational Disaster Management / 12
Pascal Van Hentenryck
Abstract

Technical Papers and Posters

Agent-Based and Multiagent Systems

Reasoning about Normative Update / 20
Natasha Alechina, Mehdi Dastani, Brian Logan
Abstract

Undecidability in Epistemic Planning / 27
Guillaume Aucher, Thomas Bolander
Abstract

Maximal Recursive Rule: A New Social Decision Scheme / 34
Haris Aziz
Abstract

Audit Games / 41
Jeremiah Blocki, Nicolas Christin, Anupam Datta, Ariel D. Procaccia, Arunesh Sinha
Abstract

Using Double-Oracle Method and Serialized Alpha-Beta Search for Pruning in Simultaneous Move Games / 48
Branislav Bosansky, Viliam Lisy , Jiri Cermák, Roman Vítek, Michal Pechoucek
Abstract

Externalities in Cake Cutting / 55
Simina Branzei, Ariel D. Procaccia, Jie Zhang
Abstract

Are There Any Nicely Structured Preference Profiles Nearby? / 62
Robert Bredereck, Jiehua Chen, Gerhard J. Woeginger
Abstract

Conditional Restricted Boltzmann Machines for Negotiations in Highly Competitive and Complex Domains / 69
Siqi Chen, Haitham Bou Ammar, Karl Tuyls, Gerhard Weiss
Abstract

Kemeny Elections with Bounded Single-Peaked or Single-Crossing Width / 76
Denis Cornaz, Lucie Galand, Olivier Spanjaard
Abstract

Intention-Aware Routing to Minimise Delays at Electric Vehicle Charging Stations / 83
Mathijs M. de Weerdt, Enrico H. Gerding, Sebastian Stein, Valentin Robu, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract

Optimally Solving Dec-POMDPs as Continuous-State MDPs / 90
Jilles Steeve Dibangoye, Christopher Amato, Olivier Buffet, François Charpillet
Abstract

Elicitation and Approximately Stable Matching with Partial Preferences / 97
Joanna Drummond, Craig Boutilier
Abstract

C-Link: A Hierarchical Clustering Approach to Large-Scale Near-Optimal Coalition Formation / 106
Alessandro Farinelli, Manuele Bicego, Sarvapali Ramchurn, Mauro Zucchelli
Abstract

Control in the Presence of Manipulators: Cooperative and Competitive Cases / 113
Zack Fitzsimmons, Edith Hemaspaandra, Lane A. Hemaspaandra
Abstract

Action Translation in Extensive-Form Games with Large Action Spaces: Axioms, Paradoxes, and the Pseudo-Harmonic Mapping / 120
Sam Ganzfried, Tuomas Sandholm
Abstract

Bargaining for Revenue Shares on Tree Trading Networks / 129
Arpita Ghosh, Satyen Kale, Kevin Lang, Benjamin Moseley
Abstract

A Matroid Approach to the Worst Case Allocation of Indivisible Goods / 136
Laurent Gourvès, Jérôme Monnot, Lydia Tlilane
Abstract

Audience-Based Uncertainty in Abstract Argument Games / 143
Davide Grossi, Wiebe van der Hoek
Abstract

Optimal Airline Ticket Purchasing Using Automated User-Guided Feature Selection / 150
William Groves, Maria Gini
Abstract

Revenue Maximization via Hiding Item Attributes / 157
Mingyu Guo, Argyrios Deligkas
Abstract

Opponent Modelling in Persuasion Dialogues / 164
Christos Hadjinikolis, Yiannis Siantos, Sanjay Modgil, Elizabeth Black, Peter McBurney
Abstract

Sequential Equilibrium in Computational Games / 171
Joseph Y. Halpern, Rafael Pass
Abstract

Why Is It So Hard to Say Sorry? Evolution of Apology with Commitments in the Iterated Prisoner’s Dilemma / 177
The Anh Han, Luís Moniz Pereira, Francisco C. Santos, Tom Lenaerts
Abstract

The Dynamics of Reinforcement Social Learning in Cooperative Multiagent Systems / 184
Jianye Hao, Ho-fung Leung
Abstract

Macau: A Basis for Evaluating Reputation Systems / 191
Christopher J. Hazard, Munindar P. Singh
Abstract

How to Change a Group’s Collective Decision? / 198
Noam Hazon, Raz Lin, Sarit Kraus
Abstract

A Game-Theoretic Machine Learning Approach for Revenue Maximization in Sponsored Search / 206
Di He, Wei Chen, Liwei Wang, Tie-Yan Liu
Abstract

A Framework to Choose Trust Models for Different E-Marketplace Environments / 213
Athirai A. Irissappane, Siwei Jiang, Jie Zhang
Abstract

Defender (Mis)Coordination in Security Games / 220
Albert Xin Jiang, Ariel D. Procaccia, Yundi Qian, Nisarg Shah, Milind Tambe
Abstract

A Social Welfare Optimal Sequential Allocation Procedure / 227
Thomas Kalinowski, Nina Narodytska, Toby Walsh
Abstract

An Intelligent Broker Agent for Energy Trading: An MDP Approach / 234
Rodrigue T. Kuate, Minghua He, Maria Chli, Hai H. Wang
Abstract

Agent Failures in All-Pay Auctions / 241
Yoad Lewenberg, Omer Lev, Yoram Bachrach, Jeffrey S. Rosenschein
Abstract

Efficient Learning in Linearly Solvable MDP Models / 248
Ang Li, Paul R. Schrater
Abstract

Game-Theoretic Question Selection for Tests / 254
Yuqian Li, Vincent Conitzer
Abstract

Multi-Winner Social Choice with Incomplete Preferences / 263
Tyler Lu, Craig Boutilier
Abstract

An Ambiguity Aversion Framework of Security Game under Ambiguities / 271
Wenjun Ma, Xudong Luo, Weiru Liu
Abstract

Multi-Agent Team Formation: Diversity Beats Strength? / 279
Leandro Soriano Marcolino, Albert Xin Jiang, Milind Tambe
Abstract

Control Complexity of Schulze Voting / 286
Curtis Menton, Preetjot Singh
Abstract

Computational Analysis of Connectivity Games with Applications to the Investigation of Terrorist Networks / 293
Tomasz P. Michalak, Talal Rahwan, Nicholas R. Jennings, Piotr L. Szczepanski, Oskar Skibski, Ramasuri Narayanam, Michael J. Wooldridge
Abstract

Sufficient Plan-Time Statistics for Decentralized POMDPs / 302
Frans A. Oliehoek
Abstract

Efficient Vote Elicitation under Candidate Uncertainty / 309
Joel Oren, Yuval Filmus, Craig Boutilier
Abstract

A Proof-Theoretical View of Collective Rationality / 317
Daniele Porello
Abstract

Coalitional Games via Network Flows / 324
Talal Rahwan, Tri-Dung Nguyen, Tomasz P. Michalak, Maria Polukarov, Madalina Croitoru, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract

Opponent Models with Uncertainty for Strategic Argumentation / 332
Tjitze Rienstra, Matthias Thimm, Nir Oren
Abstract

Efficient Interdependent Value Combinatorial Auctions with Single Minded Bidders / 339
Valentin Robu, David C. Parkes, Takayuki Ito, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract

Efficiently Solving Joint Activity Based Security Games / 346
Eric Shieh, Manish Jain, Albert Xin Jiang, Milind Tambe
Abstract

Fully Proportional Representation as Resource Allocation: Approximability Results / 353
Piotr Skowron, Piotr Faliszewski, Arkadii Slinko
Abstract

Bimodal Switching for Online Planning in Multiagent Settings / 360
Ekhlas Sonu, Prashant Doshi
Abstract

Analysis and Optimization of Multi-Dimensional Percentile Mechanisms / 367
Xin Sui, Craig Boutilier, Tuomas Sandholm
Abstract

Multi-Dimensional Single-Peaked Consistency and Its Approximations / 375
Xin Sui, Alex Francois-Nienaber, Craig Boutilier
Abstract

An Efficient Vector-Based Representation for Coalitional Games / 383
Long Tran-Thanh, Tri-Dung Nguyen, Talal Rahwan, Alex Rogers, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract

Endogenous Boolean Games / 390
Paolo Turrini
Abstract

Monte-Carlo Expectation Maximization for Dec-POMDPs / 397
Feng Wu, Shlomo Zilberstein, Nicholas R. Jennings
Abstract

Scaling-Up Security Games with Boundedly Rational Adversaries: A Cutting-Plane Approach / 404
Rong Yang, Albert Xin Jiang, Milind Tambe, Fernando Ordóñez
Abstract

Automated Generation of Interaction Graphs for Value-Factored Decentralized POMDPs / 411
William Yeoh, Akshat Kumar, Shlomo Zilberstein
Abstract

A Reputation Management Approach for Resource Constrained Trustee Agents / 418
Han Yu, Chunyan Miao, Bo An, Cyril Leung, Victor R. Lesser
Abstract

Multiwinner Elections under Preferences that Are Single-Peaked on a Tree / 425
Lan Yu, Hau Chan, Edith Elkind
Abstract

On Random Quotas and Proportional Representation in Weighted Voting Games / 432
Yair Zick
Abstract

Constraints, Satisfiability, and Search

Robust Constraint Satisfaction and Local Hidden Variables in Quantum Mechanics / 440
Samson Abramsky, Georg Gottlob, Phokion G. Kolaitis
Abstract

Just-in-Time Compilation of Knowledge Bases / 447
Gilles Audemard, Jean-Marie Lagniez, Laurent Simon
Abstract

Maintaining Alternative Values in Constraint-Based Configuration / 454
Caroline Becker, Hélène Fargier
Abstract

Breakout Local Search for the Vertex Separator Problem / 461
Una Benlic, Jin-Kao Hao
Abstract

Detecting and Exploiting Subproblem Tractability / 468
Christian Bessiere, Clement Carbonnel, Emmanuel Hebrard, George Katsirelos, Toby Walsh
Abstract

Constraint Acquisition via Partial Queries / 475
Christian Bessiere, Remi Coletta, Emmanuel Hebrard, George Katsirelos, Nadjib Lazaar, Nina Narodytska, Claude-Guy Quimper, Toby Walsh
Abstract

On the Complexity of Trick-Taking Card Games / 482
Édouard Bonnet, Florian Jamain, Abdallah Saffidine
Abstract

Comprehensive Score: Towards Efficient Local Search for SAT with Long Clauses / 489
Shaowei Cai, Kaile Su
Abstract

A Tree-Based Tabu Search Algorithm for the Manpower Allocation Problem with Time Windows and Job-Teaming Constraints / 496
Yilin Cai, Zizhen Zhang, Songshan Guo, Hu Qin, Andrew Lim
Abstract

On the Complexity of Global Scheduling Constraints under Structural Restrictions / 503
Geoffrey Chu, Serge Gaspers, Nina Narodytska, Andreas Schutt, Toby Walsh
Abstract

Breaking Symmetries in Graph Representation / 510
Michael Codish, Alice Miller, Patrick Prosser, Peter J. Stuckey
Abstract

Variable Elimination in Binary CSP via Forbidden Patterns / 517
David A. Cohen, Martin C. Cooper, Guillaume Escamocher, Stanislav Živný
Abstract

Weight-Enhanced Diversification in Stochastic Local Search for Satisfiability / 524
Thach-Thao Duong, Duc Nghia Pham, Abdul Sattar, M. A. Hakim Newton
Abstract

An Approach to Abductive Reasoning in Equational Logic / 531
Mnacho Echenim, Nicolas Peltier, Sophie Tourret
Abstract

Dominance Rules for the Choquet Integral in Multiobjective Dynamic Programming / 538
Lucie Galand, Julien Lesca, Patrice Perny
Abstract

Constraint Satisfaction and Fair Multi-Objective Optimization Problems: Foundations, Complexity, and Islands of Tractability / 545
Gianluigi Greco, Francesco Scarcello
Abstract

Preserving Partial Solutions while Relaxing Constraint Networks / 552
Éric Grégoire, Jean-Marie Lagniez, Bertrand Mazure
Abstract

Sufficiency-Based Selection Strategy for MCTS / 559
Stefan Freyr Gudmundsson, Yngvi Björnsson
Abstract

DeQED: An Efficient Divide-and-Coordinate Algorithm for DCOP / 566
Daisuke Hatano, Katsutoshi Hirayama
Abstract

Extending Simple Tabular Reduction with Short Supports / 573
Christopher Jefferson, Peter Nightingale
Abstract

Monte Carlo *-Minimax Search / 580
Marc Lanctot, Abdallah Saffidine, Joel Veness, Chris Archibald, Mark H. M. Winands
Abstract

Double-Wheel Graphs Are Graceful / 587
Ronan Le Bras, Carla P. Gomes, Bart Selman
Abstract

Predicting the Size of Depth-First Branch and Bound Search Trees / 594
Levi H. S. Lelis, Lars Otten, Rina Dechter
Abstract

Target-Value Search Revisited / 601
Carlos Linares López, Roni Stern, Ariel Felner
Abstract

Algorithm Portfolios Based on Cost-Sensitive Hierarchical Clustering / 608
Yuri Malitsky, Ashish Sabharwal, Horst Samulowitz, Meinolf Sellmann
Abstract

On Computing Minimal Correction Subsets / 615
Joao Marques-Silva, Federico Heras, Mikolas Janota, Alessandro Previti, Anton Belov
Abstract

Search Strategies for Optimal Multi-Way Number Partitioning / 623
Michael D. Moffitt
Abstract

Three Generalizations of the FOCUS Constraint / 630
Nina Narodytska, Thierry Petit, Mohamed Siala, Toby Walsh
Abstract

Subset Selection of Search Heuristics / 637
Chris Rayner, Nathan Sturtevant, Michael Bowling
Abstract

Semiring-Based Mini-Bucket Partitioning Schemes / 644
Emma Rollon, Javier Larrosa, Rina Dechter
Abstract

Improved Bin Completion for Optimal Bin Packing and Number Partitioning / 651
Ethan L. Schreiber, Richard E. Korf
Abstract

Forward Perimeter Search with Controlled Use of Memory / 659
Thorsten Schütt, Robert Döbbelin, Alexander Reinefeld
Abstract

Minimizing Writes in Parallel External Memory Search / 666
Nathan R. Sturtevant, Matthew J. Rutherford
Abstract

Towards Rational Deployment of Multiple Heuristics in A* / 674
David Tolpin, Tal Beja, Solomon Eyal Shimony, Ariel Felner, Erez Karpas
Abstract

A Unified Approximate Nearest Neighbor Search Scheme by Combining Data Structure and Hashing / 681
Debing Zhang, Genmao Yang, Yao Hu, Zhongming Jin, Deng Cai, Xiaofei He
Abstract

Knowledge Representation, Reasoning, and Logic

Verifiable Equilibria in Boolean Games / 689
Thomas Ågotnes, Paul Harrenstein, Wiebe van der Hoek, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract

Efficient Approach to Solve the Minimal Labeling Problem of Temporal and Spatial Qualitative Constraints / 696
Nouhad Amaneddine, Jean-François Condotta, Michael Sioutis
Abstract

Exchanging OWL 2 QL Knowledge Bases / 703
Marcelo Arenas, Elena Botoeva, Diego Calvanese, Vladislav Ryzhikov
Abstract

Temporal Description Logic for Ontology-Based Data Access / 711
Alessandro Artale, Roman Kontchakov, Frank Wolter, Michael Zakharyaschev
Abstract

Functional Stable Model Semantics and Answer Set Programming Modulo Theories / 718
Michael Bartholomew, Joohyung Lee
Abstract

Decidability of Model Checking Non-Uniform Artifact-Centric Quantified Interpreted Systems / 725
Francesco Belardinelli, Alessio Lomuscio
Abstract

Reasoning about Continuous Uncertainty in the Situation Calculus / 732
Vaishak Belle, Hector J. Levesque
Abstract

Syntactic Computation of Hybrid Possibilistic Conditioning under Uncertain Inputs / 739
Salem Benferhat, Célia da Costa Pereira, Andrea G. B. Tettamanzi
Abstract

Automating Quantified Conditional Logics in HOL / 746
Christoph Benzmüller
Abstract

First-Order Rewritability of Atomic Queries in Horn Description Logics / 754
Meghyn Bienvenu, Carsten Lutz, Frank Wolter
Abstract

Conjunctive Regular Path Queries in Lightweight Description Logics / 761
Meghyn Bienvenu, Magdalena Ortiz, Mantas Šimkus
Abstract

Tractable Queries for Lightweight Description Logics / 768
Meghyn Bienvenu, Magdalena Ortiz, Mantas Šimkus, Guohui Xiao
Abstract

Tractable Approximations of Consistent Query Answering for Robust Ontology-Based Data Access / 775
Meghyn Bienvenu, Riccardo Rosati
Abstract

The Markov Assumption: Formalization and Impact / 782
Alexander Bochman
Abstract

Positive Subsumption in Fuzzy EL with General t-Norms / 789
Stefan Borgwardt, Rafael Peñaloza
Abstract

The Impact of Disjunction on Query Answering under Guarded-Based Existential Rules / 796
Pierre Bourhis, Michael Morak, Andreas Pieris
Abstract

Abstract Dialectical Frameworks Revisited / 803
Gerhard Brewka, Stefan Ellmauthaler, Hannes Strass, Johannes Peter Wallner, Stefan Woltran
Abstract

Verification of Inconsistency-Aware Knowledge and Action Bases / 810
Diego Calvanese, Evgeny Kharlamov, Marco Montali, Ario Santoso, Dmitriy Zheleznyakov
Abstract

Automated Reasoning to Infer All Minimal Keys / 817
P. Cordero, M. Enciso, A. Mora
Abstract

Do Hard SAT-Related Reasoning Tasks Become Easier in the Krom Fragment? / 824
Nadia Creignou, Reinhard Pichler, Stefan Woltran
Abstract

Computing Datalog Rewritings Beyond Horn Ontologies / 832
Bernardo Cuenca Grau, Boris Motik, Giorgos Stoilos, Ian Horrocks
Abstract

Sequences of Mechanisms for Causal Reasoning in Artificial Intelligence / 839
Denver Dash, Mark Voortman, Martijn de Jongh
Abstract

Bounded Epistemic Situation Calculus Theories / 846
Giuseppe De Giacomo, Yves Lespérance, Fabio Patrizi
Abstract

Linear Temporal Logic and Linear Dynamic Logic on Finite Traces / 854
Giuseppe De Giacomo, Moshe Y. Vardi
Abstract

A Formal Account of Nondeterministic and Failed Actions / 861
James P. Delgrande, Hector J. Levesque
Abstract

Data Repair of Inconsistent DL-Programs / 869
Thomas Eiter, Michael Fink, Daria Stepanova
Abstract

Towards a Knowledge Compilation Map for Heterogeneous Representation Languages / 877
Hélène Fargier, Pierre Marquis, Alexandre Niveau
Abstract

Semiring Labelled Decision Diagrams, Revisited: Canonicity and Spatial Efficiency Issues / 884
Hélène Fargier, Pierre Marquis, Nicolas Schmidt
Abstract

FQHT: The Logic of Stable Models for Logic Programs with Intensional Functions / 891
Luis Fariñas del Cerro, David Pearce, Agustín Valverde
Abstract

On the Complexity of Probabilistic Abstract Argumentation / 898
Bettina Fazzinga, Sergio Flesca, Francesco Parisi
Abstract

Representation and Reasoning about General Solid Rectangles / 905
Xiaoyu Ge, Jochen Renz
Abstract

Advanced Conflict-Driven Disjunctive Answer Set Solving / 912
Martin Gebser, Benjamin Kaufmann, Torsten Schaub
Abstract

A Strongly-Local Contextual Logic / 919
Michael James Gratton
Abstract

Bounded Programs: A New Decidable Class of Logic Programs with Function Symbols / 926
Sergio Greco, Cristian Molinaro, Irina Trubitsyna
Abstract

Iterated Boolean Games / 932
Julian Gutierrez, Paul Harrenstein, Michael Wooldridge
Abstract

Implicit Learning of Common Sense for Reasoning / 939
Brendan Juba
Abstract

Knowledge Compilation for Model Counting: Affine Decision Trees / 947
Frédéric Koriche, Jean-Marie Lagniez, Pierre Marquis, Samuel Thomas
Abstract

Parameterized Complexity of Optimal Planning: A Detailed Map / 954
Martin Kronegger, Andreas Pfandler, Reinhard Pichler
Abstract

Syntactic Labelled Tableaux for Łukasiewicz Fuzzy ALC / 962
Agnieszka Kułacka, Dirk Pattinson, Lutz Schröder
Abstract

Decidable Reasoning in a Logic of Limited Belief with Introspection and Unknown Individuals / 969
Gerhard Lakemeyer, Hector J. Levesque
Abstract

StarVars—Effective Reasoning about Relative Directions / 976
Jae Hee Lee, Jochen Renz, Diedrich Wolter
Abstract

Action Language BC: Preliminary Report / 983
Joohyung Lee, Vladimir Lifschitz, Fangkai Yang
Abstract

Answer Set Programming Modulo Theories and Reasoning about Continuous Changes / 990
Joohyung Lee, Yunsong Meng
Abstract

Reasoning about State Constraints in the Situation Calculus / 997
Naiqi Li, Yi Fan, Yongmei Liu
Abstract

Analogico-Deductive Generation of Gödel’s First Incompleteness Theorem from the Liar Paradox / 1004
John Licato, Naveen Sundar Govindarajulu, Selmer Bringsjord, Michael Pomeranz, Logan Gittelson
Abstract

An Epistemic Halpern–Shoham Logic / 1010
Alessio R. Lomuscio, Jakub Michaliszyn
Abstract

Preference-Based Query Answering in Datalog+/– Ontologies / 1017
Thomas Lukasiewicz, Maria Vanina Martinez, Gerardo I. Simari
Abstract

Ontology-Based Data Access with Closed Predicates Is Inherently Intractable (Sometimes) / 1024
Carsten Lutz, Inanç Seylan, Frank Wolter
Abstract

Computing Stable Models for Nonmonotonic Existential Rules / 1031
Despoina Magka, Markus Krötzsch, Ian Horrocks
Abstract

The Route to Success – A Performance Comparison of Diagnosis Algorithms / 1039
Iulia Nica, Ingo Pill, Thomas Quaritsch, Franz Wotawa
Abstract

Backdoors to Abduction / 1046
Andreas Pfandler, Stefan Rümmele, Stefan Szeider
Abstract

Behavioral Diagnosis of LTL Specifications at Operator Level / 1053
Ingo Pill, Thomas Quaritsch
Abstract

Cyclic Causal Models with Discrete Variables: Markov Chain Equilibrium Semantics and Sample Ordering / 1060
David Poole, Mark Crowley
Abstract

Learning from Polyhedral Sets / 1069
Salvatore Ruggieri
Abstract

Efficient Extraction and Representation of Spatial Information from Video Data / 1076
Hajar Sadeghi Sokeh, Stephen Gould, Jochen Renz
Abstract

Combining RCC5 Relations with Betweenness Information / 1083
Steven Schockaert, Sanjiang Li
Abstract

Interpolative Reasoning with Default Rules / 1090
Steven Schockaert, Henri Prade
Abstract

On Condensing a Sequence of Updates in Answer-Set Programming / 1097
Martin Slota, João Leite
Abstract

Nominal Schema Absorption / 1104
Andreas Steigmiller, Birte Glimm, Thorsten Liebig
Abstract

Granular Description of Qualitative Change / 1111
John G. Stell
Abstract

A Rational Extension of Stable Model Semantics to the Full Propositional Language / 1118
Shahab Tasharrofi
Abstract

Compact Rewritings for Existential Rules / 1125
Michaël Thomazo
Abstract

A Classification of First-Order Progressable Action Theories in Situation Calculus / 1132
Stavros Vassos, Fabio Patrizi
Abstract

An Alternative Axiomatization of DEL and Its Applications / 1139
Yanjing Wang, Guillaume Aucher
Abstract

Knowing That, Knowing What, and Public Communication: Public Announcement Logic with Kv Operators / 1147
Yanjing Wang, Jie Fan
Abstract

Multi-Agent Subset Space Logic / 1155
Yì N. Wáng, Thomas Ågotnes
Abstract

Forgetting for Answer Set Programs Revisited / 1162
Yisong Wang, Kewen Wang, Mingyi Zhang
Abstract

Transition Constraints: A Study on the Computational Complexity of Qualitative Change / 1169
Matthias Westphal, Julien Hué, Stefan Wölfl, Bernhard Nebel
Abstract

Supremal Realizability of Behaviors with Uncontrollable Exogenous Events / 1176
Nitin Yadav, Paolo Felli, Giuseppe De Giacomo, Sebastian Sardina
Abstract

Multi-Agent Epistemic Explanatory Diagnosis via Reasoning about Actions / 1183
Quan Yu, Ximing Wen, Yongmei Liu
Abstract

Most Specific Generalizations w.r.t. General EL-TBoxes / 1191
Benjamin Zarrieß, Anni-Yasmin Turhan
Abstract

First-Order Expressibility and Boundedness of Disjunctive Logic Programs / 1198
Heng Zhang, Yan Zhang
Abstract

Definability of Horn Revision from Horn Contraction / 1205
Zhiqiang Zhuang, Maurice Pagnucco, Yan Zhang
Abstract

Machine Learning

Learning Community-Based Preferences via Dirichlet Process Mixtures of Gaussian Processes / 1213
Ehsan Abbasnejad, Scott Sanner, Edwin V. Bonilla, Pascal Poupart
Abstract

An Ensemble of Bayesian Networks for Multilabel Classification / 1220
Antonucci Alessandro, Giorgio Corani, Denis Mauá, Sandra Gabaglio
Abstract

Self-Organized Neural Learning of Statistical Inference from High-Dimensional Data / 1226
Johannes Bauer, Stefan Wermter
Abstract

Basic Level in Formal Concept Analysis: Interesting Concepts and Psychological Ramifications / 1233
Radim Belohlavek, Martin Trnecka
Abstract

Exact Top-k Feature Selection via l2,0-Norm Constraint / 1240
Xiao Cai, Feiping Nie, Heng Huang
Abstract

Regularized Latent Least Square Regression for Cross Pose Face Recognition / 1247
Xinyuan Cai, Chunheng Wang, Baihua Xiao, Xue Chen, Ji Zhou
Abstract

Robust Tensor Clustering with Non-Greedy Maximization / 1254
Xiaochun Cao, Xingxing Wei, Yahong Han, Yi Yang, Dongdai Lin
Abstract

Central Clustering of Categorical Data with Automated Feature Weighting / 1260
Lifei Chen, Shengrui Wang
Abstract

Dimensionality Reduction with Generalized Linear Models / 1267
Mo Chen, Wei Li, Wei Zhang, Xiaogang Wang
Abstract

Generalized Relational Topic Models with Data Augmentation / 1273
Ning Chen, Jun Zhu, Fei Xia, Bo Zhang
Abstract

Domain Adaptation with Topical Correspondence Learning / 1280
Zheng Chen, Weixiong Zhang
Abstract

Bayesian Nonparametric Feature Construction for Inverse Reinforcement Learning / 1287
Jaedeug Choi, Kee-Eung Kim
Abstract

A Lossy Counting Based Approach for Learning on Streams of Graphs on a Budget / 1294
Giovanni Da San Martino, Nicolò Navarin, Alessandro Sperduti
Abstract

Bootstrap Learning via Modular Concept Discovery / 1302
Eyal Dechter, Jon Malmaud, Ryan P. Adams Joshua B. Tenenbaum
Abstract

Topic Extraction from Online Reviews for Classification and Recommendation / 1310
Ruihai Dong, Markus Schaal, Michael P. O’Mahony, Barry Smyth
Abstract

Towards Robust Co-Clustering / 1317
Liang Du, Yi-Dong Shen
Abstract

Learning Finite Beta-Liouville Mixture Models via Variational Bayes for Proportional Data Clustering / 1323
Wentao Fan, Nizar Bouguila
Abstract

Optimizing Cepstral Features for Audio Classification / 1330
Zhouyu Fu, Guojun Lu, Kai Ming Ting, Dengsheng Zhang
Abstract

Uniform Convergence, Stability and Learnability for Ranking Problems / 1337
Wei Gao, Zhi-Hua Zhou
Abstract

Active Learning for Level Set Estimation / 1344
Alkis Gotovos, Nathalie Casati, Gregory Hitz, Andreas Krause
Abstract

Histogram of Oriented Displacements (HOD): Describing Trajectories of Human Joints for Action Recognition / 1351
Mohammad A. Gowayyed, Marwan Torki, Mohamed E. Hussein, Motaz El-Saban
Abstract

Multi-Prototype Label Ranking with Novel Pairwise-to-Total-Rank Aggregation / 1358
Mihajlo Grbovic, Nemanja Djuric, Slobodan Vucetic
Abstract

MiningZinc: A Modeling Language for Constraint-based Mining / 1365
Tias Guns, Anton Dries, Guido Tack, Siegfried Nijssen, Luc De Raedt
Abstract

Probabilistic Multi-Label Classification with Sparse Feature Learning / 1373
Yuhong Guo, Wei Xue
Abstract

Co-Regularized Ensemble for Feature Selection / 1380
Yahong Han, Yi Yang, Xiaofang Zhou
Abstract

Improving Traffic Prediction with Tweet Semantics / 1387
Jingrui He, Wei Shen, Phani Divakaruni, Laura Wynter, Rick Lawrence
Abstract

A General Framework for Interacting Bayes-Optimally with Self-Interested Agents Using Arbitrary Parametric Model and Model Prior / 1394
Trong Nghia Hoang, Kian Hsiang Low
Abstract

What Users Care About: A Framework for Social Content Alignment / 1401
Lei Hou, Juanzi Li, Xiaoli Li, Jiangfeng Qu, Xiaofei Guo, Ou Hui, Jie Tang
Abstract

Efficient Kernel Learning from Side Information Using ADMM / 1408
En-Liang Hu, James T. Kwok
Abstract

Active Learning via Neighborhood Reconstruction / 1415
Yao Hu, Debing Zhang, Zhongming Jin, Deng Cai, Xiaofei He
Abstract

Online Hashing / 1422
Long-Kai Huang, Qiang Yang, Wei-Shi Zheng
Abstract

Discovering Different Types of Topics: Factored Topic Models / 1429
Yun Jiang, Ashutosh Saxena
Abstract

Prior-Free Exploration Bonus for and beyond Near Bayes-Optimal Behavior / 1437
Kenji Kawaguchi, Hiroshi Sato
Abstract

Causal Inference with Rare Events in Large-Scale Time-Series Data / 1444
Samantha Kleinberg
Abstract

Active Learning for Teaching a Robot Grounded Relational Symbols / 1451
Johannes Kulick, Marc Toussaint, Tobias Lang, Manuel Lopes
Abstract

Adaptive Thresholding in Structure Learning of a Bayesian Network / 1458
Boaz Lerner, Michal Afek, Rafi Bojmel
Abstract

A Bayesian Factorised Covariance Model for Image Analysis / 1465
Jun Li, Dacheng Tao
Abstract

Low-Rank Coding with b-Matching Constraint for Semi-Supervised Classification / 1472
Sheng Li, Yun Fu
Abstract

Active Learning with Multi-Label SVM Classification / 1479
Xin Li, Yuhong Guo
Abstract

Large-Scale Spectral Clustering on Graphs / 1486
Jialu Liu, Chi Wang, Marina Danilevsky, Jiawei Han
Abstract

Learning Discriminative Representations from RGB-D Video Data / 1493
Li Liu, Ling Shao
Abstract

Online Expectation Maximization for Reinforcement Learning in POMDPs / 1501
Miao Liu, Xuejun Liao, Lawrence Carin
Abstract

The Multi-Feature Information Bottleneck with Application to Unsupervised Image Categorization / 1508
Zhengzheng Lou, Yangdong Ye, Xiaoqiang Yan
Abstract

Learning Canonical Correlations of Paired Tensor Sets Via Tensor-to-Vector Projection / 1516
Haiping Lu
Abstract

Learning Descriptive Visual Representation by Semantic Regularized Matrix Factorization / 1523
Zhiwu Lu, Yuxin Peng
Abstract

Thinking of Images as What They Are: Compound Matrix Regression for Image Classification / 1530
Zhigang Ma, Yi Yang, Feiping Nie, Nicu Sebe
Abstract

An Empirical Investigation of Ceteris Paribus Learnability / 1537
Loizos Michael, Elena Papageorgiou
Abstract

Statistical Tests for the Detection of the Arrow of Time in Vector Autoregressive Models / 1544
Pablo Morales-Mombiela, Daniel Hernández-Lobato, Alberto Suárez
Abstract

Meta-Interpretive Learning of Higher-Order Dyadic Datalog: Predicate Invention Revisited / 1551
Stephen Muggleton, Dianhuan Lin
Abstract

Multi-Modal Image Annotation with Multi-Instance Multi-Label LDA / 1558
Cam-Tu Nguyen, De-Chuan Zhan, Zhi-Hua Zhou
Abstract

Adaptive Loss Minimization for Semi-Supervised Elastic Embedding / 1565
Feiping Nie, Hua Wang, Heng Huang, Chris Ding
Abstract

Early Active Learning via Robust Representation and Structured Sparsity / 1572
Feiping Nie, Hua Wang, Heng Huang, Chris Ding
Abstract

Annealed Importance Sampling for Structure Learning in Bayesian Networks / 1579
Teppo Niinimäki, Mikko Koivisto
Abstract

Graph Classification with Imbalanced Class Distributions and Noise / 1586
Shirui Pan, Xingquan Zhu
Abstract

Hierarchical Bayesian Matrix Factorization with Side Information / 1593
Sunho Park, Yong-Deok Kim, Seungjin Choi
Abstract

A Scalable Approach to Column-Based Low-Rank Matrix Approximation / 1600
Yifan Pi, Haoruo Peng, Shuchang Zhou, Zhihua Zhang
Abstract

Multiple Task Learning Using Iteratively Reweighted Least Square / 1607
Jian Pu, Yu-Gang Jiang, Jun Wang, Xiangyang Xue
Abstract

Active Learning from Relative Queries / 1614
Buyue Qian, Xiang Wang, Fei Wang, Hongfei Li, Jieping Ye, Ian Davidson
Abstract

Robust Unsupervised Feature Selection / 1621
Mingjie Qian, Chengxiang Zhai
Abstract

Path Integral Control by Reproducing Kernel Hilbert Space Embedding / 1628
Konrad Rawlik, Marc Toussaint, Sethu Vijayakumar
Abstract

Machine-Learning-Based Circuit Synthesis / 1635
Lior Rokach, Meir Kalech, Gregory Provan, Alexander Feldman
Abstract

Weighted Path as a Condensed Pattern in a Single Attributed DAG / 1642
Jérémy Sanhes, Frédéric Flouvat, Nazha Selmaoui-Folcher, Claude Pasquier, Jean-François Boulicaut
Abstract

Multi-Dimensional Causal Discovery / 1649
Ulrich Schaechtle, Kostas Stathis, Stefano Bromuri
Abstract

Better Generalization with Forecasts / 1656
Tom Schaul, Mark Ring
Abstract

Supervised Hypothesis Discovery Using Syllogistic Patterns in the Biomedical Literature / 1663
Kazuhiro Seki, Kuniaki Uehara
Abstract

Guarantees of Augmented Trace Norm Models in Tensor Recovery / 1670
Ziqiang Shi, Jiqing Han, Tieran Zheng, Ji Li
Abstract

Hartigan’s K-Means Versus Lloyd’s K-Means — Is It Time for a Change? / 1677
Noam Slonim, Ehud Aharoni, Koby Crammer
Abstract

One-Class Conditional Random Fields for Sequential Anomaly Detection / 1685
Yale Song, Zhen Wen, Ching-Yung Lin, Randall Davis
Abstract

Measuring Statistical Dependence via the Mutual Information Dimension / 1692
Mahito Sugiyama, Karsten M. Borgwardt
Abstract

Unlearning from Demonstration / 1699
Keith Sullivan, Ahmed ElMolla, Bill Squires, Sean Luke
Abstract

Multi-View Maximum Entropy Discrimination / 1706
Shiliang Sun, Guoqing Chao
Abstract

Non-Negative Multiple Matrix Factorization / 1713
Koh Takeuchi, Katsuhiko Ishiguro, Akisato Kimura, Hiroshi Sawada
Abstract

Linear Bayesian Reinforcement Learning / 1721
Nikolaos Tziortziotis, Christos Dimitrakakis, Konstantinos Blekas
Abstract

Multi Class Learning with Individual Sparsity / 1729
Ben Zion Vatashsky, Koby Crammer
Abstract

Coupled Attribute Analysis on Numerical Data / 1736
Can Wang, Zhong She, Longbing Cao
Abstract

Manifold Alignment Preserving Global Geometry / 1743
Chang Wang, Sridhar Mahadevan
Abstract

Large Scale Online Kernel Classification / 1750
Jialei Wang, Steven C. H. Hoi, Peilin Zhao, Jinfeng Zhuang, Zhi-yong Liu
Abstract

Online Group Feature Selection / 1757
Jing Wang, Zhong-Qiu Zhao, Xuegang Hu, Yiu-ming Cheung, Meng Wang, Xindong Wu
Abstract

Nonconvex Relaxation Approaches to Robust Matrix Recovery / 1764
Shusen Wang, Dehua Liu, Zhihua Zhang
Abstract

A KNN Based Kalman Filter Gaussian Process Regression / 1771
Yali Wang, Brahim Chaib-draa
Abstract

Bayesian Optimization in High Dimensions via Random Embeddings / 1778
Ziyu Wang, Masrour Zoghi, Frank Hutter, David Matheson, Nando de Freitas
Abstract

Deep Feature Learning Using Target Priors with Applications in ECoG Signal Decoding for BCI / 1785
Zuoguan Wang, Siwei Lyu, Gerwin Schalk, Qiang Ji
Abstract

Euler Clustering / 1792
Jian-Sheng Wu, Wei-Shi Zheng, Jian-Huang Lai
Abstract

A Theoretic Framework of K-Means-Based Consensus Clustering / 1799
Junjie Wu, Hongfu Liu, Hui Xiong, Jie Cao
Abstract

Multi-Modal Distance Metric Learning / 1806
Pengtao Xie, Eric P. Xing
Abstract

A Probabilistic Approach to Latent Cluster Analysis / 1813
Zhipeng Xie, Rui Dong, Zhengheng Deng, Zhenying He, Weidong Yang
Abstract

Harmonious Hashing / 1820
Bin Xu, Jiajun Bu, Yue Lin, Chun Chen, Xiaofei He, Deng Cai
Abstract

Change-Point Detection with Feature Selection in High-Dimensional Time-Series Data / 1827
Makoto Yamada, Akisato Kimura, Futoshi Naya, Hiroshi Sawada
Abstract

On Robust Estimation of High Dimensional Generalized Linear Models / 1834
Eunho Yang, Ambuj Tewari, Pradeep Ravikumar
Abstract

Reduced Heteroscedasticity Linear Regression for Nyström Approximation / 1841
Hao Yang, Jianxin Wu
Abstract

Multi-View Discriminant Transfer Learning / 1848
Pei Yang, Wei Gao
Abstract

Smart Hashing Update for Fast Response / 1855
Qiang Yang, Long-Kai Huang, Wei-Shi Zheng, Yingbiao Ling
Abstract

Multi-Instance Multi-Label Learning with Weak Label / 1862
Shu-Jun Yang, Yuan Jiang, Zhi-Hua Zhou
Abstract

Protein Function Prediction by Integrating Multiple Kernels / 1869
Guoxian Yu, Huzefa Rangwala, Carlotta Domeniconi, Guoji Zhang, Zili Zhang
Abstract

Learning Domain Differences Automatically for Dependency Parsing Adaptation / 1876
Mo Yu, Tiejun Zhao, Yalong Bai
Abstract

Bilevel Visual Words Coding for Image Classification / 1883
Jiemi Zhang, Chenxia Wu, Deng Cai, Jianke Zhu
Abstract

Sparse Reconstruction for Weakly Supervised Semantic Segmentation / 1889
Ke Zhang, Wei Zhang, Yingbin Zheng, Xiangyang Xue
Abstract

Semi-Supervised Learning with Manifold Fitted Graphs / 1896
Tongtao Zhang, Rongrong Ji, Wei Liu, Dacheng Tao, Gang Hua
Abstract

Online Community Detection for Large Complex Networks / 1903
Wangsheng Zhang, Gang Pan, Zhaohui Wu, Shijian Li
Abstract

Multi-View Embedding Learning for Incompletely Labeled Data / 1910
Wei Zhang, Ke Zhang, Pan Gu, Xiangyang Xue
Abstract

Learning High-Order Task Relationships in Multi-Task Learning / 1917
Yu Zhang, Dit-Yan Yeung
Abstract

Lazy Paired Hyper-Parameter Tuning / 1924
Alice X. Zheng, Mikhail Bilenko
Abstract

Adaptive Error-Correcting Output Codes / 1932
Guoqiang Zhong, Mohamed Cheriet
Abstract

Accurate Probability Calibration for Multiple Classifiers / 1939
Leon Wenliang Zhong, James T. Kwok
Abstract

Shifted Subspaces Tracking on Sparse Outlier for Motion Segmentation / 1946
Tianyi Zhou, Dacheng Tao
Abstract

Persistent Homology: An Introduction and a New Text Representation for Natural Language Processing / 1953
Xiaojin Zhu
Abstract

Concept Learning for Cross-Domain Text Classification: A General Probabilistic Framework / 1960
Fuzhen Zhuang, Ping Luo, Peifeng Yin, Qing He, Zhongzhi Shi
Abstract

Multidisciplinary Topics and Applications

Automatically Generating Problems and Solutions for Natural Deduction / 1968
Umair Z. Ahmed, Sumit Gulwani, Amey Karkare
Abstract

Automated Grading of DFA Constructions / 1976
Rajeev Alur, Loris D’Antoni, Sumit Gulwani, Dileep Kini, Mahesh Viswanathan
Abstract

Misleading Opinions Provided by Advisors: Dishonesty or Subjectivity / 1983
Hui Fang, Yang Bao, Jie Zhang
Abstract

Personalized Diagnosis for Over-Constrained Problems / 1990
Alexander Felfernig, Monika Schubert, Stefan Reiterer
Abstract

A Brain-Computer Interface to a Plan-Based Narrative / 1997
Stephen W. Gilroy, Julie Porteous, Fred Charles, Marc Cavazza, Eyal Soreq, Gal Raz, Limor Ikar, Ayelet Or-Borichov, Udi Ben-Arie, Ilana Klovatch, Talma Hendler
Abstract

Robust Median Reversion Strategy for On-Line Portfolio Selection / 2006
Dingjiang Huang, Junlong Zhou, Bin Li, Steven C. H. Hoi, Shuigeng Zhou
Abstract

A Cutoff Technique for the Verification of Parameterised Interpreted Systems with Parameterised Environments / 2013
Panagiotis Kouvaros, Alessio Lomuscio
Abstract

TutorialPlan: Automated Tutorial Generation from CAD Drawings / 2020
Wei Li, Yuanlin Zhang, George Fitzmaurice
Abstract

Probabilistic Equivalence Verification Approach for Automatic Mathematical Solution Assessment / 2028
Minh Luan Nguyen, Siu Cheung Hui, Alvis C. M. Fong
Abstract

Predicting Human Strategic Decisions Using Facial Expressions / 2035
Noam Peled, Moshe Bitan, Joseph Keshet, Sarit Kraus
Abstract

Employing Batch Reinforcement Learning to Control Gene Regulation
Abstract

without Explicitly Constructing Gene Regulatory Networks / 2042
Utku Sirin, Faruk Polat, Reda Alhajj
Abstract

Protein Function Prediction via Laplacian Network Partitioning Incorporating Function Category Correlations / 2049
Hua Wang, Heng Huang, Chris Ding
Abstract

Natural Language Processing

Identifying Useful Human Correction Feedback from an On-line Machine Translation Service / 2057
Alberto Barrón-Cedeño, Lluís Màrquez, Carlos A. Henríquez Q., Lluís Formiga, Enrique Romero, Jonathan May
Abstract

Mining for Analogous Tuples from an Entity-Relation Graph / 2064
Danushka Bollegala, Mitsuru Kusumoto, Yuichi Yoshida, Ken-ichi Kawarabayashi
Abstract

Leveraging Multi-Domain Prior Knowledge in Topic Models / 2071
Zhiyuan Chen, Arjun Mukherjee, Bing Liu, Meichun Hsu, Malu Castellanos, Riddhiman Ghosh
Abstract

Learning Topical Translation Model for Microblog Hashtag Suggestion / 2078
Zhuoye Ding, Xipeng Qiu, Qi Zhang, Xuanjing Huang
Abstract

Smoothing for Bracketing Induction / 2085
Xiangyu Duan, Min Zhang, Wenliang Chen
Abstract

Crowdsourcing-Assisted Query Structure Interpretation / 2092
Jun Han, Ju Fan, Lizhu Zhou
Abstract

PPSGen: Learning to Generate Presentation Slides for Academic Papers / 2099
Yue Hu, Xiaojun Wan
Abstract

End-to-End Coreference Resolution for Clinical Narratives / 2106
Prateek Jindal, Dan Roth
Abstract

A Clause-Level Hybrid Approach to Chinese Empty Element Recovery / 2113
Fang Kong, Guodong Zhou
Abstract

Joint Modeling of Argument Identification and Role Determination in Chinese Event Extraction with Discourse-Level Information / 2120
Peifeng Li, Qiaoming Zhu, Guodong Zhou
Abstract

Active Learning for Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification / 2127
Shoushan Li, Yunxia Xue, Zhongqing Wang, Guodong Zhou
Abstract

Opinion Target Extraction Using Partially-Supervised Word Alignment Model / 2134
Kang Liu, Liheng Xu, Yang Liu, Jun Zhao
Abstract

Joint and Coupled Bilingual Topic Model Based Sentence Representations for Language Model Adaptation / 2141
Shixiang Lu, Xiaoyin Fu, Wei Wei, Xingyuan Peng, Bo Xu
Abstract

Integrating Syntactic and Semantic Analysis into the Open Information Extraction Paradigm / 2148
Andrea Moro, Roberto Navigli
Abstract

Combine Constituent and Dependency Parsing via Reranking / 2155
Xiaona Ren, Xiao Chen, Chunyu Kit
Abstract

Fast Linearization of Tree Kernels over Large-Scale Data / 2162
Aliaksei Severyn, Alessandro Moschitti
Abstract

Answer Extraction from Passage Graph for Question Answering / 2169
Hong Sun, Nan Duan, Yajuan Duan, Ming Zhou
Abstract

Instance Selection and Instance Weighting for Cross-Domain Sentiment Classification via PU Learning / 2176
Rui Xia, Xuelei Hu, Jianfeng Lu, Jian Yang, Chengqing Zong
Abstract

Modeling Lexical Cohesion for Document-Level Machine Translation / 2183
Deyi Xiong, Guosheng Ben, Min Zhang, Yajuan Lü, Qun Liu
Abstract

A Text Scanning Mechanism Simulating Human Reading Process / 2190
Bei Xu, Hai Zhuge
Abstract

i, Poet: Automatic Chinese Poetry Composition through a Generative Summarization Framework under Constrained Optimization / 2197
Rui Yan, Han Jiang, Mirella Lapata, Shou-De Lin, Xueqiang Lv, Xiaoming Li
Abstract

Fusion of Word and Letter Based Metrics for Automatic MT Evaluation / 2204
Muyun Yang, Junguo Zhu, Sheng Li, Tiejun Zhao
Abstract

Improving Function Word Alignment with Frequency and Syntactic Information / 2211
Jingyi Zhang, Hai Zhao
Abstract

Cross Lingual Entity Linking with Bilingual Topic Model / 2218
Tao Zhang, Kang Liu, Jun Zhao
Abstract

Integrating Semantic Relatedness and Words’ Intrinsic Features for Keyword Extraction / 2225
Wei Zhang, Wei Feng, Jianyong Wang
Abstract

Partial-Tree Linearization: Generalized Word Ordering for Text Synthesis / 2232
Yue Zhang
Abstract

Improving Question Retrieval in Community Question Answering Using World Knowledge / 2239
Guangyou Zhou, Yang Liu, Fang Liu, Daojian Zeng, Jun Zhao
Abstract

Efficient Latent Structural Perceptron with Hybrid Trees for Semantic Parsing / 2246
Junsheng Zhou, Juhong Xu, Weiguang Qu
Abstract

Planning and Scheduling

Revisiting Regression in Planning / 2254
Vidal Alcázar, Daniel Borrajo, Susana Fernández, Raquel Fuentetaja
Abstract

Bridging the Gap Between Refinement and Heuristics in Abstraction / 2261
Christer Bäckström, Peter Jonsson
Abstract

An Admissible Heuristic for SAS+ Planning Obtained from the State Equation / 2268
Blai Bonet
Abstract

Causal Belief Decomposition for Planning with Sensing: Completeness Results and Practical Approximation / 2275
Blai Bonet, Hector Geffner
Abstract

Isomorph-Free Branch and Bound Search for Finite State Controllers / 2282
Marek Grześ, Pascal Poupart, Jesse Hoey
Abstract

Optimal Delete-Relaxed (and Semi-Relaxed) Planning with Conditional Effects / 2291
Patrik Haslum
Abstract

Interactive POMDP Lite: Towards Practical Planning to Predict and Exploit Intentions for Interacting with Self-Interested Agents / 2298
Trong Nghia Hoang, Kian Hsiang Low
Abstract

Controlling the Hypothesis Space in Probabilistic Plan Recognition / 2306
Froduald Kabanza, Julien Filion, Abder Rezak Benaskeur, Hengameh Irandoust
Abstract

Lifelong Learning for Acquiring the Wisdom of the Crowd / 2313
Ece Kamar, Ashish Kapoor, Eric Horvitz
Abstract

Pareto-Based Multiobjective AI Planning / 2321
Mostepha Khouadjia, Marc Schoenauer, Vincent Vidal, Johann Dréo, Pierre Savéant
Abstract

Flexible Execution of Partial Order Plans with Temporal Constraints / 2328
Christian Muise, J. Christopher Beck, Sheila A. McIlraith
Abstract

Towards a Second Generation Random Walk Planner: An Experimental Exploration / 2336
Hootan Nakhost, Martin Müller
Abstract

Fair LTL Synthesis for Non-Deterministic Systems Using Strong Cyclic Planners / 2343
Fabio Patrizi, Nir Lipovetzky, Hector Geffner
Abstract

Fault-Tolerant Planning under Uncertainty / 2350
Luis Pineda, Yi Lu, Shlomo Zilberstein, Claudia V. Goldman
Abstract

Getting the Most Out of Pattern Databases for Classical Planning / 2357
Florian Pommerening, Gabriele Röger, Malte Helmert
Abstract

Computing Upper Bounds on Lengths of Transition Sequences / 2365
Jussi Rintanen, Charles Orgill Gretton
Abstract

Exploring Knowledge Engineering Strategies in Designing and Modelling a Road Traffic Accident Management Domain / 2373
Mohammad M. Shah, Lukáš Chrpa, Diane Kitchin, Thomas L. McCluskey, Mauro Vallati
Abstract

The GoDeL Planning System: A More Perfect Union of Domain-Independent and Hierarchical Planning / 2380
Vikas Shivashankar, Ron Alford, Ugur Kuter, Dana Nau
Abstract

Plan Quality Optimisation via Block Decomposition / 2387
Fazlul Hasan Siddiqui, Patrik Haslum
Abstract

Symbolic Merge-and-Shrink for Cost-Optimal Planning / 2394
Álvaro Torralba, Carlos Linares López, Daniel Borrajo
Abstract

Problem Splitting Using Heuristic Search in Landmark Orderings / 2401
Simon Vernhes, Guillaume Infantes, Vincent Vidal
Abstract

Run-Time Improvement of Point-Based POMDP Policies / 2408
Minlue Wang, Richard Dearden
Abstract

Interactive Value Iteration for Markov Decision Processes with Unknown Rewards / 2415
Paul Weng, Bruno Zanuttini
Abstract

Flexibility and Decoupling in the Simple Temporal Problem / 2422
Michel Wilson, Tomas Klos, Cees Witteveen, Bob Huisman
Abstract

Continuously Relaxing Over-Constrained Conditional Temporal Problems through Generalized Conflict Learning and Resolution / 2429
Peng Yu, Brian Williams
Abstract

Robust Optimization for Hybrid MDPs with State-Dependent Noise / 2437
Zahra Zamani, Scott Sanner, Karina Valdivia Delgado, Leliane Nunes de Barros
Abstract

Action-Model Acquisition from Noisy Plan Traces / 2444
Hankz Hankui Zhuo, Subbarao Kambhampati
Abstract

Refining Incomplete Planning Domain Models through Plan Traces / 2451
Hankz Hankui Zhuo, Tuan Nguyen, Subbarao Kambhampati
Abstract

Robotics and Vision

Handling Open Knowledge for Service Robots / 2459
Xiaoping Chen, Jianmin Ji, Zhiqiang Sui, Jiongkun Xie
Abstract

Human Action Recognition Using a Temporal Hierarchy of Covariance Descriptors on 3D Joint Locations / 2466
Mohamed E. Hussein, Marwan Torki, Mohammad A. Gowayyed, Motaz El-Saban
Abstract

Rolling Dispersion for Robot Teams / 2473
Elizabeth A. Jensen, Maria Gini
Abstract

Accelerated Robust Point Cloud Registration in Natural Environments through Positive and Unlabeled Learning / 2480
Maxime Latulippe, Alexandre Drouin, Philippe Giguère, François Laviolette
Abstract

Upper Confidence Weighted Learning for Efficient Exploration in Multiclass Prediction with Binary Feedback / 2488
Hung Ngo, Matthew Luciw, Ngo Anh Vien, Jürgen Schmidhuber
Abstract

Towards Active Event Recognition / 2495
Dimitri Ognibene, Yiannis Demiris
Abstract

Hierarchical Object Discovery and Dense Modelling from Motion Cues in RGB-D Video / 2502
Jörg Stückler, Sven Behnke
Abstract

Learning Visual Symbols for Parsing Human Poses in Images / 2510
Fang Wang, Yi Li
Abstract

Uncertainty in AI

A Consensual Linear Opinion Pool / 2518
Arthur Carvalho, Kate Larson
Abstract

An Exact Algorithm for Computing the Same-Decision Probability / 2525
Suming Chen, Arthur Choi, Adnan Darwiche
Abstract

Probabilistic Reasoning with Undefined Properties in Ontologically-Based Belief Networks / 2532
Chia-Li Kuo, David Buchman, Arzoo Katiyar, David Poole
Abstract

Inference for a New Probabilistic Constraint Logic / 2540
Steffen Michels, Arjen Hommersom, Peter J. F. Lucas, Marina Velikova, Pieter Koopman
Abstract

Map Matching with Inverse Reinforcement Learning / 2547
Takayuki Osogami, Rudy Raymond
Abstract

Accurate Integration of Crowdsourced Labels Using Workers’ Self-Reported Confidence Scores / 2554
Satoshi Oyama, Yukino Baba, Yuko Sakurai, Hisashi Kashima
Abstract

Look versus Leap: Computing Value of Information with High-Dimensional Streaming Evidence / 2561
Stephanie Rosenthal, Dan Bohus, Ece Kamar, Eric Horvitz
Abstract

The Inclusion-Exclusion Rule and Its Application to the Junction Tree Algorithm / 2568
David Smith, Vibhav Gogate
Abstract

Sample Complexity of Risk-Averse Bandit-Arm Selection / 2576
Jia Yuan Yu, Evdokia Nikolova
Abstract

A Generalization of SAT and #SAT for Robust Policy Evaluation / 2583
Erik Zawadzki, André Platzer, Geoffery J. Gordon
Abstract

Web and Knowledge-Based Information Systems

Link Label Prediction in Signed Social Networks / 2591
Priyanka Agrawal, Vikas K. Garg, Ramasuri Narayanam
Abstract

Multi-View K-Means Clustering on Big Data / 2598
Xiao Cai, Feiping Nie, Heng Huang
Abstract

Where You Like to Go Next: Successive Point-of-Interest Recommendation / 2605
Chen Cheng, Haiqin Yang, Michael R. Lyu, Irwin King
Abstract

Celebrity Recommendation with Collaborative Social Topic Regression / 2612
Xuetao Ding, Xiaoming Jin, Yujia Li, Lianghao Li
Abstract

A Novel Bayesian Similarity Measure for Recommender Systems / 2619
Guibing Guo, Jie Zhang, Neil Yorke-Smith
Abstract

Cross-Domain Collaborative Filtering via Bilinear Multilevel Analysis / 2626
Liang Hu, Jian Cao, Guandong Xu, Jie Wang, Zhiping Gu, Longbing Cao
Abstract

Social Spammer Detection in Microblogging / 2633
Xia Hu, Jiliang Tang, Yanchao Zhang, Huan Liu
Abstract

Listening to the Crowd: Automated Analysis of Events via Aggregated Twitter Sentiment / 2640
Yuheng Hu, Fei Wang, Subbarao Kambhampati
Abstract

Social Trust Prediction Using Rank-k Matrix Recovery / 2647
Jin Huang, Feiping Nie, Heng Huang, Yu Lei, Chris Ding
Abstract

Context-Dependent Conceptualization / 2654
Dongwoo Kim, Haixun Wang, Alice Oh
Abstract

Predicting Knowledge in an Ontology Stream / 2662
Freddy Lécué, Jeff Z. Pan
Abstract

A Unified Framework for Reputation Estimation in Online Rating Systems / 2670
Guang Ling, Irwin King, Michael R. Lyu
Abstract

Synthesizing Union Tables from the Web / 2677
Xiao Ling, Alon Halevy, Fei Wu, Cong Yu
Abstract

Recommendation Using Textual Opinions / 2684
Claudiu-Cristian Musat, Yizhong Liang, Boi Faltings
Abstract

GBPR: Group Preference Based Bayesian Personalized Ranking for One-Class Collaborative Filtering / 2691
Weike Pan, Li Chen
Abstract

Promoting Diversity in Recommendation by Entropy Regularizer / 2698
Lijing Qin, Xiaoyan Zhu
Abstract

SCMF: Sparse Covariance Matrix Factorization for Collaborative Filtering / 2705
Jianping Shi, Naiyan Wang, Yang Xia, Dit-Yan Yeung, Irwin King, Jiaya Jia
Abstract

Exploiting Local and Global Social Context for Recommendation / 2712
Jiliang Tang, Xia Hu, Huiji Gao, Huan Liu
Abstract

Collaborative Topic Regression with Social Regularization for Tag Recommendation / 2719
Hao Wang, Binyi Chen, Wu-Jun Li
Abstract

Online Egocentric Models for Citation Networks / 2726
Hao Wang, Wu-Jun Li
Abstract

Boosting Cross-Lingual Knowledge Linking via Concept Annotation / 2733
Zhichun Wang, Juanzi Li, Jie Tang
Abstract

PageRank with Priors: An Influence Propagation Perspective / 2740
Biao Xiang, Qi Liu, Enhong Chen, Hui Xiong, Yi Zheng, Yu Yang
Abstract

Social Collaborative Filtering by Trust / 2747
Bo Yang, Yu Lei, Dayou Liu, Jiming Liu
Abstract

Parametric Local Multimodal Hashing for Cross-View Similarity Search / 2754
Deming Zhai, Hong Chang, Yi Zhen, Xianming Liu, Xilin Chen, Wen Gao
Abstract

Social Influence Locality for Modeling Retweeting Behaviors / 2761
Jing Zhang, Biao Liu, Jie Tang, Ting Chen, Juanzi Li
Abstract

Automatic Name-Face Alignment to Enable Cross-Media News Retrieval / 2768
Yuejie Zhang, Wei Wu, Yang Li, Cheng Jin, Xiangyang Xue, Jianping Fan
Abstract

Special Track on Artificial Intelligence and Computational Sustainability

Technical Papers

Assessing the Resilience of Socio-Ecosystems: Coupling Viability Theory and Active Learning with kd-Trees — Application to Bilingual Societies / 2776
Isabelle Alvarez, Ricardo de Aldama, Sophie Martin, Romain Reuillon
Abstract

Towards Understanding Global Spread of Disease from Everyday Interpersonal Interactions / 2783
Sean Brennan, Adam Sadilek, Henry Kautz
Abstract

Short-Term Wind Power Forecasting Using Gaussian Processes / 2790
Niya Chen, Zheng Qian, Xiaofeng Meng, Ian T. Nabney
Abstract

Semi-Supervised Learning for Integration of Aerosol Predictions from Multiple Satellite Instruments / 2797
Nemanja Djuric, Lakesh Kansakar, Slobodan Vucetic
Abstract

Deep Sparse Coding Based Recursive Disaggregation Model for Water Conservation / 2804
Haili Dong, Bingsheng Wang, Chang-Tien Lu
Abstract

Optimal Pricing for Improving Efficiency of Taxi Systems / 2811
Jiarui Gan, Bo An, Haizhong Wang, Xiaoming Sun, Zhongzhi Shi
Abstract

Estimating Reference Evapotranspiration for Irrigation Management in the Texas High Plains / 2819
Daniel Holman, Mohan Sridharan, Prasanna Gowda, Dana Porter, Thomas Marek, Terry Howell, Jerry Moorhead
Abstract

Information Fusion Based Learning for Frugal Traffic State Sensing / 2826
Vikas Joshi, Nithya Rajamani, Takayuki Katsuki, Naveen Prathapaneni, L. V. Subramaniam
Abstract

A Multi-Objective Memetic Algorithm for Vehicle Resource Allocation in Sustainable Transportation Planning / 2833
Hoong Chuin Lau, Lucas Agussurja, Shih-Fen Cheng, Pang Jin Tan
Abstract

Crowdsourcing Backdoor Identification for Combinatorial Optimization / 2840
Ronan Le Bras, Richard Bernstein, Carla P. Gomes, Bart Selman, R. Bruce van Dover
Abstract

Evolution of Common-Pool Resources and Social Welfare in Structured Populations / 2848
Jean-Sébastien Lerat, The Anh Han, Tom Lenaerts
Abstract

Tag-Weighted Topic Model for Mining Semi-Structured Documents / 2855
Shuangyin Li, Jiefei Li, Rong Pan
Abstract

Manifold Alignment Based on Sparse Local Structures of More Corresponding Pairs / 2862
Xiaojie Li, Jian Cheng Lv, Zhang Yi
Abstract

A Global Constrained Optimization Method for Designing Road Networks with Small Diameters / 2869
Teng Ma, Yuexian Hou, Xiaozhao Zhao, Dawei Song
Abstract

Bayesian Joint Inversions for the Exploration of Earth Resources / 2877
Alistair Reid, Simon O’Callaghan, Edwin V. Bonilla, Lachlan McCalman, Tim Rawling, Fabio Ramos
Abstract

Dynamic Taxi and Ridesharing: A Framework and Heuristics for the Optimization Problem / 2885
Douglas O. Santos, Eduardo C. Xavier
Abstract

An Active Learning Approach to Home Heating in the Smart Grid / 2892
Mike Shann, Sven Seuken
Abstract

Planning with MIP for Supply Restoration in Power Distribution Systems / 2900
Sylvie Thiébaux, Carleton Coffrin, Hassan Hijazi, John Slaney
Abstract

Forecasting Multi-Appliance Usage for Smart Home Energy Management / 2908
Ngoc Cuong Truong, James McInerney, Long Tran-Thanh, Enrico Costanza, Sarvapali D. Ramchurn
Abstract

Randomized Load Control: A Simple Distributed Approach for Scheduling Smart Appliances / 2915
Menkes van den Briel, Paul Scott, Sylvie Thiébaux
Abstract

Parameter Learning for Latent Network Diffusion / 2923
Xiaojian Wu, Akshat Kumar, Daniel Sheldon, Shlomo Zilberstein
Abstract

Towards Effective Prioritizing Water Pipe Replacement and Rehabilitation / 2931
Junchi Yan, Yu Wang, Ke Zhou, Jin Huang, Chunhua Tian, Hongyuan Zha, Weishan Dong
Abstract

Improved Integer Programming Approaches for Chance-Constrained Stochastic Programming / 2938
Hiroki Yanagisawa, Takayuki Osogami
Abstract

A Hidden Markov Model-Based Acoustic Cicada Detector for Crowdsourced Smartphone Biodiversity Monitoring / 2945
Davide Zilli, Oliver Parson, Geoff V. Merrett, Alex Rogers
Abstract

Data Challenge

Forecast Oriented Classification of Spatio-Temporal Extreme Events / 2952
Zhengzhang Chen, Yusheng Xie, Yu Cheng, Kunpeng Zhang, Ankit Agrawal, Wei-keng Liao, Nagiza F. Samatova, Alok Choudhary
Abstract

Adaptive Management of Migratory Birds under Sea Level Rise / 2955
Samuel Nicol, Olivier Buffet, Takuya Iwamura, Iadine Chadès
Abstract

Detecting and Tracking Disease Outbreaks by Mining Social Media Data / 2958
Yusheng Xie, Zhengzhang Chen, Yu Cheng, Kunpeng Zhang, Ankit Agrawal, Wei-keng Liao, Alok Choudhary
Abstract

Sister Conferences Track

Best Papers

Twitter-Based User Modeling for News Recommendations / 2962
Fabian Abel, Qi Gao, Geert-Jan Houben, Ke Tao
Abstract

Language-Based Games (Extended Abstract) / 2967
Adam Bjorndahl, Joseph Y. Halpern, Rafael Pass
Abstract

An Improved Separation of Regular Resolution from Pool Resolution and Clause Learning (Extended Abstract) / 2972
Maria Luisa Bonet, Sam Buss
Abstract

The Complexity of One-Agent Refinement Modal Logic / 2977
Laura Bozzelli, Hans van Ditmarsch, Sophie Pinchinat
Abstract

An Introduction to String Re-Writing Kernel / 2982
Fan Bu, Hang Li, Xiaoyan Zhu
Abstract

Optimal Valve Placement in Water Distribution Networks with CLP(FD) / 2987
Massimiliano Cattafi, Marco Gavanelli, Maddalena Nonato, Stefano Alvisi, Marco Franchini
Abstract

Bayesian Probabilities for Constraint-Based Causal Discovery / 2992
Tom Claassen, Tom Heskes
Abstract

Satisfiability Modulo Constraint Handling Rules (Extended Abstract) / 2997
Gregory James Duck
Abstract

Case Adaptation with Qualitative Algebras / 3002
Valmi Dufour-Lussier, Florence Le Ber, Jean Lieber, Laura Martin
Abstract

Improving the Effectiveness of Time-Based Display Advertising (Extended Abstract) / 3007
Daniel G. Goldstein, R. Preston McAfee, Siddharth Suri
Abstract

Preference-Based CBR: General Ideas and Basic Principles / 3012
Eyke Hüllermeier, Weiwei Cheng
Abstract

Sound, Complete, and Minimal Query Rewriting for Existential Rules / 3017
Mélanie König, Michel Leclère, Marie-Laure Mugnier, Michaël Thomazo
Abstract

Collaborative Filtering on Ordinal User Feedback / 3022
Yehuda Koren, Joseph Sill
Abstract

Three Semantics for the Core of the Distributed Ontology Language (Extended Abstract) / 3027
Till Mossakowski, Christoph Lange, Oliver Kutz
Abstract

Discovering Alignments in Ontologies of Linked Data / 3032
Rahul Parundekar, Craig A. Knoblock, José Luis Ambite
Abstract

A New Trajectory Deformation Algorithm Based on Affine Transformations / 3037
Quang-Cuong Pham, Yoshihiko Nakamura
Abstract

A Case-Based Solution to the Cold-Start Problem in Group Recommenders / 3042
Lara Quijano-Sánchez, Derek Bridge, Belén Díaz-Agudo, Juan Antonio Recio-García
Abstract

Data Mining a Trillion Time Series Subsequences under Dynamic Time Warping / 3047
Thanawin Rakthanmanon, Bilson Campana, Abdullah Mueen, Gustavo Batista, Brandon Westover, Qiang Zhu, Jesin Zakaria, Eamonn Keogh
Abstract

On Stochastic Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning by Approximate Inference (Extended Abstract) / 3052
Konrad Rawlik, Marc Toussaint, Sethu Vijayakumar
Abstract

At Home with Agents: Exploring Attitudes Towards Future Smart Energy Infrastructures / 3057
Tom A. Rodden, Joel E. Fischer, Nadia Pantidi, Khaled Bachour, Stuart Moran
Abstract

Decision Generalisation from Game Logs in No Limit Texas Hold’em / 3062
Jonathan Rubin, Ian Watson
Abstract

Modeling the Interplay of People’s Location, Interactions, and Social Ties / 3067
Adam Sadilek, Henry Kautz, Jeffrey P. Bigham
Abstract

Active Evaluation of Ranking Functions Based on Graded Relevance (Extended Abstract) / 3072
Christoph Sawade, Steffen Bickel, Timo von Oertzen, Tobias Scheffer, Niels Landwehr
Abstract

CLiMF: Collaborative Less-Is-More Filtering / 3077
Yue Shi, Alexandros Karatzoglou, Linas Baltrunas, Martha Larson, Nuria Oliver, Alan Hanjalic
Abstract

Statistical Parsing with Probabilistic Symbol-Refined Tree Substitution Grammars / 3082
Hiroyuki Shindo, Yusuke Miyao, Akinori Fujino, Masaaki Nagata
Abstract

Exact Recovery of Sparsely-Used Dictionaries / 3087
Daniel A. Spielman, Huan Wang, John Wright
Abstract

The RoboEarth Language: Representing and Exchanging Knowledge about Actions, Objects, and Environments (Extended Abstract) / 3091
Moritz Tenorth, Alexander Perzylo, Reinhard Lafrenz, Michael Beetz
Abstract

Socioscope: Spatio-Temporal Signal Recovery from Social Media (Extended Abstract) / 3096
Jun-Ming Xu, Aniruddha Bhargava, Robert Nowak, Xiaojin Zhu
Abstract

Using Strategic Logics to Reason about Agent Programs / 3101
Nitin Yadav, Sebastian Sardina
Abstract

User-Centered Programming by Demonstration: Stylistic Elements of Behavior / 3106
James E. Young, Kentaro Ishii, Takeo Igarashi, Ehud Sharlin
Abstract

Best Theses

Scalable Dynamic Nonparametric Bayesian Models of Content and Users / 3111
Amr Ahmed, Eric Xing
Abstract

Improving Combinatorial Optimization: Extended Abstract / 3116
Geoffrey Chu
Abstract

Cultural Diversity for Virtual Characters (Extended Abstract) / 3121
Birgit Endrass
Abstract

Landmark-Based Heuristics and Search Control for Automated Planning (Extended Abstract) / 3126
Silvia Richter
Abstract

Learning Probabilistic Models for Mobile Manipulation Robots / 3131
Jürgen Sturm, Wolfram Burgard
Abstract

Social Norms for Self-Policing Multi-Agent Systems and Virtual Societies (Extended Abstract) / 3136
Daniel Villatoro
Abstract

Journal Track

Evaluating Indirect Strategies for Chinese–Spanish Statistical Machine Translation: Extended Abstract / 3142
Marta R. Costa-jussà, Carlos A. Henríquez, Rafael E. Banchs
Abstract

Communicating Open Systems (Extended Abstract) / 3146
Mark d’Inverno, Michael Luck, Pablo Noriega, Juan A. Rodriguez-Aguilar, Carles Sierra
Abstract

The CQC Algorithm: Cycling in Graphs to Semantically Enrich and Enhance a Bilingual Dictionary (Extended Abstract) / 3151
Tiziano Flati, Roberto Navigli
Abstract

Algorithms for Generating Ordered Solutions for Explicit AND/OR Structures: Extended Abstract / 3156
Priyankar Ghosh, Amit Sharma, P. P. Chakrabarti, Pallab Dasgupta
Abstract

YAGO2: A Spatially and Temporally Enhanced Knowledge Base from Wikipedia (Extended Abstract) / 3161
Johannes Hoffart, Fabian M. Suchanek, Klaus Berberich, Gerhard Weikum
Abstract

Modeling Social Causality and Responsibility Judgment in Multi-Agent Interactions: Extended Abstract / 3166
Wenji Mao, Jonathan Gratch
Abstract

The Extended Global Cardinality Constraint: An Empirical Survey (Extended Abstract) / 3171
Peter Nightingale
Abstract

Revisiting Centrality-as-Relevance: Support Sets and Similarity as Geometric Proximity: Extended Abstract / 3175
Ricardo Ribeiro, David Martins de Matos
Abstract

Generalized Biwords for Bitext Compression and Translation Spotting: Extended Abstract / 3180
Felipe Sánchez-Martínez, Rafael C. Carrasco, Miguel A. Martínez-Prieto, Joaquín Adiego
Abstract

Computing Text Semantic Relatedness Using the Contents and Links of a Hypertext Encyclopedia: Extended Abstract / 3185
Majid Yazdani, Andrei Popescu-Belis
Abstract

On the Approximation Ability of Evolutionary Optimization with Application to Minimum Set Cover: Extended Abstract / 3190
Yang Yu, Xin Yao, Zhi-Hua Zhou
Abstract

Learning Qualitative Models from Numerical Data: Extended Abstract / 3195
Jure Zabkar, Martin Mozina, Ivan Bratko, Janez Demsar
Abstract

Doctoral Consortium

Decision-Theoretic Approximations for Machine Learning / 3201
M. Ehsan Abbasnejad
Abstract

Managing Qualitative Preferences and Constraints in a Dynamic Environment / 3203
Eisa Alanazi, Malek Mouhoub
Abstract

Towards a Deeper Understanding of Nonmonotonic Reasoning with Degrees / 3205
Marjon Blondeel, Steven Schockaert, Dirk Vermeir, Martine De Cock
Abstract

Capabilities in Heterogeneous Multi Robot Systems / 3207
Jennifer Buehler
Abstract

Negotiation Algorithms for Large Agreement Spaces / 3209
Dave de Jonge
Abstract

Trust Modeling for Opinion Evaluation by Coping with Subjectivity and Dishonesty / 3211
Hui Fang
Abstract

High-Level Program Execution in Multi-Agent Settings / 3213
Liangda Fang
Abstract

Using Domain Knowledge to Systematically Guide Feature Selection / 3215
William Groves
Abstract

Improving the Performance of Recommender Systems by Alleviating the Data Sparsity and Cold Start Problems / 3217
Guibing Guo
Abstract

Strategic Interactions among Agents with Bounded Rationality / 3219
Pablo Hernandez-Leal, Enrique Munoz de Cote, L. Enrique Sucar
Abstract

Problem Transformations and Algorithm Selection for CSPs / 3221
Barry Hurley, Barry O’Sullivan
Abstract

Rolling Dispersion and Exploration for Robot Teams / 3223
Elizabeth A. Jensen
Abstract

Towards the Design of Robust Trust and Reputation Systems / 3225
Siwei Jiang
Abstract

Maintaining Soft Arc Consistencies in BnB-ADOPT+ during Search / 3227
Ka Man Lei
Abstract

Concept Generation in Language Evolution / 3229
Martha Lewis, Jonathan Lawry
Abstract

Normative Conflict Detection and Resolution in Cooperating Institutions / 3231
Tingting Li
Abstract

Dynamic of Argumentation Frameworks / 3233
Jean-Guy Mailly
Abstract

Approximation Algorithms for Max-Sum-Product Problems / 3235
Denis Deratani Mauá
Abstract

On Teaching Collaboration to a Team of Autonomous Agents via Imitation / 3237
Saleha Raza
Abstract

Semi-Supervised Structuring of Complex Data / 3239
Marian-Andrei Rizoiu
Abstract

Object Recognition Based on Visual Grammars and Bayesian Networks / 3241
Elías Ruiz, L. Enrique Sucar
Abstract

Adapting Surface Sketch Recognition Techniques for Surfaceless Sketches / 3243
Paul Taele, Tracy Anne Hammond
Abstract

Ontology Based Query Answering with Existential Rules / 3245
Michaël Thomazo
Abstract

Behavior Composition Optimization / 3247
Nitin Yadav
Abstract

Incorporating Expert Judgement into Bayesian Network Machine Learning / 3249
Yun Zhou, Norman Fenton, Martin Neil, Cheng Zhu
Abstract

Arbitration and Stability in Cooperative Games with Overlapping Coalitions / 3251
Yair Zick
Abstract

Index / 3253