Knowledge Based Systems Journal: Special Issue


ES2000, Cambridge, England, 11th-13th December 2000 Volume 14, Numbers 3-4, June 2001

Contents
Editorial

M A Bramer, University of Portsmouth, UK

Technical Stream

Best Refereed Technical Paper
A Resource Limited Artificial Immune System for Data Analysis
Jon Timmis, University of Kent and Mark Neal, University of Wales, Aberystwyth
A machine learning algorithm inspired by the natural immune system

An Instance-Based Approach to Pattern Association Learning with Application to the English Past Tense Verb Domain
Ray J Hickey, Richard G Martin, School of Information and Software Engineering, University of Ulster
An instance based learning algorithm based on example distance and attribute weighting

Container Stowage Pre-Planning: Using Search to Generate Solutions. A Case Study
I D Wilson, P A Roach, J A Ware, School of Technology, University of Glamorgan
A computer system that generates solutions to the stowage pre-planning problem

Grouping Multivariate Time Series Variables: Applications to Chemical Process and Visual Field Data
Allan Tucker, Stephen Swift, Nigel Martin, Xiaohui Liu, Dept of Computer Science, Birkbeck College, University of London
The use of evolutionary computation techniques to find an approximate solution to a NP-hard problem

Incremental Footprint-Based Retrieval
Barry Smyth, Elizabeth McKenna, Dept of Computer Science, University College Dublin
A new algorithm for case retrieval in case-based reasoning systems

Formal Concept Analysis as a Support Technique for CBR
Belen Diaz-Agudo, Pedro A Gonzalez-Calero, University of Madrid
Using Galois lattices and Formal Concept Analysis to support case based reasoning application designers

Designing for Scalability in a Knowledge Fusion System
Alun Preece, University of Aberdeen, Alex Gray, Philippe Marti, Cardiff University
Features of the KRAFT architecture designed to support scalability

Application Stream

Best Refereed Application Paper
An Expert System for the Composition of Formal Spanish Poetry
P Gervas, Universidad Europea - CEES, Madrid, Spain
A system which composes formal Spanish poetry

A Data Mining Approach to the Prediction Of Corporate Failure
Feng Yu Lin and Sally McClean, Faculty of Informatics, University of Ulster at Coleraine
Predicts corporate failure at one year before bankruptcy

Smart Radio - Building Music Radio On The Fly
C Hayes, P Cunningham, Computer Science Dept, Trinity College Dublin

The Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Anticipate the Average Journey Time of Traffic in the Vicinity of Merges
Mehdi Fallah-Tafti, Cardiff School of Engineering, The University of Wales
Keeps average journey times of vehicles close to their desired value

Tiger with model based diagnosis: initial deployment
R Milne and C Nicol, Intelligent Applications Ltd, and L Trave-Massuyes, Intelligent Control Systems Group, LAAS-CNRS
Describes recent additions to this gas turbine fault diagnosis system