FGCS'94 Workshop 3
Heterogeneous Coooperative Knowledge-Bases

COVER 
Preface
WORKSHOP ORGANIZATION

Contents

Invited Talks
Global Information Management via Local Autonomous Agents 1
   Michael N. Huhns, Munindar P. Singh, and Tomasz Ksiezyk
Using Reflection as a Means of Achieving Cooperation 17
   David Edmond, Mike Papazoglou, and Zahir Tari
Interoperation, Mediation, and Ontologies 33
   Gio Wiederhold
Agent Organizations for Information Retrieval and Electronic Commerce: The Next Frontier 49
   Les Gasser
 
Session 1: Applications (1)
Nonlinear Systems, Automata, and Agents: Managing their Symbolic Data Using Light Weight Persistent Object Managers 65
   Robert L. Grossman, W. Kohn, and A. Nerode
Towards a Formal Representation of the Knowledge Encompassed in Aerial Images 75
   Edwige Pissaloux and Brigitte Hoeltzener
 
Session 2: Cooperation Framework
Heterogeneous Distributed Cooperative Problem Solving System HELIOS and Its Cooperation Mechanisms 77
   Akira Aiba, Kazumasa Yokota, and Hiroshi Tsuda
Distributed Object Oriented Logic Programming 85
   Keith L. Clark, and Tzone I. Wang
A Flexible Facilitator-Based Cooperation Flamework 101
   Paul-Andre Tourtier
 
Session 3: Knowledge Sharing and Databases
Agent Communication with Multiple Ontologies 111
   Hideaki Takeda, Kenji Iino, and Toyoaki Nishida
A Distributed and Anonymous Knowledge Sharing Approach to Software Interoperation 125
   Michael R. Genesereth, Narinder P. Singh, and Mustafa A. Syed
A Flexible Paradigm for Semantic Integration in Cooperative Heterogeneous Databases 141
   C. H. C. Leung and S. Kaspi
 
Session 4: Communication and Cooperation
Learning from Problem Solving and Communication: A Computational Model for Distributed Knowledge Systems (Abstarct)                   (Replaced Version)        153
   Takao Terano
Strategies for Selecting Communication Structures in Cooperative Search 155
   Shuji Narazaki, Hiroomi Yamamura, and Norihiko Yoshida
Communication Resource Sharing in Diffusing Inference 167
   Yasuhiko Kitamura, Ken-ichi Teranishi, Shoji Tatsumi, and Takaaki Okumoto
Bridging Humans via Agent Networks 181
   Toru Ishida
 
Session 5: Applications (2)
Integration of Heterogeneous Knowledge-Bases in Medical Domain 189
   Shusaku Tsumoto and Hiroshi Tanaka
Heterogeneous Natural Language Understanding in Helios 203
   Hiroshi Tsuda and Akira Aiba
 
Session 6: CSCW
Representation of Active Rules in Cooperative Work Environment 213
   Hisayuki Masui, Masakazu Nomoto, and Yahiko Kambayashi
Group Decision Support Systems for Creative Problem Solving 229
   Susumu Kunifuji, Hideki Nagata, Masayuki Sato, and Naotaka Kato
Agent-Based Method for Building a Cooperative Knowledge-Based System 237
   Rose Dieng