Connectionist-based information systems: a proposed research theme

This PDF was created from a converted WordPerfect document. While all reasonable efforts have been made to reproduce the original paper as closely as possible, some formatting in the PDF may vary from the original hard-copy paper.General Characteristics of the Theme • Emerging technology with rapidly growing practical applications • Nationally and internationally recognised leadership of the University of Otago • Already established organisation for research and working teams • Growing number of postgraduate students working on the theme • Growing number of research projects in this area • Growing number of publications by members of the teamUnpublishedThe following is a selected list of some of the major publications published by the principal researchers in the area of CBIS in the last several years. (a) Books Kasabov N.K. Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press (being printed) 550p Sallis P.J., Tate G. and MacDonell S.G. Software Engineering: practice, management and improvement. Addison-Wesley, 1995, 215p (b) Book Chapters Kasabov N. and Clarke G. A template-based implementation of connectionist knowledge based systems for classification and learning. In Advances in Neural Networks, vol.4. O.Omidvar ed. USA, Ablex Publishing Company (1995) 137-156 Kasabov N. Building comprehensive AI and the task of speech recognition. In Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications, 2, ed. J.Alspector, R.Goodman, T.Brown, Laurence Erlbaum (1995) 178-187 Kasabov, N. and Nikovski, D. Prognostic expert systems on a hybrid connectionist environment. In Artificial Intelligence V Methodology, Systems, Applications. B. du Boulay and V.Sgurev eds., Elsevier Science Publ, North Holland (1992) 141-148 Kasabov N. Hybrid connectionist rule based systems. In Artificial Intelligence IV Methodology, Systems, Applications. P.Jorrand and V.Sgurev Eds., North-Holland (1990) 227- 235 (c) Publications in Refereed Journals Kasabov, N., Lavington S., Li S. and Wang C. A model for exploiting parallel associative matching in AI production systems. Knowledge-Based Systems 8(1):1-7 (1995) Kasabov, N. Adaptable connectionist production systems. Neurocomputing (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Hybrid connectionist fuzzy systems for speech recognition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Learning fuzzy rules and approximate reasoning in fuzzy neural networks and hybrid systems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Hybrid Connectionist Fuzzy Production Systems - Towards Building Comprehensive AI, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Connectionist fuzzy production systems. in: Fuzzy Logic in Artificial Intelligence, A. Ralescu ed, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 847:114-128 (1994) Kasabov, N. Hybrid connectionist production systems. Journal of Systems Engineering 3 (1), 15- 21 (1993) Kasabov, N. and Shishkov, S. A connectionist production system with partial match and its use for approximate reasoning. Connection Science 5(3&4):275-305 (1993) Kasabov, N. Incorporating neural networks into production systems and a practical approach towards the realization of fuzzy expert systems. Computer Science and Informatics 21(2):26-34 (1991) M. K. Purvis, M. A. Purvis, and G. L. Benwell, "Modelling and Simulation of the New Zealand Resource Management Act", to appear in the Journal of Law and Information Science, 1995. S. Cranefield, P. Gorman, and M. Purvis, "Communicating Agents: An Emerging Approach for Distributed Heterogeneous Systems", New Zealand Journal of Computing, 6:1B, August 1995, pp. 337-343. M. K. Purvis, G. L. Benwell, and M. A. Purvis, "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Management Act", New Zealand Journal of Computing, 5:1, 1994, pp. 45-56. M. K. Purvis, G. L. Benwell, and M. A. Purvis, "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Consent Process in the Resource Management Act", New Zealand Surveyor (Journal of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors), No. 285, March 1995, pp. 13-20. Sallis, P.J., Anderson, R. and Yeap, W.K. Enhancing a hypertext application using Natural Language Processing techniques. Journal of Information Science, 17(1), 49-56 (1991) Benwell,G.L., Firns, P.G. and Sallis, P.J. Deriving semantic data models from structured descriptions of reality. Journal of Information Technology, 6(1), 15-25 (1991) Sallis, P.J. Contemporary Computing Methods for solving the authorship characterisation problem in computational linguistics. New Zealand Journal of Computing, 5(1), 85-91 (1994) (d) Publications in Proceedings of International Conferences N.Kasabov (ed) Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993. N.Kasabov and G.Coghill (eds) Proceedings of the Second New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1995. M. K. Purvis (ed.), Software Education Conference (SRIG-ET'94), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1995. M. K. Purvis and X. Li, "Connectionist Learning Using an Optical Thin-Film Model", to appear in Proceedings of the Second New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1995. M. K. Purvis, and S. J. S. Cranefield, "Causal Agent Modelling: a Unifying Paradigm for Systems and Organisations", Proceedings of Pan-Pacific Conference XII, Dunedin and Queenstown, New Zealand, 1995, pp. 394-396. M. K. Purvis and M. A. Purvis, "Modelling Environmental Legislative Processes with Petri Nets", Modelling and Simulation (Proceedings of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development International Conference), IASTED-ACTA Press, Anaheim, CA, 1995, pp. 238-246. M. K. Purvis and L. Xiaodong, "Connectionist Computations Based on an Optical Thin- Film Model", in Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993, pp. 130-133. M. K. Purvis and G. L. Benwell, "A Causal Agent Approach for Modelling Dynamic Systems", in Proceedings of the 13th New Zealand Computer Society Conference, New Zealand Computer Society, Auckland, August 1993, pp. 598-604. D. W. Franke and M. K. Purvis, "Hardware/Software CoDesign: A Perspective", in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, TX, U.S.A., May 13-16, 1991, pp. 344-352. Sallis, P.J. Neural Networks and Ambiguity in Natural Language. Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems. Dunedin 1993, 102-104 Sallis, P.J. Spatially related knowledge: the multimedia experience. Proceedings of the Third Annual Spatial Information Processing Colloquium. Dunedin, May 1991, 107-118. Sallis, P.J. and Yeap, W.K. Alpha and Omega: an AI perspective. Proceedings of the XIth Annual South-East Asian Computer Confederation Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1992, Vol 2, 381-388 Sallis, P.J. Information retrieval using a natural language interface to a GIS database. Proceedings of the Second Annual Spatial Information Processing Colloquium. Dunedin, Nov 1990, 100-111. Barrow, F. and Sallis, P.J. NLP and GIS Techniques for a Railway Safety Audit Reporting System. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Eds. P.G. Firns and N.C. Sutherland, Palmerston North, 1995, 229-236

Connectionist-based information systems: a proposed research theme

This PDF was created from a converted WordPerfect document. While all reasonable efforts have been made to reproduce the original paper as closely as possible, some formatting in the PDF may vary from the original hard-copy paper.General Characteristics of the Theme • Emerging technology with rapidly growing practical applications • Nationally and internationally recognised leadership of the University of Otago • Already established organisation for research and working teams • Growing number of postgraduate students working on the theme • Growing number of research projects in this area • Growing number of publications by members of the teamUnpublishedThe following is a selected list of some of the major publications published by the principal researchers in the area of CBIS in the last several years. (a) Books Kasabov N.K. Neural Networks, Fuzzy Systems and Knowledge Engineering. Cambridge, MA, MIT Press (being printed) 550p Sallis P.J., Tate G. and MacDonell S.G. Software Engineering: practice, management and improvement. Addison-Wesley, 1995, 215p (b) Book Chapters Kasabov N. and Clarke G. A template-based implementation of connectionist knowledge based systems for classification and learning. In Advances in Neural Networks, vol.4. O.Omidvar ed. USA, Ablex Publishing Company (1995) 137-156 Kasabov N. Building comprehensive AI and the task of speech recognition. In Applications of Neural Networks to Telecommunications, 2, ed. J.Alspector, R.Goodman, T.Brown, Laurence Erlbaum (1995) 178-187 Kasabov, N. and Nikovski, D. Prognostic expert systems on a hybrid connectionist environment. In Artificial Intelligence V Methodology, Systems, Applications. B. du Boulay and V.Sgurev eds., Elsevier Science Publ, North Holland (1992) 141-148 Kasabov N. Hybrid connectionist rule based systems. In Artificial Intelligence IV Methodology, Systems, Applications. P.Jorrand and V.Sgurev Eds., North-Holland (1990) 227- 235 (c) Publications in Refereed Journals Kasabov, N., Lavington S., Li S. and Wang C. A model for exploiting parallel associative matching in AI production systems. Knowledge-Based Systems 8(1):1-7 (1995) Kasabov, N. Adaptable connectionist production systems. Neurocomputing (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Hybrid connectionist fuzzy systems for speech recognition. Lecture Notes in Computer Science/Artificial Intelligence (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Learning fuzzy rules and approximate reasoning in fuzzy neural networks and hybrid systems. Fuzzy Sets and Systems (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Hybrid Connectionist Fuzzy Production Systems - Towards Building Comprehensive AI, Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, (1995) (being printed) Kasabov, N. Connectionist fuzzy production systems. in: Fuzzy Logic in Artificial Intelligence, A. Ralescu ed, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 847:114-128 (1994) Kasabov, N. Hybrid connectionist production systems. Journal of Systems Engineering 3 (1), 15- 21 (1993) Kasabov, N. and Shishkov, S. A connectionist production system with partial match and its use for approximate reasoning. Connection Science 5(3&4):275-305 (1993) Kasabov, N. Incorporating neural networks into production systems and a practical approach towards the realization of fuzzy expert systems. Computer Science and Informatics 21(2):26-34 (1991) M. K. Purvis, M. A. Purvis, and G. L. Benwell, "Modelling and Simulation of the New Zealand Resource Management Act", to appear in the Journal of Law and Information Science, 1995. S. Cranefield, P. Gorman, and M. Purvis, "Communicating Agents: An Emerging Approach for Distributed Heterogeneous Systems", New Zealand Journal of Computing, 6:1B, August 1995, pp. 337-343. M. K. Purvis, G. L. Benwell, and M. A. Purvis, "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Management Act", New Zealand Journal of Computing, 5:1, 1994, pp. 45-56. M. K. Purvis, G. L. Benwell, and M. A. Purvis, "Dynamic Modelling of the Resource Consent Process in the Resource Management Act", New Zealand Surveyor (Journal of the New Zealand Institute of Surveyors), No. 285, March 1995, pp. 13-20. Sallis, P.J., Anderson, R. and Yeap, W.K. Enhancing a hypertext application using Natural Language Processing techniques. Journal of Information Science, 17(1), 49-56 (1991) Benwell,G.L., Firns, P.G. and Sallis, P.J. Deriving semantic data models from structured descriptions of reality. Journal of Information Technology, 6(1), 15-25 (1991) Sallis, P.J. Contemporary Computing Methods for solving the authorship characterisation problem in computational linguistics. New Zealand Journal of Computing, 5(1), 85-91 (1994) (d) Publications in Proceedings of International Conferences N.Kasabov (ed) Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993. N.Kasabov and G.Coghill (eds) Proceedings of the Second New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1995. M. K. Purvis (ed.), Software Education Conference (SRIG-ET'94), IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1995. M. K. Purvis and X. Li, "Connectionist Learning Using an Optical Thin-Film Model", to appear in Proceedings of the Second New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1995. M. K. Purvis, and S. J. S. Cranefield, "Causal Agent Modelling: a Unifying Paradigm for Systems and Organisations", Proceedings of Pan-Pacific Conference XII, Dunedin and Queenstown, New Zealand, 1995, pp. 394-396. M. K. Purvis and M. A. Purvis, "Modelling Environmental Legislative Processes with Petri Nets", Modelling and Simulation (Proceedings of the International Association of Science and Technology for Development International Conference), IASTED-ACTA Press, Anaheim, CA, 1995, pp. 238-246. M. K. Purvis and L. Xiaodong, "Connectionist Computations Based on an Optical Thin- Film Model", in Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Two-Stream Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, California, 1993, pp. 130-133. M. K. Purvis and G. L. Benwell, "A Causal Agent Approach for Modelling Dynamic Systems", in Proceedings of the 13th New Zealand Computer Society Conference, New Zealand Computer Society, Auckland, August 1993, pp. 598-604. D. W. Franke and M. K. Purvis, "Hardware/Software CoDesign: A Perspective", in Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Software Engineering, Austin, TX, U.S.A., May 13-16, 1991, pp. 344-352. Sallis, P.J. Neural Networks and Ambiguity in Natural Language. Proceedings of the First New Zealand International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems. Dunedin 1993, 102-104 Sallis, P.J. Spatially related knowledge: the multimedia experience. Proceedings of the Third Annual Spatial Information Processing Colloquium. Dunedin, May 1991, 107-118. Sallis, P.J. and Yeap, W.K. Alpha and Omega: an AI perspective. Proceedings of the XIth Annual South-East Asian Computer Confederation Conference. Kuala Lumpur, Aug 1992, Vol 2, 381-388 Sallis, P.J. Information retrieval using a natural language interface to a GIS database. Proceedings of the Second Annual Spatial Information Processing Colloquium. Dunedin, Nov 1990, 100-111. Barrow, F. and Sallis, P.J. NLP and GIS Techniques for a Railway Safety Audit Reporting System. Proceedings of the Seventh Annual Colloquium of the Spatial Information Research Centre, Eds. P.G. Firns and N.C. Sutherland, Palmerston North, 1995, 229-236