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