Constantine D. Spyropoulos - Böcker

In recent years machine learning has made its way from artificial intelligence into areas of administration, commerce, and industry. Data mining is perhaps the most widely known demonstration of this migration, complemented by less publicized applications of machine learning like adaptive systems in industry, financial prediction, medical diagnosis and the construction of user profiles for Web browsers.This book presents the capabilities of machine learning methods and ideas on how these methods could be used to solve real-world problems. The first ten chapters assess the current state of the art of machine learning, from symbolic concept learning and conceptual clustering to case-based reasoning, neural networks, and genetic algorithms. The second part introduces the reader to innovative applications of ML techniques in fields such as data mining, knowledge discovery, human language technology, user modeling, data analysis, discovery science, agent technology, finance, etc.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the Second Hellenic Conference on Artificial Intelligence, SETN 2002, held in Thessaloniki, Greece, in April 2002.The 42 revised full papers presented together with two invited contributions were carefully reviewed and selected for inclusion in the book. The papers are organized in topical sections on knowledge representation and reasoning, logic programming and constraint satisfaction, planning and scheduling, natural language processing, human-computer interaction, machine learning, intelligent Internet and multiagent systems, and intelligent applications.