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This book traces the development of the ideal of sincerity from its origins in Anglo-Saxon monasteries to its eventual currency in fifteenth-century familiar letters. Beginning by positioning sincerity as an ideology at the intersection of historical pragmatics and the history of emotions, the author demonstrates how changes in the relationship between outward expression and inward emotions changed English language and literature. While the early chapters reveal that the notion of sincerity was a Christian intervention previously absent from Germanic culture, the latter part of the book provides more focused studies of contrition and love. In doing so, the author argues that under the rubric of courtesy these idealized emotions influenced English in terms of its everyday pragmatics and literary style. This fascinating volume will be of broad interest to scholars of medieval language, literature and culture.

This book traces the development of the ideal of sincerity from its origins in Anglo-Saxon monasteries to its eventual currency in fifteenth-century familiar letters. Beginning by positioning sincerity as an ideology at the intersection of historical pragmatics and the history of emotions, the author demonstrates how changes in the relationship between outward expression and inward emotions changed English language and literature. While the early chapters reveal that the notion of sincerity was a Christian intervention previously absent from Germanic culture, the latter part of the book provides more focused studies of contrition and love. In doing so, the author argues that under the rubric of courtesy these idealized emotions influenced English in terms of its everyday pragmatics and literary style. This fascinating volume will be of broad interest to scholars of medieval language, literature and culture.

Compunction was one of the most important emotions for medieval Christianity; in fact, through its confessional function, compunction became the primary means for an affective sinner to gain redemption. Cultures of Compunction in the Medieval World explores how such emotion could be expressed, experienced and performed in medieval European society. Using a range of disciplinary approaches – including history, philosophy, art history, literary studies, performance studies and linguistics – this book examines how and why emotions which now form the bedrock of modern western culture were idealized in the Middle Ages. By bringing together expertise across disciplines and medieval languages, this important book demonstrates the ubiquity and impact of compunction for medieval life and makes wider connections between devotional, secular and quotidian areas of experience.

This volume sets out for the first time the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with their present distribution. The rugged countryside of Wales has long been a destination for successive generations of naturalists, ornithologists, oologists and, latterly, birdwatchers. Since the pioneering days of Willoughby and Ray, Pennant and Edward Llwyd, a growing number of intrepid travellers have recorded the wildlife and other natural riches of the mountains and coastlines of Wales. Despite these beginnings and the more recent twentieth century vogue for birdwatching, no volume on the birds of Wales has been produced until now to serve the increasing need for scientifically valid information for conservation purposes. In the years that have passed since the first naturalists visited Wales, changes of unimaginable scale have taken place in the Welsh countryside which have had equally dramatic impacts on the native bird communities. A succession of bird species have either been eliminated deliberately by the hand of man - mainly birds of prey - or have been dispossessed by changes in land use, the spread of industrialisation, urbanisation and pollution, trends which continue today to the increasing detriment of even some of our most familiar countryside birds. Much fine habitat remains however, and new species have come in to colonise Wales and add to the magic of its countryside. The three authors, all staff of the RSPB in Wales, have between them an accumulated experience of some 80 years of first-hand knowledge of birds in the Principality. Their knowledge and love of the birds and Wales itself makes this authoritative volume a landmark both in Welsh and ornithological publishing.

This volume sets out for the first time the historical and current status of all the bird species found in Wales together with their present distribution. The rugged countryside of Wales has long been a destination for successive generations of naturalists, ornithologists, oologists and, latterly, birdwatchers. Since the pioneering days of Willoughby and Ray, Pennant and Edward Llwyd, a growing number of intrepid travellers have recorded the wildlife and other natural riches of the mountains and coastlines of Wales. Despite these beginnings and the more recent twentieth century vogue for birdwatching, no volume on the birds of Wales has been produced until now to serve the increasing need for scientifically valid information for conservation purposes. In the years that have passed since the first naturalists visited Wales, changes of unimaginable scale have taken place in the Welsh countryside which have had equally dramatic impacts on the native bird communities. A succession of bird species have either been eliminated deliberately by the hand of man - mainly birds of prey - or have been dispossessed by changes in land use, the spread of industrialisation, urbanisation and pollution, trends which continue today to the increasing detriment of even some of our most familiar countryside birds. Much fine habitat remains however, and new species have come in to colonise Wales and add to the magic of its countryside. The three authors, all staff of the RSPB in Wales, have between them an accumulated experience of some 80 years of first-hand knowledge of birds in the Principality. Their knowledge and love of the birds and Wales itself makes this authoritative volume a landmark both in Welsh and ornithological publishing.

Data mining is the art and science of intelligent data analysis. By building knowledge from information, data mining adds considerable value to the ever increasing stores of electronic data that abound today. In performing data mining many decisions need to be made regarding the choice of methodology, the choice of data, the choice of tools, and the choice of algorithms.Throughout this book the reader is introduced to the basic concepts and some of the more popular algorithms of data mining. With a focus on the hands-on end-to-end process for data mining, Williams guides the reader through various capabilities of the easy to use, free, and open source Rattle Data Mining Software built on the sophisticated R Statistical Software. The focus on doing data mining rather than just reading about data mining is refreshing.The book covers data understanding, data preparation, data refinement, model building, model evaluation, and practical deployment. The reader will learn torapidly deliver a data mining project using software easily installed for free from the Internet. Coupling Rattle with R delivers a very sophisticated data mining environment with all the power, and more, of the many commercial offerings.

This book challenges the traditional approach to people development in business. It provides a compelling argument and evidence that giving people knowledge alone does not lead to attitude and behaviour change or tangible results. Today, people need to be agile, flexible, and adaptable to meet the unpredictable future caused by the worldwide economic collapse in 2007. Businesses also need to become more agile.Developing a can do mind-set is a prerequisite to all subsequent development and actions. It is the driver for change. Becoming mind fit is the start point.In many years experience, I have always been concerned that something was missing: that magic extra ingredient to ensure the learning would be put into practice. Now with the concept of mind fitness, Graham Williams gives us the answer, challenging the conventional approach to training that, as few acknowledge, doesnt work. As the examples in the book show, learning the Mind Fit way is life-changing! Paul Holmes, BSc, PhD, FCIWEM, C.Env, MCMIMind Fits innovative processes ensure people are engaged from the outset. Its joined up thinking for businesses who want to be better. Rod Cornwell, international director, Thomas International

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ThePaci?cRimInternationalConferenceonArti?cialIntelligence(PRICAI)is theleadingconferenceinthePaci?cRimregionforthepresentationofresearch andthelatestdevelopmentsinArti?cialIntelligence,includingtheapplication of AI to problems of social and economic importance. PRICAI 2000 was the sixthinthebiennialseriesofconferencesandwasheldinMelbourne,Australia, August28-September1,2000. ThePRICAI2000workshopsweredesignedtoprovideaforumforrese- chersandpractitionerstopresentandexchangethelatestdevelopmentsatthe AIfrontier. Workshopsaremorespecializedandonasmallerscalethancon- rencestofacilitateactiveinteractionamongtheattendees. TheyencourageAI theoriestomeetreality,AIresearcherstoworkwithpractitioners,andviceversa. Throughworkshops,bothsidesgetexposuretoevolvingresearchandtools,and tothepracticalproblemstowhichAIcanbeapplied. Asanexcellentindicator ofthecurrentlevelofactiveresearchanddevelopmentactivities,PRICAI2000 includedatotalofsevenworkshops:AIandtheInternet,IntelligentInfor- tionAgents,ApplicationsofAIinIndustry,Multi-AgentSystems,TextandWeb Mining,AIinE-Commerce,andTeamswithAdjustableAutonomy. The work from four of the seven workshops has formed this unique coll- tion of four parts.PartI reports on Applications of AI in Industry;PartII coversAIinE-Commerce;PartIII detailsIntelligentInformationAgents,and PartIV discussestheissuesofTeamworkandAdjustableAutonomyinAgents. Eachworkshoppaperwasacceptedafterreviewbyatleasttwoexperts. Further improvementswereincludedinmanypapersinpreparationforthiscollection. Readerscan?nddiversetopicsandcarefuldiscussionscenteredaroundthefour importantthemesinoureverchangingworld. Thiscollectionplaysanimp- tantroleinbridgingthegapbetweenAItheoryandpractice,toemphasizethe importanceofAIintheresearchanddevelopmentofAgents,E-Commerce,and inmanyreal-worldapplications,andtopublicizeandextendAItechnologyto manydomainsinthisfastmovinginformationage. Thechairsoftheworkshopsdidanexcellentjobinbringingtogethermany AIresearchersandpractitionersfromthePaci?c-Asiaregionandfromallover the world. The well received workshops at PRICAI 2000 and the publication ofthiscollectionhaveconvincinglyshownthesigni?canceandpracticalimpact oftheworkpresentedinthiscollection. ProfessorNancyReed'sgreate?ortin producingthisspecial,?necollectionwillbeapplaudedandappreciatedbymany. IamcertainthatthiscollectionwillstimulatemoreAIresearchandapplications, in?uencemanygraduatestudentstoconductresearchanddevelopmentinAI, and have a positive impact toward making our future better by creating an increasinglyintelligentworld.June2001 HuanLiu TableofContents I ApplicationsofArti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry Arti?cialIntelligenceinIndustry...3 GrahamJ. WilliamsandDicksonLukose ApplyingBehavior-OrientedRoboticstoaMobileSecurityDevice ...5 AndreasBirkandHolgerKenn OntologyDesignandItsApplicationinthePetroleum RemediationDomain...16 Lin-LiChenandChristineW. Chan ASalesAgentforWebsitePersonalization ...24 WeiqinChen,RyanShaw,LeifMortenson,TomFoley, andRiichiroMizoguchi AnomalyDetectionofCopmuterUsageUsingArti?cial IntelligenceTechniques ...31 JonghoChoyandSung-BaeCho ApplicationofSelf-OrganizingMapstoClassi?cationandBrowsing ofFAQE-mails...44 Hyun-DonKimandSung-BaeCho ModelBasedProgramSpeci?cationandProgramGeneration-InaCase ofVehicle-EngineControlSystemDesign...56 SetsuoOhsuga,ShunsukeChigusa,andKatsuyukiSugaya Classi?cationBaseduponFrequentPatterns...72 WimPijlsandRobPotharst AnEvolutionaryApproachtoConstraint-BasedTimetabling ...80 DharmendraSharmaandNivleshChandra BOKS:ARule-BasedSysteminSupportoftheDutchBuilding MaterialsRegulations ...93 PieterSpronckandKlaasSchilstra UsingXMLasaLanguageInterfaceforAIApplications ...103 SaidTabet,PrabhakarBhogaraju,andDavidAsh INFOSHOP:ADecisionSupportToolforLocalGovernment RegulatoryAdvice ...111 IanWatson VIII TableofContents UsingBoostingtoDetectNoisyData...123 VirginiaWheway II Arti?cialIntelligenceinElectronicCommerce Arti?cialIntelligenceinElectronicCommerce...133 RyszardKowalczykandMariaLee ConceptualStructuresforTenderingOntology...135 AhmadKayedandRobertM. Colomb VirtualEnterpriseDesign-BDIAgentsvs. Objects ...147 IyadRahwan,RyszardKowalczyk,andYunYang AgentBasedArchitectureforInternetMarketing ...158 SukunesanSinnappan,Mary-AnneWilliams,andSivaMuthaly PossibilisticReasoningforIntelligentPaymentAgents ...170 OnWongandRaymondLau AWeb-BasedNegotiationAgentUsingCBR ...183 DongMeiZhangandWaiYatWong III IntelligentInformationAgents IntelligentInformationAgents...199 SengWaiLoke RelationshipsbetweenLogicProgrammingandRDF ...201 HaroldBoley AnApproachtoBuildingMobileIntelligentAgentsBasedon AnytimeMigration...219 NaokiFukuta,TakayukiIto,andToramatsuShintani Knowledge-BasedInformationAgents ...229 XiaoyingGaoandLeonSterling DesigningPerceptionModulestoShapeInformationforAgents...239 ClintHeinze,AdrianPearce,LeonSterling,andSimonGoss DesignofaVisulizationAgentforWWWInformation...249 HironoriHiraishi,HiroshiSawai,andFumioMizoguchi TableofContents IX RevisableAnalysisandDesignbyActorsInteraction: EmergencyCaseStudy ...259 HassenKriaaandGuyGouard'eres ALogic-BasedApproachforAdaptiveInformationFilteringAgents ...269 RaymondLau,ArthurH. M. terHofstede,andPeterD. Bruza TheUserAgent:AnApproachforServiceandPro?leManagement inWirelessAccessSystems...279 CarstenPilsandJensHartmann SystemAnalysisofAgent-BasedLCCInformationGathering...289 TiemeiIreneZhangandElizabethKendall IV TeamworkandAdjustableAutonomyinAgents TeamworkandAdjustableAutonomyinAgents...301 NancyE. Reed ACommunicationProtocolSupportingDynamicAutonomy AgreementsinMulti-agentSystems ...303 K. SuzanneBarber,CherylE. Martin,andRyanM. McKay DesigningHuman-CenteredAutonomousAgents...321 GregoryDoraisandDavidKortenkamp ACognitiveModelofSituatedAutonomy...325 HenryHexmoor DesigninganArchitectureforAdjustablyAutonomousRobotTeams ...

Five high-quality workshops were held at the 13th Paci?c-Asia Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PAKDD 2009) in Bangkok, Thailand during April 27-30, 2009. There were 17, 6, 9, 4 and 5 accepted papers to be presented at the Paci?c Asia Workshop on Intelligence and Security Informatics (PAISI 2009), the workshop on Advances and Issues in Biomedical Data Mining (AIBDM 2009), the workshop on Data Mining with Imbalanced Classes and Error Cost (ICEC 2009),the workshopon Open Source in Data Mining (OSDM 2009), and the workshop on Quality Issues, Measures of Interestingness and Evaluation of Data Mining Models (QIMIE 2009). One competition, PAKDD 2009 Data Mining Competition, and one local workshop, Thai Track Session, were arranged. From these workshops (except PAISI which published its works in separate LNCS proceedings), we selected two or three best papers for this LNCS publication. PAKDD is a major international conference in the areas of data mining (DM) and knowledge discovery in database (KDD).It provides an internationalforum for researchersand industry practitioners to share their new ideas, original research results and practical development experiences from all KDD-related areas including data mining, data warehousing, machine learning, databases, statistics, knowledge acquisition and automatic scienti?c discovery, data visualization, causal induction and knowledge-based systems. In general,we wish to thank our General WorkshopCo-chairs,Manabu O- mura and Bernhard Pfahringe, for selecting and coordinating the great wo- shops. WewouldliketothankJunbinGao(CharlesSturtUniversity),PaulKwan (UniversityofNewEngland,Australia),JosiahPoon(UniversityofSydney),and Simon Poon (University of Sydney), for their arrangement of AIBDM 2009.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 15th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2017, held in Melbourne, VIC, Australia, in August 2017.The 17 revised full papers presented together with 11 research track papers and 6 application track papers were carefully reviewed and selected from 31 submissions. The papers are organized in topical sections on clustering and classification; big data; time series; outlier detection and applications; social media and applications.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2019, held in Adelaide, SA, Australia, in December 2019.The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on research track, application track, and industry showcase.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 17th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2019, held in Adelaide, SA, Australia, in December 2019.

The 20 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 56 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on research track, application track, and industry showcase. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2021, held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in December 2021.* The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on research track and application track. *Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 19th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2021, held in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia, in December 2021.* The 16 revised full papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 32 submissions. The papers are organized in sections on research track and application track. 

*Due to the COVID-19 pandemic the conference was held online. 

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2022, held in Western Sydney, Australia, during December 12–15, 2022. The 17 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as ​research track and application track.

This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 20th Australasian Conference on Data Mining, AusDM 2022, held in Western Sydney, Australia, during December 12–15, 2022. The 17 full papers included in this book were carefully reviewed and selected from 44 submissions. They were organized in topical sections as ​research track and application track.