Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems VIII Proceedings of ES2000, the Twentieth SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, Cambridge, December 2000

Ann Macintosh Napier University, UK The papers in this volume are the refereed application papers presented at ES2000, the Twentieth SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, held in Cambridge in December 2000. The scope of the Application papers has expanded over recent years to cover not just innovative applications using traditional knowledge based systems, but also to include applications demonstrating the whole range of AI technologies. This volume contains thirteen refereed papers describing deployed applications or emerging applications, together with an invited keynote paper by Dr. Daniel Clancy of NASA Ames Research Centre. The papers were subject to refereeing by at least two "expert" referees. All papers which were controversial for some reason were discussed in depth by the Application Programme Committee. For the application stream, a paper is acceptable even if it describes a system which has not yet been installed, provided the application is original and the paper discusses the kinds of things that would help others needing to solve a similar problem. Papers have been selected to highlight critical areas of success (and failure) and to present the benefits and lessons learnt to other developers. Papers this year cover topics as diverse as: KBS for maintaining offshore platforms; Data Mining to predict corporate business failure; integrated AI techniques to support field service engineers; Natural Language applied to the Data Protection Act; knowledge management and the application of neural networks.

APPLICATION KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Model-based System-level Health Management for Reusable Launch Vehicles - Dr Dan Clancy, NASA, USA.- BEST REFERRED APPLICATION PAPER: An Expert System for the Composition of Formal Spanish Poetry - P. Gervas, Universidad Europea - CEES, Madrid, Spain.- SESSION 1 (KNOWLEDGE MANAGEMENT AND KNOWLEDGE ENGINEERING): Creating Knowledge Structure Maps to Support Explicit Knowledge Management - J.L. Gordon, Applied Knowledge Research Institute, Blackburn College, UK. Towards Continuous Knowledge Engineering - K. Schilstra, P. Spronck, Knowledge Based Systems Dept., TNO Building and Construction, Netherlands. Better Knowledge Management through Knowledge Engineering: A Case Study in Drilling Optimisation - A. Preece, Dept. of Computing Science, University of Aberdeen. A. Flett, D. Sleeman, D. Curry, N. Meany, P. Perry. An Integrated AI Package for Modelling Applications - W. Dixon, Q. Mehdi, N. Gough and J. Pitchford, School of Computing and Information Technology, University of Wolverhampton.- SESSION 2 (MEDICAL, BUSINESS AND PERSONAL APPLICATIONS): A Data Mining Approach to the Prediction of Corporate Failure - F.Y. Lin and S. McClean, Faculty of Informatics, University of Ulster at Coleraine. Resolving Deontic Operator Conflicts in Legal Documents - J.T. Sykes and V. Konstantinou, Harrow School of Computer Science, University of Westminster. Case-based Induction-tree Analysis in Diagnostic Protocol Development - A. Harvey, J. Devlin, Pinderfields and Pontefract Hospitals NHS Trust, R Johnston, IMS Maxims plc, Dublin. Smart Radio - Building Music Radio On The Fly - C. Hayes, P. Cunningham, Computer Science Dept, Trinity College Dublin.- SESSION 3 (ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS): Towards Integrated Online Support For Field Service Engineers In A Flexible Manufacturing Context - F. Coenen, P. Leng, R. Weaver, W. Zhang, University of Liverpool, UK. The Application of Artificial Neural Networks to Anticipate the Average Journey Time of Traffic in the Vicinity of Merges - M. Fallah-Tafti, Cardiff School of Engineering, The University of Wales. A KBS For Scheduling Structural Maintenance - S. M. C. Peers, University College London. TIGER with Model Based Diagnosis: Initial Deployment - R. Milne and C. Nicol, Intelligent Applications Ltd, and L Trav-Massuys.