This paper describes articial neural networks which are based on the adaptiveresonance theory. The usage of these articial neural networks for classicationtasks is presented. The example uses is the classication of patient health fromthe results of general blood analysis.[...]

One of the key factors that hinders integration of distributed, heterogeneousinformation systems is the lack of a formal basis for modeling the complex, structuredknowledge that is to be exchanged. To alleviate this situation, we present anapproach based on core ontologies. Core ontologies are...

With the Multimedia Metadata Ontology (M3O), we havedeveloped a sophisticated model for representing among others the annotation,decomposition, and provenance of multimedia metadata. Thegoal of the M3O is to integrate the existing metadata standards andmetadata formats rather than replacing...

The semantics of rich multimedia presentations in the websuch as SMIL, SVG and Flash cannot or only to a verylimited extend be understood by search engines today. Thishampers the retrieval of such presentations and makes theirarchival and management a difficult task. Existing metadatamodels and...

A chaotic process with slow feed back : the case of business cycles / T(c)œnu Puu -- Nonlinear interactions in the economy / Erik Mosekilde, Jesper S. Thomsen, and John Sterman -- Fast and slow processes of economic evolution / (c)ke E. Andersson -- A stochastic model of technological evolution...

The articles collected in this volume have two features in common: they wantto integrate economics, demography and geography, and they want to overcome the stationary approach in modelling in favour of a dynamic one. The book is subdivided into three parts, where Part I is focussing on economic...

This book gives an overview of the state of the art in five different approaches to social science simulation on the individual level. The volume contains microanalytical simulation models designed for policy implementation and evaluation, multilevel simulation methods designed for detecting...