Applications and innovations in intelligent systems IX : proceedings of ES2001, the twenty-first SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, Cambridge, December, 2001

Ann Macintosh Napier University, UK The papers in this volume are the refereed application papers presented at ES2001, the Twenty-fIrst SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied ArtifIcial Intelligence, held in Cambridge in December 200 I. 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. These papers continue to illustrate the maturity of AI as a commercially viable technology to solve real world problems. The papers were subject to refereeing by at least two expert referees. All papers that were in any way controversial were discussed in depth by the Application Programme Committee. For the ES2001 Application Stream, a paper is acceptable even if it describes a system that has not yet been installed, provided the application is original and the paper discusses the kind 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. This volume contains sixteen papers describing deployed or emerging applications in a range of diverse areas: business and commerce, engineering, manufacturing, knowledge and information management, and music. Front Matter....Pages I-X Front Matter....Pages 1-1 Finite Element Mesh Design Expert System....Pages 3-14 Front Matter....Pages 15-15 Residential Property Price Time Series Forecasting with Neural Networks....Pages 17-28 Supporting the actors in an electronic market place....Pages 29-42 SMART Software for Decision Makers KDD Experience....Pages 43-61 Front Matter....Pages 63-63 Expert System for Design Optimisation Using Results of Finite Element Analysis....Pages 65-72 Automatic Generation of Design Improvements by Applying Knowledge Based Engineering to the Post-processing of Finite Element Analysis....Pages 73-86 Front Matter....Pages 87-87 Rise again, fair knowledge....Pages 89-99 Generating Automotive Electrical System Models from Component Based Qualitative Simulation....Pages 100-114 Automated Control of an Actively Compensated Langmuir Probe System Using Simulated Annealing....Pages 115-128 Rhythm Pattern Accuracy Diagnosis System Using Cluster Analysis and Music Experts’ Knowledge Base....Pages 129-141 Front Matter....Pages 143-143 An Expert System for Evaluating the ’Knowledge Potential’ of Databases....Pages 145-158 ESTHER — expert system for the diagnostics of acute drug poisonings....Pages 159-168 Interpreting Aerial Images: A Knowledge-Level Analysis....Pages 169-182 Modelling the Task of Summarising Time Series Data Using KA Techniques....Pages 183-196 Front Matter....Pages 197-197 The Development of a Ramp Metering Strategy Based on Artificial Neural Networks....Pages 199-212 When Eigenfaces are Combined with Wavelets....Pages 213-220 Back Matter....Pages 221-221 The papers in this volume are the Applications papers presented at ES 2001, the Twenty-first SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, held in Cambridge in December 2001. 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. These papers continue to illustrate the maturity of AI as a commercially viable technology to solve real world problems. This is the eighth volume in the "Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems" series. The series serves as a key reference as to how AI technology has enabled organisations to solve complex problems and gain significant business benefits. The Technical Stream papers from ES 2001 are published as a companion volume under the title "Research and Development in Intelligent Systems XVIII." Best Application Paper: Finite Element Mesh Design Expert System Session 1. Business and Commerce Applications Session 2. Engineering Applications 1 Session 3. Engineering, Manufacturing and Music Applications Session 4. Knowledge and Information Management Session 5. Intelligent Systems. The Finite Element Method (FEM) is the most successful numerical method used extensively by engineers to analyse stresses and deformations in physical structures [1].