Note: Intro -- 158935_1_En_FM1_Onlinepdf.pdf -- 158935_1_En_1_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 1: Recent Developments in the Molecular Taxonomy of Fungi -- I. Introduction -- II. Non-Fungal Organisms Studied by Mycologists -- A. Slime Moulds -- B. Plasmodiophora and Related Species -- C. Straminipila -- D. Haptoglossa -- III. The `Basal Fungi´ -- A. Microsporidia -- B. Chytrids -- C. Zygomycete-Type Fungi -- D. Glomeromycota -- IV. Ascomycota -- A. Taphrinomycotina -- B. Saccharomycotina -- C. Pezizomycotina -- V. Basidiomycota -- A. Pucciniomycotina -- B. Ustilaginomycotina -- C. Agaricomycotina -- VI. Conclusions -- References -- 158935_1_En_2_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 2: Sordaria macrospora, a Model System for Fungal Development -- I. Introduction -- A. Fungal Organisms as Model Systems for Developmental Biology -- B. Why Choose Sordaria macrospora? -- II. Biology -- A. Life Cycle -- B. Homothallism -- III. Phylogeny -- IV. Mutants and Morphology -- V. Molecular and Genetic Tools -- A. Tetrad Analysis -- B. DNA-Mediated Transformations and Gene Libraries -- C. Tools for Fluorescence Microscopy -- D. Functional Genomics -- VI. Developmental Biology and Components of Signalling Pathways -- A. Pheromones and Pheromone Receptors -- B. Heterotrimeric G Proteins -- C. Adenylyl Cyclase -- D. Transcription Factors -- E. Novel Developmental Proteins -- VII Conclusions -- References -- 158935_1_En_3_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 3: Inteins - Selfish Elements in Fungal Genomes -- I. Introduction -- A. General Characteristics of Inteins -- B. Protein Splicing MechanismProtein splicing mechanism -- II. Inteins in Fungi -- A. VMA1 InteinsVMA1 inteins of Saccharomycete Yeasts -- B. PRP8 Inteins in Fungi -- 1. Distribution of PRP8 InteinsPRP8 inteins in Fungi -- 2. Activity of Fungal PRP8 Inteins -- C. Other Fungal Inteins. , III. Mobility, Evolution, and Domestication of Inteins -- A. Mobility of Fungal InteinsMobility of fungal inteins -- B. Evolution of Fungal InteinsEvolution of fungal inteins -- C. Domestication of Fungal Inteins -- IV. Application of Inteins -- A. Inteins and Their Application in Protein-Protein Interactionprotein-protein interaction Studies -- B. Regulation of Protein-Splicing Activity -- C. Intein-Mediated Protein Purificationprotein purification -- D. Screening Systems for Protein-Splicing Inhibitorssplicing inhibitors -- V. Conclusions -- References -- 158935_1_En_4_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 4: Apoptosis in Fungal Development and Ageing -- I. General Description of Apoptosis -- A. Apoptosis in Mammals -- B. Apoptosis in Fungi -- C. Differences Between Fungal and Mammalian Apoptosis -- II. Apoptosis in Fungal Development -- A. Apoptosis in Host-Pathogen and Antagonistic Interactions -- B. Apoptosis During Fungal Reproduction -- C. The Role of Apoptosis in Fungal Lifespan Control -- III. Concluding Remarks and Future Directions -- References -- 158935_1_En_5_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 5: Communication of Fungi on Individual, Species, Kingdom, and Above Kingdom Levels -- I. Introduction -- II. Communication Within and Between Fungal Colonies - Vegetative Interactions -- A. Communication in Mediating Vegetative Fusions Within Fungal Colonies -- B. Communication in Mediating Vegetative Fusions Between Different Individuals of Filamentous Ascomycetes -- C. Communication in Mediating Vegetative Fusions Between Different Individuals of Basidiomycetes -- D. Communication in Population Growth Control and Germination -- E. Communication in Dimorphism and Asexual Reproduction -- III. Communication Between Fungi in Sexual Interactions -- A. Communication in Mating -- B. Communication in Fruiting Body Development. , IV. Communication Between Fungi and Bacteria -- V. Communication Between Fungi and Plants -- VI. Communication Between Fungi and Animals -- VII. Conclusions -- References -- 158935_1_En_6_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 6: Yeast Killer Toxins: Fundamentals and Applications -- I. Introduction -- II. Chromosomally Encoded Killer Toxins -- A. Williopsis -- B. Pichia -- C. Kluyveromyces -- III. Extrachromosomally Encoded Toxins -- A. dsRNA Virus Toxins -- 1. K1 -- 2. K28 -- 3. Other dsRNA Virus Toxins -- B. Linear Plasmid-Encoded Toxins -- 1. Group I -- 2. Group II -- IV. Applications -- A. Antifungals for Human Therapy -- B. Antifungals in Agriculture, Food and Feed Industry -- C. Killer Toxins in Biotyping -- V. Concluding Remarks -- References -- 158935_1_En_7_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 7: Evolutionary and Ecological Interactions of Mould and Insects -- I. Introduction -- II. Genetics of Secondary Metabolites in Mycelial Fungi -- A. Different Types of Fungal Secondary Metabolites -- 1. Alkaloids -- 2. Non-Ribosomal Peptides -- 3. Polyketides -- 4. Terpenes -- B. Fungal Secondary Metabolite Clusters -- 1. Aflatoxin and Sterigmatocystin Clusters -- 2. Epipolythiodioxopiperazine clusters -- C. Regulation of Secondary Metabolite Synthesis -- 1. Pathway-Specific Regulation -- 2. Global Regulation -- 3. Regulation by Signal Transduction -- 4. Activation of Silent Secondary Metabolite Clusters -- III. Three Types of Fungus-Insect Interactions and the Role of Secondary Metabolites -- A. Host-Pathogen -- B. Predator-Prey -- C. Interspecific Competition -- IV. Melding Ecology and Molecular Biology -- V. Conclusions -- References -- 158935_1_En_8_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 8: Endophytic Fungi, Occurrence and Metabolites -- I. Introduction -- II. The Ecological Relevance of Endophytic Fungi. , III. Metabolites Isolated from Host Plants and Their Endophytic Fungi -- A. Taxol -- B. Camptothecin -- C. Ergot Alkaloids -- D. Mycotoxins in Baccharis Species -- E. Hypericin -- F. Podophyllotoxin -- IV. Metabolites from Endophytic Fungi -- A. Metabolites from Endophytic Xylariaceous Fungi -- 1. 7-Amino-4-Methylcoumarin from Xylaria sp. of Ginkgo biloba -- 2. Metabolites from Xylaria sp. from Sandoricum koetjape -- 3. Sesquiterpenoids from a Xylariaceous Fungus -- 4. Metabolites from Xylaria sp. -- B. Metabolites from Endophytic Phomopsis or Diaporthe Species -- 1. Lactones from Phomopsis sp. from Azadirachata indica -- 2. Metabolites from Diaporthe sp. from Camellia sinensis L. -- 3. Metabolites from Phomopsis sp. from Camptotheca acuminata -- 4. Sesquiterpenoids from Phomopsis cassiae from Cassia spectabilis -- 5. Metabolites from Phomopsis spp. from Erythrina crista-galli -- 6. Metabolites from Phomopsis sp. from Eupatorium arnottianum -- 7. Cytosporone D from Phomopsis sp. of Phytolacca dioica -- 8. Xanthone Dimers from Phomopsis sp. from Tectona grandis L. -- 9. Dicerandrols from Phomopsis longicolla from the Mint Dicerandra frutescens -- C. Metabolites from Endophytic Penicillium Species -- 1. Metabolites from Penicillium sp. from Aegiceras corniculatum L. -- 2. Metabolites from Penicillium chrysogenum from Cistanche deserticola -- 3. Metabolites from Penicillium spp. from Prumnopitys andina -- 4. Penicidones from Penicillium sp. from Quercus variabilis -- D. Metabolites from Endophytic Alternaria Species -- 1. Metabolites from Alternaria sp. from Polygonum senegalense -- 2. Metabolites from Alternaria spp. from Vinca minor and Euonymus europaeus -- E. Xanthones from Emericella variecolor from Croton oblongifolius -- F. Cyclopentenons from Dothideomycete sp. from Leea rubra -- G. Metabolites from Endophytic Chaetomium Species. , 1. Metabolites from Chaetomium sp. from Nerium oleander L. -- 2. Cytochalasan Alkaloids from Chaetomium globosum from Imperata cylindrica -- H. Metabolites from Endophytic Pestalotiopsis Species -- 1. Isopestacin from Pestalotiopsis microspora from Terminalia morobensis -- 2. Sesquiterpenes from Pestalotiopsis sp. from Pinus taeda -- 3. Metabolites from Pestalotiopsis foedan -- 4. Metabolites from Pestalotiopsis theae -- J. Metabolites from Phyllosticta spinarum from Platycladus orientalis -- K. Metabolites from Endophytic Fusarium Species -- 1. CR377 from Fusarium sp. from Selaginella pallescens -- 2. Lipopeptides from Fusarium sp. from Maackia chinensis -- L. Epichlicin from Epichloe typhina from Phleum pretense L. -- M. Metabolite from Colletotrichum dematium from Pteromischum sp. -- N. Hormonemate from Hormonema dematioides from Pinus sp. -- O. Brefeldin A from Phoma medicaginis from Medicago lupulina -- P. Phaeosphaerides from an Endophytic Fungus -- Q. Metabolites from Nodulisporium sp. from Junipercus cedre -- R. Metabolites from Ascochyta sp. from Meliotus dentatus -- S. Metabolites from Endophytic Fungi from Garcinia Species -- T. Metabolites from Endophytic Fungi from Artemisia species -- U. Metabolites from Endophytes from Schinus molle -- V. Conclusion -- References -- 158935_1_En_9_Chapter_Onlinepdf.pdf -- Chapter 9: Fungal Origin of Ergoline Alkaloids Present in Dicotyledonous Plants (Convolvulaceae) -- I. The Ecological Role of Natural Products -- II. The Symbiosis Between Poaceae and Clavicipitaceous Fungi -- III. Epibiotic Clavicipitaceous Fungi Associated with Convolvulaceae -- A. Identification of Clavicipitaceous Fungi -- 1. Microscopic and Electron Microscopic Characterization -- 2. Phylogenetic Trees -- B. Fungicidal Treatment -- C. Plant Growth Under Germ-Free Conditions. , D. Biosynthesis and Accumulation of Ergoline Alkaloids in the Fungus/Plant Symbiotum.

Note: Intro -- Preface -- Organization -- Table of Contents -- Author Index.

Note: Intro -- Title Page -- Preface -- Organization -- Table of Contents -- Cases in Robotic Soccer -- Introduction -- Programming Soccer Robots -- Machine Learning Tasks in Robotic Soccer -- Perception -- Act -- Decision Making -- Machine Learning Methods in RoboCup -- CBR in RoboCup - Some General Remarks -- What Are Cases, and Where Do They Come from? -- Maintenance -- Generalization (Adaptation) -- CBR in RoboCup - An Applicational View -- CBR Methods for Self-localization -- CBR Methods for Opponent Modeling -- CBR Methods for Situation Analysis and Decision Making -- CBR Methods for Planning -- CBR Methods for Coaching -- CBR Methods for Acting -- Conclusion -- References -- A Case-Based Framework for Collaborative Semantic Search in Knowledge Sifter -- Introduction -- The Knowledge Sifter Agent-Based Architecture -- Emergent Semantics in Knowledge Sifter -- Case-Based Knowledge Sifter Framework -- Semantic Case Representation -- Case Retrieval Via Ontology-Based Indices -- Collaborative Incremental Query Specification -- Conclusions -- References -- Usages of Generalization in Case-Based Reasoning -- Introduction -- Lazy Induction of Descriptions -- Generalizations as Symbolic Similitude -- Lazy Generalizations for Building Lazy Domain Models -- Generalizations and Explanations -- A Case Study: Predictive Toxicology -- The Toxicology Domain -- Representation of Chemical Compounds -- Assessing Carcinogenic Activity to Chemical Compounds -- The Explanation Scheme -- Conclusions -- References -- Team Playing Behavior in Robot Soccer: A Case-Based Reasoning Approach -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Case Definition -- Case Retrieval -- Multi-robot Architecture and Case Execution -- Evaluation -- Behavior-Based Approach -- Case-Based Approach -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References. , Acquiring Word Similarities with Higher Order Association Mining -- Introduction -- Case Retrieval Networks -- Higher Order Associations -- Modeling Word Similarities -- Experimental Results -- Experimental Methodology -- Analysis of Results -- Incorporating Class Knowledge into Word Similarities -- Empirical Results -- Learning Model Parameters Automatically -- Discussion -- Related Works -- Conclusion -- References -- Label Ranking in Case-Based Reasoning -- Introduction -- Label Ranking and CBR -- Training Data in Label Ranking -- Prediction and Loss Functions on Label Rankings -- Case-Based Label Ranking -- Aggregating Label Rankings -- Extensions of Label Ranking -- Experiments -- Case-Based Decision Making -- Label Ranking for Controlling Heuristic Search -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- When Similar Problems Don't Have Similar Solutions -- Introduction -- Related Work in Noise Reduction -- Profiling to Identify Harmful Cases -- Assessing Confidence -- Profile Approach -- Interpreting Profiles -- Complexity-Guided Error Reduction -- Simple Threshold -- Setting the Threshold Level -- Threshold Error Reduction Algorithm -- Evaluation of Threshold Error Reduction -- Datasets -- Initial Experiments -- Experiments on Datasets with Artificial Noise -- Conclusions -- References -- Mixed-Initiative Relaxation of Constraints in Critiquing Dialogues -- Introduction -- Overview of Progressive Critiquing -- Analysis of Progressive Critiquing -- Mixed-Initiative Relaxation of Constraints -- Empirical Study -- Conclusions -- References -- A Methodology for Analyzing Case Retrieval from a Clustered Case Memory -- Motivation -- Related Work -- Description of the Methodology -- The Strategy Map -- Evaluation of the Case Retrieval Strategies -- Data Complexity in the Case Retrieval Strategies -- Experiments, Results, and Discussion. , Self-Organization Map in a Case-Based Reasoning System -- Testbed -- Assessing the Performance of the Case Retrieval Strategies -- Conclusions and Further Research -- References -- Using Cases Utility for Heuristic Planning Improvement -- Introduction -- Typed Sequences Overview -- Computing Quality of Cases -- Step Utility Measure -- Sequence Utility Measure -- Experimental Results -- Study on Training Problems -- Test Using the Utility Measure -- Related Work -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Case-Based Reasoning Adaptation for High Dimensional Solution Space -- Introduction -- Normal Adaptation Approach -- SOM and ViSOM -- How to Find the Target Case Solution -- Experiment Design -- Scenario Representation -- Case Solution Part -- Data Collection -- Evaluation -- Conclusion -- References -- Case-Based Planning and Execution for Real-Time Strategy Games -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Case-Based Planning in WARGUS -- A Behavior Reasoning Language -- Behavior Acquisition in WARGUS -- Real-Time Plan Expansion and Execution -- Behavior Generation -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Case Authoring: From Textual Reports to Knowledge-Rich Cases -- Introduction -- Related Work -- The SmartHouse Domain -- Identifying Relevant Terms -- Term Extraction from Textual Reports -- Latent Semantic Indexing -- Term Filtering -- Creation of a Concept Hierarchy -- Formal Concept Analysis -- FCA Objects and Attributes -- Case Representation and Organisation -- Evaluation -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Case Provenance: The Value of Remembering Case Sources -- Introduction -- The Fallacy of Feedback -- Motivations for Studying Case Provenance -- Experimental Design and Results -- Test 1: Solution Quality with Delayed Feedback -- Test 2: MAE Per Adaptation. , Test 3: Using Feedback Propagation to Improve Case Base Quality -- Test 4: Computational Efficiency of Feedback Propagation -- Test 5: Targeted Feedback -- General Observations -- Related Work -- Conclusion -- References -- Mining Large-Scale Knowledge Sources for Case Adaptation Knowledge -- Introduction -- Framing the Problem -- The WebAdapt System -- Extracting Role-Filler Constraints -- Finding Replacement Elements That Satisfy Multiple Constraints -- Generality of the Strategies -- Evaluation -- Related Work -- Future Issues and Outlook -- References -- Representation and Structure-Based Similarity Assessment for Agile Workflows -- Introduction -- Agile Workflows -- Representation and Retrieval of Workflow Instances -- Similarity Assessment and Index-Based Retrieval -- Similarity Measure for Restricted Workflows -- Similarity Measure for Workflows with Control Flow Elements -- Formative Evaluation -- Conclusion -- References -- Application of the Revision Theory to Adaptation in Case-Based Reasoning: The Conservative Adaptation -- Introduction -- CBR and Adaptation -- Overview of the Paper -- Principle of Conservative Adaptation -- Revision of a Knowledge Base -- Preliminaries -- Katsuno and Mendelzon's Axioms -- Distance-Based Revision Operators and Dalal's Revision Operator -- Formalization of Conservative Adaptation -- Conservative Adaptation Process Based on a Revision Operator -- Example -- Revision Axioms and Conservative Adaptation -- Application: Conservative Adaptation of Breast Cancer Treatments -- The KASIMIR Project -- The KASIMIR System -- Examples -- Discussion -- Conclusion and Future Work -- References -- Methodological Assistance for Integrating Data Quality Evaluations into Case-Based Reasoning -- Introduction -- A CBR System for Quotation Processing -- Framework for Examination -- Why Data Quality?. , Data Quality and Data Quality Management -- Phases of Operational Data Quality Management -- Metrics for Measuring and Evaluating Data Quality -- The Goal-Question-Metrics-Approach -- Deriving Data Quality Measures -- Processes for Measuring and Evaluating Data Quality -- Role and Types of Data Quality Inspections -- Closed-Loop Control as a Process Framework -- Integrating Control Loops in the Case-Based Reasoning Cycle -- Combining Strategies for the Example in the Control Loop -- Conclusion -- References -- Case-Based Anomaly Detection -- Introduction -- Previous Work -- Case-Based IDS Architecture -- Case Representation -- Dissimilarity Metric -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Case-Based Reasoning in Robot Indoor Navigation -- Introduction -- Mapping the World -- Case-Based Architecture -- Signal Representation -- Similarity Metric -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Case-Based Group Recommendation: Compromising for Success -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Preference Elicitation -- Recommendation Generation -- Explanation and Consensus -- A Group Recommender System -- Critique-Based Profiling and Recommendation -- Generating Group Recommendations -- Evaluation -- Data and Users -- Methodology -- Results: The Individual's Perspective -- Results: The Group Perspective -- Results Summary -- Conclusions -- References -- Catching the Drift: Using Feature-Free Case-Based Reasoning for Spam Filtering -- Introduction -- Case-Based Spam Filtering -- Email Classification Using Examples (ECUE) -- The Feature-Based Distance Measure -- The Feature-Free Distance Measure -- ConceptDrift -- Spam Filtering Experiments -- Evaluation Setup -- A Comparison of CDM and NCD -- Handling Concept Drift with NCD -- Feature-Free Versus Feature-Based -- Conclusion -- References -- Enhancing Case-Based, Collaborative Web Search. , Introduction.