Note: Intro -- Foreword -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Intelligent Computing Systems -- 2 Semantic Tools -- Their Use for Knowledge Management in the Public Sector -- Abstract -- 1 Outlines -- 2 Introduction---Presentation of the Field of Interest -- 2.1 E-Government---The Opportunities Through the Semantic Web -- 2.2 Public Open Data for the Transition to `Open Government' -- 3 Related Work -- 4 Semantic Representation of Knowledge -- 4.1 The RDF Data Model -- 4.2 The URI's Use -- 4.3 RDF Schema Specification Language -- 4.4 Web Ontology Language---OWL -- 5 Reasoning Tools -- 5.1 SWRL Rules -- 5.2 The Query Language SQWRL -- 6 Presentation of Our Ontology Through Prot00E9g00E9 -- 6.1 The Ontology Development in Prot00E9g00E9 4.3 -- 6.2 The E-Government Ontology -- 6.2.1 Defining Classes -- 6.2.2 Defining Properties -- 6.3 The Use of RDF, RDFS, OWL and SWRL Through a Case Study -- 7 Data Mining Technology from Ontologies -- 7.1 SPARQL -- 7.2 SPARQL-DL in OWL2 Query Tab of Prot00E9g00E9 -- 7.3 DL Query Tool of Prot00E9g00E9 -- 8 Evaluation of Ontology -- 8.1 Categorization of the Ontology -- 8.2 Basic Principles of Design -- 8.3 Methodology of the Ontology Development -- 9 Conclusions -- References -- 3 From Game Theory to Complexity, Emergence and Agent-Based Modeling in World Politics -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Game Theory in World Politics -- 2.1 A Game Theoretic Approach of Global Environmental Diplomacy -- 3 From Game Theory to Complexity -- 3.1 Emergence in World Politics -- 4 Simulating Complexity with Agent-Based Modeling -- 4.1 Agent-Based Modeling Research in World Politics -- 4.1.1 Political Applications of ABM -- 5 Conclusions -- Acknowledgments -- References -- List of Software Resources -- 4 A Semantic Approach for Representing and Querying Business Processes -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Semantic Web Techniques in Management Information Systems -- 2.1 What's Worth in Combining Management Information Systems with Semantic Web Technologies? -- 2.2 Process Models, Conceptual Models and Ontologies -- 2.3 Querying Business Process Models -- 2.4 Related Work -- 3 A BPMN Semantic Process Model -- 3.1 The Research Methodology -- 3.2 Developing Business Process Models -- 3.3 Developing the Ontology -- 3.3.1 The Scope of the BPMN Elements -- 3.3.2 The Scope of the Generic BPMN Alternative Models -- 3.3.3 The Scope of the Agent or Actor Participating in the Process -- 3.4 Validating the Ontology -- 4 Querying Conventional Databases and Semantic Models -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 5 Using Conversational Knowledge Management as a Lens for Virtual Collaboration in the Course of Small Group Activities -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Related Work and Motivation -- 2.1 Conversational Patterns -- 2.2 Design Frames and Technologies for CK Management -- 2.3 Consolidation and Research Focus -- 3 Methodology -- 3.1 Data Samples and Analysis -- 3.2 Language-Action Models -- 4 Implementation -- 4.1 Transformable Document Templates -- 4.2 The Portlets -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 6 Spatial Environments for m-Learning: Review and Potentials -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 List of Resources -- 3 Classification Criteria -- 4 Exemplary Environments -- 5 Comparison -- 6 Results -- 7 Conclusions/Future Work -- References -- 7 Science Teachers' Metaphors of Digital Technologies and Social Media in Pedagogy in Finland and in Greece -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Theoretical Background -- 2.1 Approaching Science -- 2.2 The Relationship Between Science and Digital Technology -- 3 The Study -- 3.1 Aims & -- Methods -- 3.2 The Context and the Participants -- 4 Findings -- 4.1 Science as Way of Thinking. , 4.2 Science as Method -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 8 Data Driven Monitoring of Energy Systems: Gaussian Process Kernel Machine for Fault Identification with Application to Boiling Water Reactors -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Gaussian Process Kernel Machines -- 3 Methodology -- 4 Application to Monitoring Complex Energy Systems: The Boiling Water Reactor (BWR) Case -- 4.1 Problem Statement -- 4.2 Testing Results -- 5 Conclusions -- References -- 9 A Framework to Assess the Behavior and Performance of a City Towards Energy Optimization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Policy Context -- 3 Current Relevant Initiatives -- 4 Description of the Framework -- 5 Municipal Building Level SCEAF -- 6 Conclusions -- Acknowledgment -- References -- 10 An Energy Management Platform for Smart Microgrids -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 The Smart Polygeneration Microgrid Pilot Plant -- 3 The Energy Management Platform -- 4 The Supervisory, Control and Data Acquisition (SCADA) System -- 5 Results and Discussion -- 6 Conclusions and Future Research Lines -- References -- List of Resources -- 11 Transit Journaling and Traffic Sensitive Routing for a Mixed Mode Public Transportation System -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Limited Scope of Data -- 1.2 Formal Route Names Versus Informal Headsigns -- 1.3 Insufficient Stop Descriptions -- 1.4 Traffic Sensitivity in Routing/Trip Planning -- 2 Related Work -- 2.1 Crowdsourced Mapping and Real-time Tracking -- 2.2 Activity Detection -- 2.3 Trip Planning/Routing -- 2.3.1 Dijkstra's Algorithm -- 2.3.2 A* Search -- 2.3.3 Raptor -- 2.4 Trip Planning with Real-time Data -- 3 Methodology/Design -- 3.1 The Server/Back-End -- 3.1.1 GTFS Data Pre-processing -- 3.1.2 Server Design -- 3.1.3 The Modified RAPTOR Search Algorithm -- 3.2 The Mobile App -- 3.2.1 Search -- 3.2.2 Results/Journey Displays -- 3.2.3 Recording. , 3.2.4 Traffic Report -- 3.2.5 Results Display -- 3.2.6 Journey Display -- 3.2.7 Journal -- 3.2.8 Stop Editor -- 3.2.9 Route Editor -- 4 Tests and Results -- 4.1 Basic Routing Capacity -- 4.1.1 Survey -- 4.1.2 Demographics -- 4.1.3 Algorithm Evaluation -- 4.2 Traffic Sensitivity -- 4.3 Journey Recorder -- 5 Future Work -- 5.1 Base Estimate Correction -- 5.2 Preference-Weighing System -- 5.3 Traffic Flow Prediction -- 5.4 Further Evaluation of Mapping Ability -- 6 Conclusion -- References -- 12 Adaptation of Automatic Information Extraction Method for Environmental Heatmaps to U-Matrices of Self Organising Maps -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Problem Formulation -- 3 HInEx---Heatmap Information Extraction -- 3.1 The Idea -- 3.2 Heatmap Area Isolation -- 3.3 Clustering Image Pixels Based on Colors -- 3.4 Generating Tree Description -- 3.5 The Key Search and Its Analysis -- 3.6 The Axis Search and Their Analysis -- 3.7 Complete Heatmap Description -- 4 SOM Cluster Number Extraction Based on U-Matrix -- 4.1 The Idea of HInEx Application to SOM U-Matrix -- 4.2 Clustering -- 4.3 Extracting a U-Matrix Cell Corresponding to a Single Distance Between Neurons -- 4.4 Searching a Color Representing the Minimal Neuron Distance in SOM -- 4.5 Threshold-like Operation -- 4.6 Dilatation and Erosion-like Operations -- 4.7 Searching for the Number of Groups in SOM -- 5 SOM Generator Description -- 6 Experimental Study -- 7 Conclusion -- Acknowledgements -- References -- 13 Evolutionary Computing and Genetic Algorithms: Paradigm Applications in 3D Printing Process Optimization -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Evolutionary Optimization -- 3 Determination of the Pareto-Optimal Build Orientations in Stereolithography -- 3.1 Orientation Selection in SL -- 3.2 Algorithm Configuration and Implementation -- 3.3 Build Orientation Case Study. , 4 Determination of the Optimum Packing Layout in Stereolithography Machine Workspace -- 4.1 Optimization Scheme -- 4.2 Packing Layout Construction Process -- 4.3 Packing Layout Case Studies -- 5 Concluding Remarks -- References -- 14 Car-Like Mobile Robot Navigation: A Survey -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction -- 2 RRT-Based Methods -- 2.1 Unsafe Path Planning -- 2.2 Safe Path Planning -- 2.3 Rapidly Exploring Random Tree Algorithm on Rough Terrains (RRT-RT) -- 2.4 RRT Motion Planning Subsystem -- 2.5 Partial Motion Planning -- 2.6 Sensor-Based Random Tree (SRT) -- 2.7 RRT* Algorithm -- 2.8 Voronoi Fast Marching (VFM) and Fast Marching (FM2) -- 2.9 SBL Algorithm -- 2.10 Single-Query Motion Planning -- 2.11 Dynamic-Domain RRT -- 2.12 Transition-Based RRT -- 2.13 Parallelizing Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree (RRT) Algorithm on Large-Scale Distributed-Memory Architectures -- 2.14 Obstacle Sensitive Cost Function for Navigating Car-Like Robots -- 3 Methods Based on Fuzzy Logic -- 3.1 Distributed Active-Vision Network-Space System -- 3.2 Internet-Based Smart Space Navigation Using Fuzzy-Neural Adaptive Control -- 4 Sensor-Based Methods -- 4.1 Dynamic Window Approach (DWA) -- 4.2 Generalized Voronoi Graph (GVG) Theory -- 4.3 Navigation in Dynamic Environments Using Trajectory Deformation -- 4.4 Probabilistic Velocity Obstacle (PVO) -- 5 SLAM-Based Methods -- 5.1 On-line Path Following -- 5.2 The CyCab: A Car-Like Robot Navigating Autonomously and Safely Among Pedestrians -- 5.3 V-Slam -- 5.4 SLAM-Based Turning Strategy in Restricted Environments -- 5.5 L-Slam -- 6 Conclusions and Future Work -- 6.1 Future Directions in Autonomous Robot Navigation and Obstacle Perception -- 6.2 Future Directions in Applications of Autonomously-Navigating Robots -- References -- 15 Computing a Similarity Coefficient for Mining Massive Data Sets -- Abstract -- 1 Introduction. , 2 Related Work.

Note: Title -- Foreword -- Editors -- Preface -- Table of Contents -- Advances in Multimedia Services in Intelligent Environments - Software Development Challenges and Solutions -- Introduction -- Conclusions -- References and Further Reading -- Evaluating the Generality of a Life-Cycle Framework for Incorporating Clustering Algorithms in Adaptive Systems -- Introduction -- The Software Life Cycle -- Inception -- Defining Requirements for the Prototype System and Analysis and Design of the Prototype Adaptive Recommender System -- Building and Evaluating the Prototype Adaptive Recommender System -- Elaboration -- Computing the Resemblance Coefficients for the Data Set and Developing the Clustering Algorithm -- Execute the Clustering Method for the Prototype and Evaluating the Results of the Clustering Algorithm used in the Prototype -- Construction -- The Most Efficient Algorithm and Designing Stereotypes Based on This Algorithm -- Building the User Modeling Component Based on the Stereotypes and Incorporating Them into the System -- Transition-Dynamically Improving System Performance while Used by Real Users -- Conclusion about the Life Cycle Process -- References -- A Distributed Multimedia Data Management over the Grid -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Overall Framework -- Replicated Multidimensional Index Structure -- Distributed Query Processing -- Automatic Load Balancing -- Empirical Study -- Conclusion and Future Works -- References -- A View of Monitoring and Tracing Techniques and Their Application to Service-Based Environments -- Introduction -- Execution Monitoring and Tracing -- Categories of Execution Monitoring -- What Can Be Traced? -- Monitoring Techniques -- Comparison -- Monitoring Challenges for Multimedia Services -- Behavioral Change -- Information Access -- Timing -- Synchronization of Event Traces -- Distributed Monitoring. , Trace Transmission -- Conclusion -- References -- An Ontological SW Architecture SupportingContribution and Retrieval of Service and Process Models -- Introduction -- An Application in the Healthcare Domain -- Ontological SW Architecture -- Three Tier with Ontologies -- Encoding Procedures through Ontologies -- Enabling Direct Contribution through Ontologies -- Enabling Semantic Queries -- Enabling Adapted Presentation through Ontologies -- Conclusions -- References -- Model-Driven Quality Engineering of Service-Based Systems -- Introduction -- Related Work -- QoS-Enabled WSDL (Q-WSDL) -- QoS Characteristics of Web Services -- Q-WSDL Metamodel -- Composite Web Services -- QoS Prediction of Composite Web Services -- Model-Driven Reliability Prediction -- Example Application -- Conclusions -- References -- Application of Logic Models for Pervasive Computing Environments and Context-Aware Services Support -- Introduction -- Contextual Models Requirements for Pervasive Computing -- The LogiPerSe First Order Logic Model -- Partial Validation and Ambiguity -- Scalability -- Composability -- Pervasive Service Scenario -- Logic-Based System Architecture -- Logic Model - Object-Oriented Model - Ontology Integration -- Conclusions -- References -- Intelligent Host Discovery from Malicious Software -- Introduction -- Instant Message Clients -- Search Engines -- Social Networks -- Torrent Trackers -- Conclusions -- References -- Swarm Intelligence: The Ant Paradigm -- Introduction -- Swarm Intelligence -- Principles of Natural Swarms -- The Biological Origins of Ant Algorithms -- Ant Algorithms of the Ant Colony Optimization Framework -- Ant System -- MAX MIN Ant System -- Ant Colony System -- Conclusion -- References -- Formulating Discrete Geometric Random Sums for Facilitating Intelligent Behaviour of a Complex System under a Major Risk -- Introduction. , Formulation of a Discrete Geometric Random Sum -- Stochastic Derivation of a Discrete Geometric Random Sum -- Risk and Crisis Management Applications and Computational Intelligence Interpretation of a Discrete Geometric Random Sum -- Conclusions -- References -- Incorporating a Discrete Renewal Random Sum in Computational Intelligence and Cindynics -- Introduction -- Formulation of a Discrete Renewal Random Sum -- Stochastic Derivation of a Discrete Renewal Random Sum -- Application in Cindynics and Interpretation in Computational Intelligence of a Discrete Renewal Random Sum -- Conclusions -- References -- Author Index.

Note: Title Page -- Preface -- Organizations -- Contents -- Managing Collaborative Sessions in WSNs -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Collaboration Hierarchy in WSNs -- Types of Collaboration -- Collaboration Hierarchy -- Sessions -- WISE-MANager -- Case Study -- Advantages and Disadvantages -- Conclusions -- References -- OGRE-Coder: An Interoperable Environment for the Automatic Generation of OGRE Virtual Scenarios -- Introduction -- OGRE Markup Language (OGREML) -- OGRE-Coder: Design and Implementation Issues -- Requirements and Use Cases -- Architecture -- Implementation Tools -- OGRE-Coder Functionalities -- Authoring OGRE Virtual Environments -- Generating OGRE Code with OGRE-Coder -- Conclusions -- References -- Natural and Intuitive Video Mediated Collaboration -- Current Systems for Enabling Remote Collaboration -- Videoconferencing and Telepresence Systems -- Desktop Video Conferencing -- Interactive Tables and Smart Whiteboards -- The Importance of Usability -- Building Prototypes -- First Prototype -- Second Prototype -- Our Design Concept -- Permanent Connection, Invisible User Interface -- Natural Collaborative Tools -- Discussion -- Is Permanent Connection Too Limited? -- Where Could This Concept Be Applied? -- Challenges of Permanent Video Connections -- Future Development Challenges -- References -- Evolutionary System Supporting Music Composition -- Introduction -- Evolutionary System Supporting Music Composition -- Architecture of the System -- Genetic Algorithm -- The Process of Music Composition -- Experimental Results -- Summary and Conclusions -- References -- Usability Inspection of Informal Learning Environments: The HOU2LEARN Case -- Introduction -- Literature Review -- The HOU2LEARN Platform -- Usability Evaluation -- General -- The Method Applied -- The Experiment -- Conclusions - Future Goals -- References. , Procedural Modeling of Broad-Leaved Trees under Weather Conditions in 3D Virtual Reality -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Procedural Modeling of Broad-Leaved Trees -- Modeling of Tree under Weather Conditions -- Forest Modeling -- Experimental Program -- Conclusion -- References -- New Method for Adaptive Lossless Compression of Still Images Based on the Histogram Statistics -- Introduction -- Basic Principles of the АRL Coding Method -- Evaluation of the Lossless Coding Method Efficiency -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Scene Categorization with Class Extendibility and Effective Discriminative Ability -- Introduction -- Category-Specific Approach -- Whole-Construction/Whole-Representation Strategy -- Category-Specific-Construction/Whole-Representation Strategy -- Category-Specific-Construction/ Category-Specific-Representation Strategy -- Experimental Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Adaptive Navigation in a Web Educational System Using Fuzzy Techniques -- Introduction -- Adaptive Navigation Support -- The Domain Knowledge -- Student Modeling -- Discussion on the Fuzzy Cognitive Maps and Fuzzy User Modeling Used -- Conclusion -- References -- Visualization Tool for Scientific Gateway -- Introduction -- Visual Representation of Datasets -- VT as a New Discovery for Presenting Academic Research Results -- Architecture of Visualization Tool -- Directly Visual Education Form -- Conclusion -- References -- Digital Text Based Activity: Teaching Geometrical Entities at the Kindergarten -- Introduction -- Review Standards -- Method - Data Collection and Observations -- Digital Based Activities at the Kindergarten -- Using Graphical Programs (Mspaint) -- Using Slide Shows (PowerPoint) -- Using Digital Cameras -- Using Spreadsheets (EXCEL) -- Summary and Conclusions -- References. , Cross Format Embedding of Metadata in Images Using QR Codes -- Introduction -- QRCodes -- Our Proposal -- Results -- Applications -- Conclusions -- References -- An Empirical Study for Integrating Personality Characteristics in Stereotype-Based Student Modelling in a Collaborative Learning Environment for UML -- Introduction -- Personality Related Stereotypes -- Empirical Study for Defining the Triggers -- Implementation of Triggers -- Conclusion -- References -- An Efficient Parallel Architecture for H.264/AVC Fractional Motion Estimation -- Introduction -- H.264/AVC FME Observations -- Encoding with INTER8x8 Mode or above -- Statistic Charactistics of Motion Vectors -- The Proposed Architecture -- Reference Pixel Array -- Integer Pixel Sampler in Reference Array -- 14-Input FME Engine -- Data Processing Order -- 3-Stages Processing -- Simulation Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Fast Two-Stage Global Motion Estimation: A Blocks and Pixels Sampling Approach -- Introduction -- Motion Models -- Global Motion Estimation -- Initial Translation Estimation -- Block Sampling and Limited Block Matching -- Initial Estimation of Perspective Model GM Parameters -- Subsampling Pixels and Levenberg-Marquardt Algorithm -- Simulation -- Conclusion -- References -- Frame Extraction Based on Displacement Amount for Automatic Comic Generation from Metaverse Museum Visit Log -- Introduction -- Comic Generation System -- Evaluation -- Implementation -- Evaluation Outline -- Results and Discussions -- Related Work -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- Knowledge-Based Authoring Tool for Tutoring Multiple Languages -- Introduction -- Related Work -- Architecture of Our System -- Description of the System -- Authoring Domain Knowledge -- Authoring Student Model -- Authoring of Teaching Model -- Case Study for the Instructor -- Case Study for the Student. , Student Modeling and Error Diagnosis -- Modeling the System's Authoring Process -- Conclusions -- References -- Evaluating an Affective e-Learning System Using a Fuzzy Decision Making Method -- Introduction -- Fuzzy Simple Additive Weighting -- Overall Description of the System -- Evaluation Experiment -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Performance Evaluation of Adaptive Content Selection in AEHS -- Introduction -- Performance Evaluation Metrics for Decision-Based AEHS -- Evaluation Methodology for Decision-Based AEHS -- Setting Up the Experiments -- Designing the Media Space -- Designing the Learner Model -- Simulating the AM of an AEHS -- Experimental Results and Discussion -- Extracting the AM of existing AEHS -- Scaling Up the Experiments -- Conclusions -- References -- AFOL: Towards a New Intelligent Interactive Programming Language for Children -- Introduction -- General Architecture of the AFOL Programming Environment -- Overview of the AFOL Programming Learning System -- AFOL Language Commands and Object Oriented Structure -- Conclusions -- References -- Multimedia Session Reconfiguration for Mobility-Aware QoS Management: Use Cases and the Functional Model -- Introduction -- Session Reconfiguration and Use Cases -- Functional Model -- Performance Evaluation -- Conclusions and Future Work -- References -- LSB Steganographic Detection Using Compressive Sensing -- Introduction -- Steganalysis -- Compressive Sensing and BM3D -- The Proposed Method -- Results -- Conclusions -- References -- Analysis of Histogram Descriptor for Image Retrieval in DCT Domain -- Introduction -- Description of the Method -- Pre-processing -- Construction of the AC-Pattern Histogram -- Construction of DC-Pattern Histogram -- Application to Image Retrieval -- Paramaters of Descriptor -- Performance Analysis -- Application to GTF Database. , Application to ORL Database -- Conclusions -- References -- A Representation Model of Images Based on Graphs and Automatic Instantiation of Its Skeletal Configuration -- Introduction -- Related Works -- A Model for Images -- Instantiating the Model -- Experiments -- Conclusion and Outlook -- References -- Advice Extraction fromWeb for Providing Prior Information Concerning Outdoor Activities -- Introduction -- Characteristics Analysis of Advices -- The Definition of Advices -- Construction of Development Data -- Characteristics of Advices -- Characteristics of Advices Suitable for Situations -- Prior Advice Acquisition -- Preprocessing -- Advice Acquisition -- Situation Classification of Advices -- Experiment -- Evaluation Data -- Experiment for Acquiring Advices -- Experiment for Classifying Situation of Advices -- Conclusion -- References -- Automatic Composition of Presentation Slides, Based on Semantic Relationships among Slide Components -- Introduction -- Approach -- Document Structure -- Processing Flow -- Slide Editing -- Semantic Relationship -- Editing Operation -- Slide Composition -- Grouping of Slide Components -- Template-Based Slide Composition -- Prototype System -- Component Editing Interface -- Display Interface -- Conclusion -- References -- Sustainable Obsolescence Management - A Conceptual Unified Framework to Form Basis of an Interactive Intelligent Multimedia System -- Introduction -- Definitions -- Sustainability / Sustainable Development -- Obsolescence -- Sustainability versus Obsolescence - Built Environment Context -- Social -- Environmental -- Economic -- Holistic Sustainable Obsolescence Management -- Obsolescence Assessment (OA) -- Obsolescence Reduction (OR) -- Concluding Remarks -- References -- Automatic Text Formatting for Social Media Based on Linefeed and Comma Insertion -- Introduction. , Text Formatting by Comma and Linefeed Insertion.