CONTENTS
Commentary
Research and Business……………………………….. Ryohei Nakatsu 809
Special Issue: “Reinforcement Learning”
Editor’s Introduction to “Reinforcement Learning”…..Shigenobu Kobayashi 810
Reinforcement Learning Systems for Discrete Markov Decision Processes
…………………. Kazuteru Miyazaki and Shigenobu Kobayashi 811
Reinforcement Learning for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes
…………………… Hajime Kimura and Leslie Pack Kaelbling 822
Research Issues on Real Robot Reinforcement Learning……….Minoru Asada 831
Reinforcement Learning Applied to Power Plant Start-Up Scheduling
…………………………………………..Akimoto Kamiya 837
Reinforcement Learning for Multi-Agent Systems…………Sadayoshi Mikami 845
Survey Papers
An Overview of Agent Technology and Its Applications……….Yeun-Bae Kim 850
Technical Papers
Improvement of Knowledge Processing Systems by Adding Equivalent
Transformation Rules.. Mamiko Hatayama,Kiyoshi Akama,and Eiichi Miyamoto 861
Isomorphism of Actions Based Reinforcement Learning
…………………………….Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Yuji Nomura,
Yasuhiro Tanaka,and Masahiko Yachida 870
Emergence of Cooperative Behavior by Using a Look Ahead Method for
Selecting Actions in an Iterated Game..Shigeo Matsubara and Makoto Yokoo 881
Navigation Strategy Learning in Constraint Programming
…………………………….Megumi Ishii and Shigeo Kaneda 891
Implementing Dynamic Similarity in Case-Based Reasoning by Abductive
Logic Programming……………………………………….Ken Satoh 901
Stand-Alone and Open-Ended Collection of Papers with Retrieval Capability
-Experience with JSAI 10th Anniversary Commemorative CD-ROM-
……………. Hiroshi G.Okuno,Katashi Nagao,Yoshiyuki Koseki,
Hiroshi Yasuhara,and Ken’ichi Yoshida 911
Aligning Articles in TV Newscasts and Newspapers
…………………………Yasuhiko Watanabe,Yoshihiro Okada,
Tatsuhiko Tsunoda,and Makoto Nagao 921
Solid Generation from Incorrect Orthographic Projections
………………………… Hiroshi Masuda and Masayuki Numao 928
Technical Reports
A Comparison of the Efficiency of Three Kinds of the Expression
Method of the Direct-Product Instantiation
………………Hidetaka Nambo,Haruhiko Kimura,Masakazu Miura,
Shigeki Hirobayashi,and Sadaki Hirose 936
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