Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Vol.12 No.2(Nov. 1998)

                                CONTENTS

Commentary
 An Expectation in the New Era for the Japanese Society 
    for AI..........................................................Keiichi Kawada  177

Special Issue: "AI Methods and Basic Theoretical Methods in Related Fields"
  Editor's Introduction to  "AI Methods and Basic Theoretical Methods
     in Related Fields".......................................... Mitsuru Ishizuka  178
  Mathematical Programming and Inference in AI
            ....................................Mitsuru Ishizuka and Hirotaka Hara  179
  Nearest Neighbor Rule and Memory-Based Reasoning.................... Takao Mohri  188
  Statistical Inference and Inference in AI
            ........................Hideki Asoh,Shotaro Akaho, and Yoichi Motomura  196
  Data Compression and Learning....................................Kenji Yamanishi  204
  Computational Geometry and Space Inference......................Kokichi Sugihara  216
  Game Theory and Multi Agent System.................................... Akira Ito  223

AI map
 Comments on  "AI Map-Our Studies on Machine Learning and Machine Discovery"
    and Their Answers.................... Akira Maruoka,Koichi Furukawa,Naoki Abe,  231
                         Masayuki Numao,and Setsuo Arikawa

Essays: "Expectation of IJCAI-97 in Nagoya"(4)
  Expectation on IJCAI from Natural Language Processing Research.. Jun-ichi Tsujii  242
  Expectation of IJCAI-97.......................................... Ryuichi Suzuki  244

Technical Papers
 General Stable Model Semantics and SLDNF Resolution with
    Non-Safe Rule for Abduction................ Susumu Yamasaki and Naohiko Ishiba  245
  Toward AI for System Integration
    -A Proposal of Concept Formation Support System Combined with
     Knowledge Processing System-......................................Koichi Hori  258
  Solving Problems by Equivalent Transformation of Logic Programs
            .................. Kiyoshi Akama,Yoshinori Shigeta,and Eiichi Miyamoto  266
  Learning from Cluster Examples............ Toshihiro Kamishima and Katsumi Nitta  276
  Management of Error-Based Simulation Using Qualitative
    Reasoning Techniques...................... Tomoya Horiguchi,Tsukasa Hirashima,
                                             Akihiro Kashihara,and Jun'ichi Toyoda  285
  Inductive Learning from Probability Distributions Using Maximum
    Likelihood Method and the Principle of Indifference
            .................................... Chie Morita and Hiroshi Tsukimoto  297
  Exceptional Knowledge Discovery in Databases Based on
    an Information-Theoretic Approach........Einoshin Suzuki and Masamichi Shimura  305
  Timing Verification for Communication Protocol Based on
    Automaton Theory
    -Real-Time Symbolic Language Inclusion Verification Method-.... Satoshi Yamane  313
  Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Adaptive Mimetism
            ................Tomohiro Yamaguchi,Masahiro Miura,and Masahiko Yachida  323

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