Journal of Japanese Society for Artificial Intelligence
Vol.16 No.3(May 2001)

CONTENTS

Commentary
  Playful Mind is Essential for Science and Education............Masaru Tomita 347

Special Issue:``Home Network and Digital Information Appliances''
  Editor's Introduction to ``Home Network and Digital Information Appliances''
	..........................................................Ryohei Orihara 348

 The Trend of Household Electric Appliances Business: Network Technology 
    of the Household Electric Appliances ``ECHONET'' and Application
	............................................................Sunao Yamada 349

  The Conception of the Open PLANET........................Yoshikazu Nakanishi 355

  Global Information Sharing: 
    The Future Interface of Human and Digital Services.........Katsuhiko Ogawa 361

  Next Generation Mobile Station & Ubiquitous Computing
	........................Takumi Shichijyo, Kikuo Tatai and Fumio Sugiyama 370

Special Issue: ``Entertainment and Artificial Intelligence''
  Editor's Introduction to ``Entertainment and Artificial Intelligence''
	...........................................................Yukihiro Itoh 378

  How Shogi Programs Become Such Strong As Amateur 4-dan
	..................................Hitoshi Matsubara and Tkanobu Takizawa 379

  Computer Bridge.................................................Takao Uehara 385

  LEGO Mindstorms World......................................Masahiro Yamamoto 393

  Robot Entertainment and Artificial Intelligence..............Masahiro Fujita 399

  Methodology for Synthesizing Affectionate Pet Robots
	...........................................Tomomasa Sato and Toru Nakata 406

Survey Papers
  Semantic Web --- Web for Machines ---........................Naohiko Uramoto 412

Contribution
  Keio University Has Started a New Institute for ``IT-Oriented Bioscience''
    and a Graduate Program.......................................Masaru Tomita 420

AI map
  Challenge to the Fundamental Problems on Natural Language Processing
	..........................................................Satoru Ikehara 422

Articles
  Either Japan Has Its Head in the Sand or the U.S. Is Out of Its Mind: 
    Trends in Academic Career Development............................Goh Kawai 431

Lecture Series: Cognitive Science (3)
  Structure and Processing of Concept..........................Tetsuo Kawahara 435

Technical Papers
  Abstract.................................................................... 441

My Bookmark
  Special Issue: Let's Make Use of Online Journals..........Yoshihiko Hayashi 446

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