The papers in this volume are the refereed technical papers presented at ES2000, the Twentieth SGES International Conference on Knowledge Based Systems and Applied Artificial Intelligence, held in Cambridge in December 2000. The papers in this volume present new and innovative developments in the field, divided into sections on learning, case-based reasoning, knowledge representation, knowledge engineering, and belief acquisition and planning. This is the seventeenth volume in the Research and Development series. The series is essential reading for those who wish to keep up to date with developments in this important field. The Application Stream papers are published as a companion volume under the title Applications and Innovations in Intelligent Systems VIII.
Technical Programme Chairman’s Introduction
Acknowledgements
Technical Keynote Address
Best Technical Paper
Session 1 : Learning I
Session 2 : Case Based Reasoning
Session 3 : Learning II
Session 4 : Knowledge Representation
Session 5 : Knowledge Engineering
Session 6 : Belief Acquisition and Planning
Author Index
