Publications

2008

Fenghui Ren and Minjie Zhang, Optimal Multi-Issue Negotiation in Open and Dynamic Environments. The Tenth Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI-08), December, 2008, (will appear).

Dayong Ye, Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, BDI Agent-orented Design for Distribu ted Intrusion Detections. Communications of SIWN, Volume 4, pp. 11-17, 2008.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Coloured Petri Net Based Schesuling for Agent-Ba sed Grid Systems. Communications of SIWN, Volume 4, pp. 29-33, 2008.

Makoto Yokoo, Takayuki Ito, Minjie Zhang, Juhnyoung Lee, and Tokuro Matsuo (Eds.), Electronic Commerce: Theory and Practice. Studies in Computational Intelligence , Vol. 110, Springer, 2008.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, A Flexible and Reasonable Mechanism for Self-Interested Agent Team Forming. Multiagent and Grid Systems, Vol. 4 pp.85-102, 2008.

Fenghui Ren and Minjie Zhang, Partners Selection in Multi-Agent Systems by Using Linear and Non-linear Approaches, Transactions on Computational Science, Springer-Verleg, LNCS4745, Journal Subline, pp.37-60, 2008.

Takayuki ITO, Hiromitsu HATTORI, Minjie ZHANG and Tokuro MATSUO (Eds.), Rational, Robust, Secure Negotiations in Multiagent Systems, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer Publisher, Vol. 89, 2008.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, A Fuzzy Logic-Based Approach for Flexible Self-Interested Agent Team Forming. in Rational Robust and Secure Negotiation in Multi-Agent Systems, Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer Publisher, Vol. 89, Chapter 6, pp.101-113, 2008.

Minjie Zhang, Jia Tang and John Fulcher, Agent Based Grid Computing. in Advanced Computational Intelligence Paradigms: Theory and Applications, Studies in Computational Intelligence (SCI), Springer-Verlag, Vol. 115, pp. 439-483, 2008.

Fenghui Ren and Minjie Zhang, The Prediction of Partners Behaviors in Self-Interested Agents. In Electronic Commece: Theory and practice, Studies in Computational Intelligence I, Springer Publisher, Vol. 110, 2008, (in press).

Dayong Ye, Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, P2P Distributed Intrusion Detections by Using Mobile Agents. In Proceedings of the 7th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, Portland, Oregon, USA, pp. 259-265, 2008.

2007

Fenghui Ren, Minjie Zhang and Jun Yan, An Extended Dual Concern Model for Partner Selection in Multi-agent Systems. System and Information Sciences Notes, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 153-158, 2007.

Minjie Zhang, Xijin Tang, Quan Bai and Jifa Gu, Expert Discovery and Knowledge Mining in Complex Multi-agent Systems. Journal of Systems Science and Systems Engineering, Vol. 16, No. 2, pp. 222-234, 2007.

Fenghui Ren, Minjie Zhang and Quan Bai, A Fuzzy-based Approach for Partner Selection in Multi-agent Systems, The 6th IEEE/ACIS International Conference on Computer and Information Science, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 457-464, 2007.

Quan Bai, Minjie Zhang and Fenghui Ren, A Coloured Petri Net Based Approach for Flexible Agent Interactions, The Proceeding of the Fourth International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, Harbin, China, pp. 186-191, 2007.

Fenghui Ren, Kwang Mong Sim and Minjie Zhang, Market-Driven Agents with Uncertain and Dynamic Outside Options. The 6th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS2007), Honolulu, pp.721-723, 2007.

Dayong Ye, Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, A Mobile Agent Based Peer-to-Peer Framework for Distributed Intrusion Detections. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, Sydney, Australia, pp. 45-50, 2007.

Fenghui Ren and Minjie Zhang, Predicting Partners' Behaviours in Negotiation by Using Regression Analysis. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Knowledge Science, Engineering and Management, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer, pp. 165-176, 2007.

2006

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Two-Stage Statistical Language Models for Text Dabase Selection, Information Retrieval, Published by Springer Science Business Media (Formally Kluwer Academic Publisher), Vol. 9, No. 1, pp. 5-31, 2006.

Khin Than Win and Minjie Zhang, Enhancing Information Quality through a Semantic Approach in Health Information Retrieval. International Journal of Electronic Business Management, Vol. 4, No. 1, 2006.

Jia Tang, Minjie Zhang and John Fulcher, Grid Computer Architectures. CI Handbook, Springer, Accepted 2006, in Press.

Quan Bai, Jia Tang and Minjie Zhang, Colored Petri Net Based Strategy for Agent Based Grid Scheduling. Post-Proceeding of PRIMA2005, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, 2006, in press.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Flexible Team Member Selection by Using Fuzzy Rules. Post-Proceedings of the Second International Workshop on Rational, Robust, And Secure Negotiations in Mutli-agent Systems. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer, 2006 (in Press).

Minjie Zhang, Xijin Tang, Quan Bai and Jifa Gu, An Ontology-based Approach for Expert and Knowledge Mining in Complex Multi-agent Systems. The 7th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Science, Beijing China, pp. 93-99, 2006.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Chapter III: Coordinating Agent Interactions Under Open Environments. Advances in Applied Artificial Intelligence, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 52-68, 2006.

Jia Tang and Minjie Zhang, An Agent-based Peer-to-peer Grid Computing Architecture: Convergence of Grid. The Forth Australasian Symposium on Grid Computing and e-Research (AusGrid 2006), Hobart, Australia, pp. 33-40, 2006.

2005

Takayuki ITO, Hiromitsu HATTORI, Minjie ZHANG, and Tokuro MATSUO (Eds.), Rational, Robust, Secure Negotiations in Multiagent Systems, {\it IEEE Press}, 2005.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Ontology-based Resource Descriptions for Distributed Information Sources, The 3rd IEEE International Conference on Information Technology and Applications, Sydney, Australia, pp. 143-148, 2005.

Jia Tang and Minjie Zhang, An Agent-based Grid Computing Infrastructure, In Proceeding of the 3rd International Symposium on Parallel and Distributed Processing and Applications, Nanjing, China, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer-Verlag, pp. 630-644, 2005.

Quan Bai, Minjie Zhang, and Haijun Zhang, A Coloured Petri Net Based Strategy for Multi-agent Scheduling. Rational, Robust, and Secure Negotiations in Multi-Agent Systems, IEEE Press, pp. 3-10, 2005.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Dynamic Team Forming in Self-Interested Multi-Agent Systems. AI2005, Sydney, Australia, LNAI Vol 3809, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, pp. 674-683, 2005.

Khin Than Win and Minjie Zhang, An Ontology Based Approach for Health Information Discovery. In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Technology, Phuket, Thailand, pp. 295-300, 2005.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Flexible Agent Team Forming in Open Environments, In Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Intelligent Technology, Phuket, Thailand, pp. 402-407.

Quan Bai, Jia Tang and Minjie Zhang, Coloured Petri Net Based Strategy for Agent Based Grid Scheduling. In Proceedings of the 8th Pacific Rim International Workshop on Multi-Agents (PRIMA 2005),

Artificial Intelligence}, Kuala Lumpur, MALAYSIA, 2005, pp. 175-186.

Jia Tang and Minjie Zhang, An Agent-based Peer-to-Peer Grid Computing Architecture. In Procceding of the First International Conference on Semantics, Knowledge and Grid (SKG2005), Beijing, China, pp. 564-574, 2005.

2004

Xiaohua Yang and Minjie Zhang, Rational Constraints for Fusion Methods in Meta Search Engine Systems. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, Vol. 19, No. 1-2, pp. 177-190, 2004.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Hierarchical Classification for Multiple, Distributed Web Databases. International Journal of Computer and Their Applications, Vol. 11, No. 2, pp. 119-131, 2004.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Agent Coordination through Knowledge Management, International Journal of Knowledge and Systems Sciences, Vol. 1, No. 1, pp. 45-51, 2004.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Potential Cases, Database Types, and Selection Methodologies for Searching Distributed Text Databases. Intelligent Agents for Data Mining and Information Retrieval, Idea Group Publishing, pp. 1-14, 2004.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, Agent Coordination Through Ontology Managements. In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Their Applications, Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 141-146, 2004.

Wei Li and Minjie Zhang, A Component-based CPNS Model for Flexible, Robust and Extensible Agent Interaction Protocols. In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Their Applications, Innsbruck, Austria, pp. 189-195, 2004.

Hui Yang, Minjie Zhang and Zhongzhi Shi, Association-rule Based Information Resource Selection. Trends in Artificial Intelligence (PRICAI2004), LNAI Vol 3157, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 563-574, 2004.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, SWOAM - A Semantic Web Based Online Auction Multi-agent System. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce (IAWTIC'2004), Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 329-336, 2004.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, An Ontology-based Approach for Resource Discovery. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce (IAWTIC'2004), Gold Coast, Australia, pp. 306-317, 2004.

Quan Bai, Minjie Zhang, and Khan Thin Win, A Colored Petri Net Based Approach for Multi-agent Interactions. In Proceedings of the 2nd IEEE International Conference on Autonomous Robots and Agents, Palmerston North, New Zealand, pp. 152-157, 2004.

Wei Li, Daniel Pun, and Minjie Zhang, Identifying and Breaking Necessary Constraints to Web-Based Metacomputing, In Proceedings of the 28th IEEE Interational Computer Software and Applications Conference, Hong Kong, pp. 474-479, 2004.

Jia Tang, Minjie Zhang and Haijun Zhang, Scheduling and Resource Manag ement in Metacomputing System, In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computer Sciences, Software Engineering, Information Technology, E-Business and Applications, Cairo, Egypt, pp. 1-7, 2004.

2003

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, A Language Modeling Approach to Search Distributed Text Databases. In Advances in Artificial Intelligence, LNAI Vol 2930, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 196-207, 2003.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Intelligent Search for Distributed Information Sources Using Heterogeneous Neural Networks. In Web Technologies and Applications, LNAI Vol 2642, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 513-524, 2003.

Quan Bai, Wei Li, and Minjie Zhang, A Computational Strategy for Information Integration in Meta-Search Agent Systems. In Proceedings of International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering, Las Vegass, pp. 44-49, 2003.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Necessary Constraints for Database Selection in a Distributed Text Database Environment. In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies, and Internet Commerce, Vienna, Austria, pp. 25-34, 2003.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Hierarchical Classification for Multiple, Distributed Web Databases. In Proceedings of 18th International Conference on Computers and Their Applications, Honolulu, Hawaii, US, pp. 155-159, 2003.

Quan Bai, Wei Li, Minjie Zhang, and Kaiyu Song, A Fuzzy Logic Based Strategy for Information Integration in Meta-Search Agent Systems. In Proceeding of the 4th International Symposium on Knowledge and Systems Sciences, Guangzhou, China, pp. 37-42, 2003.

Quan Bai and Minjie Zhang, An Ontology Based Multi-agent Online Auction System. In Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp. 197-202, 2003.

Kaiyu Song and Minjie Zhang, An Agent-based Approach for Inconsistency Identification in Requirements Engineering. In Proceeding of the 4th International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, Chiang Mai, Thailand, pp. 703-709, 2003.

2002

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Legal Aspects of the Application of Agent-Based Information Retrieval on the Internet. Journal of Law and Information Science, Vol. 12, No. 1, pp. 57-69, 2002.

Xiaohua Yang, Zhenyu Liu, Minsheng Tan, Jie Liu and Minjie Zhang, Fusion algorithms in Meta Search Engine Systems. Journal of Software, Vol. 13, No. 7, pp. 1264-1269, 2002 (by Chinese).

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Query Expansion with Naive Bayes for Searching Distributed Collections. In Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Boston, pp. 17-23, US, 2002.

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, An Evolutionary Approach for Searching Distributed Collections. In Proceedings of Australian World Wide Web Conference, Sunshine Coast, pp. 531-545, Australia, 2002.

2001

Minjie Zhang and Wei Li, Identifying Potential Synthesis Cases in Distributed Expert Systems: a Fuzzy Logic Approach. Knowledge-Based Systems, Vol. 14, No. 7, pp. 359-365, December, 2001.

Wei Li and Minjie Zhang, MAT: a Mobile Agent System for Supporting Autonomous Mobile Agents. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 33, No. 2, pp. 123-138, 2001.

Xiaohua Yang, Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Fusion Methods Based on Common Order Invariability for Meta Search Engine Systems. In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies, and Internet Commerce, Las Vegas, pp. 310-317, 2001. (IAWITC2001.pdf)

Hui Yang, Minjie Zhang and Xiaohua Yang, IISS: A Framework for Intelligent Information Source Selection on the Web. In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Neural Networks and Expert Systems, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 190-195, 2001. (ANNES01.pdf)

Hui Yang and Minjie Zhang, Legal Aspects of the Application of Agent-based Information Retrieval on the Internet. In Proceedings of International Conference on Information Technology and the Emerging Law, Wollongong, Australia, pp.1-4, 2001.

Xiaohua Yang, Minshen Tan, Zhenyu Lui, Minjie Zhang and Hui Yang, Predicting the Goodness of Database Groups Based on Vector Space Model. In Proceedings of Asia Pacific Web Conference, Changsha, China, pp.21-26, 2001.

2000

Xiaohua Yang and Minjie Zhang, Necessary Constraints for Fusion Algorithms in Meta Search Engine Systems. In Proceedings of International Conference on Intelligent Technologies, Bangkok, pp. 409-416, 2000. (InTech2000-final.pdf)

Minjie Zhang and Wei Li, Active State Space: a Distributed Supporting Environment for Autonomous Mobile Agents. International Journal of Computer and Their Applications, Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 130-138, 2000. (AcSpace-final.pdf)

Minjie Zhang and Wei Li, DynaInteg: Meta-Ontology Supporting Dynamic Knowledge Sharing and Acquiring for Multi-Agent Cooperation, In Proceedings of 9th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Louisville, pp. 47-51, 2000.

1999

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Potential Cases, Methodologies, and Strategies of Synthesis of Solutions in Distributed Expert Systems. IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering, Vol. 11, pp. 498-503, 1999. (TDK.ps)

Minjie Zhang, An Integrative Strategy for Solving Inconsistency by Using Fuzzy Rules in Cooperative Teams, In Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Denver, pp. 132-136, 1999. (IS99.ps)

Wei Li and Minjie Zhang, DTP: A Model for Designing Autonomous Mobile Agent Systems, In Proceedings of International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Las Vegas, pp. 336-342, 1999. (icai99.pdf)

Minjie Zhang and Wei Li, Persisting autonomous workflow for mobile agents using a mobile thread programming model. Approaches to Intelligent Agents, LNAI Vol 1733, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 84-95, 1999. (ln-99.pdf.gz)

1998

Minjie Zhang, Three Possible Approaches for Solution Synthesis in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, Paris, pp483-484, 1998.

Minjie Zhang, Potential Ways for Developing Synthesis Strategies in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Paris, pp64-67, 1998. (IS98.ps)

Minjie Zhang, A Case-based Strategy for Solution Synthesis among Cooperative Expert Systems. Agents and Multi-Agent Systems Formalisms, Methodologies and Applications, LNAI Vol 1441, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 231-240, 1998. (lecture-notes98.ps)

Minjie Zhang, Computational Strategies for Adjusting Solutions among Cooperative Expert Systems. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Computational Intelligence and Multimedia Applications, Gippsland, Australia, pp. 161-166, 1998. (ICCIM98.ps)

1997

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Methodologies of Solution Synthesis in Distributed Expert Systems. Multi-Agent Systems: Methodologies and Applications, LNAI Vol 1286, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 137-151, 1997. (lecture-notes97.ps)

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Investigations on Solution Synthesis in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of IEEE First International Conference on Intelligent Processing Systems, Beijing, pp. 1108-1112, 1997. (IEEEIPS97.ps)

M. Zhang, Solving Synthesis Problems by a Case-based Approach in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of Sixth International Conference on Intelligent Systems, Boston, USA, pp. 1-4, 1997. (IS97.ps)

1996

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Methodologies for Designing Synthesis Strategies in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of PRICAI-96 Workshop on Distributed Artificial Intelligence, Cairns, Australia, pp. 73-87, 1996.

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Analysis and Methodologies of Synthesis of Solutions in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of Second International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, Kyoto, Japan, pp. 417-424, 1996. (ICMAS96.ps)
Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Neural Network Strategies for Solving Synthesis Problems in Non-conflict Cases in Distributed Expert Systems. In Distributed Artificial Intelligence: Architecture and Modelling, LNAI Vol 1087, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, Springer Verlag Publishers, pp. 174-188, 1996. (lecture-notes96.ps)

1995

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, The Synthesis Strategies for Non-conflict Cases in Distributed Expert Systems. In AI'95, edited by Xin Yao, World Scientific Publishers, pp. 195-202, 1995. (AI95.ps)

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, A Neural Network Strategy for Solving Belief Conflict in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of Fourth International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Beijing, China, pp. 449-456, 1995.
Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, The Consensus of Uncertainties in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of First International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, San Francisco, California, pp. 468, 1995.

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, A Dynamic Neural Network Mechanism for Solving Belief Conflict in Distributed Expert Systems. In Proceedings of Sixth Australian Conference on Neural Networks, Sydney, Australia, pp. 105-108, 1995. (ACNN.ps)

1994

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Synthesis of Solutions in Distributed Expert Systems. In Artificial Intelligence: Sowing the Seeds for the Future, edited by Chengqi Zhang, John Debenham and Dickson Lukose, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, pp. 362-369, 1994. (AI94.ps)

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, A Comprehensive Strategy for Conflict Resolution in Distributed Expert Systems. Australia Journal of Intelligent Information Processing Systems, Vol. 1, No. 2, pp. 21-28, 1994. (AJIIP.ps)

1993
Chengqi Zhang and Minjie Zhang, International Development of Distributed Artificial Intelligence. Pattern Recognition & Artificial Intelligence, Vol. 6, No. 2, pp. 99-107, 1993.

Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, A Comprehensive Strategy for Conflict resolution in Distributed Expert Systems. In AI'93, edited by C. Rowles, H. Liu, and N. Foo, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, pp. 441, 1993.
Minjie Zhang and Chengqi Zhang, Negotiation as a Metaphor for Conflict Resolution in Distributed Artificial Intelligence, in Proceedings of First Chinese World Congress on Intelligent Automation, Beijing, China, pp. 41-47, 1993. (CWCIA.ps)

Zhuopeng Feng, Minjie Zhang, and Mirka Miller, An Intelligent Database Model, In Proceedings of Third International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Beijing, China, pp. 5.86-5.87, 1993.
Xiandeng Hu, Minjie Zhang, and Chengqi Zhang, Spatial Decision Support System for Natural Resource Management, in Proceedings of Third International Conference for Young Computer Scientists, Beijing, China, pp. 5.22-5.25, 1993.

1992

Minjie Zhang, A Second Generation Expert System for Earthquake Risk Zoning, AI'92, edited by A. Adams and L. Sterling, World Scientific Publishers, Singapore, pp. 25-30, 1992. (AI92.ps)

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