Interactive and Mixed-Initiative Decision-Theoretic Systems
AAAI 1998 Spring Symposium Series
Stanford University, California March 23-25, 1998


Monday, March 23

9:00-10:30 AM		Opening Remarks

			PLENARY TALK
			Richard Thomason
			Qualitative Decision Theory and Interactive Problem Solving

10:30-11:00 AM		BREAK

11:00-12:30 PM		Probability and Decision Model Construction
			
			Kathryn Blackmond Laskey and Suzanne M. Mahoney
			Network Fragments for Knowledge-Based Construction of Belief Networks

			Marek Druzdzel, Tsai-Ching Lu,  and Tze Yun Leong
			Interactive Construction of Decision Models Based on Causal Mechanisms

			X.  Wu and K.L. Poh
			Decision Model Construction with Multilevel Influence Diagrams

12:30-2:00 PM		LUNCH

2:00-3:30 PM		Preference Model Elicitation

			Vu Ha, Tri Le, and Peter Haddawy
			Case-Based Preference Elicitation

			Urszula Chajewska and Lise Getoor
			Utility Elicitation as a Classification Problem
			
			Tri Le and Peter Haddawy
			Incremental Constraint-Based Elicitation of Multi-Attribute Utility Functions

3:30-4:00 PM		BREAK

4:00-5:30 PM		PANEL: Incremental Elicitation and Model Construction
			Chair:  Peter Haddawy

6:00-7:00 PM		RECEPTION


Tuesday, March 24

9:00-10:30 AM		Explanation

			Urszula Chajewska and Denise L. Draper
			Explaining Predictions in Bayesian Networks and Influence Diagrams

			Giuseppe Carenini and Johanna Moore
			Multimedia Explanations in IDEA Decision Support Systems

10:30-11:00 AM		BREAK

11:00-12:30 PM		Applications

			Jack Breese and Gene Ball
			Modeling Emotional State and Personality for Conversational Agents

			Richard Goodwin, John Rachlin, Sesh Murthy, and Rama Akkiraju
			Interactive Decision Support: Advantages of an Incomplete Utility Model

			David G. Ullman and Bruce D'Ambrosio
			An Introduction to the Consensus Model of 
Engineering Design Decision Making

12:30-2:00 PM		LUNCH

2:00-3:30 PM		PANEL:  User Interaction
			Chair: Denise Draper

3:30-4:00 PM		BREAK

4:00-5:30 PM		Poster Session and Demos

			John Mark Agosta
			Approximating the Noisy-Or Model by Naïve Bayes

			Love Ekenberg and Johan Thorbiornson
			Congruency of Beliefs

			Irina Rish and Rina Dechter
			On the Impact of Causal Independence

			Seth Rogers and Pat Langley
			Interactive Refinement of Route Preferences for Driving

6:00-8:00 PM		PLENARY SESSION



Wednesday, March 25

9:00-10:30 AM		Applications (cont'd)

			S.  Quaglini, L. Dazzi, M. Stefanelli, and C. Fassino
			A Meta-Model Approach to the Construction of
 Decision Support Systems inHealth Economics

			Duane Steward
			Utility Assessment Based on Individualized Patient Perspectives

10:30-11:00 AM		BREAK

11:00-12:30 PM		PANEL: Wrap-Up
			Chair:  Steve Hanks

12:30 PM		SYMPOSIUM ENDS