Former Graduate Students (since 1994)

Ph.D.

• Xiaocheng Luan, September, 2004

Dissertation: Adaptive Middle Agent for Service Matching in the Semantic Web: A Quantitative Approach.

• Ye Chen, May, 2001

Dissertation: An Extended Bayesian Belief Network Model of Multi-agent Systems for Supply Chain Management.

• Linglan Edwards, December, 1998

Dissertation: Computational Models for Formation of Protocell Structures.

M.S. with thesis

• Gunjan Kalra, M.S. Thesis: A Hybrid Intelligent System for Formulation of BCS Class II Drugs, August, 2002.
• Xiaosong Yang, M.S. Thesis: An Agent-based Dynamic Self-adaptive Model for Distributed Information Service, UMBC, December, 1998.
• Miao Jin, M.S. Thesis: A Nueral Network Approach to Approximating MAP Problems, May 1999.
• Xuewu Cai, M.S. Thesis: A Check Engine for Authorization Delegation, May, 1999.

M.S. with projects

• Pallavi Kokate, M.S. Project: Information Extraction from the World Wide Web for Ontology Mapping, December 2003.
• Jiehong Li, M.S. Project: OLTP and OLAP System for Web-Based Retailer, July 2003.
• Zhongli Ding, M.S. Project: GCMAS -- Decision-Tree Learning for Negotiation Rules, January 2001.
• Shuang Zeng, M.S. Project: GCMAS -- A B2B Multi-Agent System Supporting RFQ Scenario in PCA/PCB, January 2001.
• Xun Chen, M.S. Project: An Experiment on Communication among Collaborating Agents, May, 1999.
• Ye Chen, M.S. Project: Economic Principles in Multiple Agent System Study: A Survey, May, 1998.
• Kaihua Chen, M.S. Project: Probabilistic Inference in Belief Networks: A Neural Network Approach, May, 1998.
• Ling Wang, M.S. Project: Intelligent Software Agent System for Application Integration - Initial Synchronization Agent System, Dec. 1998.
• Xiaocheng Luan, M.S. Project: KQML + KIF: Knowledge Level Agent Communication, May, 1997.
• Wenlan Feng, M.S. Project: Principles and Practice of Intelligent Agents in Manufacturing Integration, May, 1997.
• Fangrong Li, Improving Performance of Backpropagation Network Associative Memories, Dec. 1997.
• Russell E. Holley, M.S. Project: Scalability of Some Autoassociative Memory Models, Dec. 1997.
• Lin Wu, M.S. Project: Analysis of Two Methods for Learning Belief Networks, August 1995.
• Gustav C. Larson, M.S. Project: Design an Optimal Neural Network Using a Genetic Algorithm, Dec., 1995.
• Linglan Zhang, M.S. Project: Computer Simulation of the Formation of Membrane-Like Structures, May, 1994.
• Yonggang Liu, M.S. Project: Image Process Based Handwritten Chinese Character Recognition, May, 1994.
• Nancy Jiang, M.S. Project: On the Implementation of a Successful Learning Method, May, 1994.