Publications by Area

AI Planning

  • Hong, J. (2001) Goal Recognition through Goal Graph Analysis. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Vol.15, pp.1-30, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers.

  • Hong, J. (2000) Graph Construction and Analysis as a Paradigm for Plan Recognition. Proc. of AAAI-2000, the Seventeenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 774-779, 30 July-3 August, 2000, Austin, Texas, AAAI Press.

  • Hong, J. (2000) Plan Recognition through Goal Graph Analysis. Proc. of ECAI-2000, 14th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp. 496-500, W. Horn (Ed.), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, Vol. 54, 21-25 August, 2000, Berlin, Germany, IOS Press.

  • Hong, J. (1995) Different Roles of Deductive and Uncertain Reasoning in Plan Recognition Systems. In Proc. of the IJCAI-95 Workshop on the Next Generation of Plan Recognition Systems: Challenges for and Insight from Related Areas of AI, 20 August, Montreal, Canada, pp. 134-135.

  • Hong, J. (1994) Constraint Satisfaction as an Approach to Plan Recognition. In Proc. of the Fourth International Conference on User Modelling (UM94), 15th-19th August, Hyannis, Massachesetts, USA, pp. 217.

  • Hong, J.(1993) Plan Recognition on the Basis of Structural and Temporal Constraints. In Current Trends in AI Planning, E. Backstrom and E. Sandewall (Eds.), pp. 131-144, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, IOS Press.

  • Hong, J. (1993) Plan Recognition on the Basis of Deduction and Temporal Constraint Satisfaction. In Research and Development in Expert Systems X, M.A. Bramer and A.L. Macintosh (Eds.), pp. 277-290.

  • Hong, J. and R. Thomas (1993) A Constraint-Based Framework for Plan Recognition. In Proc. of the Sixth Australian Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 16th-19th November, Melbourne, Australia, World Scientific Publishing, pp.15-20.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1992) Acquiring Plan Inference Rules on the Basis of an Action Hierarchy. In Neural Networks and Pattern Recognition in Human-Computer Interaction (Beale, R. and Finlay, J. Eds.): 375-403, Ellis Horwood.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1991) Creating an Action Hierarchy to Acquire Plan Inference Knowledge. Position Paper in CHI'91 Workshop on Pattern Recognition and Neural Networks in Human Computer Interaction, 28 April-2 May, New Orleans, USA.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1991) Structural Plan Inference. In Proc. of the 10th UK Planning SIG Workshop, 25-26 April, Cambridge.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1990) A Framework for Plan Inference Systems. In Proc. of the 9th UK Planning SIG Workshop, 11-12 April, Nottingham.

    Data Integration, Web Data Management, Knowledge Management

  • Weng, D., Hong, J. and Bell, D.A. (2011) Extracting Data Records from Query Result Pages Based on Visual Features. Accepted, BNCOD 2011, Manchester, UK.

  • Mu, K., Liu, W., Jin, Z., Hong, J., and Bell, D.A. (2011) Managing Software Requirements Changes Based On Negotiation-style Revision. Accepted, Journal of Computer Science and Technology.

  • Hong, J., He, Z. and Bell, D.A. (2010) An Evidential Approach to Query Interface Matching on the Deep Web. Information Systems (Elsevier), 35(2), pp. 140-148, April 2010.

  • He, Z., Hong, J. and Bell, D.A. (2009) A Prioritized Collective Selection Strategy for Schema Matching across Query Interfaces. Proceedings of the 26th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2009), pp. 21-32, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Birmingham, UK.

  • Hong, J., He, Z. and Bell, D.A. (2009) Extracting Query Interfaces Based on Form Structures and Semantic Similarity. Proceedings of the IEEE 25th International Conference on Data Engineering (ICDE 2009), pp. 1259-1262, March 29 - April 4, 2009, Shanghai, China.

    • 2008

  • He, Z., Hong, J. and Bell, D.A. (2008) Schema Matching across Query Interfaces on the Deep Web. Proceedings of the 25th British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2008), pp. 51-62, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Cardiff, UK.

  • Hong, J., He, Z. and Bell, D.A. (2008) An Evidential Approach to Query Interface Matching on the Deep Web. Proceedings of VLDB 2008 International Workshop on New Trends in Information Integration (NTII 2008), 23rd August 2008, Auckland, New Zealand.

    • 2006

  • Bell, D.A. and Hong, J. (Eds. 2006) Flexible and Efficient Information Handling, Proceedings of the 23rd British National Conference on Databases, BNCOD 23, Belfast, UK, July 2006, LNCS 4042, Springer.

  • Bai, Q., Hong, J., McTear, M.F. , Wang, H. (2006) A Bucket-Based Approach to Query Rewriting Using Views in the Presence of Inclusion Dependencies. Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol. 38, No. 3, pp. 252-266, August 2006.

  • Pei, J., Hong, J. and Bell, D.A. (2006) A Robust Approach to Schema Matching over Web Query Interfaces. Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Data Engineering Workshops, ICDE 2006, pp. 46-55, IEEE Press, 3-7 April 2006, Atlanta, GA, USA.

  • Pei, J., Hong, J. and Bell, D.A. (2006) A Novel Clustering-Based Approach to Schema Matching. Proceedings of the Fourth Biennial International Conference on Advances in Information Systems (ADVIS 2006), pp. 60-69, 18-20 October 2006,Izmir, Turkey, LNCS, Springer.

  • Jun Hong, Weiru Liu, David A. Bell, Qingyuan Bai (2005) Answering Queries Using Views in the Presence of Functional Dependencies. Proceedings of the 22nd British National Conference on Databases (BNCOD 2005): 70-81, Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 3567), Springer, 5-7 July 2005, Sunderland, UK.

  • Bai, Q. Hong, J., Wang, H., McTear, M.F. (2005) Influences of Functional Dependencies on Bucket-Based Rewriting Algorithms. Advances in Web-Age Information Management, Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, WAIM 2005, Hangzhou, China, October 11-13, 2005, LNCS 3739, Springer 2005, pp.368-379
  • Liu, W., Liao, Z. and Hong, J. (2004) Query Cost Estimation through Remote System Contention States Analysis over the Internet. Web Intelligence and Agent Systems: An International Journal, 2(4): 279-191, 2004, IOS Press.

    Bai, Q., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (2004) Some Modifications of Bucket-Based Algorithms for Query Rewriting Using Views. Advances in Information Systems: Proceedings of the Third Biennial International Conference on (ADVIS 2004), Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS 3261), Springer, pp. 57-67, 20-22 October 2004, Izmir, Turkey.

    Bai, Q., Hong, J., McTear, M.F. and Wang, H. (2004) Bucket-Based Query Rewriting with Disjunctive Data Sources. Proceedings of IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web Intelligence (WI 2004), IEEE Press, 20-24 September 2004, Beijing, China.

    Bai, Q., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (2004) Improving Query Selection in Query Rewriting Using Domain Semantics. Proceedings of the Sixth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS04), pp. 177-183, Porto, Portugal, 14-17 April 2004.

  • Liao, Z., Liu, W. and Hong, J. (2004) Analyzing the Effects of Netwrok States in Query Cost Estimation over the Internet. Proceedings of the 8th International Database Engineering & Applications Symposium (IDEAS'04), pp.462-464, IEEE Press, Coimbra, Portugal, 7-9 July 2004.

  • Bai, Q., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (2003) Scalable Query Reformulation Using Views in the Presence of Functional Dependencies. Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Web-Age Information Management (WAIM03), pp. 471-478, Springer Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 17-19 August 2003,Chengdu, China.

  • Bai, Q., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (2003) Query Rewriting Using Views in the Presence of Inclusion Dependencies. Proceedings of the Fifth ACM International Workshop on Web Information and Data Management (WIDM'03), pp. 134-138, ACM Press, 7-8 November 2003, New Orleans, USA.

  • Liu, W., Liao, Z. and Hong, J. (2003) Determining Remote System Contention States in Query Processing over the Internet. Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/WIC International Conference on Web Intelligence, pp. 351-357, IEEE Press, October 13-17 2003, Halifax, Canada.

  • Bai, Q., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (2003) Query Rewriting in the Presence of Functional Dependencies with Lossless Join Decomposition. Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference Information Integration and Web-based Applications and Services (iiWAS03), pp. 325-334, 15-17 September 2003, Jakarta, Indonesia.

  • McClean, S.I., Kareli, I., Scotney, B.W., Greer K., Kapos G-D, Pairceir, R., Hong J., Bell D. and Hatzopolous, M. (2002) Agents for Querying Distributed Statistical Databases over the Internet. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools (IJAIT), Vol.11, No.1, pp.63-94, March 2002.

  • S. McClean, I. Karali, B. Scotney, K. Greer, G.-D. Kapos, R. Páircéir, J.Hong, D. Bell, M. Hatzopoulos. Agent-based query processing of heterogeneous distributed statistical data via an ontology server. Proceedings of the EKAW02 Workshop, Ontologies for Multi-Agent Systems, pp 105-120, Siguenza, Spain, September 2002.

  • McClean, S.I., Hong, J., Scotney, B.W., Hatzopoulos, M. and Karali, I. (2001) Using Intelligent Software Agents to Query Heterogeneous Distributed Statistical Databases. Proceedings of the International Conference on New Techniques and Technologies for Statistics (NTTS2001), Crete, pp. 769-774.

    Web Intelligence and Intelligent Interfaces

  • Zhu, J., Hong, J. and Hughes, J.G. (2004) PageCluster: Mining Conceptual Link Hierarchies from Web Log Files for Adaptive Web Site Navigation. ACM Transactions on Internet Technology, Vol. 4, No. 2, pp. 185-208, May 2004, ACM Press.

  • Zhu, J., Hong, J. and Hughes, J.G. (2002) Using Markov Chains for Link Prediction in Adaptive Web Sites. Proceedings of the International Conference on Soft-Ware: Computing in an Imperfect World, pp. 60-73, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Belfast, 8-10 April 2002.

  • Zhu, J., Hong, J. and Hughes, J.G. (2002) Using Markov Models for Web Site Link Prediction. Proceedings of the 13th ACM conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia (Hypertext'02), pp. 169-170, ACM Press, College Park, MD, USA, June 11-15, 2002.

  • Zhu, J., Hong, J. and Hughes, J.G. (2001) PageRate: Counting Web Users’ Votes. Proc. of the 12th ACM Conference on Hypertext and Hypermedia, pp. 131-132, 14-18 August 2001, Arhus, Denmark, ACM Press.

  • Hong, J. (1994) Development of Intelligent Help Systems for Using Complex Software Packages. In Proc. of the Second European Congress on Fuzzy and Intelligent Technologies, 20-23 September, Aachen, Germany, pp.1589-1593.

  • Hong, J. (1993) Plan-Based Interfaces. In Proc. of the 12th UK Planning/Scheduling SIG Workshop, 6th-7th May, Cambridge, UK.

    Reasoning under Uncertainty

  • Liu, W. and Hong, J. (2000) Re-investigating Dempster's Idea on Evidence Combination. Knowledge and Information Systems: An International Journal, Springer-Verlag, Vol.2, No.2, pp.223-241, May 2000.

  • Liu, W., J. Hong, M. McTear and J. Hughes (1993) An Extended Framework for Evidential Reasoning Systems. In International Journal of Pattern Recognition and Artificial Intelligence: 7(3), 441-457.

  • Liu, W., Hong, J. and McTear, M.F. (1990) An Extended Framework for Evidential Reasoning Systems. In Proc. of the 2nd International Conference on Tools for Artificial Intelligence: 731-737, IEEE Press, 6-9 Nov., Washington, D.C.

  • Liu, W., J. Hong and M.F. McTear (1990) The Application of Evidential Reasoning Techniques in PEMES. In Proc. of the Third International Conference on Information Processing and Management of Uncertainty in Knowledge-Based Systems (IPMU): 483-486, 2-6 July, Paris.

  • Liu, W., M.F. McTear and J. Hong (1990) Propagating Beliefs among Frames of Discernment in Dempster-Shafer's Theory. In AI and Cognitive Science'90 (McTear, Michael F. and Creaney, Norman Eds.): 367-377, Springer-Verlag.

  • Liu, W., J. Guan, M.F. McTear and J. Hong (1989) The Architecture of a Petroleum Exploration Oriented Model Expert System -- PEMES. In AI and Cognitive Science'89: 151-162, Springer-Verlag Publishers.

  • Hong, J and M.F. McTear (1988) The Design and Implementation of Intelligent Monitor and Advice Systems – A Knowledge Engineering Approach. In Proc. of the First National Conference on AI and Cognitive Science, Vol.2: 39-49, 23-24 September, Dublin.

  • Hong, J. (1988) Knowledge Acquisition and Machine Learning. Chapter 5 in Principles of Knowledge Engineering, Jilin University Press.

  • Hong, J. (1985) Structure and Function of the SIES System. In Proc. of 5th International Workshop on Expert Systems & Their Applications, Vol.11: 1137-45, Avignon, France, 13-15 May.

  • Hong, J. (1984) SIES: An Expert System for Seismic Interpretation in Petroleum Prospecting. In Proc. of Colloque International d'Intelligence Artificielle: 19-25, Marseilles, France, Oct. 24-27.

    Intelligent Programming Tutors

  • Hong, J. (2004) Guided Programming and Automated Error Analysis in an Intelligent Prolog Tutor. International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Vol. 61, No. 4, pp. 505-534, October 2004, Elsevier.

  • Hong, J. (1998) Tutoring Prolog Novices Based on Programming Techniques. In Intelligent Tutoring Systems, B.P. Goettl, H.M. Halff, C.L. Redfield and V.J. Shute (Eds.), pp. 404-413, Lecture Notes in Computer Science Series (LNCS 1452), Springer.

  • Hong, J. (1997) An Intelligent Tutoring and Assessing System for Prolog Programming. In Artificial Intelligence in Education, B. du Boulay and R. Mizoguchi (Eds.), pp. 586-588, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications Series, Vol. 39, IOS Press.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1989) A Computer Coach for the UNIX Operating Systems. In Proc. of the General Conference, The Ninth International Workshop on Expert Systems and Their Applications, Vol.2: 495-508, Avignon, France, 29 May-2 June.

    Technical/Project Reports

  • McClean, S., B. Scotney, R. Pairceir, J. Hong, D. Bell, and K. Greer (2000) The Mission Query Agents. MISSION (Multi-agent Integration of Shared Statistical Information over the (inter)Net project report, funded by European Commission under the Fifth Framework programme, Information Society Technologies, IST Project Number IST-1999-10655.

  • Greer, K., S. McClean, B. Scotney, R. Pairceir, J. Hong, and D. Bell (2000) UML Specification of the Query and Compute Server Agents for Mission. MISSION (Multi-agent Integration of Shared Statistical Information over the (inter)Net project report, funded by European Commission under the Fifth Framework programme, Information Society Technologies, IST Project Number IST-1999-10655.

  • Hong, J., Development of Intelligent Help Systems for Using Complex Software Packages, Informatics Research Reports, 11, pp37-40, 1996.

  • Hong, J., An Intelligent Tutoring and Assessing System for Prolog Programming, Informatics Research Reports, 11, pp27-36, 1996.

  • Hong, J. and M.F. McTear (1989) Student Modelling and Advice Giving in Computer-Based Coaching Systems. Institute of Informatics Technical Reports No.4: 16-25.