1. Editor’s preface to the special issue: New challenges in Intelligent Systems

   • Toyoaki Nishida

   Preface Pages: 329 - 331

2. Intelligent simulation tools for mining large scientific data sets

   • Feng Zhao
   • Chris Bailey-Kellogg
   • Iván Ordóñez

   Special Issue Pages: 333 - 347

3. Intelligent systems using Web-pages as knowledge base for statistical decision making

   • Kazunori Fujimoto
   • Kazumitsu Matsuzawa

   Special Issue Pages: 349 - 358

4. Agent-based Drivers’ Information Assistance System

   • Masanori Hattori
   • Naoki Kase
   • Shinichi Honiden

   Special Issue Pages: 359 - 367

5. Harnessing agile concepts for the development of Intelligent Systems

   • Amir M. Sharif

   Special Issue Pages: 369 - 380

6. Connected communities from the standpoint of multi-agent systems

   • Abe Mamdani
   • Jeremy Pitt
   • Kostas Stathis

   Special Issue Pages: 381 - 393

7. Knowledge as a Social Medium

   • Keiichi Nakata

   Special Issue Pages: 395 - 405

8. Toward a real-world knowledge medium: Building a guidance system for exhibition tours

   • Yasuyuki Sumi
   • Kenji Mase

   Special Issue Pages: 407 - 416

9. Public opinion channel for communities in the information age

   • Toyoaki Nishida
   • Nobuhiko Fujihara
   • Takashi Hirata

   Special Issue Pages: 417 - 427