PUBLICATIONS Prof. Jan VANTHIENEN
Reviewed International Journals
Maes, R., J. Vanthienen, and PRODEMO, 1981, Computer-ondersteund ontwerp en gebruik van beslissingstabellen,
Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, vol. 26, no. 3, pp.301-335.
Maes, R., J. Vanthienen, and PRODEMO, 1981, Praktijkervaringen met beslissingstabellen en PRODEMO,
Tijdschrift voor Economie en Management, vol. 26, no. 3, pp.337-347.
Vanthienen, J., 1985, A note on English for decision tables considered harmful and the nested IF-THEN-ELSE, ACM
Sigplan Notices, vol. 20, no. 5, pp.45-47.
Vanthienen, J., 1991, A longest path algorithm to display decision tables, Computer Journal, vol. 34, no. 4, pp.358362.
Subramanian, G., J. Nosek, J. Vanthienen, and D. MacLean, 1994, A more general comparison of the decision table
and tree, Communications of the Acm, vol. 37, no. 2, pp.109-113.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1994, From decision tables to expert-system shells, Data & Knowledge Engineering,
vol. 13, no. 3, pp.265-282.
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1994, Illustration of a decision table tool for specifying and implementing knowledge
based systems, International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, vol. 3, no. 2, pp.267-288.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1995, The definition and diffusion of expert systems: an empirical survey of
Belgian external audit firms, International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management,
vol. 4, pp.205-220.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1995, Integration of the decision table formalism with a relational database environment,
Information Systems, vol. 20, no. 7, pp.595-616.
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, and G. Q. Chen, 1996, Incorporating fuzziness in the classical decision table formalism,
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 11, no. 11, pp.879-891.
Vanthienen, J. and J. Wijsen, 1996, On the decomposition of tabular knowledge systems, The New Review of Applied
Expert Systems, pp.77-89.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, and S. Piramuthu, 1997, Extending a tabular knowledge-based framework with feature
selection, Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 13, no. 2, pp.109-119.
Antoniou, G., F. Van Harmelen, R. Plant, and J. Vanthienen, 1998, Verification and validation of knowledge-based
systems: report on two 1997 events, AI Magazine, vol. 19, no. 3, pp.123-126.
Martens, J., G. Wets, J. Vanthienen, and C. Mues, 1998, An initial comparison of a fuzzy neural classifier and a
decision tree based classifier, Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 15, no. 3-4, pp.375-381.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1998, The need for a new approach for the audit of expert systems: Belgian
evidence, The New Review of Applied Expert Systems, vol. 4, pp.79-90.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, G. Wets, and K. Delaere, 1998, A tool-supported approach to inter-tabular verification,
Expert Systems with Applications, vol. 15, no. 3-4, pp.277-285.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, and A. Aerts, 1998, An illustration of verification and validation in the modelling phase of
KBS development, Data & Knowledge Engineering, vol. 27, no. 3, pp.337-352.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, and H. Timmermans, 1998, Modelling decision tables from data, Research and
Development in Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, vol. 1394, pp.412-413.
Coenen, F., T. Bench-Capon, R. Boswell, J. Dibie-Barthelemy, B. Eaglestone, R. Gerrits, E. Gregoire, A. Ligeza, L.
Laita, J. Vanthienen, F. Sellini, S. Spreeuwenberg, A. Vermesan, and N. Wiratunga, 2000, Validation and
verification of knowledge-based systems: report on EUROVAV99, Knowledge Engineering Review, vol. 15, no. 2,
pp.187-196.
Martens, J., G. Wets, J. Vanthienen, and C. Mues, 2000, Improving a neuro-fuzzy classifier using exploratory factor
analysis, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 15, no. 8, pp.785-800.
Viaene, S., G. Wets, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, A synthesis of fuzzy rule-based system verification, Fuzzy Sets and
Systems, vol. 113, no. 2, pp.253-265.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, G. Dedene, J. Vanthienen, and J. Vandenbulcke, 2000, Sensitivity-based pruning of input
variables by means of weight-cascaded retraining, PADD, pp.141-159.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, B. De Moor, and G.
Dedene, 2001, Knowledge discovery in a direct marketing case using least squares support vector machines,
International Journal of Intelligent Systems, vol. 16, no. 9, pp.1023-1036.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, G. Dedene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Wrapped feature selection for neural
networks in direct marketing, International Journal of Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management,
vol. 10, no. 2, pp.115-126.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 2002, Using Bayesian neural networks for
repeat purchase modelling in direct marketing, European Journal of Operational Research, vol. 138, no. 1, pp.191211.
Other Scientific Journals
Van Herck, G. and J. Vanthienen, 1984, Het nut van de beslissingstabellentechniek voor interne controle en externe
audit, Accountancy en Bedrijfskunde, vol. 9, no. 1, pp.28-35.
Vanthienen, J., 1988, Een moderne kijk op beslissingstabellen, Informatie, vol. 30, no. 12, pp.912-937.
Snoeck, M., J. Vanthienen, and CASE, 1990, Computer aided software engineering, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift,
vol. 1.
Vanthienen, J. and S Poelmans, 1996, Een raamwerk voor het positioneren, evalueren en selecteren van de nieuwe
generatie van ontwikkeltools, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, vol. 1.
Vanthienen, J. and S Poelmans, 1997, Visuele ontwikkeltooms (deel 2): een raamwerk van evualatie- en
selectiecriteria, Informatie, vol. 39, no. februari, pp.28-34.
Vanthienen, J. and S Poelmans, 1997, Visuele ontwikkeltooms (deel 1): een evualatie van intrinsieke
functionaliteiten, Informatie, vol. 39, no. januari, pp.18-26.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, and H. Timmermans, 1997, Beslissingstabellen in kennissystemen: het toevoegen van
kennisontgining en vage concepten aan het beslissingstabellenformalisme, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, vol. 23, no.
3.
Pauwels, K., Ch. Van Quickenborne, and J. Vanthienen, 1999, De unified modeling language (UML),
Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, vol. 25, no. 4, pp.47 pp.
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Van Den Bossche, F., J. Vanthienen, G. Wets, and F. Witlox, 1999, Het ontwikkelen van een fuzzy kennissysteem
voor de evaluatie van vestigingsfactoren voor petrochemische bedrijven, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, vol. 25, no.
1.
Wets, G. and J. Vanthienen, 1999, Intelligente bedrijfsvoering door kennisontdekkingsproces, Informatie, vol. 41,
no. januari, pp.48-55.
Souverein, M., B. Baesens, S. Viaene, D. Vanderbist, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Een overzicht van web usage mining
en de implicaties voor e-commerce, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, vol. 27, no. 2.
Books
Vanthienen, J. and F. Van Harmelen, 1997, Proceedings of the 4th European Symposium on Verification and
Validation of Knowledge Based Systems, Leuven, 241 p.
Contributions to books
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, and G. Q. Chen, 1996, Modeling and consulting intelligent systems using the decision table
formalism, in Zou Kaiqi and Zhang Shu, ed.: Information engineering (Harbin Engineering University Press,
Harbin, China), pp.21-31.
Vanthienen, J., 1997, Van informatiemaatschappij naar kennismaatschappij: implicaties voor de knowlegde creating
company, in De Bondt, R. and R. Veugelers, ed.: Informatie en kennis in de economie (Universitaire Pers, Leuven).
Wets, G. and J. Vanthienen, 1997, Toegevoegde waarde door kennisontginning: van grondstof tot afgewerkt product,
in De Bondt, R. and R. Veugelers, ed.: Informatie en kennis in de economie (Universitaire Pers, Leuven).
Vanthienen, J. and M. A. Moreno García, 1999, Illustrating knowledge base retructuring and verification in a real
world application, in Vermesan, A. and F. Coenen, ed.: Validation and verification in knowledge based systems,
theory, tools and practice (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston), pp.177-191.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 2000, On the use of decision tables in constructing and designing intelligent systems for
management applications, in Vasarhelyi, M. A. and D. O'Leary, ed.: Artificial Intelligence in Accounting and
Auditing. Creating Value with AI (Markus Wiener Publishers, Princeton), pp.200-214.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, B. De Moor, and G.
Dedene, 2000, Knowledge discovery using least squares support vector machine classifiers: a direct marketing case,
in Zighed, D. A., J. Komorowski, and J. Zytkow, ed.: Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1910. Proceedings of
the 4th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (Springer), pp.657664.
Baesens, B., R. Setiono, C. Mues, S. Viaene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Building intelligent creditrisk evaluation
systems using neural network rule extraction and decision tables, in Vandenbulcke, J. and M. Snoeck, ed.: New
directions in software engineering (Leuven University Press, Leuven), pp.121-133.
Vanthienen, J., 2001, Ruling the business: about business rules, decision tables and intelligent agents, in
Vandenbulcke, J. and M. Snoeck, ed.: New directions in software engineering (Leuven University Press, Leuven),
pp.103-120.
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International Conferences
Maes, R., J. Vanthienen, and M. Verhelst, 1981, Procedural decision support through the use of PRODEMO,
Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Information Systems ICIS, Cambridge (Mass), U.S.A., Dec.
7-9, pp. 135-152.
Maes, R., J. Vanthienen, and M. Verhelst, 1982, Practical Experiences wirh the PROcedural DEcision MOdeling
System, Proc. Joint IFIP WG 8.3/IIASA Working Conference on Processes and Tools for Decision Support,
Laxenburg, Austria, July 19-21, pp. 139-154.
Hazevoets, F., B. Vanhoutte, and J. Vanthienen, 1990, An expert system interface for consultation of decision table
systems, International Conference on Data Base and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA), Vienna, Austria, Aug.
29-31.
Vanthienen, J., 1990, Development of an expert system interface for consulting decision table systems, 31th
G.U.I.D.E. Spirng Conference, Application Development Productivity, Bordeaux, France, May 29-June 1.
Merlevede, P. and J. Vanthienen, 1991, A structured approach to formalization and validation of knowledge,
IEEE/ACM International Conference on Developing and Managing Expert System Programs, Washington (DC),
U.S.A., Sept. 30 - Oct. 2, pp. 149-158.
Sherman, K., L. Simmons, and J. Vanthienen, 1991, Managing the management information systems. Course at the
MBA level: an international perspective. Panel Discussion, First International Meeting of the Decision Sciencies
Institute, Brussels, Belgium, June 25.
Vanthienen, J., 1991, Knowledge acquisition and validation using a decision table engineering workbench, The
World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES), Pergamon Press, Orlando (Florida), U.S.A., Dec. 16-19.
Van Buggenhout, T., J. Vanthienen, J. Schepers, B. Van Buggenhout, G. Wets, and L. De Smedt, 1993, The decision
table technique as part of a computer supported procedure of legal drafting, 6th International Conference on Legal
Knowledge-Based Systems (JURIX): Intelligent Tool for Drafting Legislation and Computer-Supported Comparison
of Law, Enschede, The Netherlands, Nov. 26, pp. 71-80.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1993, Auditing expert systems: an empirical survey among external auditors,
Fifth Annual Conference on Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management (ISAFM), Stanford
(California), U.S.A., Nov. 11-13.
Vanthienen, J. and F. Robben, 1993, Developing legal knowledge based systems using decision tables, Fourth
International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Law (ICAIL), Amsterdam, The Netherlands, June 15-18, pp.
10 pp.
Vanthienen, J. and M. Snoeck, 1993, Knowledge factoring using normalization theory, International Symposium on
the Management of Industrial and Corporate Knowledge (ISMICK), Compiègne, France, Oct. 27-28, pp. 97-106.
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1993, Illustration of a decision table tool for specifying and implementing knowledge
based systems, Fifth International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (TAI) , Boston (Mass.), U.S.A.,
Nov. 8-10, pp. 198-205.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1993, Building intelligent systems for management applications using decision tables,
Fifth Annual Conference on Intelligent Systems in Accounting, Finance and Management (ISAFM), Stanford
(California), U.S.A., Nov. 11-13.
Merlevede, P. and J. Vanthienen, 1994, An integrated model for the scoping decision of automated help desks,
Proceedings of the Second Signapore International Conference on Intelligent Systems (SPICIS), Signapore, Nov. 1417, pp. B45-B50.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1994, Interfacing decision tables with knowledge acquisition formalisms, The Second
World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES), Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 10-14.
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Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1994, Prologa, a decision table engineering workbench. Academic exhibitor to the
Tools Fair, 16th International Conference on Software Engineering (ICSE-16), Sorento, Italy, May 16-21.
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, and E. Dries, 1994, An expert system application generator based on decision table
modeling, The Second World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES), Lisbon, Portugal, Jan. 10-14.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1994, Restructuring and optimizing knowledge representations, Proceedings of the Sixth
Intl. Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence (TAI), New Orleans (LA), U.S.A., Nov. 6-9, pp. 768-771.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1994, Managing decision table knowledge in a relational database environment, 6th
International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge Engineering (SEKE), Jurmala, Latvia, June 2123, pp. 352-357.
Chen, G. Q., J. Vanthienen, and G. Wets, 1995, Representing fuzzy decision tables in a fuzzy relational database
environment, Third European Congress on Intelligent Techniques and Soft Computing (EUFIT), Aachen, Germany,
Aug. 28-31.
Chen, G. Q., J. Vanthienen, and G. Wets, 1995, Fuzzy decision tables: extending the classical formalism to enhance
intelligent decision making, International Joint Conference of the Fourt International Conference on Fuzzy Systems
and the Second International Fuzzy Engineering Symposium (FUZZ-IEEE/IFES), Yokohama, Japan, March 20-24.
Chen, G. Q., J. Vanthienen, and G. Wets, 1995, Using fuzzy decision tables to build valid intelligent systems, Sixth
International Fuzzy Systems Association World Congress (IFSA), Sao Paulo, Brazil, July 22-28, pp. 4 pp.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, A. Aerts, and G. Wets, 1995, A modularization approach to the verification of knowledge
based systems, Fourteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI), Workshop on
Validation & Verification of Knowledge Based Systems, Montreal, Canada, Aug. 19, pp. 96-102.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, G. Wets, and A. Aerts, 1995, Integrated modeling approach to KBS development,
Workshop on Modelling Languages for Knowledge Based Systems, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The
Netherlands, Jan. 30-31.
Vanthienen, J., A. Aerts, C. Mues, and G. Wets, 1995, A modeling approach to knowledge based systems
verification, 11th Conference on AI for Applications (IEEE CAIA),Verification and Validation Workshop, Los
Angeles, U.S.A., Febr. 19-22.
Vanthienen, J. and J. Wijsen, 1995, On the decomposition of tabular knowledge systems, AIPetro Workshop,
Lillehammer, Norway, Sept..
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1995, Restructuring and simplifying rule base, Proceedings Seventh Intl. Conference on
Tools with Artificial Intelligence (ICTAI), Herndon (VA), U.S.A., Nov. 5-8, pp. 484-485.
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, and G. Q. Chen, 1995, Recent advances in the development and consultation of knowledge
bases systems using decision tables, International Conference on Information and Knowledge Engineering (ECIK),
Dalian, P.R. China, August 21-25, pp. 4-7.
Vanthienen, J., A. Aerts, C. Mues, and G. Wets, 1995, A modeling approach to KBS verification, European
Symposium on the Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems (EUROVAV), Chambéry, France, June
26-28, pp. 155-171.
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, A. Aerts, and C. Mues, 1995, Application independent tool support for the transition
between knowledge structuring formalisms, Second International Symposium on Knowledge Acquisition,
Representation and Porcessing (KARP), Auburn (Alabama), U.S.A., Sept. 27-30.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Integrating of statistical audit evidence with belief function theory,
International Conference on Formal and Applied Practical Reasoning. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence,
Springer Verlag, Bonn, Germany, June 3-7, vol. 1085, pp. 1-14.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Transferring mass in a structure of frame refinements, IPMU, Granada,
Spain, July 1-5, vol. 1, pp. 425-429.
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Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Belief-function representation of statistical audit evidence, First Asia
Pacific DSI Conference, Hong Kong, June 21-22, vol. 3, pp. 1041-1045.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1996, Decision table based verification of a data mining experiment in a mail-order
company, AAAI Workshop on Verification and Validation of Knowledge Based Systems, Portland,(Oregon), U.S.A.,
Aug. 4-8, pp. 91-95.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1996, Fuzzy decision tables: modeling and v. & v. issues, ECAI Workshop W2
"Validation, Verification and Refinement of KBS". 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Budapest,
Aug. 11-16, pp. 36-40.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1996, Modularization of knowledge based systems, Proceedings of the Third World
Congress on Expert Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Febr. 5-9, pp. 649-656.
Vanthienen, J., A. Aerts, and C. Mues, 1996, An illustration of verification and validation in the modeling phase of
knowledge based systems, Proceedings of the Third World Congress on Expert Systems, Seoul, South Korea, Febr.
5-9, pp. 1024-1031.
Vanthienen, J. and S Poelmans, 1996, A general framework for positioning, evaluating and selecting the new
generation of development tools, 22nd Euromicro Conference (Software Engineering Track), Prague, Sept. 4, pp.
233-240.
Vanthienen, J., E. Dries, and J. Keppens, 1996, Clustering knowledge in tabular knowledge bases, Proceedings of the
Eighth International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence, Toulouse, France, Nov. 16-19, pp. 88-95.
Wets, G., F. Witlox, H. Timmermans, and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Locational choice modelling using fuzzy decision
tables, Proceedings of the Biennal Conference of the North American Fuzzy Information Processing Society
(NAFIPS), Berkeley, U.S.A., June 20-22, pp. 80-84.
Wets, G., F. Witlox, H. Timmermans, and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Choice modeling by means of fuzzy decision tables,
EUFIT, Aachen, Germany, Sept. 2-5, pp. 1335-1339.
Wets, G., F. Witlox, H. Timmermans, and J. Vanthienen, 1996, A fuzzy decision table approach for business site
selection, FUZZ-IEEE, New Orleans (LA), U.S.A., Sept. 8-11, pp. 1605-1610.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1997, A tabular based framework for knowledge discovery, 4th International
Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science (RARSS), Scottsdale (Arizona), U.S.A., June 30July 3, pp. 88.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, and G. Wets, 1997, Inter-tabular verification in an interactive environment, Proceedings of
the 4th European Conference on Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems (EUROVAV), Leuven,
Belgium, June 26-28, pp. 155-165.
Vanthienen, J., G. Wets, and S. Piramuthu, 1997, Table-based verification and validation of knowledge in data
mining, Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences (INFORMS), San Diego, U.S.A., May 4-7.
Martens, J., G. Wets, J. Vanthienen, and C. Mues, 1998, An initial comparison of a fuzzy neural network classifier
and a decision tree based classifier, Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES), Mexico
City, pp. 537-544.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, G. Wets, and K. Delaere, 1998, A tool-supported approach to inter-tabular verification,
Proceedings of the Fourth World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES), Mexico City, pp. 347-354.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, F. Van Den Bossche, and F. Witlox, 1998, Onderzoek naar de toepasbaarheid van (vage)
beslissingstabellen bij de evaluatie van vestigingsfactoren bij petrochemische bedrijven in de omgeving van de
Antwerpse haven, Planologische Discussiedagen, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, May 14-15, pp. 363-371.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, and H. Timmermans, 1998, Modelling decision tables from data, Second Pacific-Asia
Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining, Melbourne, Australia, April 15-17.
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Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, C. Mues, and H. Timmermans, 1998, Extracting complete and consistent knowledge
patterns from data, Annual European Workshop on Validation and Verification of Knowledge based systems, in
conjunction with the Sixth International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning
(KR), Trento, Italy, June 1.
Wets, G., H. Timmermans, and J. Vanthienen, 1998, Managing tne complexity of decision tables, 5th International
Conference on Recent Advances in Retailing and Services Science (RARSS), Baveno, Italy, August 25-28.
Vanthienen, J. and M. A. Moreno García, 1999, Illustrating knowledge base restructuring and verification in a real
world application, Fifth European Symposium on Verification and Validation of Knowledge Based Systems and
Components (EUROVAV), Oslo, Norway, June 9-11, pp. 113-116.
Vanthienen, J., 1999, Tabular verification & validation of knowledge-based systems, 7th Conference on Knowledge
Discovery in Databases, Szklarska Poreba, Poland, May 14-16.
Baesens, B., S. Viaene, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, An
empirical assessment of Kernel type performance for least squares support vector machine classifiers, Fourth
International Conference on Knowledg-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems & Allied Technologies (KES),
University of Brighton, Brighton, U.K., Aug. 30-Sept. 1, pp. 313-316.
Baesens, B., S. Viaene, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Least
squares support vector machine classifiers: an empirical evaluation, Twelfth Belgium-Netherlands Conference on
Artificial Interlligence (BNAIC), Kaatsheuvel, The Netherlands, Nov. 1-2, pp. 69-76.
Baesens, B., S. Viaene, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 2000, Wrapped feature selection by means of guided neural
networks optimisation, 15th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR), Barcelona, Spain, Sept. 3-8,
pp. 113-116.
Gerrits, R. and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Validation and verification in and for Aion applications, CA-World 2000, New
Orleans (LA), U.S.A., April 9-14.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, G. Dedene, J. Vanthienen, and J. Vandenbulcke, 2000, Sensitivity based pruning of input
variables by means of weight cascaded retraining, Fourth International Conference and Exhibition on the Practical
Application of Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (PADD), Manchester, U.K., April 10-14, pp. 141-159.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, B. De Moor, and G.
Dedene, 2000, Knowledge discovery using least squares support vector machine classifiers: a direct marketing case,
Proceedings of the 4th European Conference on Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases.
Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 1910, Springer, Lyon, France, Sept. 13-16, pp. 657-664.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, G. Dedene, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Wrapped feature selection for binary
classification Bayesian regularisation neural networks: a database marketing application, Second International
Conference on Data Mining, Cambridge University, Cambridge, U.K., July 5-7, pp. 353-362.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Post-processing of association rules, special workshop on postprocessing, The Sixth ACM SIGKDD International Conference on Knowledge Discovery and Data Mining (KDD),
Boston (MA), U.S.A., August 20-23, pp. 2-8.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Post-processing of association rules, 8th Conference on Knowledge
Discovery in Databases, Turawa, Poland, May 19-21, pp. 159-173.
Baesens, B., R. Setiono, C. Mues, S. Viaene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Building credit-risk evaluation expert systems
using neural network rule extraction and decision tables., Proceedings of the Twenty Second International
Conference on Information Systems (ICIS), New Orleans (LA), USA, Dec..
Baesens, B., R. Setiono, V. De Lille, S. Viaene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Neural network rule extraction for credit
scoring, Proceedings of the Pacific Asian Conference on Intelligent Systems (PAIS'2001), Seoul, Korea, Nov., pp.
128-132.
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Baesens, B., S. Viaene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, A comparative study of state of the art classification algorithms for
credit scoring, Proceedings of the Seventh Conference on Credit Scoring and Credit Control (CSCCVII'2001),
Edinburgh, Scotland, Sept..
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 2001, The Bayesian evidence framework for
database marketing modeling using both RFM and non-RFM predictors., The 5th World Multi-Conference on
Systemics, Cybernetics and Informatics, SCI, Orlando (Florida), U.S.A., July, pp. 136-140.
Other/National Conferences and Scientific Meetings
Vanthienen, J., 1998, Toegevoegde waarde door kennisontgining: van grondstof tot afgewerkt product, Informatie en
kennis in de economie. 23ste Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres, Universitaire Pers Leuven, Leuven,
Belgium, March 13-14, pp. 27-44.
Vanthienen, J., 1998, Van informatiemaatschappij naar kennismaatschappij: implicaties voor de knowledge creating
company, Informatie en kennis in de economie. 23ste Vlaams Wetenschappelijk Economisch Congres, Universitaire
Pers Leuven, Leuven, Belgium, March 13-14, pp. 3-25.
Doctoral dissertation
Vanthienen, J., 1986, Automatiseringsaspecten van de specificatie, constructie en manipulatie van
beslissingstabellen, K.U.Leuven, Dept. of Applied Ecnomics, Leuven, Promotor: M. Verhelst, 378 p.
Research reports and working papers
Vanthienen, J., 1980, A dynamic programming algorithm for displaying decision tables, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 8006.
Vanthienen, J., 1982, Een algoritme voor het omzetten van de decision grid chart in een geëkspandeerde
beslissingstabel, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 8214.
Vanthienen, J., 1982, An algorithm for the optimal contraction of top-down readable decision tables with given
condition order, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 8210.
Vanthienen, J., 1983, Het genereren van permutaties, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 8307.
Vanthienen, J., 1984, The calculation of the number of feasible sequences in activity networks, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 8401.
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1992, Developments in decision tables: evolution, applications and a proposed standard,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9227.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1992, Interfacing decision tables with other representation formalisms, K.U.Leuven
DTEW Research Report 9225.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1992, Mapping decision tables to expert system shells: an implementation in AionDS,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9228.
Vanthienen, J., 1992, A more general comparison of the decision table and tree: a response, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 9224.
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Vanthienen, J. and M. Snoeck, 1992, Enhanced decosion modelling through a decision table engineering workbench,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9223.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1993, De kontrole van expertsystemen: een empirisch onderzoek bij
Belgische bedrijfsrevisoren, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9331.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1993, From decision tables to expert system shells, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report
9301.
Vanthienen, J. and G. Wets, 1993, Integration of a decision table system with a relational database environment,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9312.
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1993, A new approach to the use of decision tables in software engineering, K.U.Leuven
DTEW Research Report 9310.
Vanthienen, J. and M. Snoeck, 1993, Factoring decision table knowledge using normalization theory, K.U.Leuven
DTEW Research Report 9306.
Chen, G., J. Vanthienen, and G. Wets, 1994, Fuzzy decision tables: extending the classical formalism to enhance
intelligent decision making, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9422.
Merlevede, P. and J. Vanthienen, 1994, An integrated model for the scoping decision of automated help desks,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9408.
Chen, G., J. Vanthienen, and G. Wets, 1995, Representing fuzzy decision tables in a fuzzy relational database
environment, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9519.
Vanthienen, J., E. Dries, and G. Wets, 1995, Restructuring and simplifying rule bases, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research
Report 9525.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Using belief-function theory: tranferring mass in a structure of frame
refinements, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9611.
Van Den Acker, C. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, Representing, planning and evaluating audit evidence with belief
function theory, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9612.
Vanthienen, J. and S Poelmans, 1996, A general framework for positioning, evaluating and selecting the new
generation of development tools, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9629.
Vanthienen, J. and E. Dries, 1996, A branch and bound algorithm to optimize the representation of tabular decision
processe, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9602.
Vanthienen, J. and J. Wijsen, 1996, On the decomposition of tabular knowledge systems, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 9604.
Verhelle, M. and J. Vanthienen, 1996, An overview of decision table literature 1982-1995, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 9677.
Martens, J., G. Wets, J. Vanthienen, and C. Mues, 1997, An initial comparison of a fuzzy neural network classifier
and a decision tree based classifier, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9735.
Van Brecht, J., G. Wets, and J. Vanthienen, 1997, The behavior of fuzzy implications in a fuzzy knowledge base,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9734.
Vanthienen, J., C. Mues, G. Wets, and K. Delaere, 1997, A tool-supported approach to inter-tabular verification,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9739.
Vanthienen, J., E. Dries, and J. Keppens, 1997, Clustering knowledge i tabular knowledge bases, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 9712.
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Viaene, S., G. Wets, and J. Vanthienen, 1997, A synthesis of fuzzy rule-based system system verification,
K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9738.
Wets, G., J. Vanthienen, and H. Timmermans, 1997, Modelling decision tables from data, K.U.Leuven DTEW
Research Report 9737.
Christiaens, H., G. Wets, and J. Vanthienen, 1998, Developing a decision support system using the cognitive fit
approach: an evaluation, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9819.
Wets, G., F. Deleus, and J. Vanthienen, 1998, Consultation of fuzzy decision tables to allow flexible decisionmaking, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9808.
Viaene, S., G. Wets, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 1999, An eclectic quadrant of rule based system verification:
work grounded in verification of fuzzy rule bases, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9946.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, G. Dedene, J. Vanthienen, and J. Vandenbulcke, 1999, Sensivity based pruning of input
variables by means of weight cascaded retraining, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9954.
Wets, G., F. Witlox, and J. Vanthienen, 1999, Verification and validation of knowledge-based systems with an
example from site selection, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 9908.
Baesens, B., S. Viaene, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Least
squares support vector machine classifiers: an empirical evaluation, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 0003.
Baesens, B., S. Viaene, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, An
empirical assessment of Kernel type performance for least squares support vector machine classifiers, K.U.Leuven
ESAT-SISTA Internal Report 00-52.
Moreno García, M. A., M. Verhelle, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, An overview of decision table literature, K.U.Leuven
DTEW Research Report 0044.
Van Gestel, T., J. A. K. Suykens, B. Baesens, S. Viaene, J. Vanthienen, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vandewalle,
2000, Benchmarking least squares support vector machine classifiers, K.U.Leuven ESAT-SISTA Internal Report 0037.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, B. De Moor, and G.
Dedene, 2000, Knowledge discovery using least squares support vector machine classifiers: a direct marketing case,
K.U.Leuven ESAT-SISTA Internal Report 00-33.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Post-processing of association rules, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research
Report 0020.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, G. Dedene, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Wrapped feature selection for neural
networks in direct marketing, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 0019.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, G. Dedene, B. De Moor, and J. Vanthienen, 2000, Least
squares support vector machine classifiers: an empirical evaluation, K.U.Leuven ESAT-SISTA Internal Report 00-03.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 2001, Bayesian neural network learning for
repeat purchase modelling in direct marketing, Ghent University, Department of Marketing Working Paper 01/105.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, G. Dedene, and J. Vanthienen, 2001, Wrapped input selection using
multilayer perceptrons for repeat-purchase modeling in direct marketing, Ghent University, Department of Marketing
Working Paper 01/102.
Viaene, S., B. Baesens, T. Van Gestel, J. A. K. Suykens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, B. De Moor, and G.
Dedene, 2001, Knowledge discovery in a direct marketing case using least squares support vector machines, Ghent
University, Department of Marketing Working Paper 01/104.
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Viaene, S., B. Baesens, D. Van den Poel, J. Vanthienen, and G. Dedene, 2001, Bayesian neutral network learning for
repeat purchase modelling in direct marketing, K.U.Leuven DTEW Research Report 0114.
Regional publications
Vanthienen, J., P. Francois, F. Put, and K. Van Der Haegen, 1989, Practicum gebruikersinformatica (cursustekst),
1989-1991 (Acco, Leuven).
Vanthienen, J., 1992, Knowledge based systems (cursustekst), 1992-2001 (Wouters L., Leuven).
Vanthienen, J., 1993, Systeemanalyse I (cursustekst), 1993-2001 (Standaard, Leuven).
Vanthienen, J., 1995, Systeemanalyse II (cursustekst), 1995-2001 (Standaard, Leuven).
Vanthienen, J., 1997, Visuele, componentgebaseerde ontwikkeling in Delphi (cursustekst), 1997-2001 (Wouters L.,
Leuven).
Vanthienen, J. and D. Vanderbist, 2001, Praktix versie 3.0, zelfstudiepakket Microsoft Office 97 & 2000 (CD-Rom).
Vanthienen, J. and D. Vanderbist, 2001, Praktix versie 2.0, zelfstudiepakket Microsoft Office 97 (CD-Rom).
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