Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
Department of Applied Economic Sciences
Naamsestraat 69, 3000 Leuven, BELGIUM
Office: 03.119
E-mail: myfirstname.mylastname@econ.kuleuven.be
Research Interests
- verification and validation of knowledge-based systems
- applications of (binary) decision diagram techniques in artificial intelligence and knowledge discovery
- business rule modeling using decision table techniques (see the Prologa page)
Résumé
Researcher and former assistant of Jan Vanthienen.
Doctor in Applied Economics, K.U.Leuven (1996-2002), November 12, 2002
- thesis title: On the use of decision tables and diagrams in knowledge modeling and verification
Geaggreg. voor het Onderwijs (Qualified teacher) in de Econ. & de Toegep. Econ. Wet., K.U.Leuven (1996-1997).
Handelsingenieur in de Beleidsinformatica (Master in Business Engineering – Information Systems Engineering), K.U.Leuven (1990-1994).
Publications
Books:MUES C., On the Use of Decision Tables and Diagrams in Knowledge Modeling and Verification, PhD dissertation, K.U. Leuven, Dept. of Applied Economic Sciences, 223 pp., 2002.
MUES C., BAESENS B., VANTHIENEN J., From Knowledge Discovery to Implementation: Developing Business Intelligence Systems using Decision Tables, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, forthcoming, 2004.
MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Improving the Scalability of Rule Base Verification using Binary Decision Diagrams: an Empirical Study, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNAI 3238, pp. 381-395, 2004.
MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Efficient Rule Base Verification using Binary Decision Diagrams, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3180, pp. 445-454, 2004.
MUES C., BAESENS B., FILES C. M., VANTHIENEN J., Decision Diagrams in Machine Learning: an Empirical Study on Real-Life Credit-Risk Data, Expert Systems with Applications, 27 (2), pp. 257-264, 2004.
MUES C., BAESENS B., FILES C. M., VANTHIENEN J., Decision Diagrams in Machine Learning, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNAI 2980, pp. 395-397, 2004.
BAESENS B., SETIONO R., MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Using Neural Network Rule Extraction and Decision Tables for Credit-Risk Evaluation, Management Science, 49 (3), pp. 312-329, 2003.
MARTENS J., WETS G., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., Improving a Neuro-fuzzy Classifier using Exploratory Factor Analysis, International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 15 (8), pp. 785-800, 2000.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., WETS G., DELAERE K., A Tool-supported Approach to Inter-tabular Verification, Expert Systems with Applications, 15 (3-4), pp. 277-285, 1998.
MARTENS J., WETS G., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., An Initial Comparison of a Fuzzy Neural Classifier and a Decision Tree Based Classifier, Expert Systems with Applications, 15 (3-4), pp. 375-381, 1998.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., AERTS A., An Illustration of Verification and Validation in the Modelling Phase of KBS Development, Data and Knowledge Engineering, 27 (3), pp. 337-352, 1998.
BAESENS B., MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Knowledge Discovery in Data: naar performante én begrijpelijke modellen van bedrijfsintelligentie, Business IN-zicht, maart 2003, 2 pp.
BAESENS B., MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Knowledge Discovery in Data: van academische denkoefening naar bedrijfsrelevante praktijk, Informatie, febr. 2003, pp. 30-35.
MUES C., Beslissingstabellen en -diagrammen: twee complementaire technieken voor kennismodellering en -verificatie, Beleidsinformatica Tijdschrift, 28 (4), 2002, 29 pp.
MUES C., BAESENS B., VANTHIENEN J., From Knowledge Discovery to Implementation: Developing Business Intelligence Systems using Decision Tables, to be presented at: the 3rd Conference on Professional Knowledge Management (WM '05), Knowledge Management and Business Intelligence Workshop (KMBI '05), Kaiserslautern, Germany, April 10-13, 2005.(*)
MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Improving the Scalability of Rule Base Verification using Binary Decision Diagrams: an Empirical Study, 27th German Conference on Artificial Intelligence (KI '04), Ulm, Germany, Sept. 20-24, 2004, pp. 381-395.(*)
MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Efficient Rule Base Verification using Binary Decision Diagrams, 15th International Conference on Database and Expert Systems Applications (DEXA '04), Zaragoza, Spain, Aug. 30 - Sept 3. 2004, pp. 445-454.(*)
DE TROCH T., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., Design of a Web Service Architecture to Model Business Logic as a Decision Service, 10th Annual EUROMEDIA Conference, Hasselt, Belgium, April 19-21, 2004, pp. 16-20.
MUES C., BAESENS B., HUYSMANS J., VANTHIENEN J., Comprehensible Credit-Scoring Knowledge Visualization using Decision Tables and Diagrams, 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS '04), Porto, Portugal, April 14-17, 2004, pp. 226-232.
HUYSMANS J., BAESENS B., MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., Web Usage Mining with Time Constrained Association Rules, 6th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS '04), Porto, Portugal, April 14-17, 2004, pp. 343-348.
MUES C., BAESENS B., FILES C. M., VANTHIENEN J., Decision diagrams in Machine Learning: an Empirical Study on Real-Life Credit-Risk Data, 3rd International Conference on the Theory and Application of Diagrams (Diagrams '04), Cambridge, UK, March 22-24, 2004, pp. 395-397.(*)
BAESENS B., MUES C., SETIONO R., DE BACKER M., VANTHIENEN J., Building Intelligent Credit Scoring Systems using Decision Tables, 5th International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS '03), Angers, France, April 23-26, 2003, Vol. 2, pp. 19-25.
BAESENS B., SETIONO R., MUES C., VIAENE S., VANTHIENEN J., Building Credit-risk Evaluation Expert Systems using Neural Network Rule Extraction and Decision Tables, 22nd International Conference on Information Systems (ICIS '01), New Orleans, Dec. 16-19, 2001, 9 pp.
WETS G., MUES C., VANTHIENEN J., A Comparison of Techniques to Model Decision Tables from Data, Pacific Asian Conference on Expert Systems (PACES '99), Los Angeles, Febr. 11-12, 1999, 8 pp.
WETS G., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., TIMMERMANS H., Extracting Complete and Consistent Knowledge Patterns from Data, Annual European Workshop on Validation & Verification of Knowledge-Based Systems, in conjunction with the 6th Intl. Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning (KR '98), Trento, Italy, June 1, 1998, 10 pp.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., WETS G., DELAERE K., A Tool-supported Approach to Inter-tabular Verification, 4th World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES '98), Mexico City, March 16-20, 1998, pp. 347-354.
MARTENS J., WETS G., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., An Initial Comparison of a Fuzzy Neural Network Classifier and a Decision Tree Based Classifier, 4th World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES '98), Mexico City, March 16-20, 1998, pp. 537-544.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., WETS G., Inter-tabular Verification in an Interactive Environment, 4th European Symposium on the Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems (EUROVAV '97), Leuven, June 26-28, 1997, pp. 155-165.
VANTHIENEN J., AERTS A., MUES C., An Illustration of Verification and Validation in the Modeling Phase of Knowledge Based Systems, 3rd World Congress on Expert Systems (WCES '96), Seoul, South Korea, Febr. 5-9, 1996, pp. 1024-1031.
VANTHIENEN J., WETS G., AERTS A., MUES C., Application Independent Tool Support for the Transition between Knowledge Structuring Formalisms, 2nd International Symposium on Knowledge Acquisition, Representation and Processing (KARP '95), Auburn (Alabama), Sept. 27-30, 1995.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., AERTS A., WETS G., A Modularization Approach to the Verification of Knowledge Based Systems, 14th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI '95), Workshop on Validation & Verification of Knowledge Based Systems, Montreal, Aug. 19, 1995, pp. 96-102.
VANTHIENEN J., AERTS A., MUES C., WETS G., A Modelling Approach to KBS Verification, 3rd European Symposium on the Validation and Verification of Knowledge Based Systems (EUROVAV '95), Chambéry, France, June 26-28, 1995, pp. 155-171.
VANTHIENEN J., AERTS A., MUES C., WETS G., A Modelling Approach to Knowledge Based Systems Verification, 11th Conference on AI for Applications (IEEE-CAIA '95), Verification and Validation Workshop, Los Angeles, Febr. 19-22, 1995, 15 pp.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., WETS G., AERTS A., An Integrated Modelling Approach to KBS Development, Workshop on Modelling Languages for Knowledge Based Systems, Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Jan. 30-31, 1995, 27 pp.
(*): published as part of the Lecture Notes in Computer Science series, see also journal publications section.
Contributions to books:MUES C., BAESENS B., HUYSMANS J., VANTHIENEN J., Comprehensible Credit-Scoring Knowledge Visualization using Decision Tables and Diagrams, selected for publication in: Enterprise Information Systems VI, Kluwer, forthcoming.
BAESENS B., MUES C., SETIONO R., DE BACKER M., VANTHIENEN J., Building Intelligent Credit Scoring Systems using Decision Tables, in: CAMP O., FILIPE J. B. L., HAMMOUDI S., PIATTINI, M. G. (Eds.), Enterprise Information Systems V, Kluwer, 2003.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., AERTS A., Integrating Verification Aspects into the Modelling of KBS: an Example using Decision Tables, in: BABORSKI A. J., BONNER R. F., OWOC M. L. (Eds.), Knowledge Acquisition and Distributed Learning in Resolving Managerial Issues, Mälardalen University Press, Sweden, pp. 113-125, 2001.
BAESENS B., SETIONO R., MUES C., VIAENE S., VANTHIENEN J., Building Intelligent Credit-risk Evaluation Systems using Neural Network Rule Extraction and Decision Tables, in: VANDENBULCKE J., SNOECK M. (Eds.), New Directions in Software Engineering, Leuven University Press, pp. 121-133, 2001.
MUES C., BAESENS B., FILES C. M., VANTHIENEN J., Decision Diagrams in Machine Learning: an Empirical Study on Real-Life Credit-Risk Data, Onderzoeksrapport OR 0405, K.U. Leuven, T.E.W., 20 pp.
VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., WETS G., DELAERE K., A Tool-supported Approach to Inter-tabular Verification, Onderzoeksrapport 9739, K.U. Leuven, T.E.W., 16 pp.
MARTENS J., WETS G., VANTHIENEN J., MUES C., An Initial Comparison of a Fuzzy Neural Network Classifier and a Decision Tree Based Classifier, Onderzoeksrapport 9735, K.U. Leuven, T.E.W., 12 pp.