For most of our history the wealth of a nation was limited by  the size and stamina of the work force. Today, national wealth is  measured in intellectual capital. Nations possessing skillful people  in such diverse areas as science, medicine, business, and engineering  produce innovations that drive the nation to a higher quality of life.  To better utilize these valuable resources, intelligent,  knowledge-based systems technology has evolved at a rapid and  significantly expanding rate.   Reflecting the most fascinating AI-based research and its broad  practical applications, intelligent, knowledge-based systems  technology is being utilized by nations to improve their medical care,  advance their engineering technology, and increase their manufacturing  productivity, as well as play a significant role in a very wide  variety of other areas of activity of substantive significance. Today,  in the beginning of the 21st century, it is difficult to imagine the  development of the modern world without extensive use of the AI  information technology that is rapidly transforming the global,  knowledge- based economy as well as entire societies.   The breadth of the major application areas of intelligent,  knowledge-based systems technology is very impressive. These include,  among other areas:   Agriculture, Business, Chemistry, Communications, Computer Systems,  Education, Electronics, Engineering, Environment, Geology, Image  Processing, Information Management, Law, Manufacturing, Mathematics,  Medicine, Meteorology, Military, Mining, Power Systems, Science, Space  Technology, and Transportation.   The great breadth and expanding significance of this field on the  international scene require a multi-volume, major reference work for  an adequately substantive treatment of the subject, "Intelligent  Knowledge-Based Systems: Business and Technology in The New  Millennium." This work consists of the following distinctly titled and  well integrated volumes.  Volume I.  Knowledge-Based Systems;   Volume II. Information Technology;  Volume III.Expert and Agent Systems;  Volume IV.Intelligent Systems;  Volume V.Neural Networks.        This five-volume set clearly manifests the great significance of these  key technologies for the new economies of the new millennium.   The Volumes:    Volume 1, Knowledge-Based Systems, addresses the basic  question of how accumulated data and staff expertise from business  operations can be abstracted into useful knowledge, and how such  knowledge can be applied to ongoing operations. The wide range of  areas represented includes product innovation and design, intelligent  database exploitation, and business model analysis. (Eleven chapters)    Volume 2, Information Technology, addresses the important  question of how data should be stored and used to maximize its overall  value. Case studies examine a wide variety of application areas  including product development, manufacturing, product management, and  product pricing. (Ten chapters)    Volume 3, Expert and Agent Systems, considers such  application areas as image databases, business process monitoring,  e-commerce, and production planning and scheduling, offering a wide  range of perspectives and business-function concentrations to  stimulate readers' innovative thought. (Ten chapters)    Volume 4, Intelligent Systems, discusses applications in  such areas as mission-critical functions, business forecasting,  medical patient care, and product design and development. (Nine  chapters)    Volume 5, Neural Networks, Fuzzy Theory, and Genetic  Algorithm Techniques, explores applications in such areas as  bioinformatics, product life-cycle cost estimating, product  development, computer-aided design, product assembly, and facility  location. (Ten chapters)        The discussions in these volumes provide a wealth of practical ideas  intended to foster innovation in thought and, consequently, in the  further development of technology. Together, they comprise a  significant and uniquely comprehensive reference source for research  workers, practitioners, computer scientists, academics, students, and  others on the international scene for years to come.

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