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From: struss@ztivax.uucp (Peter Struss)
To: mod-ki@unido.uucp
Date: Fri, 15 Sep 89 09:28:11 -0200
Subject: CALL FOR PAPERS "Qualitative Reasoning about ..."
Keywords: Literatur

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CALL FOR PAPERS

Artificial Intelligence Special Volume on
"Qualitative Reasoning about Continuous Physical Systems"

The birth of `qualitative physics', as the  field  is  commonly  called,
dates to a special volume of Artificial Intelligence  that  appeared  in
December 1984.  Since then much has happened, including three  workshops
on qualitative physics, and it is time for another  special  volume.  In
particular, we seek reports of progress which both:

o make advances in automated reasoning about continuous physical systems
  using qualitative representations.

o AND provide a rationale in terms of tasks, such as diagnosis,  design,
  explanation  and  process  monitoring,  or  fundamental  problems   in
  qualitative physics.

Note that this special volume has a narrower focus  than  the  one  that
appeared in 1984 -- the 1984 issue incorporated  papers  on  model-based
reasoning in general, while the current issue  focuses  specifically  on
qualitative reasoning about continuous physical  systems.  For  example,
the 1984 papers on  diagnosis  and  design  verification  would  not  be
included in the current volume,  because  they  do  not  address  issues
specific to qualitative representations of continuous physical  systems.
However, we solicit papers that both address these issues  and  are  set
within the context of a task.

Authors should submit 6 copies of a manuscript  to  the  special  volume
editors:
 
Johan de Kleer and Brian C. Williams
Xerox PARC
3333 Coyote Hill Road
Palo Alto, CA 94304

Manuscripts must  be  received  by  February 1, 1990.  To  expedite  the
production of the special volume the contributors will  be  required  to
rigidly adhere to dealines and to help facilitate the reviewing process.
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