[apologies for multiple posting]
2nd CALL FOR PAPERS
A CP2001 workshop
CONSTRAINTS AND UNCERTAINTY
December 1st, 2001
Cyprus
http://www.csd.abdn.ac.uk/~kbrown/CP2001Uncertainty/
* NOTE EXTENDED DEADLINE *
Description of the workshop
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The handling of uncertainty is a significant issue in many real-world problems
traditionally tackled by constraint-based methods. Uncertainty can arise
through incomplete knowledge of the problem at hand, or through incomplete
knowledge of how the problem changes over time, or may be inherent in the
problem itself. Though explicit treatment of uncertainty has long been a
central topic in artificial intelligence, it has received little attention
from the constraints community. Constraints research that has addressed
uncertainty is dispersed among a number of sub-fields - Soft Constraints, and
Dynamic CSPs, for example. The goal of this workshop will be to bring together
the different aspects of uncertainty in constraint problems, to consider how
existing methods can be used to handle uncertainty, and to consider avenues
for future research. Thus in addition to research results, we also welcome
discussions of work in progress, challenge problems, and surveys of existing
techniques. The workshop will be of interest to those modelling and solving
real world problems, to those interested in theoretical issues in constraints,
and also to members of the Uncertainty in AI community.
We invite submissions which address any of the following topics, or which deal
with any other aspect of constraints and uncertainty:
* modelling uncertainty in static constraint problems
* algorithms for handling uncertainty in static constraint problems
* modelling uncertainty in dynamic constraint problems
* algorithms for handling uncertainty in dynamic constraint problems
* uncertainty and constraints in application domains - for example,
scheduling, vehicle routing, and resource allocation
* the contributions of existing constraint-based techniques to uncertainty
handling
Submissions will be reviewed by the Program Committee, and will be selected
based on their contribution to the topic of the workshop. For those who would
like to participate, but do not wish to submit a full paper, we request short
position statements of at most 2 pages, describing their research background
or presenting a view on constraints and uncertainty.
Submission guidelines
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Final papers for the workshop notes will be limited to 10 pages in the Spinger
Verlag LNCS style (font size 10). Note that there is very little time between
notification of acceptance and the deadline for final versions, so we
recommend submissions should be in the proper format to save time. Please
email all submissions as either postscript, MS Word 6.0 or pdf to Ken Brown
(kbrown@csd.abdn.ac.uk) by Sept 24th. Each submission should have a title page
with the name, address, and email address for each author. One of the authors
should be identified as the contact author. Short position papers should also
be submitted by Sept 24th.
Attendance Details
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At least one author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop. All
workshop attendees must pay the CP/ICLP workshop registration fee. The
workshop will be timed in consultation with the organisers of the Soft
Constraints workshop, so that there is no overlap, and attendance at both will
be possible.
Important Dates
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Email submission: September 24th
Notification: October 17th
Final versions: October 24th
CP2001: November 26th
Workshop: December 1st
Workshop Organisers
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Chris Beck, ILOG, France, cbeck@ilog.fr
Ken Brown, University of Aberdeen, UK, kbrown@csd.abdn.ac.uk (Primary Contact)
Program Committee
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Amedeo Cesta , CNR, Italy
Andrew Davenport, IBM TJ Watson, USA
Carmen Gervet, IC-Parc, UK
Philippe Laborie, ILOG , France
Gerard Verfaillie, ONERA, France
Thierry Vidal, ENIT , France
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