CFP: Special Issue of Constraints Journal on Planning

[Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@cotopaxi.eas.asu.edu>]

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                      Call for Papers


      Constraints - An International Journal (Kluwer)
                 SPECIAL ISSUE ON PLANNING


        http://www.ai-center.com/events/cj-planning/


 Guest editors: Alexander Nareyek and Subbarao Kambhampati 


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The  use  of constraints in action planning  has  become  an 
increasingly significant research area in recent years.  The 
orderings  in  POP  systems and the exclusion  relations  of 
Graphplan-based   planners  are  examples  of  very   simple 
constraints. However, the ongoing inclusion of features like 
time  and  resources  is promoting the application  of  more 
advanced  constraint  programming techniques.  This  special 
issue  seeks  to  highlight new and  interesting  ideas  for 
combining  planning with constraint programming.  Topics  of 
interest include:


 * Hybrid systems: separate planners and constraint solvers
 * Integrated systems
 * Rich plan representations allowing for a variety of
   constraints
 * Planning with resource constraints
 * Planning with nontrivial optimization goals
 * Specialized propagation techniques and labeling 
   heuristics
 * Planning as constraint satisfaction/optimization
 * Extended CSP frameworks for handling planning problems



--- SUBMISSION ---


To  aid  planning and organization,  a  submission  must  be 
announced  one  month in advance by e-mailing the  tentative 
title and abstract to: <alex@ai-center.com>


Submissions  should be no longer than 20 pages.  Papers  are 
submitted  by  e-mailing  a document's  URL  to  the  e-mail 
address  above  (PS  or  PDF  files).   Guidelines  for  the 
submission format (using Kluwer LaTeX) are available at: 
http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kaphtml.htm/STYLEFILES


All submissions must be original papers written in English.


Announcement deadline: SEPTEMBER 15, 2001
Submission deadline:   October 15, 2001
Notification date:     December 20, 2001



--- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION ---


Journal homepage: 
http://kapis.www.wkap.nl/kapis/CGI-BIN/WORLD/journalhome.htm?1383-7133


Information on this special issue: 
http://www.ai-center.com/events/cj-planning/



--- EDITORS ---


If you have any questions, please contact the editors:


Alexander Nareyek <alex@ai-center.com>, GMD FIRST
Subbarao Kambhampati <rao@asu.edu>, Arizona State University