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Uncertainty Frameworks in Nonmonotonic Reasoning
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Special Session at
9th Intl. Workshop on Non-Monotonic Reasoning NMR'2002
April 19-21, 2002, Toulouse, France
(Collocated with KR'2002, April 22-25)
The abilities to handle uncertain information and to reason
nonmonotonically from incomplete knowledge are crucial features of an
intelligent behaviour in a complex and dynamic environment. This is
why reasoning under uncertainty and nonmonotonic reasoning have
established themselves as major research areas in Artificial
Intelligence during the recent decades. The aim of this special
session (or mini-workshop) at NMR'2002 is to bring together
researchers working in the intersection of both fields. We address
people working on traditional nonmonotonic reasoning tasks using
uncertainty reasoning tools as well as people from uncertainty
management approaching nonmonotonic aspects of their models. We will
especially welcome papers that explore the relationship between
different approaches and that improve understanding and
cross-fertilization of different techniques from both fields.
This is the second meeting on uncertainty frameworks in nonmonotonic
reasoning. The first meeting was held as a special session at
NMR'2000, April 9-11, 2000, Breckenridge, Colorado, USA (collocated
with KR'2000, April 12-15, 2000).
The main focus of the meeting is in nonmonotonic aspects related to
the following topics:
* formalisms for reasoning under uncertainty
(probabilistic, possibilistic, belief, plausibility),
* qualitative vs numerical representations,
* independence and graphical representations,
* belief revision and update of uncertain knowledge,
* handling inconsistency in uncertain knowledge,
* fusion of uncertain knowledge,
* uncertainty in logic programming and databases,
* action and planning under uncertainty.
Some perspectives of interest are:
- - theoretical foundations,
- - combination of different approaches,
- - comparison and relationship between different approaches,
- - empirical studies,
- - systems and implementations,
- - algorithms and complexity,
- - real-life applications,
- - future challenges.
SUBMISSION
We invite submissions on the themes listed above (but not limited
to). Submitted papers should not exceed 12 pages (excluding title
page and references) of standard LaTeX 12pt article format. Work
reported should not have appeared elsewhere. Informal proceedings
containing accepted papers will be distributed at the meeting,
post-workshop (formal) proceedings will be announced later.
We strongly encourage electronic submission of papers in postscript
or pdf format. To submit a paper electronically, send an email
message to both of the Program Co-Chairs (see email addresses below)
that includes the following information:
* paper title (plain text),
* author names (plain text),
* surface mail and email address of contact author (plain text),
* a short abstract including keywords (plain text),
* paper body (postscript or pdf format).
Authors unable to submit papers electronically should send the above
four items by email to both of the Program Co-Chairs and three copies
of the complete paper by surface mail to one of the Program Co-Chairs
(see addresses below).
IMPORTANT DATES
Submission of papers: February 1, 2002
Acceptance decision by: February 18, 2002
Camera ready copy due: March 8, 2002
Please note that registration for NMR'2002 is a necessary condition
for participating in the meeting.
ORGANIZERS AND PROGRAM CO-CHAIRS
Lluis Godo
Institut d'Investigacio en Intel.ligencia Artificial (IIIA)
Consejo Superior de Investigaciones Cientificas (CSIC)
08193 Bellaterra, Spain
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thomas Lukasiewicz
Institut fuer Informationssysteme
Technische Universitaet Wien
Favoritenstrasse 9-11
1040 Wien, Austria
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FURTHER and UPDATED INFORMATION
for the 9th Intl. Workshop on Non-Monotonic Reasoning NMR'2002:
http://www.irit.fr/NMR2002/NMR2002.html
for the special session on Uncertainty Frameworks in Nonmonotonic
Reasoning UFN'2002:
http://www.kr.tuwien.ac.at/staff/lukasiew/ufn-2002.html
