Forwarded message from [alex@ai-center.com] sent originally on Sat, 22 Jan 2000 14:54:42 +0800 (GMT-8): : (Please apologize if you receive multiple copies) : : ************************************************************ : : Call for Papers/Participation : : ECAI-2000 Workshop on : Local Search for Planning & Scheduling : : Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany, August 21, 2000 : : ************************************************************ : : With the increasing deployment of planning and scheduling : systems, developers are often faced with requirements such : as very large search spaces, real-time performance demands : and dynamic environments. Complete refinement methods do not : scale very good, leaving local search methods as the only : practical alternative. A dynamic environment promotes an : application of local search as well, because the search : heuristics are not normally affected by modifications of the : search space. Furthermore, local search is very appropriate : for anytime requirements as the optimization goal is : improved in an iterative way. Such advantages are offset by : the incompleteness of most local search methods, resulting : in lack of proof of inconsistency or optimality of the : solutions generated. Popular local search approaches include : evolutionary algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search, : min-conflicts, GSAT and Walksat. : : There exists a significant overlap in the issues addressed : by solution techniques for planning and scheduling, such as : reasoning about temporal and resource aspects. The workshop : will bring together researchers from the planning and : scheduling communities to explore these issues with respect : to local search procedures. The workshop may also be of : interest to a broader audience interested in general issues : in local search. : : Workshop topics will include: : : * Neighborhoods for planning & scheduling : * Search-space analysis : * Techniques to avoid local minima and plateaus : * Reasoning about temporal, spatial and other resources : * Integration of planning & scheduling : * Comparisons to complete search : * Combinations of local search and complete search : : The workshop will be divided into several tracks, which : focus on specific aspects of the workshop subject. Every : track will consist of technical paper presentations with : affiliated discussion rounds. The tracks will be formed : according to the distribution of accepted papers. We will : organize invited talks for some of the tracks. : : --- ATTENDANCE --- : : Participants will be selected based on refereed submissions. : If you wish to attend but are not submitting a paper, please : send a one-page statement of interest by the submission : deadline. : : --- SUBMISSIONS --- : : Paper submissions should be no longer than six pages. : Guidelines for the submission format can be found at : http://www.aaai.org/Publications/Templates/macros-link.html : : Papers may be submitted by e-mailing a document's URL to the : workshop chair. If this is not possible, please contact the : workshop chair. Accepted submissions will be included in the : workshop's working notes. : : Submission Deadline: May 1, 2000 : Notification Date: May 29, 2000 : Final Submission Due: June 12, 2000 : Workshop Held: August 21, 2000 : : --- CHAIR --- : : Alexander Nareyek : GMD FIRST : Kekuléstraße 7 : D - 12489 Berlin : Germany : : Tel: +49 177 792 37 36 : Fax: +49 30 6392 1805 : E-mail: alex@ai-center.com : : --- COMMITTEE --- : : Emile H. L. Aarts Philips Research : José Luis Ambite University of Southern California : Blai Bonet University of California : Ronen I. Brafman Ben-Gurion University : Steve Chien NASA JPL : Andrew Davenport IBM T. J. Watson Research Center : Alfonso Gerevini Università di Brescia : Holger H. Hoos University of British Columbia : Alexander Nareyek GMD FIRST : Angelo Oddi IP-CNR : María C. Riff Universidad Técnica Federico Santa María : Bart Selman Cornell University : Edward Tsang University of Essex : : --- ADDITIONAL INFORMATION --- : : ECAI-2000 Homepage: : http://www.ecai2000.hu-berlin.de/ : : Workshop Homepage: : http://www.ai-center.com/events/ecai-2000-ws/

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