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CALL FOR PAPERS:
Special Issue of JOURNAL OF SCHEDULING on
EXPERT SYSTEMS AND MACHINE LEARNING IN SCHEDULING
Guest Editor: Sanja Petrovic
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In recent years there has been an increased interest in the application
of expert system methodology to solving complex planning and scheduling
problems. This technology provides an appropriate way to build systems
that can make use of the knowledge and experience of scheduling experts.
A number of promising research areas have become apparent. Particular
examples include scheduling systems which are able to learn and adapt to
new situations, systems which can handle uncertain knowledge and
incomplete information, etc.
A special issue of the Journal of Scheduling will be devoted to expert
systems and machine learning technology across a variety of scheduling
and scheduling-related problems and domains.
Topics covered in the special issue may include, but are not restricted
to, machine learning and expert system approaches to:
- dynamic scheduling environments
- repair problems
- evaluation of schedules
- planning and scheduling of large size problems
- distributed planning and scheduling
Potential papers could cover a variety of expert systems/machine
learning research areas including:
- case based reasoning
- neural networks
- fuzzy logic
- artificial immune systems
- constraint-based scheduling
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Potential authors are invited to submit manuscripts on both theoretical
and applied research dealing with a wide range of issues on expert
systems and machine learning in scheduling. Refereeing and the
selection of papers will be carried out according to the normal
standards of the Journal of Scheduling. Manuscripts can be submitted
either via e-mail or by sending 4 hard-copies to the address indicated
below. All submissions should include a title page containing title,
contact author, author(s) names and affiliations, regular postal
addresses, and e-mail addresses.
Sanja Petrovic
Guest Editor, Journal of Scheduling
University of Nottingham
School of Computer Science and IT
Automated Scheduling, Planning and Optimisation Group
Jubilee Campus, Wollaton Road
Nottingham, NG8 1BB
UK
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Dates and information:
Deadline for submissions: December 1, 2002
Notification of decision: July 1, 2003
Final versions due: December 1, 2003
Special issue will appear: 2004
Detailed instructions for authors can be found on the Notes for
Contributors page of any issues of the journal or on the Web page on
"Journal of Scheduling":
http://www.interscience.wiley.com/jpages/1094-6136/
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