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AVIGNON '91: Expert Systems & their Applications
Eleventh International Workshop
Avignon - France, May 27 - 31, 1991
Conference on Second Generation Expert Systems
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Call for Papers
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For the third consecutive year, one of the AVIGNON conferences will be
devoted to the study of Second Generation Expert Systems.
The term "second generation" expert systems is used to characterize
knowledge-based systems able to solve problems by combining different types
of reasoning. Such systems often use multiple representations of the
problem to develop different problem-solving strategies.
The first generation expert systems were largely based on heuristic,
associational rules. To overcome their limitations, a new line of
research was begun into the use of deeper knowledge, often referred
to as "model-based", "causal" or "qualitative" reasoning.
Since model-based and heuristic approaches appear to be largely
complementary, recent work has begun to combine these two reasoning
processes into a single problem-solver.
Another thread of research has been aimed at making the problem solving
methods used much more explicit and elaborating "task-specific architectures".
Research has then been conducted into designing particular problem-solvers by
combining multiple generic or primitive task-specific architectures.
Second Generation Expert Systems are intended to have those two approches
converge. Building systems that make explicit the tasks to be realized,
the problem solving methods to be implemented and the associated domain models
would appear to be the basic objective of this new field.
And because a non-trivial problem can only be solved by bringing a number
of different resolution methods and domain models into play, the cooperation
and integration of these methods and models is one of the key problems to be
met in the building of such systems.
Topics
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The Program Committee is seeking papers on the following themes (list non
exhaustive):
+ combining different reasoning types
+ architectures integrating heuristic and model-based reasoning;
+ reasoning with multiple models;
+ multi-expert, multi-agent cooperation;
+ cooperation of distributed problem-solvers;
+ task-specific architectures;
+ knowledge acquisition, explanation, validation, in second generation
expert systems;
+ the use of qualitative, model-based, causal or temporal reasoning to
supplement heuristic reasoning;
+ integrating qualitative and quantitative reasoning;
+ applications of these techniques to real-world problems
(e.g. diagnosis, design, scheduling).
Papers describing applications should outline the strengths as well as
the weaknesses of the implemented systems. In particular, examples and
analysis of failures will be appreciated in order to delineate the
applicability of the methods.
Theoretical papers should be clearly related to previous work and should
enlighten the advantages and originality of the proposed approach.
Submission
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Authors should submit 6 copies of their papers before January 7, 1991
to AVIGNON '91 general chairman:
Jean-Claude Rault
EC2
269-287, rue de la Garenne ; 92000 Nanterre ; France
tel: 33 - 1 - 47.80.70.00 ; fax: 33 - 1 - 47.80.66.29
Paper should be a minimum of 2000 words to a maximum of 5000 words
(about 10 pages single-spaced). Each submission should contain the
following information: title of paper; full name of all authors;
complete address of first author (including telephone, fax number
and e-mail address if available); abstract of 100-200 words; list of key-words.
Each submission will be reviewed by at least three referees.
Notifications of acceptance or rejection will be mailed from March 1, 1991.
Program Committee
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Jean-Marc David (chairman)
Renault ; Service Systemes Experts
860, Quai Stalingrad; Bt J4-D14;
92109 Boulogne Billancourt; France.
e-mail: david@renault.uucp ;
tel : 33 - 1 - 46.94.54.86
fax : 33 - 1 - 46.94.50.23
Alice Agogino (University of California; Berkeley, USA);
Bert Bredeweg (University of Amsterdam; The Netherlands);
B. Chandrasekaran (Ohio State University; Columbus, USA);
Marie-Odile Cordier (Universite de Rennes; France);
Jean-Luc Dormoy (Etudes et Recherches EDF; Clamart, France);
Jacques Ferber (Universite Paris 6; France);
Massimo Gallanti (CISE; Segrate, Italy);
Jean-Paul Krivine (Etudes et Recherches EDF; Clamart, France);
Benjamin Kuipers (University of Texas; Austin, USA);
Roy Leitch (Heriot-Watt University; Edinburgh, UK);
Robert Milne (Intelligent Applications; Livingston, UK);
Richard Pelavin (Philips Laboratories; Briarcliff Manor, USA);
Olivier Raiman (XEROX Palo Alto Research Centre, USA);
Reid Simmons (Carnegie Mellon University; Pittsburgh, USA);
Luc Steels (Vrije Universiteit; Brussels, Belgium);
Jon Sticklen (Michigan State University; East-Lansing, USA);
Pietro Torasso (Universita di Torino; Italy);
Louise Trave-Massuyes (LAAS - CNRS; Toulouse, France);
Walter van de Velde (Centre of Advanced Studies; Blanes, Spain).