Call for Papers

Special Issue of Journal of Scheduling
Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling

http://www.cs.nott.ac.uk/~rxq/JoSHspecial.htm
Guest Editors: Rong Qu, Derek Long, Maria Fox
Deadline of submission extended to the 15th May, 2007.
The Journal of Scheduling invites researchers in planning and scheduling to submit papers to the Special Issue on "Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling". We especially aim to bring together research at the interface between the AI planning and OR scheduling.

SCOPE
Topics of interest include (but are not limited to):
  • Novel planning and scheduling algorithms
  • Constraint-based planning/scheduling and control techniques
  • Empirical studies of planning/scheduling systems
  • Integration of planning and scheduling in autonomous systems
  • Reasoning about knowledge, action, and time for planning and scheduling
  • Case-based planning/scheduling
  • Management of resources through integrated planning and scheduling
  • Iterative improvement techniques for scheduling and/or planning
  • Artificial intelligence and operations research applied to scheduling and/or planning
  • Planning/scheduling under uncertainty
  • Exploration of the interaction between planning and scheduling
    • SUBMISSIONS
    Papers should be submitted electronically via the Journal of Scheduling's online submission system at http://www.editorialmanager.com/josh/, following the journal's instructions to authors. Please indicate that your submission is to the Special Issue on "Artificial Intelligence Planning and Scheduling" (by selecting "AI Planning and Scheduling" as article type). Your paper will be automatically assigned a reference number i.e. JOSHxxx after your approve. All papers submitted to the special issue will be reviewed in accordance with the standard procedures of the Journal of Scheduling.

    IMPORTANT DATES
    Paper submission due4th May 2007 15th May 2007
    Notification of acceptance7th Sept 2007 14th Sept 2007 31st Oct 2007
    Final manuscript due14th Dec 2007 15th Feb 2007

    Please contact the guest editors with any queries.
    Dr Rong Qu
    School of Computer Science & IT
    University of Nottingham
    Nottingham, UK
    rxq@cs.nott.ac.uk    		 Dr Derek Long
    Department of Computer and Information Sciences
    University of Srathclyde
    Glasgow, UK
    Derek.Long@cis.strath.ac.uk
    		 Professor Maria Fox
    Department of Computer and Information Sciences
    University of Strathclyde
    Glasgow, UK
    Maria.Fox@cis.strath.ac.uk