A journal of IFAC, the International Federation of Automatic Control
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are now being used by the practising engineer to solve a whole range of hitherto intractable problems.
This journal provides an international forum for rapid publication of work describing the practical application of AI methods in all
branches of engineering.Focal points ... click here for full Aims & Scope
Artificial Intelligence (AI) techniques are now being used by the practising engineer to solve a whole range of hitherto intractable problems.
This journal provides an international forum for rapid publication of work describing the practical application of AI methods in all
branches of engineering.
Focal points of the journal are:
• Applications of real-time intelligent automation, and their associated
supporting methodologies and techniques.
• Architectures, algorithms and techniques for distributed AI systems.
• Decision-support
systems.
• Aspects of reasoning: abductive, case-based, model-based, non-monotonic, incomplete, progressive and approximate reasoning.
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Other theoretical aspects, e.g. chaos theory and fractals.
• Knowledge processing, e.g. a priori and self-learning,
knowledge elicitation and acquisition, knowledge representation, knowledge compaction, knowledge bases, expert systems, neural networks,
fuzzy systems and genetic algorithms.
• Perception, e.g. image and signal processing, pattern recognition, vision systems, tactile
systems, and speech recognition and synthesis.
• Aspects of software engineering, e.g. intelligent programming environments,
the testing verification and validation of AI-based software, software and hardware architectures for the real-time use of AI techniques,
safety and reliability.
• Fault detection, fault analysis and diagnostics.
• Industrial experiences in the application
of the above techniques, e.g. case studies or bench-marking exercises.
Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence
publishes
• Survey papers/tutorials.
• Contributed papers—detailed expositions of new research or applications.
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Brief papers—short discussions of new technical concepts or developments, or new applications of existing techniques.
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Case studies or software reviews—evaluative and descriptive reviews of existing available AI software systems, discussing the experience
gained and lessons learnt from using or developing AI systems for engineering applications.IFAC EAAI Forum—problems arising
from engineering practice, needing to be solved by somebody; solutions to problems discussed in this forum or elsewhere; critiques of
a position or claim found in the literature.
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For more details on the International Federation of Automatic Control (IFAC),
visit their home page at 
http://www.ifac-control.org
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Editor-in-Chief
B. Grabot
Call for Papers: Distributed Control of Production Systems
The current technological offer in communication and embedded systems allows products and production
resources to play a more active role in the production process. This new active capacity will generate
major changes in organizations and information systems (e.g., ERP and MES).
New approaches are now required for modelling, testing and assessing the features made possible by
their decisional and informational capabilities of these new active entities. One among the many
possibilities is to use agents and holons, since agent- and holon-based approaches assume interaction
between intelligent entities to facilitate the emergence of a global behavior.
This Call For Papers thus focuses on the possible applications of distributed approaches for the design,
evaluation and implementation of new control architectures for production systems. Both fundamental
and applied (e.g., industrial feasibility) research papers are welcomed.
All submissions must meet Elsevier's high standards.
KEY-WORDS
Modelling approaches, including but not limited to:
•Distributed/decentralized/heterarchical architectures and organizations
•Artificial Intelligence and soft-computing
•Multi-agent systems and agent technologies
•Holonic systems and frameworks
Scientific areas, including but not limited to:
•Product design and optimization and production systems
• Scheduling, planning and production control
•Maintenance, reliability and product and system safety
Application domains, including but not limited to:
•Manufacturing and supply chains
•The aeronautic and automotive industries
•Services (e.g., hospital, transport)
Technological supports, including but not limited to:
• RFID, WiFi and infrared communication
• sensor networks and smart cards
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Full papers can be submitted to:
http://ees.elsevier.com/eaai
When submitting, please select `Special Issue on Distributed Control of Production Systems' as the
paper category.
All papers must be submitted by March 15, 2008.
The special issue is planned for publication at the beginning of 2009.
GUEST EDITOR
Pr. Damien TRENTESAUX, Damien.Trentesaux@univ-valenciennes.fr
LAMIH CNRS
University of Valenciennes and Hainaut-Cambresis
F-59313 Valenciennes
FRANCE
tel: 33 3 27 51 13 23
fax: 33 3 27 51 13 10
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