From tsatsoul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Thu Nov 11 16:57:33 EST 1993 Article: 5067 of news.announce.conferences Xref: glinda.oz.cs.cmu.edu news.announce.conferences:5067 Newsgroups: news.announce.conferences Path: honeydew.srv.cs.cmu.edu!das-news.harvard.edu!noc.near.net!MathWorks.Com!europa.eng.gtefsd.com!uunet!sparky!rick From: tsatsoul@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu Subject: CFP: Special Issue - AI in Systems Engineering Message-ID: <1993Nov11.145149.21700@sparky.sterling.com> Sender: rick@sparky.sterling.com (Richard Ohnemus) Organization: University of Kansas Academic Computing Services Date: Thu, 11 Nov 1993 14:51:49 GMT Approved: rick@sparky.sterling.com Expires: Tue, 1 Mar 1994 08:00:00 GMT Lines: 66 X-Md4-Signature: cc313cdd1d7a911888bd7c940154cad4 CALL FOR PAPERS Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications Special Issue on Application of AI Techniques to Systems Engineering PAPER SUBMISSION DEADLINE: March 1, 1994 The Concurrent Engineering: Research and Applications (CERA) journal, published by Academic Press, announces a call for papers for a special issue to be edited by Dr. Costas Tsatsoulis and Dr. Perry Alexander. The general area of this special issue is the application of artificial intelligence to systems engineering. CERA is the first international journal to concentrate exclusively on Concurrent Engineering, and encourages the submission of articles about research and innovative practical applications across disciplinary lines. Systems engineering is identified as the process responsible for orderly development of human-made systems. It encompasses the entire life-cycle of a product, from initial need perception, to requirements formulation, to partitioning, to design, testing and integration of sub-systems, system testing, documentation, fielding maintenance, systems enhancements, and requirements modification. Because of its complexity, its reliance on human expertise and experience, and its information intensive nature, systems engineering can benefit from techniques and models developed in artificial intelligence. Knowledge representation, automated reasoning, process modeling, qualitative modeling, advanced logics, design theory, and decision theory are just some of the AI areas applicable to systems engineering. The Special Issue of CERA in Application of AI Techniques to Systems Engineering wishes to provide a forum for the dissemination of research and innovative applications that use techniques from Artificial Intelligence to address problems in Systems Engineering. Specific technical areas for the special issue include (but are not limited to): - AI in requirements management - AI for concurrent design - AI for project modeling - AI for enterprise modeling - AI in large, composite system design - AI for lifecycle modeling, analysis and support - AI for systems-level decision making Authors should follow standard guidelines for CERA included in each issue or available from the guest editors. Five copies of each manuscript should be sent to Dr. Tsatsoulis, attn: CERA Special Issue. For further clarification, prospective contributors are encouraged to contact one of the guest editors: Dr. Costas Tsatsoulis Dr. Perry Alexander The University of Kansas Department of Electrical and Dept. of Electrical Engineering Computer Engineering and Computer Science The University of Cincinnati 1013 Learned Hall Cincinnati, OH 45221-0030 USA Lawrence, KS 66045-2228, USA tsatsoul@kuhub .cc.ukans.edu Perry.Alexander@uc.edu Papers will be peer reviewed in accordance with the standard CERA review criteria. Deadline for paper submissions: March 1, 1994. Notification of authors: May 15, 1994.