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The RCRA group (Knowledge Representation & Automated Reasoning) of the
       AI*IA (Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence)

                            organizes the

                         22th RCRA workshop:
           Experimental evaluation of algorithms for solving
           problems with combinatorial explosion  (RCRA 2015)

                    Ferrara, Italy, September 21-22, 2015

RCRA group web site: http://rcra.aixia.it/
Workshop web site:   http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2015
e-mail:              rcra2015@easychair.org

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This event follows the series of the RCRA (Knowledge Representation
and Automated Reasoning) annual meetings, held since 1994.
The success of the previous events shows that RCRA is becoming a major
forum for exchanging ideas and proposing experimentation methodologies
for algorithms in Artificial Intelligence.

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The workshop will take place in Ferrara, Italy, September 21-22, 2015 as a workshop of the 14th Conference of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence (AI*IA 2015).

IMPORTANT DATES

  • Abstract and paper submission deadline: June 19th, 2015
  • Notification of acceptance: July 19th, 2015
  • Early registration: July 31st, 2015
  • Final version of accepted paper: August 7th, 2015
  • Workshop days: 21-22 September 2015

AIMS AND SCOPE

Many problems in Artificial Intelligence show an exponential explosion of the search space. Although stemming from different research areas in AI, such problems are often addressed with algorithms that have a common goal: the effective exploration of huge state spaces. Many algorithms developed in one research area are applicable to other problems, or can be hybridized with techniques in other areas. Artificial Intelligence tools often exploit or hybridize techniques developed by other research communities, such as Operations Research. In recent years, research in Artificial Intelligence has more and more focused on experimental evaluation of algorithms, the development of suitable methodologies for experimentation and analysis, the study of languages and the implementation of systems for the definition and solution of problems.

Scope of the workshop is fostering the cross-fertilization of ideas stemming from different areas, proposing benchmarks for new challenging problems, comparing models and algorithms from an experimental viewpoint, and, in general, comparing different approaches with respect to efficiency, problem modeling, and ease of development.

Topics of interest include, but are not limited to:

  • Experimental evaluation of algorithms for o knowledge representation o automated reasoning o planning o scheduling o machine learning o model checking o boolean satisfiability (SAT) o constraint programming o argumentation o temporal reasoning o combinatorial optimization o quantified boolean formulae and quantified constraints o modal logics o logic programming o answer set programming o ontological reasoning
  • Definition and construction of benchmarks
  • Experimentation methodologies
  • Metaheuristics
  • Algorithm hybridization
  • Static analysis of combinatorial problems
  • Languages and systems for definition and solution of problems
  • Comparisons between systems and algorithms
  • Application experiences (visualization, graphics, security, transports, …)

WORKSHOP CHAIRS

  • Stefano Bistarelli University of Perugia, Italy
  • Andrea Formisano University of Perugia, Italy
  • Marco Maratea University of Genova, Italy

WORKSHOP PROGRAM COMMITTEE

TBA

HOST ORGANIZATION

 University of Ferrara, Italy

SUBMISSIONS

Authors are invited to submit either original (full or short) papers, or papers that appear on conference proceedings.

Publications showing negative results are welcome, provided that the approach was original and very promising in principle, the experimentation was well-conducted, the results obtained were unforeseeable and gave important hints in the comprehension of the target problem, helping other researchers to avoid unsuccessful paths.

At the time of submission, authors are requested to clearly specify whether their submission is original or already published.

Workshop submissions must be in PDF format, do not exceed 15 (for full papers) or 8 (for short papers) pages, and should be written in LaTeX, using the LNCS style.

RCRA 2015 uses EasyChair for the submission of contributions. Details will be made available soon.

Submissions will be reviewed by at least three members of the program committee.

PROGRAM COMMITTEE

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PROCEEDINGS

Accepted papers will be published online, as an issue of the CEUR-WS workshop proceeding series.

Moreover, as in previous editions (http://rcra.aixia.it/publications), we are considering the possibility of having workshop post-proceedings appearing in a special issue of an international journal, provided that a sufficient amount of high quality papers is collected.

HISTORY OF THE RECENT WORKSHOP SERIES

  • RCRA 2014 as a workshop of SAT 2014, IJCAR 2014 and ICLP 2014, Vienna, Austria - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2014 Extended versions of the best papers will appear in a special issue of AI Communications
  • RCRA 2013, Rome, Italy - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2013 Extended versions of the best papers will appear in a special issue of Journal of Experimental and Theoretical Artificial Intelligence
  • RCRA 2012 as a workshop of AI*IA 2012, Rome, Italy - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2012 Extended versions of the best papers will appear in a special issue of AI Communications
  • RCRA 2011 as a workshop of IJCAI 2011, Barcelona, Spain - http://rcra.aixia.it/rcra2011 Extended versions of the best papers appear in a special issue of AI Communications
  • Previous editions: http://rcra.aixia.it/workshops