Logics in artificial intelligence

by JELIA 2002 (2002 Cosenza, Italy)

TheEuropeanConferenceonLogicsinAIprovidesamajorbiennialforumforthe discussion of logic-oriented approaches to arti?cial intelligence. Following pre- ous workshops held in France (1988), The Netherlands (1990), Germany (1992), England (1994), Portugal (1996), Germany (1998), and Spain (2000) the eighth conference was in Cosenza, Italy, September 23–26, 2002. The international level and the overall technical quality of this event is now well established. As a c- sequence, the Program Committee wished to explicitly mark JELIA 2002 as a milestone by promoting the event from a “Workshop” to a “Conference”. Theaimwastobringtogetheractiveresearchersinterestedinallaspectsc- cerning the use of logics in arti?cial intelligence to discuss current research, - sults,problems,andapplicationsofboththeoreticalandpracticalnature. JELIA strived to foster links and facilitate cross-fertilization of ideas among researchers from various disciplines, among researchers from academia, industry, and g- ernment