10th Workshop on Preferences and Soft Constraints, SofT'10
Held in conjunction with the 16th International Conference on
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP'10
Technical Description
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Preferences are ubiquitous in real life: most problems are
over-constrained and would not be solvable if we insist that all their
requirements are strictly met. Moreover, many problems are more
naturally described via preference rather than hard statements. Soft
constraints are the way the constraint community has extended its
classical framework to deal with the concept of preferences.
This workshop will bring together researchers interested in all
aspects of soft constraints and cost function processing, such as:
- theoretical frameworks
- problem modeling
- solving algorithms
- languages
- preference aggregation and elicitation
- multi-objective or qualitative optimization
- combining/integrating different frameworks and algorithms
- comparative studies
- real-life applications
The workshop is an opportunity to share knowledge between people
working in algorithms and solvers for formalisms, including
Weighted Max-SAT, Soft CSP, Bayesian Networks, Random Markov
Field, Factor Graphs, Pseudo Boolean Optimization, SAT Modulo
Theories, and related formalisms.
Workshop Format
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This workshop is intended to build on the experience and success of
the CP'99 to CP'06 workshops on the same subject and the recent
meeting on cost function processing (25 attendees during two
days). Its aim is to provide a forum where researchers currently
working in this area can discuss their most recent ideas and
developments and think together about the most promising new
directions. Therefore, we encourage the presentation of work in
progress or on specialized aspects of preferences, soft constraints,
and more generally, cost function processing. Papers that bridge the
gap between theory and practice are especially welcome.
Paper Submission
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Paper submissions should contain original material and must not exceed
15 pages. Submissions should use the Springer LNCS style. All
appendices, tables, figures and the bibliography must fit into the
page limit. Submissions deviating from these requirements may be
rejected without review. Paper submission and reviewing will be done
via EasyChair. The paper submission page is:
http://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=soft10.
Important dates
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Paper Submission June 18
Notification July 23
Final Versions August 8
Workshop Date September 6
Workshop Organizers
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Simon de Givry, INRA, Toulouse, France
Felip Manya, CSIC, Barcelona, Spain
Joao Marques-Silva, University College Dublin, Ireland
Program Committee
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Fahiem Bacchus, University of Toronto, Canada
Hachemi Bennaceur, CRIL, France
Stefano Bistarelli, University of Perugia, Italy
Jimmy Lee, Chinese Univ. of Hong Kong, China
Chu-Min Li, Université de Picardie, France
Ines Lynce, Technical Univ. of Lisbon, Portugal
Pedro Meseguer, CSIC, Spain
Thierry Petit, LINA-CNRS, France
Jordi Planes, Universitat de Lleida, Spain
Emma Rollon, Technical Univ. of Catalonia, Spain
Thomas Schiex, INRA, France
Francesca Rossi, University of Padova, Italy
Brent Venable, University of Padova, Italy
Gerard Verfaillie, ONERA, France
Tomas Werner, Czech Tech. Univ., Czech Republic
Nic Wilson, 4C, Ireland
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