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Trends in temporal representation and reasoning

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  07 July 2009

Luca Chittaro  and
Angelo Montanari
Luca Chittaro
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di Udine Via delle Scienze, 206-33100 Udine, Italy (email: {chittaro/ montana} @dimi.uniud.it)
Angelo Montanari
Affiliation:
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica Università di Udine Via delle Scienze, 206-33100 Udine, Italy (email: {chittaro/ montana} @dimi.uniud.it)
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Time is one of the most relevant topics in AI. It plays a major role in several of AI research areas, ranging from logical foundations to applications of knowledge-based systems. Despite the ubiquity of time in AI, researchers tend to specialise and focus on time in particular contexts or applications, overlooking meaningful connections between different areas. In an attempt to promote crossfertilisation and reduce isolation, the Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME) workshop series was started in 1994. The third edition of the workshop was held on May 19–20 1996 in Key West, FL, with S. D. Goodwin and H. J. Hamilton as General Chairs, and L. Chittaro and A. Montanari as Program Chairs. A particular emphasis was given to the foundational aspects of temporal representation and reasoning through an investigation of the relationships between different approaches to temporal issues in AI, computer science and logic.

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Research Article
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The Knowledge Engineering Review , Volume 11 , Issue 3 , September 1996 , pp. 281 - 288
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Copyright © Cambridge University Press 1996

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