The eleventh international workshop on qualitative reasoning. From: AI Magazine | Date: June 22, 1998| Author: Ironi, Lilianna | COPYRIGHT 1998 American Association for Artificial Intelligence. This material is published under license from the publisher through the Gale Group, Farmington Hills, Michigan.  All inquiries regarding rights should be directed to the Gale Group.Copyright information

Significant issues regarding qualitative simulation and quantitative mathematical modeling communities were examined during the Eleventh International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning in Italy, 1997. The importance of qualitative simulation continues to be an important research topic to the community.

* The Eleventh International Workshop on Qualitative Reasoning was held in Cortona, Italy, on 3 to 6 June 1997. Participants included scientists from both qualitative reasoning and ...

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