11th Workshop on Preferences and Soft Constraints, SofT'11
Held in conjunction with the 17th International Conference on
Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP'11
12-16th September 2011 Perugia, Italy
http://www.dmi.unipg.it/francesco.santini/soft11/
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 and 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'10 workshops on the same subject. 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:
https://www.easychair.org/conferences/?conf=soft11
The workshop is open to all members of the CP community. At least one
author of each accepted submission must attend the workshop, and all
workshop participants must pay the workshop fee.
All submissions will be reviewed by the programme committee.
Accepted contributions will be included in the informal workshop
notes, which will be distributed at the workshop.
Important dates
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Paper Submission June 20
Notification July 25
Final Versions August 10
Workshop Date September 12
Workshop Organizers
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Maria Silvia Pini, University of Padova, Italy
Francesco Santini, University of Perugia, Italy
K. Brent Venable, University of Padova, Italy
Program Committee
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Stefano Bistarelli (Italy)
Simon de Givry (France)
Jimmy Lee (Hong Kong)
Ines Lynce (Portugal)
Felip Manya (Spain)
Joao Marques-Silva (Ireland)
Pedro Meseguer (Spain)
Barry O'Sullivan (Ireland)
Emma Rollon (Spain)
Francesca Rossi (Italy)
Toby Walsh (Australia)
Nic Wilson (Ireland)
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