Conceptual Structures at Work 12th International Conference on C
This volume contains selected papers presented at the 12th International C- ference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2004, held in Huntsville Alabama, July 19–23, 2004. The main theme of the conference, “Conceptual Structures at Work”, was chosen to express
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Karl Erich Wolff Heather D. Pfeiffer Harry S. Delugach (Eds.)
Conceptual Structures at Work 12th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2004 Huntsville, AL, USA, July 19-23, 2004 Proceedings
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Series Editors Jaime G. Carbonell, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, USA Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany Volume Editors Karl Erich Wolff Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences Mathematics and Science Faculty Schoefferstr. 3, 64295 Darmstadt, Germany E-mail: [email protected] Heather D. Pfeiffer New Mexico State University Department of Computer Science P.O.Box 30001/MSC CS, Las Cruces, New Mexico 88003-8001, USA E-mail: [email protected] Harry S. Delugach University of Alabama in Huntsville Department of Computer Science Technology Hall N - 351, Huntsville, AL 35899, USA E-mail: [email protected]
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Preface
This volume contains selected papers presented at the 12th International Conference on Conceptual Structures, ICCS 2004, held in Huntsville Alabama, July 19–23, 2004. The main theme of the conference, “Conceptual Structures at Work”, was chosen to express our intention of applying conceptual structures for humancentered practical purposes. That invites us to develop not only clear conceptual theories, but also methods to support humans in the application of these theories in their societies. Some promising steps in this direction are being taken, but the gap between the researchers working on a highly sophisticated level on one side and the practitioners in many fields of applications on the other side is usually difficult to bridge. Some of us have experiences in such practical cooperation, but we need more members of our community to be engaged in “real life problems”. We all know that solutions of complex problems in practice require not only a well-developed formal theory, but also an understanding of the whole context of the given problems. T
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