Logical methods in artificial intelligence applications

Abstract

This special issue is a collection of papers whose preliminary versions were submitted to the 18th International Conference of the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (CCIA 2015). Each year the Catalan Association for Artificial Intelligence (ACIA) serves the purpose of bringing together the researchers of the Catalan speaking areas while at the same time it contributes to disseminate their work internationally by publishing a series of special issues containing a selection of the best communications, grouped by topics. The authors of the relevant communications concerned with Logics were asked to further develop their original contributions into full papers and resubmit those to the Journal of Applied Logics, where underwent full peer revision for their second time. The result is in the hands of the reader.

Artificial Intelligence borrows both inspirational ideas and effective implementation techniques from a growing variety of fields. After so many years, Logics remains central to this enriching exchange. Logically inspired theories and techniques are the common ground for all the papers in this special issue, accordingly entitled Logical Methods in Applied Domains.