文档介绍：Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence 5081
Edited by R. Goebel, J. Siekmann, and W. Wahlster
Subseries of Lecture Notes puter Science
Deepak Kapur (Ed.)
Computer
Mathematics
8th Asian Symposium, ASCM 2007
Singapore, December 15-17, 2007
Revised and Invited Papers
13
Series Editors
Randy Goebel, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Canada
Jörg Siekmann, University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
Wolfgang Wahlster, DFKI and University of Saarland, Saarbrücken, Germany
Volume Editor
Deepak Kapur
University of New Mexico, Department puter Science
Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
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LNCS Sublibrary: SL 7 – Artificial Intelligence
ISSN 0302-9743
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Preface
This volume contains the proceedings of the Eighth Asian Symposium -
puter Mathematics (ASCM 2007), which was held at the Grand Plaza Park
Hotel City Hall, Singapore, December 15–17, 2007. Previ