CP2011 - Call for Application Papers

                     Call for Application Papers

                               CP 2011

                Seventeenth International Conference on
           Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming

                        12-16th September 2011

                            Perugia, Italy

           Deadline for Abstract Submissions: April 22, 2011
        Deadline for Paper Submissions: April 27, 2011 12nn (BST)
              Provisional Reviews to authors: May 23, 2011
                   Authors feedback due: May 25, 2011
                Notification of Acceptance: June 6, 2011
                     Camera Ready due: June 20, 2011

Due to popular requests, the submission dates and schedules are extended
so that authors can enjoy more time in preparing the submissions and the
Easter weekend. For details, please refer to the conference website.

CP 2011 wishes to promote the presentation of CP applications. We especially
look for industrial and academic users of constraint technology to submit
papers on completed or on-going practical projects. Papers comparing
constraint
technology to other optimization techniques (MIP, local search, SAT, etc.)
with a sound experimental evaluation are also encouraged.

Papers which clearly define users' benefits, describe the required effort
to build the application and the time frame in which it was delivered,
will match the acceptance criteria most closely. The novelty of the
application domain, while potentially a plus, is not the only deciding
acceptance criterion.

    * Application papers will be reviewed by a program committee with
      significant experience in the use of CP in applications.

    * The writing of the paper should be guided by providing
      answers to four main questions (outlined below).

Application papers will appear in the same proceedings as research
papers: 15 page limit.


Suggested Outline
-----------------

Title; Authors/Company

Section 1 - The problem

    * context, description, definition...

    * size of the application (constraint part/others)?

    * how important is the problem? (impact...) in which terms? (monetary,
      safety, etc.)

    * what is a solution to this problem? (decision, exemplification,
      enumeration, counting, optimisation, approximation, etc.)

Section 2 - Why CP?

    * what was used before? (hand made, LP...)

    * why change? (didn't it work well? difficult to maintain? ...)

    * why/how did you come to CP?

Section 3 - How CP?

    * model, implementation

    * pure CP or hybrid? (is CP used in conjunction with other problem
solving
      techniques such as LP/MIP, SAT, custom heuristic?) which decomposition
      method?

Section 4 - Added Value of CP?

    * cost of development? / time spent developing the application?

    * how long has it been in production mode (if development completed)?

    * what is the feedback from user experience (if applicable)?

    * was it difficult/necessary for the end-user to understand constraint
      technology?

    * what is the return on investment (if applicable)?

    * do you plan any new CP based development?

    * what are the lessons learned from the use of CP?

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