Aims and scope
AIEDAM: Artificial Intelligence for Engineering
Design, Analysis and Manufacturing is a journal intended to reach
two audiences: engineers and designers who see AI technologies as
powerful means for solving difficult engineering problems; and
researchers in AI and computer science who are interested in
applications of AI and in the theoretical issues that arise from such
applications.
See
The Purpose of AIEDAM
for additional details of suitable topic areas.
In addition to research papers, AIEDAM is also
interested in original, major applications of state-of-the-art AI
techniques to important engineering problems (termed "Practicum
papers"). Such papers should be written to help others who might want
to use the same approach.
Note that for papers concerning powerful, general-purpose techniques
such as Neural Nets or Evolutionary computing, we specifically ask
reviewers to explain whether:
- this is a new version of that technique;
- this is a significant new result obtained using that technique; or
- a new approach to using that technique for Engineering.
In all cases a detailed evaluation is required, comparing the work to
existing methods and research. We will not publish papers that
describe "just another application".
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Originality and copyright
To be considered for publication in AIEDAM a
manuscript cannot have been published previously, nor can it be under
review for publication elsewhere. Papers with multiple authors are
reviewed with the assumption that all authors have approved the
submitted manuscript and concur in its submisson to
AIEDAM. A Transfer of Copyright Agreement must
be executed before an article can be published. Government authors
whose articles were created in the course of their employment must so
certify in lieu of copyright transfer. Authors are responsible for
obtaining written permission from the copyright owners to reprint any
previously published material included in their article.
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Manuscript preparation and style
The Paper must be typed in double spacing throughout,
including tables, footnotes, references and legends to tables and
figures. The paper should be less than 55 pages of single column,
double-space typescript in length. One side of the paper, only,
should be used and there should be a margin of at least 2.5 cm all
around.
Use a standard 12 point font, such as Times Roman.
The position of tables and figures should be clearly
indicated, in sequence, in the text. Do not include the
actual figures or tables in the paper. Tables, footnotes and
legends to figures should be typed separately. References
must be in the style described below.
Where it is essential for clear crossreferencing, particularly in
mathematically-orientated material, paragraphs and subparagraphs may
be numbered, and the decimal system should be used, i.e. 1.1.1.,
1.1.2., etc. A short running title of not more than 40 characters
(including spaces) should be indicated if the full title is longer
than this. The name of the laboratory where the work has been carried
out should be indicated on the title page and the full postal address
for the despatch of proofs and offprints should be included on a
separate page. Minor corrections to the manuscript may be typed or
neatly printed in ink; retyping is required for significant changes.
Numbers should be spelled out when they occur at the beginning of a
sentence; use Arabic numerals elsewhere. Note that the journal does
not currently support figures in color. However, color figures can
appear online free of cost.
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Manuscript initial submission and review
Manuscripts, in English, should be submitted to the Editor:
Professor David C. Brown, Editor
AIEDAM
Computer Science Department
WPI
100 Institute Rd.
Worcester
MA 01609-2280
USA
Phone: +1 (508) 831-5618
Fax: +1 (508) 831-5776
E-mail: aiedam@cs.wpi.edu
You are strongly encouraged to submit your manuscript electronically.
Please send it as an email attachment to the Editor at the email
address above. Please use "AI EDAM Manuscript Submission" as the
Subject heading of the email. Postscript, PDF and Word formats are
acceptable for the initial submission, although PDF is strongly
preferred. Please include in the text message a description of what
was sent, and its format, as sometimes extracting manuscripts from
email is difficult.
If you wish to submit your manuscript on paper, send four high
quality copies of the article to the Editor at the address above.
Upon final acceptance of the manuscript, the text and the
illustrations should be submitted for publication. Authors of
accepted manuscripts must submit their final version on a standard
diskette (or CD-ROM) as well as hard copy, identifying what formatting
software was used. Accepted manuscripts must be in Word or
WordPerfect. LaTeX should only be used when there are numerous
mathematical equations. Please see the detailed instructions below
about Final Submission.
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Manuscript elements and their order
Unless there are obvious and compelling reasons for variation
(e.g., review articles, short communications), manuscripts should be
organized as follows:
[Title page ||
Abstracts and keywords page ||
Introduction]
[Citations in text ||
Tables
||
Figures and legends ||
References ||
Author biographies]
Title page. This is page 1. The
title should be concise, informative, and free of abbreviations,
chemical formulae, technical jargon, and esoteric terms. This page
should include (a) the article's full title, (b) names and
affiliations of all authors, (c) the name, e-mail and mailing address,
and fax and telephone number of the corresponding author, (d) the
address for reprint requests if different from that of the
corresponding author, (e) a short title of 50 characters or less, and
(f) a list of the number of manuscript pages, number of tables, and
number of figures.
Abstract and keywords page. This
is page 2 and should include (a) the article's full title, (b) an
abstract of no more than 300 words, and (c) up to 5 keywords or
phrases that reflect the content and major thrust of the article. The
abstract should give a succinct account of the objective, methods,
results, and significance of the subject matter.
Introduction. This section
begins on page 3 and should clearly state the objective of the
research in the context of previous work bearing directly on the
subject. An extensive review of the literature is not usually
appropriate.
Citations in text. Customary
abbreviations will be accepted and the authors are recommended to
employ Système International (SI/metric) units. Special and unusual
symbols should be clearly identified, especially if handwritten. Spell
out acronyms at first use, but use only acronyms thereafter. All
equipment supplies and products stated in the article should have the
manufacturer name and location identified at first mention.
Tables. Tables should be
numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and each should be typed
double-spaced on a separate sheet. All tables are to be grouped
together after the references. A short explanatory title and column
headings should make the table intelligible without reference to the
text. All tables must be cited and their approximate positions
indicated in the text.
Figures and legends. The number
of figures should be the minimum necessary to make the essential
points of the paper. Figures should be supplied no larger than 8 x 10"
(approx. 200 x 250 mm) and must be camera-ready. Photographs will be
accepted only if the information cannot be presented easily in any
other form. Explanation and keys should, as far as possible, be placed
in the legends. Photographs for halftone reproduction must be on
white glossy paper. Figures should be composed to occupy a single
column (8.3 cm) or two columns (17 cm) after reduction. Diagrams and
illustrations must have a professional appearance and be typed or
drawn with sharp, black lettering to permit reduction. To assure
legibility, letters, numbers, and symbols on figures
should all be the same size and have a minimum height of 2 mm
(i.e., 6 points on the pica scale).
Artwork should normally be in black and white; if authors have color
figures, the publisher will provide a price quotation for the
additional production costs. However, color figures can appear online
free of cost. All figures must be identified on the back with the
short title of the paper, figure number, and figure orientation (top
or bottom). Preferably, figures should be mounted on heavy sheets of
the same size as the manuscript. Carefully package each set of
figures in protective envelopes. A complete set of figures should
accompany each copy of the manuscript. Each figure must be cited and
its approximate position clearly indicted within the text. Note that
the exact final location will be determined during page layout.
Figures must be numbered consecutively with Arabic numerals and be
accompanied by a descriptive caption typed double-spaced on a separate
sheet. The captions, collected at the end of the manuscript, should
concisely describe the figure and identify any symbols and/or
calibration bars. Publisher permissions must be obtained for all
figures that have already been published elsewhere.
References. Entries should be
listed alphabetically by lead author at the end of the paper. All
authors' names should be included, followed by the year of
publication, the full title of the journal, volume, issue number, and
inclusive page numbers. For books, the full title should be given,
followed by the editors, volume number (if any), page numbers,
publisher and place of publication. Citations in the text should read
Brown and Smith (1973) or (Brown & Smith, 1973). Where there are
more than two authors the citation should read: Brown et
al. (1973). The conventional Brown (1973a), Brown (1973b) should be
used where more than one paper by the author(s) has appeared in the
same year. Brief examples:
Journal or Magazine article
Schank, R.C. (1991). Where's the AI? AI Magazine, 12(4),
38-49.
Segre, M.A. (1991). Learning how to plan. Robotics and
Autonomous Systems, 8(1-2), 93-111.
Book
Dym, C.L. (1994). Engineering Design: A Synthesis of
Views. New York: Cambridge University Press.
Chapter in an edited book
Quinlan, J.R. (1983). Learning efficient classification procedures
and their application to chess end games. In Machine Learning: An
Artificial Intelligence Approach (Michalski, R.S., Carbonell,
J.G., & Mitchell, T.M., Eds.), Vol. 1, pp. 463-482. San Francisco,
CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
Proceedings
Craw, S., & Sleeman, D. (1990). Automating the refinement of knowledge
based systems. Proc. Ninth Eur. AI Conf., pp. 167-172.
Proceedings with publisher identified
Mittal, S., & Frayman, F. (1989). Towards a generic model of
configuration tasks. Proc. Eleventh Int. Joint Conf. Artificial
Intelligence, pp. 1395-1401. San Francisco,
CA: Morgan Kaufmann.
The alphabetical list of references begins on a new page, and must be
typed double-spaced. Each in-text citation must have a corresponding
reference and vice versa. List works by different authors who are
cited within the same parentheses in chronological order, beginning
with the earlier work. Journal titles should not be abbreviated. Only
published articles and articles in press should appear in this
list.
Responsibility for the accuracy of references cited lies with the
authors.
Author biographies. Brief author
biographies will be printed at the end of each paper; they should not
exceed 100 words for each author.
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Copyediting and page proofs
The publisher reserves the right to copyedit manuscripts to conform to
the style of AIEDAM. The corresponding
author will receive page proofs for final proofreading. No rewriting
of the final accepted manuscript is permitted at the proof stage, and
substantial changes may be charged to the authors.
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Offprints
A free final PDF of the article and a bound copy of the issue will be
sent to the corresponding author only. Please note that coauthors must
send in separate order forms if they wish to purchase offprints or
issue copies.
A form will accompany the page proofs allowing orders for complete
copies of the issue and for the purchase of
offprints. Offprint requirements of all coauthors should be included
on this form. Orders received after issue printing will be subject to
a 50% reprint surcharge.
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Author's Checklist - Final Submission
To assure rapid processing and publication of your manuscript,
please send a cover letter that includes the checklist
given below and your mailing/contact information.
The cover letter must provide details of copyright
permission obtained for any figures that require it, or assurances
that they have already applied for.
The final submission of your accepted manuscript should be
sent via Express Mail to the Editor, or to the Guest Editor if it is for a
Special Issue.
It must contain all of the material in
the following checklist:
Checklist
- A Cover Letter as described above.
- A signed Transfer of
Copyright Agreement form.
- An annotated list of responses to the reviews.
- Two (2) printed copies of the final manuscript plus all the
other material (e.g., figures, tables, biographies, keywords, etc.).
- Two identical disks (diskette or CD, but not a ZIP disk),
each containing files of all the material that you have provided.
- Normally, only two files should be submitted on each disk:
a text file and a figure file.
- Note that the allowable text formats are Word or
WordPerfect. LaTeX should only be used if there are
numerous mathematical equations.
- The text file contains all of the text for the title
page, abstract, key words, the paper, bios, figure captions,
and tables. They should not be broken into individual
files. The figures must not be included in the text file.
- An abstract ( <300 words; avoid abbreviations).
- A list of up to 5 keywords or phrases that reflect the content and
major thrust of the article.
- The double-spaced text for the final manuscript.
- Author biographies ( <100 words per author).
- Each table used in the paper.
- The text for the captions/legends of each figure.
- A numbered list of Tables and of Figures.
- The figure file contains all the figures, in order.
- If you submit your figures in black & white for the
journal and in color for online, please make separate files for
each version. i.e., two files of figures.
- The reference and citation conventions, as outlined
in every issue of the journal in the Instructions for Authors,
and above, must be observed.
