andrea roli kvjesunichit apologies multiple copies call papers constraints journal special issue local search techniques constraint satisfaction guest editors yehuda naveh ibm research haifa israel andrea roli universita gdannunzio chietipescara italy introduction constraint satisfaction plays increasingly important role todays theoretical applied computer science modeling algorithmic aspects constraint satisfaction problems focus intense activity carried cp research community application developers addition pure systematic methods stochastic local search hybrid stochasticsystematic techniques proved highly effective classes problems one main goals research local search constraint satisfaction design implementation efficient algorithms used standalone solvers conjunction systematic techniques hence need highlevel search strategies able effectively tune intensification diversification specifically designed constraint satisfaction hot topics area modeling global constraints handling learning techniques enforcing robustness design hybrid search methods theoretical viewpoint study search space properties probabilistic analysis algorithm behavior two emerging exciting spheres research special issue constraints aim group together put forward best research works rapidly developing area topics interest limited local search algorithms design implementation hybrid stochasticsystematic search winning heuristics metaheuristics modeling localsearch global constraints robustness flexibility learning methods crossfertilization cp applications paper submission researchers invited submit original papers make significant contribution field navehilibmcom editors would appreciate receiving tentative short abstract may partial end april final submissions pdf format must adhere constraints journal guidelines see links typical paper length 2025 journal pages submitting please use subject constraints special issue paper submission clearly specify email phone number corresponding author authors expect acknowledgment receipt within two business days submissions reviewed least two reviewers accepted papers meet regular highquality standards constraints journal important dates tentative partial abstract april 30 2006 submission papers july 14 2006 notification acceptance november 2006 publication special issue early 2007 special issue homepage httpwwwhaifailibmcomprojectsverificationoctopuscj_sls constraints journal homepage httpaiuwaterloocavanbeekconstraintsconstraintshtml guidelines authors httpaiuwaterloocavanbeekconstraintsinstructions_for_authorshtml andrea roli dipartimento di scienze università gdannunzio chietipescara italia tel 39 085 4546427 email aroli unichit homepage wwwsciunichitaroli thu 07 aug 2008 012515 0100 uai constraints journal special issue local search constraint satisfaction