Graz University of Technology Institute for Software Technology Inffeldgasse 16b/2 A-8010 Graz Austria Alexander Felfernig, Cipriano Forza, and Albert Haag, Editors Proceedings of the 16th International Configuration Workshop September 25-26, 2014, Novi Sad, Serbia
Alexander Felfernig, Graz University of Technology Cipriano Forza, University of Padua, Italy Albert Haag, SAP, Germany
Martin Stettinger, Graz University of Technology, Austria Nikola Suzic, University of Novi Sad, Serbia and University of Padova, Italy Configuration problems have always been subject of interest for the application and the development of advanced Artificial Intelligence techniques. The selection of papers of this year's workshop demonstrates the wide range of applicable AI techniques including contributions on configuration knowledge representation, algorithms, theoretical approaches, and real-world configuration problems & applications.
The workshop is of interest for both, researchers working in the various fields of Artificial Intelligence as well as for industry representatives interested in the relationship between configuration technology and the business problem behind configuration and mass customization. It provides a forum for the exchange of ideas, evaluations, and experiences especially related to the use of Artificial Intelligence techniques in the configuration context.
As such, this year's Configuration Workshop again aims at providing a stimulating environment for knowledge-exchange among academia and industry and thus building a solid basis for further developments in the field.
Using Answer Set Programming for Feature Model Representation and Configuration Varvana Myllärniemi , Juha Tiihonen, Mikko Raatikainen, and Alexander Felfernig Integrating Distributed Configurations with RDFS and SPARQL Gottfried Schenner, Stefan Bischof, Axel Polleres, and Simon Steyskal
A backtrack-free process for deriving product family members Homero M. Schneider Optimization based framework for transforming automotive configurations for production planning Tilak Raj Singh and Narayan Rangaraj
Calpinator: A Configuration Tool for Building Facades Andres F. Barco, Elise Vareilles, Michel Aldanondo, and Paul Gaborit Towards More Flexible Configuration Systems: Enabling Product Managers to Implement Configuration Logic Klaus Pilsl, Martin Enzelsberger, and Patrick Ecker ReMax – A MaxSAT aided Product (Re-)Configurator Rouven Walter and Wolfgang Küchlin
Sales Configurator Information Systems Design Theory Juha Tiihonen, Tomi Männistö, and Alexander Felfernig Open Configuration: a New Approach to Product Customization Linda L. Zhang, Xiaoyu Chen, Andreas Falkner, and Chengbin Chu Towards an understanding of how the capabilities deployed by a Web-based sales configurator can increase the benefits of possessing a mass-customized product Chiara Grosso, Alessio Trentin, and Cipriano Forza 9 17 23 31 39 47 55 59 67 75 81