Abstract

This Special Issue of the Knowledge Based Systems journal is devoted to some of the best papers presented at the conference Engineering Intelligent Systems, EIS2000, which was held at the University of Paisley in June, 2000. The EIS conferences are aimed at applications of modern artificial intelligence in its broadest form to any field of engineering. The papers in this edition reflect the breadth of the conference other than the fact that the field of Artificial Neural Networks is not represented. This omission is due to the fact that a Special Edition of the International Journal of Neural Systems is also publishing a selection of papers from the conference all on Artificial Neural Networks. Notwithstanding this omission, the papers in this edition show the strength and breadth of the field of artificial intelligence.