Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (AIPS-96)

to promote the practical applications of planning technologies. Thus, a special session was devoted to describing the technological achievements of the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA)– Rome Laboratory Planning Initiative (ARPI). Also, two panels were convened to identify the areas that researchers should be looking into to make major a impact in the real world and to discuss the problems of eliciting knowledge for planning and scheduling problems. Over 100 papers were submitted to the conference, but only 32 were accepted. Topics covered in the proceedings included practical algorithms for achieving efficiency in plan and schedule generation, formal ■ The Third International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Planning Systems (AIPS-96) was held in Edinburgh, Scotland, from 29 to 31 May 1996. The main gathering of researchers in AI and planning and scheduling, the conference promoted the practical applications of planning technologies. Details of the conference papers and sessions are provided as well as information on the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency–Rome Laboratory Planning Initiative.