Last Call for Papers for "Methods for Modalities" A Special Issue of the Journal of Applied Logic (http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/journal/15708683) The workshop `Methods for Modalities' (M4M) organized every two years aims to bring together researchers interested in developing proof tools and decision methods for modal logic broadly conceived, including description logic, hybrid logic, temporal logic, etc. During 2003 M4M-3, the third instance of the workshop was organized in Nancy, France. We have been invited by the Journal of Applied Logic to prepare a Special Issue containing selected publications from the workshop, in addition to other articles that might fit within the topics of interest of M4M. For that reason we are now distributing this Call for Papers. TOPICS OF INTEREST OF M4M The following list is provided as an example of suitable topics for the Special Issue. All topics should concern modal-like logics, broadly conceived. The list is by no means exhaustive and is given in an arbitrary order: * Automated theorem proving * Decision methods * Proof methods * Standard and non-standard inference problems * Model checking * Testing * Expressive power * Modelling * Applications * Successful uses of modal-like languages in other fields * Knowledge representation SUBMISSION DETAILS The final version of accepted papers has to follow the standard layout guidelines of the Journal of Applied Logic. Instructions for authors and the latex style files are available from http://staff.science.uva.nl/~m4m/SI/ Although not mandatory, we suggest to use the corresponding style files from that web-page also for your initial submission. The issue aims at high quality papers with a length around 20 to max. 30 pages. Please send your submission in postscript or pdf no later than October 31th, 2004 to areces@loria.fr. Notice that all papers will be refereed to ensure that their suitability for journal publication. IMPORTANT DATES Deadline for Submissions: October 31th, 2004 Reviews Due : November 21th, 2004 Final Versions Due : December 19th, 2004 GUEST EDITORS of the Special Issue Dr. Carlos Areces INRIA Lorraine 615, rue du Jardin Botanique 54602 Villers les Nancy Cedex, France phone : +33 (0)3 83 58 17 90 fax : +33 (0)3 83 41 30 79 e-mail : carlos.areces@loria.fr www : http://www.loria.fr/~areces