Knowledge Engineering Review is committed to the development of the field of artificial intelligence and the clarification and dissemination of its methods and concepts. KER publishes: reports of new research in symbolic AI, knowledge-based systems, knowledge engineering, and related areas; analytic surveys providing critical reviews and novel frameworks of topics in these areas, including application domains and related disciplines; technical tutorials and detailed introductions to a relevant area; book reviews; abstracts of recent PhDs in artificial intelligence; application and country surveys, commentaries and debates; and summaries of AI-related research projects.