Link with Knowledge Based Systems Journal Since 1997 the refereed papers judged to be the best in each stream of the annual SGAI conference (ESxx) have been reprinted as a special issue of the international journal Knowledge Based Systems, edited by Professor Max Bramer. The following special issues have so far appeared ES97 Volume 11, Numbers 5-6 (November 1998) ES98 Volume 12, Numbers 5-6 (October 1999) ES99 Volume 13, Numbers 2-3 (April 2000) ES2000 Volume 14, Numbers 3-4 (June 2001) ES2001 Volume 15, Numbers 5-6 (June 2002) It is expected that this link between the annual series of SGAI conferences and the journal will continue with the best papers from future conferences.