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\title{Thanks}
\author{from the Organizing Committee:\\Andrew Bernat$^1$, R. Baker
Kearfott$^2$, Vladik Kreinovich$^1$, \\
Thomas J. McLean$^3$, and Gennady N.
Solopchenko$^{4,5}$}

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\markright{APIC'95, El Paso,
Extended Abstracts,
A Supplement to the international journal of {\rm Reliable
Computing}\ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \  \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \
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\auffil{The authors are with the $^1$Department of Computer Science
and $^3$ Department of Manufacturing and Industrial Engineering,
University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX 79968, with the
$^2$Department of Mathematics, 
University of Southwestern Louisiana,
Lafayette, LA 70504-1010,
with $^4$St. Petersburg 
Technical University, Russia, and with the 
$^5$Academy of Metrological Sciences.}

\section{This Supplement}
This Supplement to the international Journal of {\it Reliable
Computing} (formerly, {\it Interval Computations}) contains 
peer-refereed and edited extended abstracts of the 
{\it International Workshop on Applications of Interval Computations},
held
in El Paso on February 23--25, 1995. 

For many numerical problems, traditional algorithms do not guarantee
any accuracy of the answer. It takes an extra effort to come up with a
{\it guaranteed} accuracy. Therefore, methods of {\it interval
computations} (i.e., methods that produce such a guaranteed accuracy)
are in order.

This Supplement presents a broad range of applications of interval
computations.

Now, our thanks. 

\section{Thanks to the Authors}
First, we would like to thank all the authors for
their excellent job. 

\section{Thanks to the Referees}
Our thanks to the anonymous referees for their
thorough and unrewarding job of reviewing the papers. Refereeing was
especially tough because the desire to have refereed proceedings 
before the workshop imposed very strict time limits. 

The time stress was especially severe for the second review of the
revised submissions, and for the final editing. 

Some minor 
editing had to be
done at the very last moment, with no time to consult with the
authors. We tried our
best, and we apologize to the authors to the readers for any typos 
and/or clumsy phrases that might have resulted from the time pressure.

\section{Thanks to the Volunteers}
Our thanks to volunteer helpers, especially to Maria Beltran and
Karen Villaverde, who helped to transform some of the 
papers into a uniform \LaTeX format. 

\section{Thanks to the Sponsors}
Our thanks to the sponsors:
\begin{itemize}
\item To the {\it Institute of Manufacturing and Materials
Management}, that:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\bullet$]encouraged us to organize this workshop;
\item[$\bullet$]helped to actually organize it; and
\item[$\bullet$]volunteered to print this Supplement.
\end{itemize}
\item[]Our special thanks:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\bullet$]to Manny Pacillas, Director of the
Institute, whose valuable advice and help made this workshop possible,
\item[$\bullet$]to Linda Guthrie, publications officer, 
\item[$\bullet$]and especially, to 
Mike Mitchell, who supervised this publication.
\end{itemize}

\item To the {\it University of Texas at El Paso}, and especially:
\begin{itemize} 
\item[$\bullet$] 
to Nancy Wacker from the Division of Continuing Education, who
skillfully handled the tremendous work related to 
registrations, hotel reservations, etc.
\item[$\bullet$]to Pat Wesley, Systems Administrator of the Department
of Computer Science, who saw to it that the flow of electronic mail
go smoothly, and that the quality of the laser printing is the highest
possible.
\end{itemize}

\item And, last but not the least, to the editors
of the journal of {\it Reliable Computing}, who:
\begin{itemize}
\item[$\bullet$]encourages us, and
\item[$\bullet$]proposed to publish Extended Abstracts as a special
Supplement to the Journal. 
\end{itemize}
\item[]
We are especially thankful to Vyacheslav (Slava) Nesterov and
to Alexander (Sasha) Yakovlev
for their help.
\end{itemize}

\section{Thanks for the Help in Advertising}
Our thanks to the organizations that helped us by publishing the
information about this workshop:
\begin{itemize}
\item To the {\it American Mathematical Society}, that published the
information about the workshop
in the {\it Notices} of the Society.
\item To the {\it Special Interest Group on Artificial Intelligence
(SIGART)} of the {\it Association for Computing Machinery (ACM)}, that
published the information about the workshop
in the {\it SIGART Bulletin}.
\item To the {\it Computer Society (CS)} of the {\it Institute of
Electrical and Electronic Engineers (IEEE)} that published the
information about the workshop in the {\it IEEE Computer} journal.
\item To the editors of the {\it Numerical Analysis (NA) Digest} who 
carried the information about the workshop by electronic mail.
\end{itemize}

\section{Thanks to the Publisher}
Our thanks to {\it Kluwer Co.}, that suggested to publish a collection
of surveys presented on this conference, and that proposed a special
reduced rate for the participants of the workshop. 

\section{Thanks to the Participants and to the Readers}
And finally, thanks to the participants of the workshop and to other
readers of this book,
because it is for them that this book has been composed. 
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\centerline{\sl Thanks to all of you!}

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