The 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 analyses - high quality surveys providing balanced but critical presentations of the primary concepts in an area; technical tutorials - detailed introductions to an area; application and country surveys, commentaries and debates; book reviews; abstracts of recent PhDs in artificial intelligence; summaries of AI-related research projects; and a popular "from the journals" section, giving the contents of current journals in theoretical and applied artificial intelligence.