Model-Based Diagnosis—European Perspectives and Contributions

Model-based reasoning has been a highly active and vital area of artificial intelligence research, utilizing logic and other formal approaches to detect and identify faults in various systems, ranging from ordinary hardware to software. European researchers have always been very active in this research community. In this paper, we outline and discuss these activities. In particular, we discuss the contributions of European researchers to the field, considering foundations, algorithms, and applications. We specifically identify subareas of model-based diagnosis that European researchers have strongly driven. Furthermore, we introduce facts and figures behind the research field, focusing on its flagship event, DX, where about two-thirds of all contributions come from authors with a European affiliation. In conclusion, the analysis reveals substantial contributions from European research, both qualitatively and quantitatively.