Feature interaction detection contest of the Fifth International Workshop on Feature Interactions

A feature interaction detection contest was held for the Fifth Internationa l Workshop on Feature Interactions. The contest had two phases. The first p hase required the contestants to analyze interactions among ten features, w hich were published on 15 February 1998, and to submit their results by 15 July 1998. The second phase, begun on 15 July 1988, required analysis of th e interactions among two new features and the original 10, to be submitted by 1 August 1988. Six contestants submitted entries, to be judged in August and September, with the winner to be announced at the workshop. This body of this paper outlines the contest instructions. (C) 2000 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.