Advanced computing methods and related technologies are changing the way engineers interact with the information infrastructure. Explicit knowledge representation formalisms and new reasoning techniques are no longer the sole territory of computer science. For knowledge-intensive tasks in engineering, a new philosophy and body of knowledge called Engineering Informatics is emerging.Advanced Engineering Informatics solicits research papers with particular emphases both on 'knowledge' and 'engineering applications'. As an international Journal, original papers typically:? Report progress in the engineering discipline of applying methods of engineering informatics.? Have engineering relevance and help provide the scientific base to make engineering decision-making more reliable, spontaneous and creative.? Contain novel research that demonstrates the science of supporting knowledge-intensive engineering tasks.? Validate the generality, power and scalability of new methods through vigorous evaluation, preferably both qualitatively and quantitatively.In addition, the Journal welcomes high quality review articles that summarise, compare, and evaluate methodologies and representations that are proposed for the field of engineering informatics. Similarly, summaries and comparisons of full-scale applications are welcomed, particularly those where scientific shortcomings have hindered success. Typically, such papers have expanded literature reviews and discussion of findings that reflect mastery of the current body of knowledge and propose novel additions to contemporary research.Papers missing explicit representation and use of knowledge, such as those describing soft computing techniques, mathematical optimization methods, pattern recognition techniques, and numerical computation methods, do not normally qualify for publication in the Journal. Papers must illustrate contributions using examples of automating and supporting knowledge intensive tasks in artifacts-centered engineering fields such as mechanical, manufacturing, architecture, civil, electrical, transportation, environmental, and chemical engineering. Papers that report application of an established method to a new engineering subdomain will qualify only if they convincingly demonstrate noteworthy new power, generality or scalability in comparison with previously reported validation results. Finally, papers that discuss software engineering issues only are not in the scope of this journal.

先進的計算方法和相關技術正在改變工程師與信息基礎設施的交互方式。明確的知識表示形式和新的推理技術不再是計算機科學的唯一領域。對于工程中的知識密集型任務，一種稱為工程信息學的新哲學和知識體系正在出現。高級工程信息學以“知識”和“工程應用”為重點，征集研究論文。作為國際期刊，原始論文通常：?報告應用工程信息學方法的工程學科進展。?具有工程相關性，有助于提供科學基礎，使工程決策更加可靠、自發和創造性。?包含新的研究，證明支持知識密集型工程任務的科學性。?通過有力的評估（最好是定性和定量評估），驗證新方法的通用性、能力和可擴展性。此外，該雜志歡迎高質量的評論文章，總結、比較和評估為工程信息學領域提出的方法和表示。同樣，歡迎對全面應用進行總結和比較，特別是那些科學缺陷阻礙了成功的應用。通常，這些論文擴大了文獻評論和對反映對當前知識體系掌握程度的研究結果的討論，并提出了對當代研究的新補充。缺少明確表達和使用知識的論文，例如那些描述軟計算技術、數學優化方法、模式識別技術和數值計算方法的論文，通常不適合在期刊上發表。論文必須用自動化和支持以人工制品為中心的工程領域（如機械、制造、建筑、土木、電氣、運輸、環境和化學工程）的知識密集型任務的例子來說明貢獻。只有在與先前報告的驗證結果相比，能夠令人信服地證明值得注意的新功能、通用性或可擴展性的情況下，才有資格向新的工程子域報告已建立方法的應用。最后，僅討論軟件工程問題的論文不在本雜志的范圍內。