DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY
                        INSTRUCTIONS FOR AUTHORS
     
     Authors are encouraged to submit high quality, original work that has 
     neither appeared in, nor is under consideration by, other journals.
      
PROCESS FOR SUBMISSION 

 - ELECTRONIC SUBMISSIONS:     

     1.  Authors should submit a postscript file of their 
         final manuscript, including figures, by ftp to the following
         site:
            ftp.research.microsoft.com
            login as anonymous
            cd incoming/datamine
            put file.ps

        We can only accept POSTSCRIPT files, and it is the author's
        responsibility to make sure that the submitted file will print
        to standard platforms.

        Any questions can be addressed to:
        Ms. Karen Cullen , DATA MINING AND KNOWLEDGE DISCOVERY  Editorial 
           Office, Kluwer Academic Publishers, 101 Philip Drive,               
           Norwell, MA  02061  phone 617-871-6600  fax 617-871-6528
           email: kcullen@wkap.com  
        For prompt attention, all correspondence can be directed to this 
        address. 

     2.   Authors who wish to make use of Kluwers LaTeX style file should 
          see ELECTRONIC SUBMISSION guidelines for ACCEPTED papers.
          This includes pointers to LaTex style files.

     3.   All figures need to be included in the postscript file

     4.   Each paper must have a title page giving the preferred address of 
                the contact author for correspondence and return of proofs. 
                Please include a telephone number, fax number and email  
                address, if available. 

     5.   Once you submit your postscript file, you need to send an
                an electronic mail message to datamine@microsoft.com and 
                cc to kcullen@wkap.com, including the title, the names of the 
                authors, and an abstract. PLEASE use the electronic submissions
                template available via ftp from:
           ftp://ftp.research.microsoft.com/pub/datamine/submit/jdmkd-sub-template.txt
                or e-mail a request to kcullen@wkap.com.
          THIS TEMPLATE IS ALSO ACCESSIBLE FROM the journal's home page:
            http://www.research.microsoft.com/datamine/

     6.   Due to Kluwer requirements, you must also send in hardcopies of your
          paper to the Kluwer office (see instructions on hardcopy submissions).
          If Kluwer does not receive a hardcopy of your paper, IT WILL NOT BE
          entered into the system and hence will not have been considered as
          an official submission. 

     7.   The refereeing is done by anonymous reviewers.

     8.   Upon acceptance for publication, authors will be given the
          opportunity to provide, when appropriate, an electronic appendix to 
          the paper containing data sets, experimental materials, etc., which 
          will be made available on the Internet using a Kluwer-owned server. 
          Detailed instructions for submitting the electronic appendix will be
          made available to authors of accepted papers.