Martin Charles Golumbic make seminal contributions to algorithmic graph theory and artificial intelligence throughout his career. This book, published in honor of Golumbic on the occasion of his 60th birthday, contains 20 papers, written by graduate students, research collaborators, and computer science colleagues, who gathered at a conference on subjects related to Martin Golumbic's manifold contributions in the field of algorithmic graph theory and artificial intelligence held in Jerusalem, Tiberias and Haifa, Israel in September 2008.