Program Analysis Group publications

2012

“Decentralized Bayesian reinforcement learning for online agent collaboration”
by W. T. Luke Teacy, Georgios Chalkiadakis, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, Nick R. Jennings, Sally I. McClean, and Gerard Parr.
In AAMAS, 2012, pp. 417-424.
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“Decentralised stable coalition formation among energy consumers in the smart grid (demonstration)”
by Filippo Bistaffa, Alessandro Farinelli, Meritxell Vinyals, and Alex Rogers.
In AAMAS (Demos), 2012, pp. 1461-1462.
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“Cooperative situation assessment in a maritime scenario”
by Alessandro Farinelli, Daniele Nardi, Roberta Pigliacampo, Mirco Rossi, and Giuseppe Paolo Settembre.
Int. J. Intell. Syst., vol. 27, no. 5, 2012, pp. 477-501.
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“A Methodology for Deploying the Max-Sum Algorithm and a Case Study on Unmanned Aerial Vehicles”
by Francesco Maria Delle Fave, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, and Nick R. Jennings.
In IAAI, 2012.
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“Coalitional energy purchasing in the smart grid”
by M. Vinyals, F. Bistaffa, A. Farinelli, and A. Rogers.
In Energy Conference and Exhibition (ENERGYCON), 2012 IEEE International, Sep. 2012, pp. 848 -853.
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2011

“Resource-aware junction trees for efficient multi-agent coordination”
by Nicolas Stefanovitch, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS, 2011, pp. 363-370.
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“Bounded approximate decentralised coordination via the max-sum algorithm”
by Alex Rogers, Alessandro Farinelli, Ruben Stranders, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
Artif. Intell., vol. 175, no. 2, 2011, pp. 730-759.
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“Biclustering of Expression Microarray Data Using Affinity Propagation”
by Alessandro Farinelli, Matteo Denitto, and Manuele Bicego.
In PRIB, 2011, pp. 13-24.
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2010

“Worst-case bounds on the quality of max-product fixed-points”
by Meritxell Vinyals, Jesús Cerquides, Alessandro Farinelli, and Juan A. Rodr\'ıguez-Aguilar.
In NIPS, 2010, pp. 2325-2333.
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“Efficient multi-agent coordination using resource-aware junction trees (extended abstract)”
by Nicolas Stefanovitch, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS, 2010, pp. 1413-1414.
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“Decentralized Coordination in RoboCup Rescue”
by Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Alessandro Farinelli, Kathryn S. Macarthur, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
Comput. J., vol. 53, no. 9, 2010, pp. 1447-1461.
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“Cooperative control through objective achievement”
by Alessandro Farinelli, Hikari Fujii, Nanase Tomoyasu, Masaki Takahashi, Antonio D'Angelo, and Enrico Pagello.
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 58, no. 7, 2010, pp. 910-920.
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“Coalition formation with spatial and temporal constraints”
by Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Maria Polukarov, Alessandro Farinelli, Cuong Truong, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS, 2010, pp. 1181-1188.
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“A Distributed Algorithm for Optimising over Pure Strategy Nash Equilibria”
by Archie C. Chapman, Alessandro Farinelli, Enrique Munoz de Cote, Alex Rogers, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAAI, 2010.
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2009

“Self-organising Sensors for Wide Area Surveillance Using the Max-sum Algorithm”
by Alex Rogers, Alessandro Farinelli, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In SOAR, 2009, pp. 84-100.
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“Decentralised coordination of continuously valued control parameters using the max-sum algorithm”
by Ruben Stranders, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, and Nick R. Jennings.
In AAMAS, 2009, pp. 601-608.
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“Decentralised Coordination of Mobile Sensors Using the Max-Sum Algorithm”
by Ruben Stranders, Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In IJCAI, 2009, pp. 299-304.
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“Solving disagreements in a Multi-Agent System performing Situation Assessment”
by Giuseppe Paolo Settembre, Alessandro Farinelli, Daniele Nardi, Roberta Pigliacampo, and Mirco Rossi.
In Proc. of 12th Int. Conf. on Information Fusion (IF-09), (Seattle, WA, USA), July 2009, pp. 717-724.
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2008

“Semi-autonomous Coordinated Exploration in Rescue Scenarios”
by S. Cesa, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, M. Sbarigia, and M. Zaratti.
In RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI, vol. 5001 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, (Ubbo Visser, Fernando Ribeiro, Takeshi Ohashi, and Frank Dellaert, eds.), 2008, pp. 286-293.
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“Max-sum decentralised coordination for sensor systems”
by W. T. Luke Teacy, Alessandro Farinelli, N. J. Grabham, Paritosh Padhy, Alex Rogers, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS (Demos), 2008, pp. 1697-1698.
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“Decentralised coordination of low-power embedded devices using the max-sum algorithm”
by Alessandro Farinelli, Alex Rogers, Adrian Petcu, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS, 2008, pp. 639-646.
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“Agent-based coordination technologies in disaster management (Demonstration)”
by Sarvapali D. Ramchurn, Alex Rogers, Kathryn S. Macarthur, Alessandro Farinelli, Perukrishnen Vytelingum, Ioannis A. Vetsikas, and Nicholas R. Jennings.
In AAMAS (Demos), 2008, pp. 1651-1652.
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“A decentralized approach to cooperative situation assessment in multi-robot systems”
by Giuseppe Paolo Settembre, Paul Scerri, Alessandro Farinelli, Katia P. Sycara, and Daniele Nardi.
In AAMAS, 2008, pp. 31-38.
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2007

“Uses of Contextual Knowledge in Mobile Robots”
by Daniele Calisi, Alessandro Farinelli, Giorgio Grisetti, Luca Iocchi, Daniele Nardi, S. Pellegrini, D. Tipaldi, and Vittorio A. Ziparo.
In AI*IA 2007: Artificial Intelligence and Human-Oriented Computing, 2007, pp. 543-554.
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“Team Programming in Golog under Partial Observability”
by A. Farinelli, A. Finzi, and T. Lukasiewicz.
In Proc. of the Joint Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-07), (Hyderabad, India), 2007, pp. 2097-2102.
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“Multi-objective Robotic Search and Exploration in Rescue Missions”
by Daniele Calisi, Alessandro Farinelli, Luca Iocchi, and Daniele Nardi.
In Proc. of Fourth Intl. Workshop on Synthetic Simulation and Robotics to Mitigate Earthquake Disasters (SRMED), 2007, pp. 27-32. electronic proceedings only.
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“Heterogeneous Feature State Estimation with Rao-Blackwellized Particle Filters”
by Gian Diego Tipaldi, Alessandro Farinelli, Luca Iocchi, and Daniele Nardi.
In Proc. of IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), 2007, pp. 3850-3855.
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“Development of an Autonomous Rescue Robot Within the USARSim 3D Virtual Environment”
by Giuliano Polverari, Daniele Calisi, Alessando Farinelli, and Daniele Nardi.
In RoboCup 2006: Robot Soccer World Cup X, (Gerhard Lakemeyer, Elizabeth Sklar, Domenico G. Sorrenti, and Tomoichi Takahashi, eds.), (Berlin, Heidelberg), 2007, pp. 491-498.
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“Dealing with Perception Errors in Multi-Robot System Coordination”
by A. Farinelli, P. Scerri, A. Ingenito, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of the Joint Int. Conf. on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI-07), (Hyderabad, India), 2007, pp. 2091-2096.
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“Cooperative Exploration for USAR Robots with Indirect Communication”
by V.A. Ziparo, A. Kleiner, L. Marchetti, A. Farinelli, and D. Nardi.
In 6th IFAC Symposium on Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles (2007), Intelligent Autonomous Vehicles, Volume 6, Part 1, 2007.
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“Autonomous Exploration for Search and Rescue Robots”
by D. Calisi, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Proceedings of the International Conference on Safety and Security Engineering (SAFE), 2007, pp. 305-314.
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“Multi-objective Exploration and Search for Autonomous Rescue Robots”
by D. Calisi, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
Journal of Field Robotics, Special Issue on Quantitative Performance Evaluation of Robotic and Intelligent Systems, vol. 24, August - September 2007, pp. 763-777.
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2006

“Point to Point Vs Broadcast Communication for Conflict Resolution”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of Agent Technology for Disaster Management ATDM06 (AAMAS Workshop), (Hakodate, Japan), 2006, pp. 32-40.
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“Ontology-based Coalition Formation in Heterogeneous MRS”
by L. Fanelli, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and G. P. Settembre.
In Proceedings of International Symposium on Practical Cognitive Agents and Robots, (Perth, Australia), 2006, pp. 105-116.
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“Multi-Objective Autonomous Exploration in a Rescue Environment”
by D. Calisi, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and F. Pucci.
In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), (Gaithersburg, MD, USA), 2006.
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“Conflict Resolution with Minimal Communication Bandwidth”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of IEEE Workshop on Distributed Intelligent Systems, (Los Alamitos CA, USA), 2006, pp. 7-12.
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“Assignment of Dynamically Perceived Tasks by Token Passing in Multi-Robot Systems”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and V. A. Ziparo.
Proceedings of the IEEE, Special issue on Multi-Robot Systems, vol. 94, no. 7, 2006, pp. 1271-1288. ISSN:0018-9219.
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“Design and implementation of modular software for programming mobile robots”
by A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, and L. Iocchi.
International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, vol. 3, no. 1, Mar. 2006, pp. 37-42. ISSN 1729-8806.
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2005

“SPQR-RDK: a modular framework for programming mobile robots”
by A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, and L. Iocchi.
In Proc. of Int. RoboCup Symposium 2004, (D. Nardi and others, eds.), (Heidelberg), 2005, pp. 653-660.
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“Task Assignment with Dynamic Token Generation”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and F. Patrizi.
In Int. Workshop on Monitoring, Security, and Rescue Techniques in Multiagent Systems, (B. Dunin-Keplicz, A. Jankowski, A. Skowron, and M. Szczuka, eds.), (Heidelberg), 2005, pp. 467-478.
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“Task Assignment with Dynamic Perception and Constrained Tasks in a Multi-Robot System”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and V. A. Ziparo.
In Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), (Barcelona, Spain), 2005, pp. 1535-1540.
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“Monitoring Search and Rescue Operations in Large-Scale Disasters”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Data Fusion for Situation Monitoring Incident Detection Alert and Response Management, (Ragova G. Valin P. Shahbazian E., ed.), (Amsterdam (Netherland)), 2005, pp. 659-670.
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“Allocating Tasks in Extreme Teams”
by P. Scerri, A. Farinelli, S. Okamoto, and M. Tambe.
In Proc. of AAMAS 05, (Utrecht, Netherland), 2005, pp. 727-734.
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“A Multi Agent System Approach for Emergency Intervention: Experimental Analisys and Evaluation”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and F. Patrizi.
Intelligenza Artificiale, vol. 2, no. 1, 2005, pp. 47-53.
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“Autonomous Navigation and Exploration in a Rescue Environment”
by D. Calisi, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Proceedings of IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robotics (SSRR), (Kobe, Japan), June 2005, pp. 54-59.
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2004

“Token Approach for Role Allocation in Extreme Teams: analysis and experimental evaluation”
by P. Scerri, A. Farinelli, S. Okamoto, and M. Tambe.
In 13th IEEE International Workshops on Enabling Technologies: Infrastructures for Collaborative Enterprises (WETICE-2004)., (Los Alamitos California (USA)), 2004, pp. 397-402. ISBN: 0-7695-2183-5.
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“RoboCup Rescue Simulation: Methodologies, Tools and Evaluation for Practical Applications”
by A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, L. Iocchi, S. Lo Cascio, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of International RoboCup Symposium 2003, (Heidelberg), 2004, pp. 645-652. ISBN: 978-3-540-22443-3.
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“Planning trajectories in dynamic environments using a gradient method”
by A. Farinelli and L. Iocchi.
In Proc. of the International RoboCup Symposium 2003, (Heidelberg), 2004, pp. 320-331. ISBN: 978-3-540-22443-3.
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“Dynamic token generation for constrained tasks in a Multi-Robot System”
by F. Cottefoglie, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, (The Hague, The Netherlands), 2004, pp. 911-917. ISBN: 0-7803-8567-5.
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“Allocating Roles in Extreme Team (extended abstract)”
by P. Scerri, A. Farinelli, S. Okamoto, and M. Tambe.
In Proc. of AAMAS 2004, (New York, USA), 2004, pp. 1500-1501.
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“Multi Robot Systems: A Classification Focused on Coordination”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
IEEE Transactions on System Man and Cybernetics, part B, vol. 34, no. 5, Oct. 2004, pp. 2015-2028. New York, (USA), ISSN:1083-4419.
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“Experiments with the RoboCup Rescue Simulator in a Post Earthquake Emergency Italian Scenario”
by A. Biagetti, A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, D. Nardi, and F. Patrizi.
In Proc. of IEEE International Workshop on Safety, Security and Rescue Robots (SSRR), (Bonn, Germany), May 2004. ISBN 3-8167-6556-4.
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2003

“Design and evaluation of multi agent systems for rescue operations”
by A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, L. Iocchi, S. Lo Cascio, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'03), (Las Vegas, Nevada (USA)), 2003, pp. 3138-3143. ISBN:0-7803-7861-X.
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“Cognitive Soccer Robots”
by A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
ERCIM News, vol. 53, 2003, pp. 26-27.
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“An Analysis of Coordination in Multi-Robot Systems”
by A. Farinelli, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In Proc. of IEEE Int. Conf. on Systems, Man & Cybernetics, (Washington D. C., (USA)), 2003, pp. 1487-1492. ISBN:0-7803-7953-5.
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2002

“Monitoring and Information Fusion for Search and Rescue Operations in Large-Scale Disasters”
by F. D'Agostino, A. Farinelli, G. Grisetti, L. Iocchi, and D. Nardi.
In IEEE Int. Conf. Information Fusion, (AnnaPolis, Maryland (USA)), July 2002, pp. 672-679. ISBN:0-9721844-0-6.
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