Mauro Birattari

179 papers A* 3A 6B 6C 2Journal 79Unranked 61

Year	Rank	Type	Title / Venue / Authors
2026	J	`jnl`	Language-Based Swarm Perception: Decentralized Person Re-Identification via Natural Language Descriptions. CoRR Miquel Kegeleirs, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2025	J	`jnl`	Assessing the impact of feature communication in swarm perception for people re-identification. Frontiers Robotics AI Miquel Kegeleirs, Ilyes Gharbi, Marios Kaplanis, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2025	J	`jnl`	Automatic Design of Robot Swarms under Concurrent Design Criteria: A Study Based on Iterated F-Race. Adv. Intell. Syst. David Garzón-Ramos, Federico Pagnozzi, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2025	J	`jnl`	Towards applied swarm robotics: current limitations and enablers. Frontiers Robotics AI Miquel Kegeleirs, Mauro Birattari
2024	A	`conf`	Automatic design of robot swarms that perform composite missions: an approach based on inverse reinforcement learning. IROS Jeanne Szpirer, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2024	A*	`conf`	Automatically designing robot swarms in environments populated by other robots: an experiment in robot shepherding. ICRA David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2024	J	`jnl`	Automatically designing robot swarms in environments populated by other robots: an experiment in robot shepherding. CoRR David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2024	J	`jnl`	Collective perception for tracking people with a robot swarm. CoRR Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Guillermo Legarda Herranz, Ilyes Gharbi, Jeanne Szpirer, Olivier Debeir, Ken Hasselmann, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2024	J	`jnl`	Leveraging swarm capabilities to assist other systems. CoRR Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Guillermo Legarda Herranz, Ilyes Gharbi, Jeanne Szpirer, Ken Hasselmann, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2024	J	`jnl`	Transferability in the Automatic Off-Line Design of Robot Swarms: From Sim-to-Real to Embodiment and Design-Method Transfer Across Different Platforms. IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett. Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Ken Hasselmann, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2023	J	`jnl`	Automatic modular design of robot swarms based on repertoires of behaviors generated via novelty search. Swarm Evol. Comput. Ken Hasselmann, Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2023	J	`jnl`	Automatic off-line design of robot swarms: exploring the transferability of control software and design methods across different platforms. CoRR Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Lorenzo Garattoni, Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2023	—	`conf`	Enhancing the technological maturity of robot swarms. RoSE@ICSE Darko Bozhinoski, Mauro Birattari
2023	A*	`conf`	Show me What you want: Inverse Reinforcement Learning to Automatically Design Robot Swarms by Demonstration. ICRA Ilyes Gharbi, Jonas Kuckling, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2023	J	`jnl`	Show me what you want: Inverse reinforcement learning to automatically design robot swarms by demonstration. CoRR Ilyes Gharbi, Jonas Kuckling, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2022	J	`jnl`	AutoMoDe-Cedrata: Automatic Design of Behavior Trees for Controlling a Swarm of Robots with Communication Capabilities. SN Comput. Sci. Jonas Kuckling, Vincent van Pelt, Mauro Birattari
2022	J	`jnl`	AutoMoDe-Mate: Automatic off-line design of spatially-organizing behaviors for robot swarms. Swarm Evol. Comput. Fernando J. Mendiburu, David Garzón-Ramos, Marcos R. A. Morais, Antonio M. N. Lima, Mauro Birattari
2022	—	`conf`	Controlling Robot Swarm Aggregation Through a Minority of Informed Robots. ANTS Conference Antoine Sion, Andreagiovanni Reina, Mauro Birattari, Elio Tuci
2022	J	`jnl`	Controlling Robot Swarm Aggregation through a Minority of Informed Robots. CoRR Antoine Sion, Andreagiovanni Reina, Mauro Birattari, Elio Tuci
2022	—	`conf`	Impact of the Update Time on the Aggregation of Robotic Swarms Through Informed Robots. SAB Antoine Sion, Andreagiovanni Reina, Mauro Birattari, Elio Tuci
2022	J	`jnl`	Toward an Empirical Practice in Offline Fully Automatic Design of Robot Swarms. IEEE Trans. Evol. Comput. Antoine Ligot, Andres Cotorruelo, Emanuele Garone, Mauro Birattari
2021	—	`ch.`	AutoMoDe: A Modular Approach to the Automatic Off-Line Design and Fine-Tuning of Control Software for Robot Swarms. Automated Design of Machine Learning and Search Algorithms Mauro Birattari, Antoine Ligot, Gianpiero Francesca
2021	B	`conf`	Automatic Modular Design of Behavior Trees for Robot Swarms with Communication Capabilites. EvoApplications Jonas Kuckling, Vincent van Pelt, Mauro Birattari
2021	J	`jnl`	Off-Policy Evaluation of the Performance of a Robot Swarm: Importance Sampling to Assess Potential Modifications to the Finite-State Machine That Controls the Robots. Frontiers Robotics AI Federico Pagnozzi, Mauro Birattari
2021	J	`jnl`	Swarm SLAM: Challenges and Perspectives. Frontiers Robotics AI Miquel Kegeleirs, Giorgio Grisetti, Mauro Birattari
2020	—	`conf`	AutoMoDe-Arlequin: Neural Networks as Behavioral Modules for the Automatic Design of Probabilistic Finite-State Machines. ANTS Conference Antoine Ligot, Ken Hasselmann, Mauro Birattari
2020	J	`jnl`	Automatic modular design of robot swarms using behavior trees as a control architecture. PeerJ Comput. Sci. Antoine Ligot, Jonas Kuckling, Darko Bozhinoski, Mauro Birattari
2020	J	`jnl`	Disentangling automatic and semi-automatic approaches to the optimization-based design of control software for robot swarms. Nat. Mach. Intell. Mauro Birattari, Antoine Ligot, Ken Hasselmann
2020	J	`jnl`	Iterative improvement in the automatic modular design of robot swarms. PeerJ Comput. Sci. Jonas Kuckling, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2020	J	`jnl`	Modular automatic design of collective behaviors for robots endowed with local communication capabilities. PeerJ Comput. Sci. Ken Hasselmann, Mauro Birattari
2020	J	`jnl`	Phormica: Photochromic Pheromone Release and Detection System for Stigmergic Coordination in Robot Swarms. Frontiers Robotics AI Muhammad Salman, David Garzón-Ramos, Ken Hasselmann, Mauro Birattari
2020	J	`jnl`	Simulation-only experiments to mimic the effects of the reality gap in the automatic design of robot swarms. Swarm Intell. Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2019	J	`jnl`	ANTS 2018 special issue: Editorial. Swarm Intell. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andreagiovanni Reina, Vito Trianni
2019	—	`conf`	AutoMoDe-IcePop: Automatic Modular Design of Control Software for Robot Swarms Using Simulated Annealing. BNAIC/BENELEARN (Selected Papers) Jonas Kuckling, Keneth Ubeda Arriaza, Mauro Birattari
2019	J	`jnl`	Automatic Off-Line Design of Robot Swarms: A Manifesto. Frontiers Robotics AI Mauro Birattari, Antoine Ligot, Darko Bozhinoski, Manuele Brambilla, Gianpiero Francesca, Lorenzo Garattoni, David Garzón-Ramos, Ken Hasselmann, Miquel Kegeleirs, Jonas Kuckling, Federico Pagnozzi, Andrea Roli, Muhammad Salman, Thomas Stützle
2019	—	`conf`	Comparison of Different Exploration Schemes in the Automatic Modular Design of Robot Swarms. BNAIC/BENELEARN Gaëtan Spaey, Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2019	J	`jnl`	Complexity Measures: Open Questions and Novel Opportunities in the Automatic Design and Analysis of Robot Swarms. Frontiers Robotics AI Andrea Roli, Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2019	J	`jnl`	Concurrent design of control software and configuration of hardware for robot swarms under economic constraints. PeerJ Comput. Sci. Muhammad Salman, Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2019	—	`conf`	Evaluation of Alternative Exploration Schemes in the Automatic Modular Design of Robot Swarms. BNAIC/BENELEARN (Selected Papers) Gaëtan Spaey, Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2019	—	`conf`	Random Walk Exploration for Swarm Mapping. TAROS (2) Miquel Kegeleirs, David Garzón-Ramos, Mauro Birattari
2019	—	`conf`	Simulated Annealing as an Optimization Algorithm in the Automatic Modular Design of Robot Swarms. BNAIC/BENELEARN Jonas Kuckling, Keneth Ubeda Arriaza, Mauro Birattari
2018	—	`conf`	Automatic Design of Communication-Based Behaviors for Robot Swarms. ANTS Conference Ken Hasselmann, Frédéric Robert, Mauro Birattari
2018	J	`jnl`	Autonomous task sequencing in a robot swarm. Sci. Robotics Mauro Birattari
2018	—	`conf`	Behavior Trees as a Control Architecture in the Automatic Modular Design of Robot Swarms. ANTS Conference Jonas Kuckling, Antoine Ligot, Darko Bozhinoski, Mauro Birattari
2018	—	`conf`	Designing control software for robot swarms: software engineering for the development of automatic design methods. RoSE@ICSE Darko Bozhinoski, Mauro Birattari
2018	—	`conf`	On Mimicking the Effects of the Reality Gap with Simulation-Only Experiments. ANTS Conference Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2018	—	`ed.`	Swarm Intelligence - 11th International Conference, ANTS 2018, Rome, Italy, October 29-31, 2018, Proceedings ANTS Conference Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andreagiovanni Reina, Vito Trianni
2017	J	`jnl`	ANTS 2016 special issue: Editorial. Swarm Intell. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Xiaodong Li, Manuel López-Ibáñez, Kazuhiro Ohkura, Carlo Pinciroli, Thomas Stützle
2017	—	`ch.`	Ant Colony Optimization. Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2017	—	`conf`	Complexity Measures in Automatic Design of Robot Swarms: An Exploratory Study. WIVACE Andrea Roli, Antoine Ligot, Mauro Birattari
2017	—	`ch.`	Metaheuristic. Encyclopedia of Machine Learning and Data Mining Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2016	J	`jnl`	Analysis of long-term swarm performance based on short-term experiments. Soft Comput. Yara Khaluf, Mauro Birattari, Franz-Josef Rammig
2016	J	`jnl`	Automatic Design of Robot Swarms: Achievements and Challenges. Frontiers Robotics AI Gianpiero Francesca, Mauro Birattari
2016	—	`conf`	Observing the Effects of Overdesign in the Automatic Design of Control Software for Robot Swarms. ANTS Conference Mauro Birattari, Brian Delhaisse, Gianpiero Francesca, Yvon Kerdoncuff
2016	—	`ed.`	Swarm Intelligence - 10th International Conference, ANTS 2016, Brussels, Belgium, September 7-9, 2016, Proceedings ANTS Conference Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Xiaodong Li, Manuel López-Ibáñez, Kazuhiro Ohkura, Carlo Pinciroli, Thomas Stützle
2015	J	`jnl`	ANTS 2014 special issue: Editorial. Swarm Intell. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Simon Garnier, Heiko Hamann, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Christine Solnon, Thomas Stützle
2015	—	`conf`	Augmented reality for robots: Virtual sensing technology applied to a swarm of e-pucks. AHS Andreagiovanni Reina, Mattia Salvaro, Gianpiero Francesca, Lorenzo Garattoni, Carlo Pinciroli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2015	J	`jnl`	AutoMoDe-Chocolate: automatic design of control software for robot swarms. Swarm Intell. Gianpiero Francesca, Manuele Brambilla, Arne Brutschy, Lorenzo Garattoni, Roman Miletitch, Gaëtan Podevijn, Andreagiovanni Reina, Touraj Soleymani, Mattia Salvaro, Carlo Pinciroli, Franco Mascia, Vito Trianni, Mauro Birattari
2015	—	`conf`	Dynamical Properties of Artificially Evolved Boolean Network Robots. AI*IA Andrea Roli, Marco Villani, Roberto Serra, Stefano Benedettini, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2015	J	`jnl`	Estimation-based metaheuristics for the single vehicle routing problem with stochastic demands and customers. Comput. Optim. Appl. Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2015	J	`jnl`	Property-Driven Design for Robot Swarms: A Design Method Based on Prescriptive Modeling and Model Checking. ACM Trans. Auton. Adapt. Syst. Manuele Brambilla, Arne Brutschy, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2015	J	`jnl`	The TAM: abstracting complex tasks in swarm robotics research. Swarm Intell. Arne Brutschy, Lorenzo Garattoni, Manuele Brambilla, Gianpiero Francesca, Giovanni Pini, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2014	—	`conf`	A Swarm Robotics Approach to Task Allocation under Soft Deadlines and Negligible Switching Costs. SAB Yara Khaluf, Mauro Birattari, Heiko Hamann
2014	J	`jnl`	A self-adaptive communication strategy for flocking in stationary and non-stationary environments. Nat. Comput. Eliseo Ferrante, Ali Emre Turgut, Alessandro Stranieri, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2014	—	`conf`	An Experiment in Automatic Design of Robot Swarms - AutoMoDe-Vanilla, EvoStick, and Human Experts. ANTS Conference Gianpiero Francesca, Manuele Brambilla, Arne Brutschy, Lorenzo Garattoni, Roman Miletitch, Gaëtan Podevijn, Andreagiovanni Reina, Touraj Soleymani, Mattia Salvaro, Carlo Pinciroli, Vito Trianni, Mauro Birattari
2014	J	`jnl`	An analysis of parameter adaptation in reactive tabu search. Int. Trans. Oper. Res. Franco Mascia, Paola Pellegrini, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2014	J	`jnl`	AutoMoDe: A novel approach to the automatic design of control software for robot swarms. Swarm Intell. Gianpiero Francesca, Manuele Brambilla, Arne Brutschy, Vito Trianni, Mauro Birattari
2014	J	`jnl`	On the sensitivity of reactive tabu search to its meta-parameters. Soft Comput. Paola Pellegrini, Franco Mascia, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2014	J	`jnl`	Self-organized task allocation to sequentially interdependent tasks in swarm robotics. Auton. Agents Multi Agent Syst. Arne Brutschy, Giovanni Pini, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2014	—	`ed.`	Swarm Intelligence - 9th International Conference, ANTS 2014, Brussels, Belgium, September 10-12, 2014. Proceedings ANTS Conference Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Simon Garnier, Heiko Hamann, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Christine Solnon, Thomas Stützle
2014	J	`jnl`	Swarm robotics. Scholarpedia Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Manuele Brambilla
2014	J	`jnl`	Task Partitioning in a Robot Swarm: Object Retrieval as a Sequence of Subtasks with Direct Object Transfer. Artif. Life Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Alexander Scheidler, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2014	—	`conf`	Temporal Task Allocation in Periodic Environments - An Approach Based on Synchronization. ANTS Conference Manuel Castillo-Cagigal, Arne Brutschy, Álvaro Gutiérrez, Mauro Birattari
2013	J	`jnl`	ANTS 2012 special issue - Editorial. Swarm Intell. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Roderich Groß, Thomas Stützle
2013	A	`conf`	An analysis of post-selection in automatic configuration. GECCO Zhi Yuan, Thomas Stützle, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Hoong Chuin Lau, Mauro Birattari
2013	J	`jnl`	Autonomous task partitioning in robot foraging: an approach based on cost estimation. Adapt. Behav. Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Carlo Pinciroli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2013	—	`conf`	Boolean network robotics as an intermediate step in the synthesis of finite state machines for robot control. ECAL Lorenzo Garattoni, Andrea Roli, Matteo Amaducci, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2013	J	`jnl`	Dynamical regimes and learning properties of evolved Boolean networks. Neurocomputing Stefano Benedettini, Marco Villani, Andrea Roli, Roberto Serra, Mattia Manfroni, Antonio Gagliardi, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2013	—	`conf`	Identification of Dynamical Structures in Artificial Brains: An Analysis of Boolean Network Controlled Robots. AI*IA Andrea Roli, Marco Villani, Roberto Serra, Lorenzo Garattoni, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2013	J	`jnl`	On the use of Bio-PEPA for modelling and analysing collective behaviours in swarm robotics. Swarm Intell. Mieke Massink, Manuele Brambilla, Diego Latella, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2013	—	`conf`	Probabilistic Analysis of Long-Term Swarm Performance under Spatial Interferences. TPNC Yara Khaluf, Mauro Birattari, Franz-Josef Rammig
2013	J	`jnl`	Swarm robotics: a review from the swarm engineering perspective. Swarm Intell. Manuele Brambilla, Eliseo Ferrante, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2013	J	`jnl`	Swarmanoid: A Novel Concept for the Study of Heterogeneous Robotic Swarms. IEEE Robotics Autom. Mag. Marco Dorigo, Dario Floreano, Luca Maria Gambardella, Francesco Mondada, Stefano Nolfi, Tarek Baaboura, Mauro Birattari, Michael Bonani, Manuele Brambilla, Arne Brutschy, Daniel Burnier, Alexandre Campo, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Antal Decugniere, Gianni Di Caro, Frederick Ducatelle, Eliseo Ferrante, Alexander Förster, Javier Martinez Gonzales, Jerome Guzzi, Valentin Longchamp, Stéphane Magnenat, Nithin Mathews, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Rehan O'Grady, Carlo Pinciroli, Giovanni Pini, Philippe Rétornaz, James F. Roberts, Valerio Sperati, Timothy S. Stirling, Alessandro Stranieri, Thomas Stützle, Vito Trianni, Elio Tuci, Ali Emre Turgut, Florian Vaussard
2013	J	`jnl`	Task partitioning in a robot swarm: a study on the effect of communication. Swarm Intell. Giovanni Pini, Matteo Gagliolo, Arne Brutschy, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2013	—	`conf`	Tuning Algorithms for Tackling Large Instances: An Experimental Protocol. LION Franco Mascia, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2012	A	`conf`	"Can ants inspire robots?" Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms. IROS Arne Brutschy, Alexander Scheidler, Eliseo Ferrante, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2012	J	`jnl`	A critical analysis of parameter adaptation in ant colony optimization. Swarm Intell. Paola Pellegrini, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2012	J	`jnl`	ARGoS: a modular, parallel, multi-engine simulator for multi-robot systems. Swarm Intell. Carlo Pinciroli, Vito Trianni, Rehan O'Grady, Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Manuele Brambilla, Nithin Mathews, Eliseo Ferrante, Gianni Di Caro, Frederick Ducatelle, Mauro Birattari, Luca Maria Gambardella, Marco Dorigo
2012	—	`conf`	Analysing Robot Swarm Decision-Making with Bio-PEPA. ANTS Mieke Massink, Manuele Brambilla, Diego Latella, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2012	—	`conf`	Analysing an Evolved Robotic Behaviour Using a Biological Model of Collegial Decision Making. SAB Gianpiero Francesca, Manuele Brambilla, Vito Trianni, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2012	J	`jnl`	Continuous optimization algorithms for tuning real and integer parameters of swarm intelligence algorithms. Swarm Intell. Zhi Yuan, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2012	J	`jnl`	Costs and benefits of behavioral specialization. Robotics Auton. Syst. Arne Brutschy, Nam-Luc Tran, Nadir Baiboun, Marco Frison, Giovanni Pini, Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2012	—	`conf`	Multi-armed Bandit Formulation of the Task Partitioning Problem in Swarm Robotics. ANTS Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Gianpiero Francesca, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2012	—	`ch.`	Parameter Adaptation in Ant Colony Optimization. Autonomous Search Thomas Stützle, Manuel López-Ibáñez, Paola Pellegrini, Michael Maur, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2012	A	`conf`	Property-driven design for swarm robotics. AAMAS Manuele Brambilla, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2012	—	`ed.`	Swarm Intelligence - 8th International Conference, ANTS 2012, Brussels, Belgium, September 12-14, 2012. Proceedings ANTS Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Anders Lyhne Christensen, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Roderich Groß, Thomas Stützle
2012	C	`conf`	Towards a Formal Verification Methodology for Collective Robotic Systems. ICFEM Edmond Gjondrekaj, Michele Loreti, Rosario Pugliese, Francesco Tiezzi, Carlo Pinciroli, Manuele Brambilla, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2011	J	`jnl`	ANTS 2010 special issue - Editorial. Swarm Intell. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Gianni Di Caro, René Doursat, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Luca Maria Gambardella, Roderich Groß, Erol Sahin, Thomas Stützle
2011	J	`jnl`	Boolean network robotics: a proof of concept CoRR Andrea Roli, Mattia Manfroni, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2011	—	`conf`	Costs and Benefits of Behavioral Specialization. TAROS Arne Brutschy, Nam-Luc Tran, Nadir Baiboun, Marco Frison, Giovanni Pini, Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2011	J	`jnl`	Majority-rule opinion dynamics with differential latency: a mechanism for self-organized collective decision-making. Swarm Intell. Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Eliseo Ferrante, Alexander Scheidler, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2011	B	`conf`	Off-line and On-line Tuning: A Study on Operator Selection for a Memetic Algorithm Applied to the QAP. EvoCOP Gianpiero Francesca, Paola Pellegrini, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2011	—	`conf`	On the Design of Boolean Network Robots. EvoApplications (1) Andrea Roli, Mattia Manfroni, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari
2011	—	`ch.`	Out-of-the-Box and Custom Implementation of Metaheuristics. A Case Study: The Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demand. Intelligent Computational Optimization in Engineering Paola Pellegrini, Mauro Birattari
2011	—	`conf`	Self-organized flocking with an heterogeneous mobile robot swarm. ECAL Alessandro Stranieri, Eliseo Ferrante, Ali Emre Turgut, Vito Trianni, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2011	J	`jnl`	Task partitioning in swarms of robots: an adaptive method for strategy selection. Swarm Intell. Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Marco Frison, Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`conf`	"Look out!": Socially-Mediated Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport. ANTS Conference Eliseo Ferrante, Manuele Brambilla, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2010	J	`jnl`	An analysis of communication policies for homogeneous multi-colony ACO algorithms. Inf. Sci. Colin Twomey, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo, Max Manfrin, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`ch.`	Ant Colony Optimization. Encyclopedia of Machine Learning Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`conf`	Engineering self-coordinating software intensive systems. FoSER Wilhelm Schäfer, Mauro Birattari, Johannes Blömer, Marco Dorigo, Gregor Engels, Rehan O'Grady, Marco Platzner, Franz-Josef Rammig, Wolfgang Reif, Ansgar Trächtler
2010	J	`jnl`	Estimation-based metaheuristics for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem. Comput. Oper. Res. Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2010	—	`ch.`	F-Race and Iterated F-Race: An Overview. Experimental Methods for the Analysis of Optimization Algorithms Mauro Birattari, Zhi Yuan, Prasanna Balaprakash, Thomas Stützle
2010	—	`conf`	Flocking in Stationary and Non-stationary Environments: A Novel Communication Strategy for Heading Alignment. PPSN (2) Eliseo Ferrante, Ali Emre Turgut, Nithin Mathews, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2010	—	`conf`	Incremental Social Learning Applied to a Decentralized Decision-Making Mechanism: Collective Learning Made Faster. SASO Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2010	—	`conf`	MADS/F-Race: Mesh Adaptive Direct Search Meets F-Race. IEA/AIE (1) Zhi Yuan, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`ch.`	Metaheuristic. Encyclopedia of Machine Learning Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2010	—	`conf`	Modern Continuous Optimization Algorithms for Tuning Real and Integer Algorithm Parameters. ANTS Conference Zhi Yuan, Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2010	—	`conf`	Off-line ANTS Conference Paola Pellegrini, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`conf`	Opinion Dynamics for Decentralized Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm. ANTS Conference Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Eliseo Ferrante, Nithin Mathews, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2010	—	`conf`	Self-organized Task Partitioning in a Swarm of Robots. ANTS Conference Marco Frison, Nam-Luc Tran, Nadir Baiboun, Arne Brutschy, Giovanni Pini, Andrea Roli, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2010	—	`conf`	Socially-Mediated Negotiation for Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport. DARS Eliseo Ferrante, Manuele Brambilla, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2010	—	`ed.`	Swarm Intelligence - 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, Brussels, Belgium, September 8-10, 2010. Proceedings ANTS Conference Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Gianni A. Di Caro, René Doursat, Andries P. Engelbrecht, Dario Floreano, Luca Maria Gambardella, Roderich Groß, Erol Sahin, Hiroki Sayama, Thomas Stützle
2009	—	`conf`	A reliable distributed algorithm for group size estimation with minimal communication requirements. ICAR Manuele Brambilla, Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2009	J	`jnl`	Adaptive sample size and importance sampling in estimation-based local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem. Eur. J. Oper. Res. Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2009	—	`ed.`	Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics, Second International Workshop, SLS 2009, Brussels, Belgium, September 3-4, 2009. Proceedings SLS Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, Holger H. Hoos
2009	J	`jnl`	Estimation-based ant colony optimization and local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem. Swarm Intell. Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Zhi Yuan, Marco Dorigo
2009	J	`jnl`	Frankenstein's PSO: A Composite Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. IEEE Trans. Evol. Comput. Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2009	—	`conf`	Interference Reduction through Task Partitioning in a Robotic Swarm - Or: "Don't you Step on My Blue Suede Shoes!". ICINCO-RA Giovanni Pini, Arne Brutschy, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2009	—	`conf`	Mixed-Effects Modeling of Optimisation Algorithm Performance. SLS Matteo Gagliolo, Catherine Legrand, Mauro Birattari
2009	—	`book`	Tuning Metaheuristics - A Machine Learning Perspective Mauro Birattari
2008	—	`ed.`	Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 6th International Conference, ANTS 2008, Brussels, Belgium, September 22-24, 2008. Proceedings ANTS Conference Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Maurice Clerc, Thomas Stützle, Alan F. T. Winfield
2008	—	`ch.`	Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms: A Case Study in Estimation-Based Local Search for the Probabilistic Travelling Salesman Problem. Recent Advances in Evolutionary Computation for Combinatorial Optimization Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2008	—	`conf`	Enhancing the Cooperative Transport of Multiple Objects. ANTS Conference Antoine Decugnière, Benjamin Poulain, Alexandre Campo, Carlo Pinciroli, Bruno Tartini, Michel Osée, Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2008	J	`jnl`	Estimation-Based Local Search for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization Using Delta Evaluations: A Case Study on the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. INFORMS J. Comput. Mauro Birattari, Prasanna Balaprakash, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2008	J	`jnl`	Fault detection in autonomous robots based on fault injection and learning. Auton. Robots Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'Grady, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2008	—	`conf`	Lattice Formation in Space for a Swarm of Pico Satellites. ANTS Conference Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Elio Tuci, Marco Dorigo, Marco del Rey Zapatero, Tamás Vinkó, Dario Izzo
2008	B	`conf`	Reactive Stochastic Local Search Algorithms for the Genomic Median Problem. EvoCOP Renaud Lenne, Christine Solnon, Thomas Stützle, Eric Tannier, Mauro Birattari
2008	—	`conf`	Self-Organizing and Scalable Shape Formation for a Swarm of Pico Satellites. AHS Carlo Pinciroli, Mauro Birattari, Elio Tuci, Marco Dorigo, Marco del Rey Zapatero, Tamás Vinkó, Dario Izzo
2008	J	`jnl`	The Metaphysical Character of the Criticisms Raised Against the Use of Probability for Dealing with Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence. Minds Mach. Carlotta Piscopo, Mauro Birattari
2007	—	`conf`	Automatic Synthesis of Fault Detection Modules for Mobile Robots. AHS Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'Grady, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2007	—	`ed.`	Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms. Designing, Implementing and Analyzing Effective Heuristics, International Workshop, SLS 2007, Brussels, Belgium, September 6-8, 2007, Proceedings SLS Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, Holger H. Hoos
2007	—	`conf`	Exogenous Fault Detection in a Collective Robotic Task. ECAL Anders Lyhne Christensen, Rehan O'Grady, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2007	J	`jnl`	How to assess and report the performance of a stochastic algorithm on a benchmark problem: Optim. Lett. Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2007	—	`conf`	Implementation Effort and Performance. SLS Paola Pellegrini, Mauro Birattari
2007	—	`conf`	Improvement Strategies for the F-Race Algorithm: Sampling Design and Iterative Refinement. Hybrid Metaheuristics Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2007	J	`jnl`	On the Invariance of Ant Colony Optimization. IEEE Trans. Evol. Comput. Mauro Birattari, Paola Pellegrini, Marco Dorigo
2007	J	`jnl`	Swarm intelligence. Scholarpedia Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari
2007	—	`ch.`	The ACO/F-Race Algorithm for Combinatorial Optimization Under Uncertainty. Metaheuristics Mauro Birattari, Prasanna Balaprakash, Marco Dorigo
2006	—	`conf`	A Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms Based on Run-Length Distributions. ANTS Workshop Marco Antonio Montes de Oca, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2006	—	`conf`	ACO Applied to Switch Engine Scheduling in a Railroad Yard. ANTS Workshop Jodelson A. Sabino, Thomas Stützle, Mauro Birattari, José Eugênio Leal
2006	J	`jnl`	An effective hybrid algorithm for university course timetabling. J. Sched. Marco Chiarandini, Mauro Birattari, Krzysztof Socha, Olivia Rossi-Doria
2006	—	`ed.`	Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, Brussels, Belgium, September 4-7, 2006, Proceedings ANTS Workshop Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella, Mauro Birattari, Alcherio Martinoli, Riccardo Poli, Thomas Stützle
2006	J	`jnl`	Ant colony optimization. IEEE Comput. Intell. Mag. Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle
2006	J	`jnl`	Hybrid Metaheuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands. J. Math. Model. Algorithms Leonora Bianchi, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, Max Manfrin, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Luís Paquete, Olivia Rossi-Doria, Tommaso Schiavinotto
2006	—	`conf`	Incremental Local Search in Ant Colony Optimization: Why It Fails for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. ANTS Workshop Prasanna Balaprakash, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2006	—	`conf`	Negotiation of Goal Direction for Cooperative Transport. ANTS Workshop Alexandre Campo, Shervin Nouyan, Mauro Birattari, Roderich Groß, Marco Dorigo
2006	—	`conf`	On the Invariance of Ant System. ANTS Workshop Mauro Birattari, Paola Pellegrini, Marco Dorigo
2006	—	`conf`	Parallel Ant Colony Optimization for the Traveling Salesman Problem. ANTS Workshop Max Manfrin, Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Marco Dorigo
2006	J	`jnl`	Towards a theory of practice in metaheuristics design: A machine learning perspective. RAIRO Theor. Informatics Appl. Mauro Birattari, Mark Zlochin, Marco Dorigo
2005	J	`jnl`	An Insect-Based Algorithm for the Dynamic Task Allocation Problem. Künstliche Intell. Shervin Nouyan, Roberto Ghizzioli, Mauro Birattari, Marco Dorigo
2005	—	`—`	The problem of tuning metaheuristics: as seen from the machine learning perspective. Mauro Birattari
2005	J	`jnl`	The role of learning methods in the dynamic assessment of power components loading capability. IEEE Trans. Ind. Electron. Domenico Villacci, Gianluca Bontempi, Alfredo Vaccaro, Mauro Birattari
2004	—	`ed.`	Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, Brussels, Belgium, September 5 - 8, 2004, Proceedings ANTS Workshop Marco Dorigo, Mauro Birattari, Christian Blum, Luca Maria Gambardella, Francesco Mondada, Thomas Stützle
2004	A	`conf`	Applications Metaheuristics for the Vehicle Routing Problem with Stochastic Demands. PPSN Leonora Bianchi, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, Max Manfrin, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Luís Paquete, Olivia Rossi-Doria, Tommaso Schiavinotto
2004	J	`jnl`	Model-Based Search for Combinatorial Optimization: A Critical Survey. Ann. Oper. Res. Mark Zlochin, Mauro Birattari, Nicolas Meuleau, Marco Dorigo
2002	C	`conf`	A Comparison of the Performance of Different Metaheuristics on the Timetabling Problem. PATAT Olivia Rossi-Doria, Michael Sampels, Mauro Birattari, Marco Chiarandini, Marco Dorigo, Luca Maria Gambardella, Joshua D. Knowles, Max Manfrin, Monaldo Mastrolilli, Ben Paechter, Luís Paquete, Thomas Stützle
2002	A	`conf`	A Racing Algorithm for Configuring Metaheuristics. GECCO Mauro Birattari, Thomas Stützle, Luís Paquete, Klaus Varrentrapp
2002	J	`jnl`	Data-driven techniques for direct adaptive control: the lazy and the fuzzy approaches. Fuzzy Sets Syst. Edy Bertolissi, Mauro Birattari, Gianluca Bontempi, Antoine Duchâteau, Hugues Bersini
2002	B	`conf`	Invention vs. Discovery. Discovery Science Carlotta Piscopo, Mauro Birattari
2002	—	`conf`	Toward the Formal Foundation of Ant Programming. Ant Algorithms Mauro Birattari, Gianni Di Caro, Marco Dorigo
2002	—	`conf`	Updating ACO Pheromones Using Stochastic Gradient Ascent and Cross-Entropy Methods. EvoWorkshops Marco Dorigo, Mark Zlochin, Nicolas Meuleau, Mauro Birattari
2001	J	`jnl`	The local paradigm for modeling and control: from neuro-fuzzy to lazy learning. Fuzzy Sets Syst. Gianluca Bontempi, Hugues Bersini, Mauro Birattari
2000	J	`jnl`	A Model Selection Approach for Local Learning. AI Commun. Gianluca Bontempi, Mauro Birattari, Hugues Bersini
2000	B	`conf`	A multi-steap ahead prediction method based on local dynamic properties. ESANN Gianluca Bontempi, Mauro Birattari
2000	—	`conf`	Predicting stock markets in boundary conditions with local models. CIFEr Gianluca Bontempi, Edy Bertolissi, Mauro Birattari
1999	A*	`conf`	Local Learning for Iterated Time-Series Prediction. ICML Gianluca Bontempi, Mauro Birattari, Hugues Bersini
1998	—	`conf`	Lazy Learning Meets the Recursive Least Squares Algorithm. NIPS Mauro Birattari, Gianluca Bontempi, Hugues Bersini
1998	B	`conf`	Lazy learning for control design. ESANN Gianluca Bontempi, Mauro Birattari, Hugues Bersini
1998	—	`conf`	Recursive Lazy Learning for Modeling and Control. ECML Gianluca Bontempi, Mauro Birattari, Hugues Bersini