Publications




A Kernel-oriented model for autonomous-agent coalition-formation in general environments: implementation and results
Onn Shehory and S. Kraus
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and 8th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (AAAI '96/IAAI '96), pp. 134 - 140, August, 1996
A Monte-Carlo Algorithm for Extended Constraint-Posting Scheduling Search
A. Oddi and Stephen Smith
Workshop Paper, Italian Planning Workshop, August, 1996
A Survey of Automation in Excavation
Sanjiv Singh
Journal Article, Journal of the Mining and Materials Processing Institute of Japan, Vol. 112, No. 8, pp. 497 - 504, August, 1996
Algorithms for Pattern Rejection
Simon Baker and S. K. Nayar
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR '96), pp. 869 - 874, August, 1996
An Agent-Based Approach to the Design of Rapidly Deployable Fault Tolerant Manipulators
Chris Paredis
Miscellaneous, PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1996
An Autonomous Vision-Guided Helicopter
Omead Amidi
Miscellaneous, PhD Thesis, Electrical and Computer Engineering, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1996
Analysis and synthesis of the sounds of impact based on shape-invariant properties of materials
Eric Krotkov, Roberta Klatzky, and Nina Zumel
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition (ICPR '96), pp. 115 - 119, August, 1996
BOA: Pipe Asbestos Insulation Abatement Robot System
Hagen Schempf
Conference Paper, Proceedings of International Conference on Nuclear and Hazardous Waste Management (SPECTRUM '96), August, 1996
Compact 2D Pattern Development from 3D Polygonal Surfaces
Cheng-Hua Wang and David Bourne
Conference Paper, Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers in Engineering Conference (DETC '96), August, 1996
Cooperative goal-satisfaction without communication in large-scale agent-systems
Onn Shehory and S. Kraus
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 12th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI '96), pp. 544 - 548, August, 1996
Geometric Sensing of Known Planar Shapes
Yan-Bin Jia and Michael Erdmann
Journal Article, International Journal of Robotics Research, Vol. 15, No. 4, pp. 365 - 392, August, 1996
Human Hand Tracking from Binocular Image Sequences
Kenichi Nirei, Hideo Saito, Masaaki Mochimaru, and S. Ozawa
Conference Paper, Proceedings of IEEE 22th International Conference on Industrial Electronics, Control, and Instrumentation (IECON '96), pp. 297 - 302, August, 1996
Intelligent Adaptive Information Agents
Katia Sycara, K. Decker, and M. Williamson
Workshop Paper, AAAI '96 Intelligent Adaptive Agents Workshop, pp. 117 - 126, August, 1996
Laser Ranger based Hazard Detection
Lars Henriksen
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-32, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1996
Mesh Generation Using Relaxation in Warped Space
Paul Heckbert and Frank Bossen
Conference Paper, Proceedings of FIAT LUX '96, August, 1996
Modeling Ill-Structured Optimization Tasks through Cases
K. Miyashita, Katia Sycara, and R. Mizoguchi
Journal Article, Decision Support Systems, Vol. 17, No. 4, pp. 345 - 364, August, 1996
Modeling Information Agents: Advertisements, Organizational Roles, and Dynamic Behavior
Katia Sycara, K. Decker, and M. Williamson
Workshop Paper, AAAI '96 Agent Modeling Workshop, pp. 9 - 16, August, 1996
Multimodal Interfaces
Alex Waibel, M. T. Vo, P. Duchnowski, and S. Manke
Journal Article, Artificial Intelligence Review, Vol. 10, No. 3, pp. 299 - 319, August, 1996
Object Modeling from Multiple Images Using Genetic Algorithms
Hideo Saito and M. Mori
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th International Conference on Pattern Recognition, Vol. IV, pp. 669 - 673, August, 1996
On Synthesis of Electro-mechanical assemblies
T. N. Madhusudan, Katia Sycara, and Dundee Navin-Chandra
Conference Paper, Proceedings of ASME Design Engineering Technical Conference and Computers in Engineering Conference, August, 1996
Quasi-Bayesian Strategies for Efficient Plan Generation: Application to the Planning to Observe Problem
Fabio Cozman and Eric Krotkov
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 12th International Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence (UAI '96), pp. 186 - 193, August, 1996
Stochastic Similarity for Validating Human Control Strategy Models
Michael Nechyba and Yangsheng Xu
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-29, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, August, 1996
Unified Information and Control Flow in Hierarchical Task Networks
Katia Sycara, M. Williamson, and K. Decker
Workshop Paper, AAAI '96 Theories of Action, Planning, and Control Workshop, pp. 142 - 150, August, 1996
Using Perception Information for Robot Planning and Execution
Karen Zita Haigh and Manuela Veloso
Workshop Paper, AAAI '96 Workshop on Intelligent Adaptive Agents, pp. 23 - 32, August, 1996
Using Plan Reasoning in the Generation of Plan Descriptions
Robert Michael Young
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 13th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence and 8th Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence Conference (AAAI '96/IAAI '96), pp. 1075 - 1080, August, 1996
A Convergent Reinforcement Learning algorithm in the continuous case: the Finite-Element Reinforcement Learning
Remi Munos
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICML) International Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 337 - 345, July, 1996
A Video-Rate Stereo Machine and Its Application to Virtual Reality
K. Oda, M. Tanaka, A. Yoshida, H. Kano, and Takeo Kanade
Journal Article, ISPRS International Archives of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Vol. 31, No. 5, pp. 411 - 415, July, 1996
Discovering Structure in Multiple Learning Tasks: The TC Algorithm
Sebastian Thrun and Joseph O'Sullivan
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICML) International Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 489 - 497, July, 1996
Learning Evaluation Functions for Large Acyclic Domains
Justin Boyan and Andrew Moore
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICML) International Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 63 - 70, July, 1996
Passive Distance Learning for Robot Navigation
Sven Koenig and Reid Simmons
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (ICML) International Conference on Machine Learning, pp. 266 - 274, July, 1996
Rover Design for Edutainment-Based Lunar Mission
L. Katragadda, D. Apostolopoulos, D. Bapna, J. Murphy, and W. L. Whittaker
Conference Paper, Proceedings of AIAA Annual Robotics Technology Forum, July, 1996
Sensor Based Motion Planning: The Hierarchical Generalized Voronoi Graph
Howie Choset and J. Burdick
Workshop Paper, 2nd International Workshop on the Algorithmic Foundations of Robotics (WAFR '96), July, 1996
Sensorless Parts Feeding with a One Joint Robot
Srinivas Akella, Wesley Huang, Kevin Lynch, and Matthew T. Mason
Workshop Paper, 2nd International Workshop on the Algorithmic Fundamentals of Robotics (WAFR '96), pp. 229 - 237, July, 1996
Technology and Demonstrations for a Lunar Rover Expedition
Lalitesh Katragadda, John Murphy, Dimitrios (Dimi) Apostolopoulos, Deepak Bapna, and William (Red) L. Whittaker
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July, 1996
The Role of Transfer in Learning
Sebastian Thrun
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 18th Annual Conference of the Cognitive Science Society, July, 1996
An Empirical Comparison of Seven Iterative and Evolutionary Heuristics for Static Function Optimization
Shumeet Baluja
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 11th International Conference on Systems Engineering (ICSEng '96), July, 1996
Analysis of Stability of Sheet Metal Parts for Automated Handling
Venkat Ayyadevara and R. Sturges
Journal Article, Proceedings of Japan/USA Symposium on Flexible Automation, Vol. 2, pp. 891 - 893, July, 1996
Interactive C User's Guide
A. Wright, R. Sargent, and C. Witty
Book, July, 1996
Interactive Translation of Conversational Speech
Alex Waibel
Journal Article, Computer, Vol. 29, No. 7, July, 1996
Learning Analytically and Inductively
Tom Mitchell and Sebastian Thrun
Book Section/Chapter, Mind Matters: A Tribute to Allen Newell, July, 1996
Modeling from Reality: Representing and Integration
Heung-Yeung Shum
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-36, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1996
Perturbation Stability of Frictional Sliding with Varying Normal Force
P. Dupont and Deepak Bapna
Journal Article, Journal of Vibration and Acoustics, Vol. 118, No. 3, pp. 491 - 497, July, 1996
Safeguarded Teleoperation for Lunar Rovers
Eric Krotkov, Reid Simmons, Fabio Cozman, and Sven Koenig
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 26th International Conference on Environmental Systems, July, 1996
Segmentation and Interpolation Using Multiple Physical Hypotheses of Image Formation
Bruce Maxwell
PhD Thesis, Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-28, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1996
Systematic Configuration of Robotic Locomotion
Dimitrios (Dimi) Apostolopoulos
Tech. Report, CMU-RI-TR-96-30, Robotics Institute, Carnegie Mellon University, July, 1996
(DM)^2: A modular mobile manipulator
Christopher Lee and Yangsheng Xu
Conference Paper, Proceedings of 2nd Conference on Robotics for Challenging Environments (RCE '96), June, 1996
A Factorization Method for Affine Structure from Line Correspondences
L. Quan and Takeo Kanade
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 803 - 808, June, 1996
A Multi-Agent Framework for Modeling Supply Chain Dynamics
J. M. Swaminathan, Stephen Smith, and Norman Sadeh-Koniecpol
Workshop Paper, SIGMAN '96 Artificial Intelligence and Manufacturing Research Planning Workshop, pp. 210 - 218, June, 1996
A Space-Sweep Approach to True Multi-Image Matching
Robert Collins
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 358 - 363, June, 1996
A Stereo Machine for Video-rate Dense Depth Mapping and Its New Applications
Takeo Kanade, A. Yoshida, K. Oda, H. Kano, and M. Tanaka
Conference Paper, Proceedings of (CVPR) Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition, pp. 196 - 202, June, 1996