CiteULike: Group: kickOffTUG-Robocup - library [81 articles]

Improving modeling of other agents using stereotypes and compactification of observations

J Denzinger — 2007-07-04T15:04:36-00:00

Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2004. AAMAS 2004. Proceedings of the Third International Joint Conference on (2004), pp. 1414-1415.

Coach planning with opponent models for distributed execution

Riley — 2006-09-22T21:22:20-00:00

Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Vol. 13, No. 3. (November 2006), pp. 293-325.

Opponent Modeling in Real-Time Strategy Games

Frederik Schadd — 2008-04-02T14:15:52-00:00

(2007), pp. 61-68.

KickOffTUG Erweiterung des Weltmodells. Bakkalaureatsarbeit

Máté Wolfram — 2007-09-19T09:16:59-00:00

(2007)

Recent Advances in AI Planning

Daniel Weld — 2006-02-13T21:08:36-00:00

AI Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 2. (1999), pp. 93-123.

The past five years have seen dramatic advances in planning algorithms, with an emphasis on propositional methods such as Graphplan and compilers that convert planning problems into propositional CNF formulae for solution via systematic or stochastic SAT methods. Related work on the Deep Space One spacecraft control algorithms advances our understanding of interleaved planning and execution. In this survey,we explain the latest techniques and suggest areas for future research.

Multi-agent event recognition

S Hongeng — 2008-05-21T06:46:32-00:00

Computer Vision, 2001. ICCV 2001. Proceedings. Eighth IEEE International Conference on, Vol. 2 (2001), pp. 84-91 vol.2.

This paper presents a new approach to recognizing multiagent events observed by a static camera. To track objects robustly, knowledge about the ground plane and the events is used. An event is considered as composed of action threads, each thread being executed by a single actor. A single thread of action is recognized from the characteristics of the trajectory and moving blob of the actor using Bayesian methods. A multi-agent event is represented by a number of action threads related by temporal constraints. Multi-agent events are recognized by propagating the constraints and likelihoods of event threads in a temporal logic network

Towards an optimal scoring policy for simulated soccer agents

J Kok — 2008-04-02T15:31:32-00:00

(2001)

This paper describes the scoring policy used by the agents of our simulation robot soccer team. In a given situation this policy enables an agent to determine the best shooting point in the goal, together with an associated probability of scoring when the ball is shot to this point. The ball motion can be regarded as a geometrically constrained continuous-time Markov process. Our main contribution is an approximate method for learning relevant statistics of such a process.

Sequential Pattern Mining for Situation and Behavior Prediction in Simulated Robotic Soccer

Andreas Lattner — 2008-04-02T15:17:19-00:00

Agents in dynamic environments have to deal with world rep- To appear in: RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX, c # Springer-Verlag, 2006 resentations that change over time. In order to allow agents to act autonomously and to make their decisions on a solid basis an interpretation of the current scene is necessary. If intentions of other agents or events that are likely to happen in the future can be recognized the agent's performance can be improved as it can adapt the behavior to ...

Defensiv Spielen - Fußballtaktik 2

Peitersen Birger — 2007-08-21T11:45:27-00:00

(2000)

The Dirty Dozen Team and Coach Description

S Buttinger — 2007-08-09T14:10:53-00:00

(2002), pp. 543-546.

The Dirty Dozen team consists of the player agents and an online coach. The players' low-level-skills and world-model are based on the publicly available code of the CMU-99 team [1]. The team behavior is specified using a new strategy formalization language (SFL), an extension of the standard coach language. This allows to modify the behavior easily and makes the whole team coachable, even for online coaches developed by different teams. We introduce the main concepts of SFL and one possible...

RoboCup: The Robot World Cup Initiative

Hiroaki Kitano — 2007-08-09T13:27:48-00:00

(1997), pp. 340-347.

Virtual Werder: Using the Online-Coach to Change Team Formations

C Drücker — 2007-08-09T13:13:32-00:00

(2000)

Feature-based declarative opponent-modelling in multi-agent systems

Timo Steffens — 2007-08-06T09:43:28-00:00

(2002)

In the growing area of multi-agent-systems (MAS) also the diversity of the types of agents within these systems grows. Agent designers can no longer hard-code all possible interaction situations into their software, because there are many types of agents to be encountered.

The UT Austin Villa 2003 Champion Simulator Coach: A Machine Learning Approach

Gregory Kuhlmann — 2007-03-13T19:15:21-00:00

Vol. 3276 (2005), pp. 636-644.

The UT Austin Villa 2003 simulated online soccer coach was a first time entry in the RoboCup Coach Competition. In developing the coach, the main research focus was placed on treating advice-giving as a machine learning problem. Competing against a field of mostly hand-coded coaches, the UT Austin Villa coach earned first place in the competition. In this paper, we present the multi-faceted learning strategy that our coach used and examine which aspects contributed most to the coach's success.

ATTUnited-2001: Using Heterogeneous Players

Peter Stone — 2007-03-13T19:06:33-00:00

Vol. 2377 (2002), pp. 495-98.

Coaching a Soccer Simulation Team in RoboCup Environment

J Habibi — 2007-03-13T18:58:27-00:00

: EurAsia-ICT 2002: Information and Communication Technology: First EurAsian Conference Shiraz, Iran, October 29-31, 2002. Proceedings (2002), pp. 117-126.

Multiagent matching algorithms with and without coach

F Stolzenburg — 2007-03-13T18:42:04-00:00

(2003)

A matching is a (one-to-one) mapping between two sets, satisfying some given constraints.

RoboLog Coach - Ein OnlineCoach für Fussballmannschaften der Simulationsliga der RoboCup-Initiative

Karsten Sturm — 2007-03-13T09:39:41-00:00

A CBR Approach to the heterogeneous players problem in robotic soccer simulation

Thomas Gabel — 2007-03-13T09:35:22-00:00

RFID Malware: Truth vs. Myth

Melanie Rieback — 2007-01-19T14:07:53-00:00

IEEE Security and Privacy, Vol. 04, No. 4. (2006), pp. 70-72.

The Semantic Web Revisited

N Shadbolt — 2007-01-10T20:59:45-00:00

Intelligent Systems, IEEE [see also IEEE Intelligent Systems and Their Applications], Vol. 21, No. 3. (2006), pp. 96-101.

The original Scientific American article on the Semantic Web appeared in 2001. It described the evolution of a Web that consisted largely of documents for humans to read to one that included data and information for computers to manipulate. The Semantic Web is a Web of actionable information--information derived from data through a semantic theory for interpreting the symbols.This simple idea, however, remains largely unrealized. Shopbots and auction bots abound on the Web, but these are essentially handcrafted for particular tasks; they have little ability to interact with heterogeneous data and information types. Because we haven't yet delivered large-scale, agent-based mediation, some commentators argue that the Semantic Web has failed to deliver. We argue that agents can only flourish when standards are well established and that the Web standards for expressing shared meaning have progressed steadily over the past five years. Furthermore, we see the use of ontologies in the e-science community presaging ultimate success for the Semantic Web--just as the use of HTTP within the CERN particle physics community led to the revolutionary success of the original Web. This article is part of a special issue on the Future of AI.

The Vocabulary Problem in Human-System Communication

George Furnas — 2006-04-04T18:12:16-00:00

Communications of the ACM, Vol. 30, No. 11. (1987), pp. 964-971.

this document? We will argue later (section 3.5) that this approach is basically misleading, but we will explore it first. Throughout we take an empirical approach, collecting large amounts of data on actual human language usage, then modeling and evaluating different system strategies. A more detailed exposition of the data collection and analysis methods can be found in

The Structure of Collaborative Tagging Systems

Scott Golder — 2005-08-27T17:06:09-00:00

(18 Aug 2005)

Collaborative tagging describes the process by which many users add metadata in the form of keywords to shared content. Recently, collaborative tagging has grown in popularity on the web, on sites that allow users to tag bookmarks, photographs and other content. In this paper we analyze the structure of collaborative tagging systems as well as their dynamical aspects. Specifically, we discovered regularities in user activity, tag frequencies, kinds of tags used, bursts of popularity in bookmarking and a remarkable stability in the relative proportions of tags within a given url. We also present a dynamical model of collaborative tagging that predicts these stable patterns and relates them to imitation and shared knowledge.

HT06, tagging paper, taxonomy, Flickr, academic article, to read

Cameron Marlow — 2006-08-24T20:16:54-00:00

(2006), pp. 31-40.

Social Software

Michael Bã¤chle — 2006-05-30T18:10:08-00:00

Informatik-Spektrum, Vol. 29, No. 2. (April 2006), pp. 121-124.

Web 2.0: hypertext by any other name?

David Millard — 2006-11-05T16:34:49-00:00

(2006), pp. 27-30.

Web 2.0: is it really different?

Win Treese — 2006-06-09T08:31:16-00:00

netWorker, Vol. 10, No. 2. (June 2006), pp. 15-17.

Die Humanisierung des Netzes

Mario Sixtus — 2006-12-27T14:37:40-00:00

Die Zeit, No. 35. (25 August 2005)

Das Web sind wir

Mario Sixtus — 2006-12-27T14:35:22-00:00

TECHNOLOGY REVIEW, Vol. Juli 2005 (July 2005)

The rise of social software

Michele Tepper — 2005-01-13T06:51:52-00:00

netWorker, Vol. 7, No. 3. (September 2003), pp. 18-23.

A critical look at open source

B Fitzgerald — 2006-05-24T18:29:23-00:00

Computer, Vol. 37, No. 7. (2004), pp. 92-94.

In recent years, open source software - more properly, free and open source software - has emerged as one popular solution to the so-called "software crisis". Advocates regard F/OSS as an agile, practice-led initiative that addresses three key issues namely cost, time scale and quality. F/OSS products are usually freely available for public download. The collaborative, parallel efforts of globally distributed developers allow many F/OSS products to be developed much more quickly than conventional software. Many F/OSS offerings are recognized for their high standards of reliability, efficiency, and robustness; products such as GNU/Linux, Apache, and Bind have become "category killers" stifling the incentive to develop any competing products.

A look at the economics of open source

Robert Glass — 2005-10-20T23:02:56-00:00

Commun. ACM, Vol. 47, No. 2. (February 2004), pp. 25-27.

Motivation of software developers in Open Source projects: an Internet-based survey of contributors to the Linux kernel

G Hertel — 2006-12-26T16:24:47-00:00

pp. 1159-1177.

The motives of 141 contributors to a large Open Source Software (OSS) project (the Linux kernel) was explored with an Internet-based questionnaire study. Measured factors were both derived from discussions within the Linux community as well as from models from social sciences. Participants' engagement was particularly determined by their identification as a Linux developer, by pragmatic motives to improve own software, and by their tolerance of time investments. Moreover, some of the software development was accomplished by teams. Activities in these teams were particularly determined by participants' evaluation of the team goals as well as by their perceived indispensability and self-efficacy.

Wireless identification privacy and security

A Soppera — 2006-01-31T04:18:59-00:00

BT Technology Journal, Vol. 23, No. 4. (October 2005), pp. 54-64.

RFID privacy: an overview of problems and proposed solutions

SL Garfinkel — 2005-12-09T13:41:58-00:00

Security & Privacy Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 3, No. 3. (2005), pp. 34-43.

As organizations aggressively deploy radio frequency identification systems, activists are increasingly concerned about RFID's potential to invade user privacy. This overview highlights potential threats and how they might be addressed using both technology and public policy.

Emerging Markets for RFID Traces

Matthias Bauer — 2006-06-06T06:10:50-00:00

(5 Jun 2006)

RFID tags are held to become ubiquitous in logistics in the near future, and item-level tagging will pave the way for Ubiquitous Computing, for example in application fields like smart homes. Our paper addresses the value and the production cost of information that can be gathered by observing these tags over time and different locations. We argue that RFID technology will induce a thriving market for such information, resulting in easy data access for analysts to infer business intelligence and individual profiles of unusually high detail. Understanding these information markets is important for many reasons: They represent new business opportunities, and market players need to be aware of their roles in these markets. Policy makers need to confirm that the market structure will not negatively affect overall welfare. Finally, though we are not addressing the complex issue of privacy, we are convinced that market forces will have a significant impact on the effectiveness of deployed security enhancements to RFID technology. In this paper we take a few first steps into a relatively new field of economic research and conclude with a list of research problems that promise deeper insights into the matter.

Defining Strong Privacy for RFID

Ari Juels — 2006-10-18T18:07:20-00:00

(2006)

Security and Privacy Aspects of Low-Cost Radio Frequency Identification Systems

Stephen Weis — 2005-02-02T00:13:56-00:00

Vol. 2802 (2004), pp. 201-212.

Like many technologies, low-cost Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems will become pervasive in our daily lives when affixed to everyday consumer items as “smart labels”. While yielding great productivity gains, RFID systems may create new threats to the security and privacy of individuals or organizations. This paper presents a brief description of RFID systems and their operation. We describe privacy and security risks and how they apply to the unique setting of low-cost RFID...

The history of RFID

J Landt — 2006-07-12T21:15:59-00:00

Potentials, IEEE, Vol. 24, No. 4. (2005), pp. 8-11.

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is an integral part of our life, which increases productivity and convenience. It is the term coined for short-range radio technology used to communicate mainly digital information between a stationary location and a movable object or between movable objects. This RFID system uses the principle of modulated backscatter where it can transfer the data from the tag to the reader. The tag generally reads its internal memory of stored data and changes the loading on the tag antenna in a coded manner corresponding to the stored data. RFID is a technology, which spans systems engineering, software development, encryption etc., and thus there are many engineers involved in the development and application of RFID and at present the shortage of technical and business people trained in RFID is hampering the growth of the industry.

RFID tags: commercial applications v. privacy rights

Eileen Kelly — 2005-07-26T04:55:47-00:00

Industrial Management & Data Systems, Vol. 105, No. 6. (June 2005), pp. 703-713.

the Osnabrueck RoboCup Agents Project

Andreas Nie — 2006-08-23T07:19:20-00:00

(2001)

This document is about the RoboCup team developed by the Osnabrueck RoboCup (ORCA) student project at the University of Osnabrueck. Apart from discussing our concepts we will try to give advices regarding our programs and will give a report on our experience with the team.

Feature-Based Declarative Opponent-Modelling in Multi-Agent Systems

Timo Steffens — 2006-08-23T06:43:25-00:00

(2002)

A framework for representing opponent-models in multi-agent systems is introduced, which is based on observed features. The main contribution is that strategies can be identified by certain typical moves or features. The approach was sucessfully implemented and evaluated in the RoboCup-domain.

Learning Models of Opponent's Strategy in Game Playing

David Carmel — 2006-08-23T06:41:03-00:00

(1993), pp. 140-147.

Most activity in the area of game playing programs is concerned with efficient ways of searching game trees. There is substantial evidence that game playing involves additional types of intelligent processes. One such process performed by human experts is the acquisition and usage of a model of their opponent's strategy. This work studies the problem of opponent modelling in game playing. A simplified version of a model is defined as a pair of search depth and evaluation function. M*, a...

The RoboCup Synthetic Agent Challenge,97

H Kitano — 2005-12-05T18:10:09-00:00

(1997)

RoboCup Challenge offers a set of challenges for intelligent agent researchers using a friendly competition in a dynamic, real-time, multiagent domain. While RoboCup in general envisions longer range challenges over the next few decades, RoboCup Challenge presents three specific challenges for the next two years: (i) learning of individual agents and teams; (ii) multi-agent team planning and plan-execution in service of teamwork; and (iii) opponent modeling. RoboCup Challenge provides a novel...

The Champion UT Austin Villa 2003 Simulator Online Coach Team

Gregory Kuhlmann — 2006-08-22T10:12:10-00:00

(2004)

The UT Austin Villa 2003 simulated online soccer coach was a first time entry in the RoboCup Coach Competition. In developing the coach, the main research focus was placed on treating advice-giving as a learning problem. The coach learns to predict agent behavior from past observations and automatically generates advice to improve its team's performance. Using this approach, the UT Austin Villa coach earned first place in this year's competition.

Der Robolog Coach

Karsten Sturm — 2006-08-22T09:56:32-00:00

(10 February 2003)

RoboCup: robot world cup

H Kitano — 2006-07-13T10:28:05-00:00

Robotics & Automation Magazine, IEEE, Vol. 5, No. 3. (1998), pp. 30-36.

RoboCup is an attempt to foster intelligent robotics research by providing a standard problem where a wide range of technologies can be integrated and examined. The First Robot World Cup Soccer Games and Conferences (RoboCup-97) was held during IJCAI-97, Nagoya, with over 40 teams participating from throughout the world. RoboCup soccer is a task for a team of fast-moving robots in a dynamic, noisy environment. In order for a robot team to actually perform a soccer game, various technologies must be incorporated including: design principles of autonomous agents, multi-agent collaboration, strategy acquisition, real-time reasoning, robotics, and sensor-fusion. This article describes technical challenges involved in RoboCup, its official rules, a report of RoboCup-97, and future perspectives

Dynamic multi-robot coordination

D Vail — 2005-12-01T22:51:23-00:00

(2003)

Multi-Robot Coordination in the Robot Soccer Environment

A Tews — 2006-01-31T10:58:41-00:00

(1999)

Swarm intelligence: from natural to artificial systems

Eric Bonabeau — 2005-10-26T09:58:01-00:00

(1999)