Publications

2018

Saeid Samadidana and Roger Mailler. “Analyzing the Effect of Information Stagnancy on the Distributed Stochastic Algorithm.” Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018), 2018. Accepted (Extended Abstract)

Sarra Alqahtani, Ian Riley, Samuel Taylor, Rose Gamble, and Roger Mailler. “MTL Robustness for Path Planning with A*.” Proceedings of the Seventeenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2018), 2018. Accepted.

2017

Long-Gang Niu , Ping Liu, Yuan Shui , Roger Mailler, Zhao-Wen Wang. “BKIP- 1, an auxiliary subunit critical to SLO-1 function, inhibits SLO-2 potassium channel in vivo” Scientific Reports. 2017. Accepted.

Ping Liu, Bojun Chen, Roger Mailler, Zhao-Wen Wang. Antidromic-rectifying gap junctions amplify chemical transmission at functionally mixed electrical-chemical synapses Nature Communications. March 2017.

Roger Mailler, Huimin Zheng, and Anton Ridgway. Dynamic, distributed constraint solving and thermodynamic theory. Autonomous Agents and Multi- Agent Systems, 2017: 1-30.

Saeid Samadidana and Roger Mailler. Solving DCSP problems in highly degraded communication environments. Proceedings of the International Conference on Web Intelligence. ACM, 2017.

2015

MIchael Keller, Kevin Adams, and Roger Mailler. “Pull-Off Adhesion Measurements of C. elegans.”  Mechanics of Biological Systems and Materials, Vol. 7 pg 69-74, 2015.

Allen Marshall, Sarra Alqahtani, Anton Ridgway, Charles Walter, Rose Gamble, and Roger Mailler. “Combining coordination with usage policies to improve mission scheduling resilience.” In Resilience Week (RWS 2015), pp. 1-6. IEEE, 2015.

Anton Ridgway and Roger Mailler. Dynamic Theoretical Analysis of the Distributed Stochastic and Distributed Breakout Algorithms. Proceedings of the Fourteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2015).2015

Anton Ridgway and Roger Mailler. On Predictions for Dynamic, Self-Adaptive Techniques in DynDCSP’s. In Proceedings of Intelligent Agents Technology (IAT). 2015.

2014

Mailler, Roger and Huimin, Zheng. A New Analysis Method for Dynamic, Distributed Constraint Satisfaction. Proceeding of the Thirteenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2014). 2014.

2013

Hafizoglu, Feyza and Mailler, Roger. Decentralized Telescope Management for Satellite Tracking. Proceeding of the 2013 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2013). 2013.

Mailler, Roger and Zheng, Huimin. Distributed Problem Solving in Geometrically-Structured Constraint Networks. Proceeding of the Twelfth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013). 2013. (Extended Abstract)

Hafizoglu, Feyza and Mailler, Roger. Telescope Management for Satellite Tracking: A Decentralized Approach. Proceeding of the Twelfth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2013). 2013. (Extended Abstract)

2012

Mailler, Roger. Improving Asynchronous Partial Overlay. Proceeding of the 2012 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2012). 2012. (Best Paper)

Adams, Kevin, Mailler, Roger and Keller, Michael. Adhesion of C. elegans to Agar Surfaces. ASME International Conference and Exposition. 2012.

Mailler, Roger. Improving the Privacy of the Asynchronous Partial Overlay Protocol. International Journal of Multiagent and Grid Systems. Vol 8, no 2. 2012.

2011

Smith, Melanie and Mailler, Roger. The Effects of Congestion on Coordinated Routing. In The 14th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2011). 2011.

Mailler, Roger; Graves, Jacob; Willy, Nathan; and Sarratt, Trevor. A Biologically Accurate Simulation of the Locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans
. In International Journal On Advances in Life Sciences, Vol 2, no 3&4. 2011.

Graves, Jacob and Mailler, Roger. Quantifying the Accuracy of C. elegans Image Analysis. In The Third International Conference on Bioinformatics, Biocomputational Systems, and Biotechnologies (BIOTECHNO 2011). May 2011.

2010

Mailler, Roger; Avery, Jason; Graves, Jacob; and Willy, Nathan. A Biologically Accurate 3D Model of the Locomotion of Caenorhabditis elegans . In Proceedings of The First International Conference on Computational and Systems Biology and Microbiology (BIOSYSCOM 2010). March, 2010. (Best Paper)

Smith, Melanie; and Mailler, Roger. Getting What You Pay For: Is Exploration in Distributed Hill Climbing Really Worth It?. In Proceedings of the 2010 International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2010) . August, 2010.

Mailler, Roger; and Graves, Jacob. Solving Distributed CSPs using Dynamic, Partial Centralization without Explicit Constraint Passing . In The 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2010). November, 2010. (Best Paper)

Smith, Melanie; Sen, Sandip; and Mailler, Roger. Adaptive and Non-Adaptive Distribution Functions for DSA. In The 13th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems (PRIMA-2010). November, 2010.

2009

Mailler, Roger; Bryce, Daniel; Shen, Jiaying; and O’Reilly, Ciaran. MABLE: A Framework for Learning from Natural Instruction. In Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2009), pp. 393-400. May, 2009.

2007

Petcu, Adrian; Faltings, Boi; and Mailler, Roger. PC-DPOP: A New Partial Centralization Algorithm for Distributed Constraint Optimization. In Proceedings of the Twentieth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI 2007). January 2007.

2006

Mailler, Roger. Using Prior Knowledge to Improve Distributed Hill Climbing. In Proceedings of the 2006 International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2006). December 2006.

Gerkey, Brian; Mailler, Roger; and Morisset, Benoit. Commbots: Distributed control of mobile communication relays. In Proc. of the AAAI Workshop on Auction Mechanisms for Robot Coordination (AuctionBots), Boston, Massachusetts, pp. 51-57, Jul 2006.

Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. Asynchronous Partial Overlay: A New Algorithm for Solving Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems. In Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research (JAIR) , Volume 25, AI Access Foundation, pp. 529-576. April 2006.

Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. A Cooperative Mediation-Based Protocol for Dynamic, Distributed Resource Allocation. In IEEE Transaction on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part C, Special Issue on Game-theoretic Analysis and Stochastic Simulation of Negotiation Agents. Feb 2006.

2005

Gemelli, Nathaniel; Wright, Robert; Mailler, Roger. Asynchronous Chess. In Proceedings of the 2005 AAAI Fall Symposium on Coevolutionary and Coadaptive Systems. November 2005.

Mailler, Roger. Solving Distributed DCSPs using Dynamic, Partial Centralization without Explicit Constraint Passing. In Proceedings of the Second Workshop on the Challenges in the Coordination of Large Scale Multi-agent Systems (LSMAS 2005). July, 2005.

Mailler, Roger. Comparing Two Approaches to Dynamic, Distributed Constraint Satisfaction. In Proceedings of Fourth International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
(AAMAS 2005), pp. 1049-1056. July, 2005.

Coordination of Large-Scale Multiagent Systems, Scerri, Paul; Vincent, Regis; Mailler, Roger ed., Springer, New York. 2005.

2004

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. A Case Study of Organizational Effects in a Distributed Sensor Network. In Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2004). September, 2004.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. A Case Study of Organizational Effects in a Distributed Sensor Network. In Proceedings of the AAAI-04 Workshop on Agent Organizations: Theory and Practice. July, 2004. Also available as UMass CompSci Technical Report 04-03.

Scerri, Paul; Vincent, Regis; and Mailler, Roger. Comparing Three Approaches to Large Scale Coordination. In Proceedings of the First Workshop on the Challenges in the Coordination of Large Scale Multi-agent Systems. July, 2004.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. The Farm Distributed Simulation Environment. In Computer Science Technical Report 2004-12, Number 2004-12. March, 2004.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. Farm: A Scalable Environment for Multi-Agent Development and Evaluation. In Advances in Software Engineering for Multi-Agent Systems, pp. 220-237. February, 2004.

Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. Solving Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems Using Cooperative Mediation. In Proceedings of Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
(AAMAS 2004), pp. 438-445. July, 2004.

Mailler,Roger; and Lesser,Victor. Using Cooperative Mediation to Solve Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems. In Proceedings of Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems
(AAMAS 2004), pp. 446-453. July, 2004.

2003

Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. A Mediation Based Protocol for Distributed Constraint Satisfaction. In The Fourth International Workshop on Distributed Constraint Reasoning, pp. 49-58. August, 2003.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; Sims, Mark; and Lesser, Victor. Using and Maintaining Organization in a Large-Scale Distributed Sensor Network. In Proceedings of the Workshop on Autonomy, Delegation, and Control (AAMAS03). July, 2003.

Mailler, Roger; Lesser, Victor; and Horling, Bryan. Cooperative Negotiation for Soft Real-Time Distributed Resource Allocation. In Proceedings of Second International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent Systems (AAMAS 2003), pp. 576-583. July, 2003. Also available as UMass Computer Science Technical Report 2002-49.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. Farm: A Scalable Environment for Multi-Agent Development and Evaluation. In Proceedings of the 2nd International Workshop on Software Engineering for Large-Scale Multi-Agent Systems (SELMAS 2003), pp. 171-177. May, 2003.

Horling, Bryan; Mailler, Roger; Shen, Jiaying; Vincent, Regis, and Lesser, Victor. Using Autonomy, Organizational Design and Negotiation in a Distributed Sensor Network. In Distributed Sensor Networks: A multiagent perspective, pp. 139-183. 2003. Book chapter.

Mailler, Roger and Lesser, Victor. Cooperative Negotiation for Optimized Distributed Resource Allocation in Soft Real-Time. In UMass Computer Science Technical Report 2003-07. 2003.

Wang, Guandong; Zhang, Weixiong; Mailler, Roger; and Lesser, Victor. Analysis of Negotiation Protocols by Distributed Search. In Distributed Sensor Networks: A multiagent perspective, pp. 339-361. 2003.

2001

Mailler, Roger; Vincent, Regis; Lesser, Victor; Middlekoop, Tim; and Shen, Jiaying. Soft Real-Time, Cooperative Negotiation for Distributed Resource Allocation. In AAAI Fall Symposium on Negotiation Methods for Autonomous Cooperative Systems. November, 2001.

Horling, Bryan, Vincent, Regis, Mailler, Roger, Shen, Jiaying, Becker, Raphen, Rawlins, Kyle and Lesser, Victor. Distributed Sensor Network for Real Time Tracking. In Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Autonomous Agents, pp. 417-424. June, 2001.