By Honorary Associate Professor Michael Maher

Journal articles

Maher MJ; Tachmazidis I; Antoniou G; Wade S; Cheng L, 2020, 'Rethinking Defeasible Reasoning: A Scalable Approach', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 20, pp. 552 - 586, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1471068420000010

Governatori G; Maher MJ, 2017, 'Annotated defeasible logic', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 17, pp. 819 - 836, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1471068417000266

Maher MJ, 2017, 'Contractibility for open global constraints', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 17, pp. 365 - 407, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1471068417000126

Maher MJ, 2017, 'Relating concrete defeasible reasoning formalisms and abstract argumentation', Fundamenta Informaticae, 155, pp. 233 - 260, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/FI-2017-1584

Ahmed M; Anwar A; MAHMOOD A; Shah Z; Maher MJ, 2015, 'An Investigation of Performance Analysis of Anomaly Detection Techniques for Big Data in SCADA Systems', ICST Transactions on Industrial Networks and Intelligent Systems, 2, pp. e5, http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/inis.2.3.e5

Ahmed M; Mahmood AN; Maher MJ, 2015, 'An Efficient Technique For Network Traffic Summarization Using Multiview Clustering And Statistical Sampling', Eai Endorsed Transactions on Scalable Information Systems, 2, pp. 1 - 9, http://dx.doi.org/10.4108/sis.2.5.e4

Maher MJ, 2013, 'Relative Expressiveness of Defeasible Logics II', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 13, pp. 579 - 592, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1471068413000367

Maher M, 2012, 'Relative Expressiveness of Defeasible Logics', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 12, pp. 793 - 810, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/S1471068412000294

Billington D; Antoniou G; Governatori G; Maher M, 2010, 'An inclusion theorem for defeasible logics', ACM Transactions on Computational Logic, 12, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/1838552.1838558

Maher M, 2009, 'Local consistency for extended CSPs', Theoretical Computer Science, 410, pp. 4769 - 4783

Falaschi M; Maher M, 2007, 'Introduction Special Issue on Multiparadigm Languages and Constraint Programming', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 7, pp. 1 - 2

Maher M; Antoniou G; Billington D; Governatori G, 2006, 'Embedding defeasible logic in logic programming', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 6, pp. 703 - 735

Wang J; Topor RW; Maher M, 2005, 'Rewriting Union Queries Using Views', Constraints, 10, pp. 219 - 251

Governatori G; Maher MJ; Antoniou G; Billington D, 2004, 'Argumentation semantics for defeasible logic', Journal of Logic and Computation, 14, pp. 675 - 702, http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/logcom/14.5.675

Jaffar J; Maher MJ, 2002, 'Guest Editorial', Constraints, 7, pp. 227 - 228, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1020564731987

MAHER MJ; ROCK A; ANTONIOU G; BILLINGTON D; MILLER T, 2001, 'EFFICIENT DEFEASIBLE REASONING SYSTEMS', International Journal of Artificial Intelligence Tools, 10, pp. 483 - 501, http://dx.doi.org/10.1142/s0218213001000623

MAHER MJ, 2001, 'Propositional defeasible logic has linear complexity', Theory and Practice of Logic Programming, 1, pp. 691 - 711, http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/s1471068401001168

Antoniou G; Billington D; Governatori G; Maher MJ, 2001, 'Representation results for defeasible logic', ACM Transactions on Computational Logic, 2, pp. 255 - 287, http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/371316.371517

Antoniou G; Maher MJ; Billington D, 2000, 'Defeasible logic versus Logic Programming without Negation as Failure', The Journal of Logic Programming, 42, pp. 47 - 57, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0743-1066(99)00060-6

Brodsky A; Lassez C; Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1999, 'Separability of Polyhedra for Optimal Filtering of Spatial and Constraint Data', Journal of Automated Reasoning, 23, pp. 83 - 104, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1006171919920

Jaffar J; Maher M; Marriott K; Stuckey P, 1998, 'The semantics of constraint logic programs1Note that reviewing of this paper was handled by the Editor-in-Chief.1', The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, 37, pp. 1 - 46, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0743-1066(98)10002-x

Maher MJ, 1997, 'Constrained dependencies', Theoretical Computer Science, 173, pp. 113 - 149, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/s0304-3975(96)00193-4

Brodsky A; Jaffar J; Maher MJ, 1997, 'Toward Practical Query Evaluation for Constraint Databases', Constraints, 2, pp. 279 - 304, http://dx.doi.org/10.1023/a:1009795512753

Maher MJ; Stuckey PJ, 1995, 'On inductive inference of cyclic structures', Annals of Mathematics and Artificial Intelligence, 15, pp. 167 - 208, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf01534454

Barbuti R; Codish M; Giacobazzi R; Maher MJ, 1995, 'Oracle Semantics for Prolog', Information and Computation, 122, pp. 178 - 200, http://dx.doi.org/10.1006/inco.1995.1146

Jaffar J; Maher MJ, 1994, 'Constraint logic programming: a survey', The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, 19, pp. 503 - 581, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-1066(94)90033-7

Bruynooghe M; Debray S; Hermenegildo M; Maher M, 1994, 'Guest editors' introduction', The Journal of Logic and Algebraic Programming, 19, pp. 1 - 3, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-1066(94)90022-1

Maher MJ, 1993, 'A transformation system for deductive database modules with perfect model semantics', Theoretical Computer Science, 110, pp. 377 - 403, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(93)90013-j

Jaffar J; Maher MJ; Stuckey PJ; Yap RHC, 1993, 'Projecting CLPR constraints', New Generation Computing, 11, pp. 449 - 469, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf03037187

Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1992, 'On Fourier's algorithm for linear arithmetic constraints', Journal of Automated Reasoning, 9, pp. 373 - 379, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/bf00245296

Jaffar J; Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1986, 'Comments on “general failure of logic programs”', The Journal of Logic Programming, 3, pp. 115 - 118, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-1066(86)90018-x

Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1985, 'Optimal fixedpoints of logic programs', Theoretical Computer Science, 39, pp. 15 - 25, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(85)90128-8

Jaffar J; Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1984, 'A theory of complete logic programs with equality', The Journal of Logic Programming, 1, pp. 211 - 223, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0743-1066(84)90010-4

Lassez J-L; Maher MJ, 1984, 'Closures and fairness in the semantics of programming logic', Theoretical Computer Science, 29, pp. 167 - 184, http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/0304-3975(84)90017-3

Conference Papers

Van Der Meyden R; Maher MJ, 2021, 'Architecture for Smart SAFE Contracts', in 2021 3rd Conference on Blockchain Research and Applications for Innovative Networks and Services Brains 2021, pp. 145 - 148, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/BRAINS52497.2021.9569831

Tajvidi M; Essam D; Maher MJ, 2018, 'Deadline-constrained stochastic optimization of resource provisioning, for cloud users', in Muñoz VM; Ferguson D; Helfert M; Pahl C (eds.), CLOSER 2018 - Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, SciTePress, Science and Technology Publications, Lda, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, pp. 179 - 189, presented at 8th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science :CLOSER 2018, Funchal, Madeira, Portugal, 19 March 2018 - 21 March 2018, http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0006761401790189

Tajvidi M; Maher MJ; Essam D, 2017, 'Uncertainty-Aware optimization of resource provisioning, a cloud end-user perspective', in Closer 2017 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Cloud Computing and Services Science, pp. 293 - 300, http://dx.doi.org/10.5220/0006234103210328

Maher MJ, 2016, 'Corrupt strategic argumentation: The ideal and the naive', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Hobart, TAS, Australia, pp. 17 - 28, presented at 2016 Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Hobart, TAS, Australia, 05 December 2016 - 08 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-50127-7_2

Maher MJ, 2016, 'Resistance to Corruption of General Strategic Argumentation', in 30th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2016, Thailand, presented at International Conference on Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Thailand, 22 August 2016 - 26 August 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44832-9_4

Maher MJ, 2016, 'Resistance to corruption of strategic argumentation', in PRIMA 2016: Principles and Practice of Multi-Agent Systems, Springer Nature, Phoenix, USA, pp. 61 - 75, presented at AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Phoenix, USA, 12 February 2016 - 17 February 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-44832-9_4

Maher MJ, 2015, 'Relating Concrete Argumentation Formalisms and Abstract Argumentation', in Eiter T; Toni F (ed.), Cork, Ireland, presented at International Conference on Logic Programming, Cork, Ireland, 31 August 2015 - 04 September 2015

Governatori G; Maher MJ; Olivieri F; Rotolo A; Scannapieco S, 2014, 'Strategic Argumentation Under Grounded Semantics is NP-Complete', in Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 379 - 387, presented at European Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, Prague, Czech Republic, 18 December 2014 - 19 December 2014

Maher MJ, 2014, 'Complexity of Exploiting Privacy Violations in Strategic Argumentation', in Pham D-N; Park S-B (ed.), PRICAI 2014: Trends in Artificial Intelligence, Springer, pp. 523 - 535, presented at Pacific Rim International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 01 December 2014 - 05 December 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13560-1_42

Maher MJ, 2014, 'Comparing Defeasible Logics', in ECAI 2014, IOS Press, Prague, Czech Republic, pp. 585 - 590, presented at European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Prague, Czech Republic, 18 August 2014 - 22 August 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.3233/978-1-61499-419-0-585

Maher MJ, 2013, 'Relative Expressiveness of Well-Founded Defeasible Logics', in Cranefield S; Nayak A (ed.), AI 2013: Advances in Artificial Intelligence - 26th Australasian Joint Conference, Dunedin, New Zealand, pp. 338 - 349, presented at 26th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Dunedin, New Zealand, 03 December 2013 - 06 December 2013

Mehani O; Boreli R; Maher M; Ernst T, 2011, 'User- and Application-Centric Multihomed Flow Management', in Proceedings - Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN, IEEE, Piscataway, NJ, United States, pp. 26 - 34, presented at 36th Annual IEEE Conference on Local Computer Networks, LCN 2011, Bonn, Germany, 04 October 2011 - 07 October 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/LCN.2011.6115206

Newton MAH; Pham N; Sattar A; Maher M, 2011, 'Kangaroo: An Efficient Constraint-Based Local Search System Using Lazy Propagation', in Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming - CP 2011, Springer, Perugia, Italy, pp. 645 - 659, presented at 17th International Conference on Principles and Practice of Constraint Programming, CP 2011, Perugia, Italy, 12 September 2011 - 16 September 2011, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-23786-7_49

Maher M, 2010, 'Contractibility and Contractible Approximations of Soft Global Constraints', in Technical Communications of the 26th International Conference on Logic Programming, Leibniz International Proceedings in Informatics, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany, pp. 114 - 123, presented at International Conference on Logic Programming 2010, Edinburgh, UK, 16 July 2010 - 19 July 2010, http://dx.doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.ICLP.2010.114

Maher M, 2009, 'SOGgy Constraints: Soft Open Global Constraints', in Principles and Practice of Constraints Programming - CP 2009, Springer, Berlin, pp. 584 - 591, presented at 15th International Conference CP 2009, Lisbon, Portugal, 20 September 2009 - 24 September 2009

Maher M, 2009, 'Open Contractible Global Constraints', in Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Arti cial Intelligence, Morgan Kaufmann Publishers Inc., San Francisco, CA, USA, pp. 578 - 583, presented at 21st International Joint Conference on Artificial inteliigence, Pasadena USA, 11 July 2009 - 17 July 2009

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