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Ali I; Kasmarik KE; Essam D, 2018, 'An Efficient Differential Evolution Algorithm for solving 0-1 Knapsack Problems', Brazil, presented at IEEE CEC, Brazil, -

Nguyen T; Nguyen H; Garratt M; Tran P; Kasmarik K; Barlow M; Anavatti S; Abbass H, 2018, 'Apprenticeship Bootstrapping via Deep Learning with a Safety Net for UAV-UGV Interaction', in AAAI Fall Symposia Papers, AAAI, Stanford USA, presented at Fifth AAAI Fall Symposium Series on Artificial Intelligence for Human-Robot Interaction, Stanford USA, - , https://aaai.org/Library/Symposia/symposia-library.php

Samarasinghe Widana Arachchige D; Lakshika E; Barlow M; Kasmarik KE, 2018, 'Automatic Synthesis of Swarm Behavioural Rules from their Atomic Components', in Aguirre H (ed.), GECCO 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference, Association for Computing Machinery (ACM), Kyoto Japan, pp. 133 - 140, presented at GECCO 2018, Kyoto Japan, - , http://dx.doi.org/10.1145/3205455.3205546

Nguyen T; Nguyen H; Debie E; Kasmarik K; Garratt M; Abbass H, 2018, 'Swarm Q-Learning With Knowledge Sharing Within Environments for Formation Control', Brazil, presented at International Joint Conference on Neural Networks, Brazil, -

Towers I; Sidhu H; Jovanoski Z; Merrick K; Barlow M, 2017, 'An N-player Trust game: comparison of replicator and logit dynamics', Hobart, Tasmania, presented at The 22nd International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Hobart, Tasmania, 03 December 2017 - 08 December 2017, http://www.mssanz.org.au/modsim2017/Keynote/towers.pdf

Leu G; Tang J; Lakshika E; Kasmarik K; Barlow M; Tang J, 2017, 'Curriculum optimisation via evolutionary computation, for a neural learner robust to categorical adversarial samples', in Defence Technology - Japan (ACDT), 2017 Fourth Asian Conference on, IEEE Xplore, Tokyo, pp. 1 - 6, presented at The 4th Asian Conference on Defence Technology, Tokyo, 29 November 2017 - 01 December 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ACDTJ.2017.8259585

Yang Z; Merrick K; Abbass H; Jin L, 2017, 'Multi-task deep reinforcement learning for continuous action control', in Sierra C (ed.), IJCAI International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence, AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, pp. 3301 - 3307, presented at Proceedings of the Twenty-Sixth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AUSTRALIA, Melbourne, 19 August 2017 - 25 August 2017, http://dx.doi.org/10.24963/ijcai.2017/461

Bowley S; Merrick K, 2017, 'A ‘Breadcrumbs’ Model for Controlling an Intrinsically Motivated Swarm using a Handheld Device', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer, Melbourne, Australia, pp. 157 - 168, presented at Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Melbourne, Australia, - , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-63004-5_13

Yang Z; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2017, 'Handling Multi-Task Learning with Deep Reinforcement Learning', Melbourne Australia, presented at International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Melbourne Australia, -

Leu G; Kasmarik KE; Tang J; Lakshika E; Barlow M, 2017, 'Machine Education - the way forward for achieving trust-enabled machine agents', USA, presented at NIPS’17 Workshop on Teaching Machines, Robots, and Humans, USA, -

Merrick K; Hardhienata M; Shafi K; Hu J, 2016, 'Using Game Theory with Intrinsic Motivation to Examine Anti-Hacking Policies for Autonomous Systems', in Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (SSCI), Athens, Greece, presented at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Athens, Greece, 06 December 2016 - 09 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SSCI.2016.7850035

Liu X; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2016, 'Designing Artificial Agents to Detect the Motive Profile of Users in Virtual Worlds and Games', in Computational Intelligence (SSCI), 2016 IEEE Symposium Series on, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Athens, Greece, pp. 1 - 8, presented at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Athens, Greece, 06 December 2016 - 09 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ssci.2016.7850036

Abdelfattah S; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2016, 'Eye Movements as Information Markers in EEG Data', in IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence Proceedings, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), Athens, Greece, pp. 1 - 7, presented at IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence, Athens, Greece, 06 December 2016 - 09 December 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/ssci.2016.7850043

Abdelfattah S; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2016, 'Theta-Beta Ratios Are Prominent EEG Features for Visual Tracking Tasks', in Proceedings of the Human Factors and Ergonomics Society 2016 Annual Meeting, SAGE Publications, Washington DC, pp. 21 - 25, presented at Human Factors and Ergonomics Society International Meeting, Washington DC, 19 September 2016 - 23 September 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/1541931213601005

Harvey J; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2016, 'Quantifying Swarming Behaviour', in Tan Y; Shi Y; Niu B (eds.), ADVANCES IN SWARM INTELLIGENCE, ICSI 2016, PT I, SPRINGER INT PUBLISHING AG, INDONESIA, Bali, pp. 119 - 130, presented at 7th International Conference on Swarm Intelligence (ICSI), INDONESIA, Bali, 25 June 2016 - 30 June 2016, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41000-5_12

Wang M; Abbass H; Hu J; Merrick K, 2016, 'Detecting Rare Visual and Auditory Events from EEG Using Pairwise-Comparison Neural Networks', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), Springer Nature, China, pp. 90 - 101, presented at The 8th International Conference on Brain-Inspired Cognitive Systems, China, - , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49685-6_9

Harvey J; Merrick K; Abbass H, 2016, 'Quantifying Swarming Behaviour', in Advances in Swarm Intelligence, Indonesia, pp. 119 - 130, presented at The Seventh International Conference on Swarm Intelligence, Indonesia, - , http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-41000-5

Klyne A; Merrick K, 2015, 'Task Allocation Using Particle Swarm Optimisation and Anomaly Detection to Generate a Dynamic Fitness Function,', in AI 2015: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Canberra, Australia, pp. 317 - 329, presented at The 28th Australasian Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Canberra, Australia, 01 December 2015 - 04 December 2015, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-26350-2_28

Maher ML; Merrick K; Wang B, 2015, 'Reasoning and Making Sense of Data in the Absence of Goals', in Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference on Advances in Cognitive Systems, B, presented at Advances in Cognitive Systems Workshop on Goal Reasoning, B, 28 May 2015 - 31 May 2015

Swiechowski M; Merrick KE; Mandziuk J; Abbass H, 2015, 'Human-Machine Cooperation in General Game Playing', in Eighth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, Lisbon, Portugal, presented at Eighth International Conference on Advances in Computer-Human Interactions, Lisbon, Portugal, 22 February 2015 - 27 February 2015

Wang B; Merrick K; Abbass HA, 2015, 'Autonomous hypothesis generation as an environment learning mechanism for agent design', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), ., pp. 210 - 225, presented at ., ., 05 February 2015 - 07 February 2015

Hardhienata M; Merrick KE; Ugrinovskii V, 2014, 'Effective Motive Profiles and Swarm Compositions for Motivated Particle Swarm Optimisation Applied to Task Allocation', in Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, presented at IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, 09 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Merrick KE, 2014, 'Evolution of Intrinsic Motives in a Multi-Player Common Pool Resource Game', in Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, presented at IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, 09 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Merrick KE; Ismail H; Barlow M, 2014, 'Self-Motivated Learning of Achievement and Maintenance Tasks for Non-Player Characters in Computer Games', in Proceedings of the IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, presented at IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence for Human-like Intelligence, Florida, 09 December 2014 - 14 December 2014

Hardhienata MKD; Ugrinovskii V; Merrick KE, 2014, 'Task allocation under communication constraints using motivated particle swarm optimization', in Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, CEC 2014, pp. 3135 - 3142, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2014.6900560

Debie E; Shafi K; Merrick K; Lokan CJ, 2014, 'An Online Evolutionary Rule Learning Algorithm with Incremental Attribute Discretization', in 2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), IEEE, Beijing, China, pp. 1116 - 1123, presented at IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation, Beijing, China, 06 July 2014 - 11 July 2014, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2014.6900623

Debie E; Shafi K; Lokan CJ; Merrick K, 2013, 'Investigating Differential Evolution Based Rule Discovery in Learning Classifier Systems', in Brest J; Das S; Neri F; Suganthan PN (eds.), Singapore, pp. 77 - 84, presented at 2013 IEEE Symposium on Differential Evolution, Singapore, 16 April 2013 - 19 April 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/SDE.2013.6601445

debie E; shafi K; Lokan CJ; merrick K, 2013, 'Reduct Based Ensemble of Learning Classifier System for Real-valued Classification Problems', in Pal NR; Yao X; Suganthan PN (eds.), Proceedings 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Ensemble Learning (CIEL 2013), Singapore, pp. 66 - 73, presented at 2013 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Ensemble Learning, Singapore, 16 April 2013 - 19 April 2013, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CIEL.2013.6613142

Tian B; Merrick K; Yi S; Hu J, 2013, 'A Hierarchical PeA-based Anomaly Detection Model', in Proceedings 2013 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, Communications and Information Security Symposium, IEEE, San Diego, USA, presented at 2013 International Conference on Computing, Networking and Communications, Communications and Information Security Symposium, San Diego, USA, 28 January 2013 - 31 January 2013

Wang B; Merrick K; Abbass HA, 2012, 'Developing Attention Focus Metrics for Autonomous Hypothesis Generation in Data Mining', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer, pp. 290 - 299, presented at The Ninth International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, 16 December 2012 - 19 December 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34859-4_29

Shafi K; Merrick K; Debie E, 2012, 'Evolution of Intrinsic Motives in Multi-agent Simulations', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (LNCS), Springer, pp. 198 - 207, presented at The Ninth International Conference on Simulated Evolution and Learning, 16 December 2012 - 19 December 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-34859-4_20

Hardhienata M; Merrick K; Ugrinovskii V, 2012, 'Task allocation in multi-agent systems using models of motivation and leadership', Brisbane, QLD, pp. 86 - 93, presented at 2012 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC), Brisbane, QLD, 10 June 2012 - 15 June 2012, http://dx.doi.org/10.1109/CEC.2012.6256114

Merrick K; Gu N, 2011, 'Supporting Collective Intelligence for Design in Virtual Worlds: A Case Study of Lego Universe', in CAAD Futures 2011 - Designing Together, University of Liege, Liege, Belgium, pp. 637 - 652, presented at Computer Aided Architectural Design Futures, Liege, Belgium, 04 July 2011 - 08 July 2011, http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?cf2011_p016

Merrick K; Shafi K; Isaacs A, 2011, 'Using Approach-Avoidance Motivation to Model Adaptive Social-Forces in Artificial Agents', in Proceedings of the Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop 2011, Taipei, pp. 83 - 90, presented at AAMAS 2011 Workshop on Adaptive Learning Agents, Taipei, 02 May 2011

Merrick K; Gu N; Niazi M; Shafi K, 2011, 'Motivation, Cyberworlds and Collective Intelligence in Design', in Circuit Bending, Breaking and Mending: Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research, CAADRIA, Hong Kong, pp. 697 - 706, presented at 16th International Conference on Computer-Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia, CAADRIA 2011, Newcastle, NSW, 27 April 2011 - 29 April 2011, http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?caadria2011_066

Merrick K, 2011, 'A Computational Model of Achievement Motivation for Artificial Agents', in Procededings of the Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 1067 - 1068, presented at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, http://www.ifaamas.org/Proceedings/aamas2011/

Shafi K; Merrick K, 2011, 'A Curious Agent for Network Anomaly Detection', in Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, pp. 1075 - 1076, presented at Autonomous Agents and Multi Agent Systems, Taipei, Taiwan, http://www.ifaamas.org/Proceedings/aamas2011/index.html

Maher ML; Merrick K; Graham B, 2011, 'Reasoning in the Absence of Goals', in Advances in Cognitive Systems - Papers from the AAAI Fall Symposium, Technical Report, AI Access Foundation, El Segundo, CA, United States, pp. 202 - 209, presented at AAAI Fall Symposium on Advances in Cognitive Systems, USA, http://www.aaai.org/ocs/index.php/FSS/FSS11/paper/view/4178/4555

Gu N; Singh V; Merrick K, 2010, 'A FRAMEWORK TO INTEGRATE GENERATIVE DESIGN TECHNIQUES FOR ENHANCING DESIGN AUTOMATION', in CAADRIA2010: New Frontiers, Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design Research in Asia,, Association for Research in Computer-Aided Architectural Research in Asia, Chinese University, Hong Kong, pp. 127 - 136, presented at 15th CAADRIA Conference: New Frontiers, Chinese University, Hong Kong, 07 April 2010 - 10 April 2010, http://cumincad.scix.net/cgi-bin/works/Show?caadria2010_012

Merrick K; Scully T, 2009, 'Modelling Affordances for the Control and Evaluation of Intrinsically Motivated Robots', in Proceedings of the Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation 2009, Australian Robotics and Automation Association, Sydney, presented at 2009 Australasian Conference on Robotics and Automation, ACRA 2009, Sydney, Australia, 02 December 2009 - 04 December 2009, http://www.araa.asn.au/acra/acra2009/

Merrick K, 2009, 'Evaluating Intrinsically Motivated Robots using Affordances and Point-Cloud Matrices', in Proceedings of the Ninth International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics: Modeling Cognitive Development in Robotic Systems, Lund University Cognitive Studies, 145. Lund: LUCS, Netherlands, presented at 9th International Conference on Epigenetic Robotics (EpiRob09),, Venice, Italy, 12 November 2009 - 14 November 2009, http://www.lucs.lu.se/LUCS/145/

Merrick K; Shafi K, 2009, 'Agent Models for Self-Motivated Home Assistant Bots', in 2009 INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE ON COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR LIFE SCIENCES (CMLS-09), American Institute of Physics, Sofia, Bulgaria, presented at 2009 INTERNATIONAL CONFERNECE ON COMPUTATIONAL MODELS FOR LIFE SCIENCES (CMLS-09), Sofia, Bulgaria, 28 July 2009 - 29 July 2009, http://dx.doi.org/10.1063/1.3314265

Merrick K, 2008, 'Modelling Behaviour Cycles for Life-Long Learning in Motivated Agents', in LNCS 5361: Simulated Evolution and Learning ? SEAL 2008, Melbourne, Australia, presented at 7th International Conf. on Simulated Evolution & Learning (SEAL 2008), Melbourne, Australia, 07 December 2008 - 10 December 2008

Merrick K; Huntington EH, 2008, 'Attention Focus in Curious, Reconfigurable Robots', in Proc: Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation 2008, Canberra, Australia, presented at 2008 Australasian Conference on Robotics & Automation - ACRA 2008, Canberra, Australia, 03 December 2008 - 05 December 2008

Merrick K, 2008, 'Designing Toys That Come Alive: Curious Robots for Creative Play', in Proceedings: 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2008), Cernegie Mellon Uni, USA, presented at 7th International Conference on Entertainment Computing (ICEC 2008), Cernegie Mellon Uni, USA, 25 September 2008 - 27 September 2008

Merrick K; Maher ML; Saunders R, 2008, 'Achieving Adaptable Behaviour in Intelligent Rooms using Curious Supervised Learning Agents', in Proceedings of 13th conference on Computer Aided Architectural Design in Asia - CADRIA 2008 Beyond Computer Aided Design, Chiang Mai, Thailand, presented at CAADRIA 2008, Beyond Computer Aided Design, Chiang Mai, Thailand, 30 March 2008

Merrick K, 2008, 'Achieving Creative Behaviour Using Curious Learning Agents', in Culture and Climate: Cracking the Code. The Sixth International Conference on Organisational Behaviour in Health Care [obhc2008], Sydney, Australia, pp. 40 - 46, presented at Culture and Climate: Cracking the Code. The 6th International Conference on Organisational Behaviour in Health Care [obhc2008], Sydney, Australia, 26 March 2008 - 28 March 2008

Merrick K, 2008, 'Designing toys that come alive: Curious robots for creative play', in Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics), pp. 149 - 154, http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-89222-9_16

Maher ML; Merrick K; Saunders R, 2007, 'From Passive to Proactive Design Elements: Incorporating Curious Agents into Building Design', in 12th International CAAD Futures Conference, Sydney, Sydney, 11 July 2007 - 13 July 2007

Merrick K; Maher ML, 2007, 'Motivated Reinforcement Learning for Adaptive Characters in Open-Ended Simulation Games', in Proceedings of the International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology, ACE 2007, Salzburg, Austria, presented at ACM SIGCHI International Conference on Advances in Computer Entertainment Technology (ACE 2007), Salzburg, Austria, 13 June 2007 - 15 June 2007


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