Marco Dorigo Web Site

Marco Dorigo's publications have been cited more than 33,000 times; his h-index is 62; his g-index is 177 (computed on Google Scholar, 16.05.2010).

2010: ERC Advanced Grant awarded to Marco Dorigo for the project "E-Swarm: Engineering Swarm Intelligence Systems"

On November 27, 2007, Marco Dorigo received the "CajAstur International Prize for Soft Computing".

Best Video Award at the AAAI-07 AI Video Competition, Vancouver, 2007.

In 2007 Springer launched the new journal "Swarm Intelligence".

Article on "Swarm Theory" appeared in the July 2007 issue of the National Geographic Magazine.

In 2007 Marco Dorigo was named ECCAI fellow.

In 2006 Marco Dorigo was named IEEE fellow.

On November 22, 2005, the King of Belgium presented the "FNRS - Dr A. De Leeuw-Damry-Bourlart award in Applied Sciences" to Marco Dorigo for his fundamental contributions to the foundation of the swarm intelligence research field.

Forthcoming invited talks.

Ant Colony Optimization
Home page maintained by Marco Dorigo.

Swarm-bots
Home page of the IST-FET project "Swarm-bots" coordinated by Marco Dorigo.

ANTS: The International Workshop on Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence
Home page of the ANTS series of workshops founded by Marco Dorigo.

Marco Dorigo received European Commission's Marie Curie Excellence Award for his research on Ant Colony Optimization and Ant Algorithms.

Swarm intelligence research and book cited in Crichton's latest novel Prey.

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2009

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Towards Group Transport by Swarms of Robots. International Journal of Bio-Inspired Computation, 1(1-2):1-13, 2009.

S. Nouyan, R. Groß, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Teamwork in Self-Organized Robot Colonies. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 13(4):695-711, 2009.

R. O'Grady, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. SWARMORPH: Multi-Robot Morphogenesis using Directional Self-Assembly. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 25(3):738-743, 2009.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Adaptive Sample Size and Importance Sampling in Estimation-based Local Search for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 199:98-110, 2009.

L. Bianchi, M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, and W. J. Gutjahr. A Survey on Metaheuristics for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization. Natural Computing, 8(2):239-287, 2009.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Self-Assembly in Autonomous Homogeneous Robots: Experiments with Two Physical Robots. Artificial Life, 15(4):465-484, 2009.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. From Fireflies to Fault Tolerant Swarms of Robots. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 13(4):754-766, 2009.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, Z. (. Yuan, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based Ant Colony Optimization and Local Search for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. Swarm Intelligence, 3(3):223-242, 2009.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Frankenstein's PSO: A Composite Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 13(5):1120-1132, 2009.

A. Gutiérrez, A. Campo, F. C. Santos, F. Monasterio-Huelin, and M. Dorigo. Social Odometry: Imitation Based Odometry in Collective Robotics. International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems, 26(2):129-136, 2009.

M. Montes de Oca, J. Peña, T. Stützle, C. Pinciroli, and M. Dorigo. Heterogeneous Particle Swarm Optimizers. In P. Haddow et al., editors, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC 2009, pages 698-705. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2009.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. Parallel Task Execution, Morphology Control and Scalability in a Swarm of Self-Assembling Robots. In 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Robótica 2009, pages 127-133. IPCB-Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal, 2009.

R. O'Grady, C. Pinciroli, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Supervised Group Size Regulation in a Heterogeneous Robotic Swarm. In 9th Conference on Autonomous Robot Systems and Competitions, Robótica 2009, pages 113-119. IPCB-Instituto Politécnico de Castelo Branco, Castelo Branco, Portugal, 2009.

A. Gutiérrez, A. Campo, M. Dorigo, J. Donate, F. Monasterio-Huelin, and L. Magdalena. Open E-puck Range & Bearing Miniaturized Board for Local Communication in Swarm Robotics. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2009, pages 3111-3116. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2009.

M. Brambilla, C. Pinciroli, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. A Reliable Distributed Algorithm for Group Size Estimation with Minimal Communication Requirements. In Fourteenth International Conference on Advanced Robotics - ICAR 2009, pages 1-6, 2009. Proceedings on CD-ROM, paper ID 137.

C. Pinciroli, R. O'Grady, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Self-Organised Recruitment in a Heteregeneous Swarm. In Fourteenth International Conference on Advanced Robotics - ICAR 2009, pages 1-8, 2009. Proceedings on CD-ROM, paper ID 176.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, K. Van den Enden, and M. Dorigo. Incremental Social Learning in Particle Swarms. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-002, IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2009.

R. Groß, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Distributed Control to Implement Self-Assembly Strategies for the Hill Crossing Task. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-022, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, August 2009.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based Metaheuristics for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-017, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, June 2009.

M. Dorigo and T. Stützle. Ant Colony Optimization: Overview and Recent Advances. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-013, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, May 2009.

C. Twomey, T. Stützle, M. Dorigo, M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, and F. Abbaci-Gaultier. An Analysis of Communication Policies for Homogeneous Multi-colony ACO Algorithms. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-012, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, May 2009.

C. Pinciroli, R. Groß, A. Christensen, F. Mondada, M. Bonani, and M. Dorigo. Swarm-bots to the Rescue. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-011, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, May 2009.

G. Pini, A. Brutschy, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Interference Reduction Through Task Partitioning in a Robotic Swarm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-006, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, April 2009.

C. Pinciroli, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Supervised Group Size Regulation in a Heterogeneous Robotic Swarm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-004, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, March 2009.

M. Montes de Oca, J. Peña, T. Stützle, C. Pinciroli, and M. Dorigo. Heterogeneous Particle Swarm Optimizers. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-001, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, January 2009.

M. Montes de Oca, E. Ferrante, N. Mathews, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Optimal Collective Decision-Making through Social Influence and Different Action Execution Times. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-023, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, August 2009.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based Metaheuristics for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem: A Comparison to Progressive Approximation, the Aggregation Approach, and Simulated Annealing. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2009-025, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, October 2009.

2008

K. Socha and M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization for Continuous Domains. European Journal of Operational Research, 185(3):1155-1173, 2008.

E. Tuci, C. Ampatzis, F. Vicentini, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Homogeneous Neuro-controllers for a Group of Heterogeneous Robots: Coordinated Motion, Cooperation, and Acoustic Communication. Artificial Life, 14(2):157-178, 2008.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. Evolution of Signaling in a Multi-Robot System: Categorization and Communication. Adaptive Behavior, 16(1):5-26, 2008.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Fault Detection in Autonomous Robots Based on Fault Injection and Learning. Autonomous Robots, 24(1):49-67, 2008.

S. Nouyan, A. Campo, and M. Dorigo. Path Formation in a Robot Swarm: Self-Organized Strategies to Find Your Way Home. Swarm Intelligence, 2(1):1-23, 2008.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Self-Assembly at the Macroscopic Scale. Proceedings of the IEEE, 96(9):1490-1508, 2008.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Evolution of Solitary and Group Transport Behaviors for Autonomous Robots Capable of Self-Assembling. Adaptive Behavior, 16(5):285-305, 2008.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-Based Local Search for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization Using Delta Evaluations: A Case Study on the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 20(4):644-658, 2008.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. SWARMORPH-script: a language for arbitrary morphology generation in self-assembling robots. Swarm Intelligence, 2(2-4):143-165, 2008.

M. Dorigo, M. Montes de Oca, and A. P. Engelbrecht. Particle Swarm Optimization. Scholarpedia, 3(11):1486, 2008.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Particle_swarm_optimization

A. Gutiérrez, A. Campo, M. Dorigo, D. Amor, L. Magdalena, and F. Monasterio-Huelin. An Open Localization and Local Communication Embodied Sensor. Sensors, 8(11):7545-7563, 2008.

M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, M. Clerc, T. Stützle, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors. Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 6th International Workshop, ANTS 2008, volume 5217 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

C. Pinciroli, M. Birattari, E. Tuci, M. Dorigo, M. del Rey Zapatero, T. Vinko, and D. Izzo. Self-Organizing and Scalable Shape Formation for a Swarm of Pico Satellites. In Proceedings of NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS-2008), pages 57-61. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2008.

R. O'Grady, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Autonomous Reconfiguration in a Self-Assembling Multi-Robot System. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, M. Clerc, T. Stützle, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, Sixth International Conference, ANTS 2008, volume 5217 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 259-266. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

C. Pinciroli, M. Birattari, E. Tuci, M. Dorigo, M. del Rey Zapatero, T. Vinko, and D. Izzo. Lattice Formation in Space for a Swarm of Pico Satellites. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, M. Clerc, T. Stützle, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, Sixth International Conference, ANTS 2008, volume 5217 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 347-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

A. Gutiérrez, A. Campo, F. C. Santos, C. Pinciroli, and M. Dorigo. Social Odometry in Populations of Autonomous Robots. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, M. Clerc, T. Stützle, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, Sixth International Conference, ANTS 2008, volume 5217 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 371-378. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

A. Decugnière, B. Poulain, A. Campo, C. Pinciroli, B. Tartini, M. Osée, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Enhancing the Cooperative Transport of Multiple Objects. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, M. Clerc, T. Stützle, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, Sixth International Conference, ANTS 2008, volume 5217 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 307-314. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

E. Tuci, C. Ampatzis, V. Trianni, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Self-Assembly in Physical Autonomous Robots: the Evolutionary Robotics Approach. In S. Bullock, J. Noble, R. Watson, and M. A. Bedau, editors, Artificial Life XI: Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, pages 616-623. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2008.

R. Groß, S. Nouyan, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Division of Labour in Self-organised Groups. In From Animals to Animats 10: 10th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2008, volume 5040 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 426-436. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2008.

V. Trianni, S. Nolfi, and M. Dorigo. Evolution, Self-organization and Swarm Robotics. In C. Blum and D. Merkle, editors, Swarm Intelligence: Introduction and Applications, Natural Computing Series, chapter 5, pages 43-85. Springer-Verlag, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2008.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. Synchronization and Fault Detection in Autonomous Robots. In R. Chatila, J. P. Merlet, and C. Laugier, editors, Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2008), pages 4139-4140. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2008.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. SWARMORPH: Multi-Robot Morphogenesis using Directional Self-Assembly. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-001, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, January 2008.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. From Fireflies to Fault Tolerant Swarms of Robots. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-002, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, January 2008.

S. Nouyan, R. Groß, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Teamwork in Self-Organised Robot Colonies. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-005, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, February 2008.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Autonomous Self-Assembly in Homogeneous Robots. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-004, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, January 2008.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, Z. (. Yuan, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based ant colony optimization and local search for the probabilistic traveling salesman problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-020, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

A. Decugnière, B. Poulain, A. Campo, C. Pinciroli, B. Tartini, M. Osée, M. Dorigo, and M. Birattari. The cart-bot and the cooperative transport of multiple objects in the swarmanoid project. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-014, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

C. Pinciroli, M. Birattari, E. Tuci, M. Dorigo, M. del Rey Zapatero, T. Vinko, and D. Izzo. Self-organizing and scalable shape formation for a swarm of pico satellites. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2008-009, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2008.

2007

G. Baldassarre, V. Trianni, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, M. Dorigo, and S. Nolfi. Self-Organized Coordinated Motion in Groups of Physically Connected Robots. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 37(1):224-239, 2007.

M. Birattari and M. Dorigo. How to Assess and Report the Performance of a Stochastic Algorithm on a Benchmark Problem: Mean or Best Result on a Number of Runs? Optimization Letters, 1(3):309-311, 2007.

M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization. Scholarpedia, 2(3):1461, 2007.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Ant_Colony_Optimization

M. Dorigo and M. Birattari. Swarm Intelligence. Scholarpedia, 2(9):1462, 2007.

http://www.scholarpedia.org/article/Swarm_intelligence

M. Dorigo. Editorial. Swarm Intelligence, 1(1):1-2, 2007.

M. Birattari, P. Pellegrini, and M. Dorigo. On the Invariance of Ant Colony Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 11(6):732-742, 2007.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. Morphology Control in a Self-Assembling Multi-Robot System. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 14(4):18-25, 2007.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, and M. Dorigo. The ACO/F-RACE Algorithm for Combinatorial Optimization under Uncertainty. In Metaheuristics-Progress in Complex Systems Optimization, Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, pages 189-203. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

A. Campo and M. Dorigo. Efficient Multi-Foraging in Swarm Robotics. In Advances in Artificial Life, Proceedings of ECAL 2007, volume LNAI 4648 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 696-705. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

M. Dorigo and K. Socha. Ant Colony Optimization. In T. F. Gonzalez, editor, Handbook of Approximation Algorithms and Metaheuristics, pages 26.1-26.14. Chapman & Hall/CRC, Boca Raton, FL, 2007.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. A Mechanism to Self-Assemble Patterns with Autonomous Robots. In Advances in Artificial Life, Proceedings of ECAL 2007, volume LNAI 4648 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 716-725. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Exogenous Fault Detection in a Collective Robotic Task. In Advances in Artificial Life, Proceedings of ECAL 2007, volume LNAI 4648 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 555-564. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

V. Trianni, C. Ampatzis, A. Christensen, E. Tuci, M. Dorigo, and S. Nolfi. From Solitary to Collective Behaviours: Decision Making and Cooperation. In Advances in Artificial Life, Proceedings of ECAL 2007, volume LNAI 4648 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 575-584. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, and M. Dorigo. Morphogenesis: Shaping Swarms of Intelligent Robots. In AAAI-07 Video Proceedings. AAAI Press, 2007. Winner of the “Best Video” award.

A. Christensen, R. O'Grady, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Automatic Synthesis of Fault Detection Modules for Mobile Robots. In Proceedings of the 2007 NASA/ESA Conference on Adaptive Hardware and Systems (AHS-2007), pages 693-700. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2007.

R. O'Grady, R. Groß, A. Christensen, F. Mondada, M. Bonani, and M. Dorigo. Performance Benefits of Self-Assembly in a Swarm-Bot. In E. Grant and T. C. Henderson, editors, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2007), pages 2381-2387. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2007.

R. O'Grady, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. Self-Assembly and Morphology Control in a Swarm-bot. In E. Grant and T. C. Henderson, editors, Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS-2007), pages 2551-2552. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2007.

M. Dorigo. Swarms of Self-assembing Robots. In Proceedings of EEMMAS 2007, volume 5049 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 1-2. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2007.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, H. Stuckenschmidt, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based Local Search for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. In CD Proceedings of MIC 2007, the 7th Metaheuristics International Conference, Operations Research/Computer Science Interfaces Series, page 3, Montreal, Canada, 2007. CIRRELT.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Fifty Years of Self-Assembly Experimentation. In W.-M. Shen, H. Lipson, K. Stoy, and M. Yim, editors, CD Proceedings of IROS 2007 Workshop on Self-Reconfigurable Robots/Systems and Applications, page 6, San Diego, CA, 2007.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Composing particle swarm optimization algorithms. In E. Ridge, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and H. H. Hoos, editors, SLS-DS 2007: Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, pages 6-10, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Sampling strategies and local search for stochastic combinatorial optimization. In E. Ridge, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and H. H. Hoos, editors, SLS-DS 2007: Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, pages 16-20, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.

M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Communication policies for a parallel multi-colony ACO algorithm with identical colonies. In E. Ridge, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and H. H. Hoos, editors, SLS-DS 2007: Doctoral Symposium on Engineering Stochastic Local Search Algorithms, pages 31-35, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.

R. O'Grady, A. Christensen, and M. Dorigo. SWARMORPH: Morphology Control with a Swarm of Self-Assembling Robots. In W.-M. Shen, H. Lipson, K. Stoy, and M. Yim, editors, CD Proceedings of IROS 2007 Workshop on Self-Reconfigurable Robots/Systems and Applications, page 5, San Diego, CA, 2007.

S. Nouyan and M. Dorigo. Path Formation in a Robot Swarm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-002, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, February 2007.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Estimation-based Local Search for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-003, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, February 2007.

A. Christensen, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Fault Detection in Autonomous Robots Based on Fault Injection and Learning. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-004, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, February 2007.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. Morphology Control in a Self-Assembling Multi-Robot System. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-005, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, March 2007.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Frankenstein's PSO: A Composite Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-006, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, March 2007.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Self-Assembly at the Macroscopic Scale. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-007, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, April 2007.

R. Groß, A. Christensen, F. Mondada, M. Bonani, and M. Dorigo. Performance Benefits of Self-Assembly in a Swarm-Bot. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-008, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, April 2007.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. A Mechanism to Self-Assemble Patterns with Autonomous Robots. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-009, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, May 2007.

A. Christensen, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Exogenous Fault Detection in a Collective Robotic Task. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-010, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, May 2007.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Sampling Strategies and Local Search for Stochastic Combinatorial Optimization. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-012, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, June 2007.

K. Socha and M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization for Mixed-Variable Optimization Problems. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-019, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, October 2007.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. An Experimental Study of Estimation-based Metaheuristics for the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-021, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, December 2007.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Adaptive sample size and importance sampling in estimation-based local search for stochastic combinatorial optimization: A complete analysis. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-015, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. Frankenstein's PSO: An Engineered Composite Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithm. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2007-006, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2007.

2006

M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, and T. Stützle. Ant Colony Optimization: Artificial Ants as a Computational Intelligence Technique. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 1(4):28-39, 2006.

T. H. Labella, M. Dorigo, and J.-L. Deneubourg. Division of Labour in a Group of Robots Inspired by Ants' Foraging Behaviour. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 1(1):4-25, 2006.

M. Birattari, M. Zlochin, and M. Dorigo. Towards a Theory of Practice in Metaheuristics Design: A Machine Learning Perspective. RAIRO - Theoretical Informatics and Applications, 40:353-369, 2006.

J. Handl, J. Knowles, and M. Dorigo. Ant-Based Clustering and Topographic Mapping. Artificial Life, 12(1):35-61, 2006.

V. Trianni, S. Nolfi, and M. Dorigo. Cooperative Hole Avoidance in a Swarm-Bot. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 54(2):97-103, 2006.

R. Groß, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Autonomous Self-Assembly in Swarm-Bots. IEEE Transactions on Robotics, 22(6):1115-1130, 2006.

V. Trianni and M. Dorigo. Self-Organisation and Communication in Groups of Simulated and Physical Robots. Biological Cybernetics, 95:213-231, 2006.

E. Tuci, R. Groß, V. Trianni, F. Mondada, M. Bonani, and M. Dorigo. Cooperation Through Self-Assembly in Multi-Robot Systems. ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 1(2):115-150, 2006.

M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, and T. Stützle. Ant Colony Optimization: Artificial ants as a computational intelligence technique. IEEE Computational Intelligence Magazine, 1(4):28-39, 2006.

M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors. Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

M. Dorigo, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, R. Groß, S. Nouyan, C. Ampatzis, T. H. Labella, R. O'Grady, M. Bonani, and F. Mondada. SWARM-BOT: Design and Implementation of Colonies of Self-assembling Robots. In G. Y. Yen and D. B. Fogel, editors, Computational Intelligence: Principles and Practice, chapter 6, pages 103-135. IEEE Computational Intelligence Society, New York, 2006.

E. Tuci, C. Ampatzis, F. Vicentini, and M. Dorigo. Operational Aspects of the Evolved Signalling Behaviour in a Group of Cooperating and Communicating Robots. In P. Vogt, Y. Sugita, E. Tuci, and C. Nehaniv, editors, Symbol Grounding and Beyond: Third International Workshop on the Emergence and Evolution of Linguistic Communication, EELC 2006, volume 4211 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 113-127. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. Incremental Evolution of Robot Controllers for a Highly Integrated Task. In S. Nolfi, G. Baldassarre, R. Calabretta, J. Hallam, D. Marocco, J.-A. Meyer, O. Miglino, and D. Parisi, editors, From Animals to Animats 9: 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, volume 4095 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 473-484. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

E. Tuci, C. Ampatzis, F. Vicentini, and M. Dorigo. Evolved Homogeneous Neuro-controllers for Robots with Different Sensory Capabilities: Coordinated Motion and Cooperation. In S. Nolfi, G. Baldassarre, R. Calabretta, J. Hallam, D. Marocco, J.-A. Meyer, O. Miglino, and D. Parisi, editors, From Animals to Animats 9: 9th International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, SAB 2006, volume 4095 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 679-690. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

A. Campo, S. Nouyan, M. Birattari, R. Groß, and M. Dorigo. Negotiation of Goal Direction for Cooperative Transport. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 191-202. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Incremental Local Search in Ant Colony Optimization: Why it Fails for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 156-166. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

S. Nouyan and M. Dorigo. Chain Based Path Formation in Swarms of Robots. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 120-131. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. A Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms Based on Run-Length Distributions. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 1-12. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, H. Stuckenschmidt, and M. Dorigo. Parallel Ant Colony Optimization for the Traveling Salesman Problem. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 224-234. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

M. Birattari, P. Pellegrini, and M. Dorigo. On the Invariance of Ant System. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 215-223. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

A. Christensen and M. Dorigo. Evolving an Integrated Phototaxis and Hole-Avoidance Behavior for a Swarm-bot. In L. M. Rocha, L. S. Yaeger, M. A. Bedau, D. Floreano, R. L. Goldstone, and A. Vespignani, editors, Artificial Life X: Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on the Simulation and Synthesis of Living Systems, pages 248-254. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2006.

R. Groß, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Transport of an Object by Six Pre-attached Robots Interacting via Physical Links. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2006, pages 1317-1323. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2006.

R. Groß, E. Tuci, M. Dorigo, M. Bonani, and F. Mondada. Object Transport by Modular Robots that Self-Assemble. In IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation - ICRA 2006, pages 2558-2564. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2006.

R. Groß, M. Dorigo, and M. Yamakita. Self-assembly of Mobile Robots. From Swarm-bot to Super-mechano Colony. In T. Arai, R. Pfeifer, T. Balch, and H. Yokoi, editors, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 - IAS 9, pages 487-496. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006.

S. Nouyan, R. Groß, M. Dorigo, M. Bonani, and F. Mondada. Group Transport Along a Robot Chain in a Self-Organised Robot Colony. In T. Arai, R. Pfeifer, T. Balch, and H. Yokoi, editors, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 9 - IAS 9, pages 433-442. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2006.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. Evolution of Signalling in a Group of Robots Controlled by Dynamic Neural Networks. In E. Sahin, W. M. Spears, and A. F. T. Winfield, editors, Second International Workshop on Swarm Robotics at SAB 2006, volume 4433 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 173-188. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

J. Sabino, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and J. E. Leal. Ant Colony Optimization Applied to Switch Engine Scheduling in a Railroad Yard. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of LNCS, pages 502-503. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2006.

W. Wiesemann and T. Stützle. Iterated Ants: An Experimental Study for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 179-190. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.

O. Korb, T. Stützle, and T. E. Exner. PLANTS: Application of Ant Colony Optimization to Structure-Based Drug Design. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 247-258. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.

J. Gimmler, T. Stützle, and T. E. Exner. Hybrid Particle Swarm Optimization: An Examination of the Influence of Iterative Improvement Algorithms on Performance. In M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Birattari, A. Martinoli, R. Poli, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence, 5th International Workshop, ANTS 2006, volume 4150 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 436-443. Springer-Verlag, Heidelberg, Germany, 2006.

M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Parallel Multicolony ACO Algorithm With Exchange of Solutions. In P.-Y. Schobbens, W. Vanhoof, and G. Schwanen, editors, 18th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 409-410, Namur, Belgium, 2006. University of Namur.

A. Campo, S. Nouyan, M. Birattari, R. Groß, and M. Dorigo. Enhancing Cooperative Transport Using Negotiation of Goal Direction. In P.-Y. Schobbens, W. Vanhoof, and G. Schwanen, editors, 18th Belgium-Netherlands Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pages 365-366, Namur, Belgium, 2006. University of Namur.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. Evolution of Signaling in a Multi-Robot System: Categorization and Communication. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-028, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, December 2006.

M. Birattari, P. Pellegrini, and M. Dorigo. On the Invariance of Ant Colony Optimization. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-025, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, and T. Stützle. Ant colony optimization. Artificial ants as a computational intelligence technique. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-023, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

A. Campo, S. Nouyan, M. Birattari, R. Groß, and M. Dorigo. Negotiation of goal direction for cooperative transport. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-014, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

M. Montes de Oca, T. Stützle, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. A Comparison of Particle Swarm Optimization Algorithms Based on Run-Length Distributions. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-013, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

P. Balaprakash, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Incremental Local Search in Ant Colony Optimization: Why it Fails for the Quadratic Assignement Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-011, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Parallel Ant Colony Optimization for the Traveling Salesman Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-007, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

M. Birattari, P. Pellegrini, and M. Dorigo. On the invariance of ant colony optimization for the traveling salesman problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2006-004, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2006.

2005

C. Blum and M. Dorigo. Search Bias in Ant Colony Optimization: On the Role of Competition-Balanced Systems. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 9(2):159-174, 2005.

F. Mondada, L. M. Gambardella, D. Floreano, S. Nolfi, J.-L. Deneubourg, and M. Dorigo. The Cooperation of Swarm-Bots: Physical Interactions in Collective Robotics. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 12(2):21-28, 2005.

M. Dorigo and C. Blum. Ant Colony Optimization Theory: A Survey. Theoretical Computer Science, 344(2-3):243-278, 2005.

M. Dorigo, E. Tuci, F. Mondada, S. Nolfi, J.-L. Deneubourg, D. Floreano, and L. M. Gambardella. The SWARM-BOTS Project. Künstliche Intelligenz, 4/05:32-35, 2005.

S. Nouyan, R. Ghizzioli, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. An Insect-Based Algorithm for the Dynamic Task Allocation Problem. Künstliche Intelligenz, 4/05:25-31, 2005.

M. Dorigo. SWARM-BOT: An Experiment in Swarm Robotics. In P. Arabshahi and A. Martinoli, editors, 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium (SIS-05), pages 192-200. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2005.

V. Trianni and M. Dorigo. Emergent Collective Decisions in a Swarm of Robots. In P. Arabshahi and A. Martinoli, editors, 2005 IEEE Swarm Intelligence Symposium (SIS-05), pages 241-248. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2005.

R. O'Grady, R. Groß, F. Mondada, M. Bonani, and M. Dorigo. Self-assembly on Demand in a Group of Physical Autonomous Mobile Robots Navigating Rough Terrain. In M. S. Capcarrere, A. A. Freitas, P. J. Bentley, C. G. Johnson, and J. Timmis, editors, Advances in Artificial Life: 8th European Conference - ECAL 2005, volume 3630 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 272-281. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005.

E. Tuci, C. Ampatzis, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Neural Mechanisms for an Iterated Discrimination Task: A Robot Based Model. In M. S. Capcarrere, A. A. Freitas, P. J. Bentley, C. G. Johnson, and J. Timmis, editors, Advances in Artificial Life: 8th European Conference - ECAL 2005, volume 3630 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 231-240. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005.

M. Dorigo. Swarm-bot: A Novel Type of Self-Assembling Robot. In K. Murase, K. Sekiyama, N. Kubota, T. Naniwa, and J. Sitte, editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005), pages 3-4. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005.

R. Groß, M. Bonani, F. Mondada, and M. Dorigo. Autonomous Self-assembly in a Swarm-bot. In K. Murase, K. Sekiyama, N. Kubota, T. Naniwa, and J. Sitte, editors, Proceedings of the 3rd International Symposium on Autonomous Minirobots for Research and Edutainment (AMiRE 2005), pages 314-322. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2005.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, and M. Dorigo. ACO/F-Race: Ant colony optimization and racing techniques for combinatorial optimization under uncertainty. In K. F. Doerner, M. Gendreau, P. Greistorfer, W. J. Gutjahr, R. F. Hartl, and M. Reimann, editors, MIC 2005: The 6th Metaheuristics International Conference, pages 107-112. Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria, 2005.

C. Ampatzis, E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Communicating Agents that Integrate Information over Time: A Real Robot Experiment. In E.-G. Talbi, P. Liardet, P. Collet, C. Fonlupt, and E. Lutton, editors, 7th International Conference on Artificial Evolution, EA'05, pages 1-12, Lille, France, October 2005. University of Lille.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, and M. Dorigo. ACO/F-Race: Ant Colony Optimization and Racing Techniques for Combinatorial Optimization Under Uncertainty. In K. F. Doerner, M. Gendreau, P. Greistorfer, W. J. Gutjahr, R. F. Hartl, and M. Reimann, editors, MIC 2005: The Sixth Metaheuristics International Conference, pages 107-112, Vienna, Austria, 2005. Department of Business Administration, University of Vienna.

M. Birattari, P. Pellegrini, and M. Dorigo. On the Invariance of Ant System. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-036, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

S. Nouyan, R. Ghizzioli, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. An Insect-Based Algorithm for the Dynamic Task Allocation Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-031, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

M. Birattari, M. Zlochin, and M. Dorigo. Towards a Theory of Practice in Metaheuristics Design. A Machine Learning Perspective. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-030, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

M. Birattari and M. Dorigo. How to assess and report the performance of a stochastic algorithm on a benchmark problem: Mean or best result on a number of runs?. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-007, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

R. Ghizzioli, S. Nouyan, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. An ant-based algorithm for the heterogeneous dynamic task allocation problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-005, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

M. Birattari, P. Balaprakash, and M. Dorigo. ACO/F-Race: Ant colony optimization and racing techniques for combinatorial optimization under uncertainty. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2005-004, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2005.

2004

C. Blum and M. Dorigo. The Hyper-Cube Framework for Ant Colony Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 34(2):1161-1172, 2004.

M. Zlochin, M. Birattari, N. Meuleau, and M. Dorigo. Model-Based Search for Combinatorial Optimization: A Critical Survey. Annals of Operations Research, 131(1-4):373-395, 2004.

M. Dorigo and E. Sahin. Guest Editorial. Special Issue: Swarm Robotics. Autonomous Robots, 17(2-3):111-113, 2004.

F. Mondada, G. C. Pettinaro, A. Guignard, I. V. Kwee, D. Floreano, J.-L. Deneubourg, S. Nolfi, L. M. Gambardella, and M. Dorigo. Swarm-Bot: A New Distributed Robotic Concept. Autonomous Robots, 17(2-3):193-221, 2004.

M. Dorigo, V. Trianni, E. Sahin, R. Groß, T. H. Labella, G. Baldassarre, S. Nolfi, J.-L. Deneubourg, F. Mondada, D. Floreano, and L. M. Gambardella. Evolving Self-Organizing Behaviors for a Swarm-Bot. Autonomous Robots, 17(2-3):223-245, 2004.

E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. `Feeling' the Flow of Time through Sensorymotor Co-ordination. Connection Science, 16(4):301-324, 2004.

M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, and T. Stützle, editors. Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, volume 3172 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

M. Dorigo and T. Stützle. Ant Colony Optimization. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004.

M. Dorigo and E. Sahin, editors. Special Issue on “Swarm Robotics”. Autonomous Robots, 17:111-246. Springer-Verlag, 2004.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Evolving a Cooperative Transport Behavior for Two Simple Robots. In P. Liardet, P. Collet, C. Fonlupt, E. Lutton, and M. Schoenauer, editors, Artificial Evolution: Proceedings of the 6th International Conference, Evolution Artificielle 2003, volume 2936 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 305-316. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

J. Handl, J. Knowles, and M. Dorigo. Strategies for the Increased Robustness of Ant-Based Clustering. In G. Di Marzo Serugendo, A. Karageorgos, O. F. Rana, and F. Zambonelli, editors, Engineering Self-Organising Systems: Nature-Inspired Approaches to Software Engineering, volume 2977 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 90-104. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

V. Trianni, S. Nolfi, and M. Dorigo. Hole Avoidance: Experiments in Coordinated Motion on Rough Terrain. In F. Groen, N. Amato, A. Bonarini, E. Yoshida, and B. Kröse, editors, Intelligent Autonomous Systems 8 - IAS 8, pages 29-36. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004.

T. H. Labella, M. Dorigo, and J.-L. Deneubourg. Efficiency and Task Allocation in Prey Retrieval. In A. Ijspeert, M. Murata, and N. Wakamiya, editors, Biologically Inspired Approaches to Advanced Information Technology: First International Workshop, BioADIT 2004, volume 3141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 274-289. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

T. H. Labella, M. Dorigo, and J.-L. Deneubourg. Self-Organised Task Allocation in a Group of Robots. In R. Alami, R. Chatila, and H. Asama, editors, Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 6, Proceedings of the 6th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems, pages 389-398. Springer-Verlag, Tokyo, Japan, 2004.

V. Trianni, E. Tuci, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Functional Self-Assembling in a Swarm of Autonomous Robots. In S. Schaal, A. Ijspeert, A. Billard, S. Vijayakumar, J. Hallam, and J.-A. Meyer, editors, From Animals to Animats 8: Proceedings of the Eighth International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pages 405-414. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2004.

M. Dorigo, E. Tuci, R. Groß, V. Trianni, T. H. Labella, S. Nouyan, C. Ampatzis, J.-L. Deneubourg, G. Baldassarre, S. Nolfi, F. Mondada, D. Floreano, and L. M. Gambardella. The SWARM-BOTS Project. In E. Sahin and W. M. Spears, editors, Swarm Robotics: SAB 2004 International Workshop, volume 3342 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 31-44. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

C. Blum and M. Dorigo. Deception in Ant Colony Optimization. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, volume 3172 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 118-129. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Cooperative Transport of Objects of Different Shapes and Sizes. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, volume 3172 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 106-117. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

R. Groß and M. Dorigo. Group Transport of an Object to a Target That Only Some Group Members May Sense. In X. Yao, E. Burke, J. A. Lozano, J. Q. Smith, J. J. Merelo Guervós, J. A. Bullinaria, J. Rowe, P. Tiño, A. Kabán, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VIII: 8th International Conference, volume 3242 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 852-861. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

E. Tuci, V. Trianni, and M. Dorigo. Evolving the “Feeling” of Time Through Sensory-Motor Coordination: A Robot Based Model. In X. Yao, E. Burke, J. A. Lozano, J. Q. Smith, J. J. Merelo Guervós, J. A. Bullinaria, J. Rowe, P. Tiño, A. Kabán, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VIII: 8th International Conference, volume 3242 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 1001-1010. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

V. Trianni, T. H. Labella, and M. Dorigo. Evolution of Direct Communication for a Swarm-bot Performing Hole Avoidance. In M. Dorigo, M. Birattari, C. Blum, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, and T. Stützle, editors, Ant Colony Optimization and Swarm Intelligence: 4th International Workshop, ANTS 2004, volume 3172 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 130-141. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2004.

R. Ghizzioli, S. Nouyan, M. Birattari, and M. Dorigo. An ant-based algorithm for the dynamic task allocation problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2004-016, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2004.

2003

O. Rossi-Doria, M. Samples, M. Birattari, M. Chiarandini, M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, J. Knowles, M. Manfrin, M. Mastrolilli, B. Paechter, L. Paquete, and T. Stützle. A Comparison of the Performance of Different Metaheuristics on the Timetabling Problem. In E. Burke and P. Causmaecker, editors, 4th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, volume 2740 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 329-351. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2003.

V. Trianni, R. Groß, T. H. Labella, E. Sahin, and M. Dorigo. Evolving Aggregation Behaviors in a Swarm of Robots. In W. Banzhaf, T. Christaller, P. Dittrich, J. T. Kim, and J. Ziegler, editors, Advances in Artificial Life: 7th European Conference - ECAL 2003, volume 2801 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 865-874. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2003.

J. Handl, J. Knowles, and M. Dorigo. On the Performance of Ant-Based Clustering. In A. Abraham, M. Köppen, and K. Franke, editors, Design and application of hybrid intelligent systems, volume 104 of Frontiers in Artificial intelligence and Applications, pages 204-213. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2003.

2002

N. Meuleau and M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization and Stochastic Gradient Descent. Artificial Life, 8(2):103-121, 2002.

M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle. Guest Editorial: Special Section on Ant Colony Optimization. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6(4):317-320, 2002.

T. Stützle and M. Dorigo. A Short Convergence Proof for a Class of ACO Algorithms. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6(4):358-365, 2002.

M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors. Special Section on “Ant Colony Optimization”. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 6(4):317-365. IEEE Press, 2002.

M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro, and M. Sampels, editors. Ant Algorithms: Third International Workshop, ANTS 2002, volume 2463 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

L. Bianchi, L. M. Gambardella, and M. Dorigo. An Ant Colony Optimization Approach to the Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem. In J. J. Merelo Guervós, P. Adamidis, H.-G. Beyer, J.-L. Fernández-Villacanas, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VII: 7th International Conference, volume 2439 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 883-892. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

M. Zlochin and M. Dorigo. Model-Based Search for Combinatorial Optimization: A Comparative Study. In J. J. Merelo Guervós, P. Adamidis, H.-G. Beyer, J.-L. Fernández-Villacanas, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VII: 7th International Conference, volume 2439 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 651-661. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

L. Bianchi, L. M. Gambardella, and M. Dorigo. Solving the Homogeneous Probabilistic Traveling Salesman Problem by the ACO Metaheuristic. In M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro, and M. Sampels, editors, Ant Algorithms: Third International Workshop, ANTS 2002, volume 2463 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 176-187. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

M. Birattari, G. Di Caro, and M. Dorigo. Toward the Formal Foundation of Ant Programming. In M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro, and M. Sampels, editors, Ant Algorithms: Third International Workshop, ANTS 2002, volume 2463 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 188-201. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

E. Sahin, T. H. Labella, V. Trianni, J.-L. Deneubourg, P. Rasse, D. Floreano, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, S. Nolfi, and M. Dorigo. SWARM-BOT: Pattern Formation in a Swarm of Self-Assembling Mobile Robots. In 2002 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man and Cybernetics, pages 1-6. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 2002.

M. Dorigo and T. Stützle. The Ant Colony Optimization Metaheuristic: Algorithms, Applications and Advances. In F. Glover and G. Kochenberger, editors, Handbook of Metaheuristics, volume 57 of International Series in Operations Research & Management Science, chapter 9, pages 251-285. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Boston, MA, 2002.

M. Dorigo, M. Zlochin, N. Meuleau, and M. Birattari. Updating ACO Pheromones Using Stochastic Gradient Ascent and Cross-Entropy Methods. In S. Cagnoni, J. Gottlieb, E. Hart, M. Middendorf, and G. R. Raidl, editors, Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoWorkshops 2002: EvoCOP, EvoIASP, EvoSTIM/EvoPLAN, volume 2279 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 21-30. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2002.

G. C. Pettinaro, I. V. Kwee, L. M. Gambardella, F. Mondada, D. Floreano, S. Nolfi, J.-L. Deneubourg, and M. Dorigo. Swarm Robotics: A Different Approach to Service Robotics. In International Symposium on Robotics, ISR 2002, pages 71-76, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2002.

F. Mondada, G. C. Pettinaro, I. V. Kwee, A. Guignard, L. M. Gambardella, D. Floreano, S. Nolfi, J.-L. Deneubourg, and M. Dorigo. SWARM-BOT: A Swarm of Autonomous Mobile Robots with Self-Assembling Capabilities. In C. K. Hemelrijk and E. Bonabeau, editors, Proceedings of the International Workshop on Self-organisation and Evolution of Social Behaviour, pages 307-312, Monte Verità, Ascona, Switzerland, September 2002. University of Zurich.

C. Blum, S. Correia, O. Rossi-Doria, M. Snoek, M. Dorigo, and B. Paechter. A GA Evolving Instructions for a Timetable Builder. In 4th International Conference on the Practice and Theory of Automated Timetabling, Gent, Belgium, August 2002.

O. Rossi-Doria, M. Sampels, J. Knowles, M. Manfrin, M. Birattari, M. Chiarandini, M. Mastrolilli, B. Paechter, M. Dorigo, L. M. Gambardella, L. Paquete, and T. Stützle. A comparison of the performance of different metaheuristics on the timetabling problem. Technical Report IDSIA-18-02, Istituto Dalle Molle di Studi sull'Intelligenza Artificiale, Lugano, Switzerland, 2002.

2001

M. den Besten, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Design of Iterated Local Search Algorithms: An Example Application to the Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem. In E. J. W. Boers, J. Gottlieb, P. L. Lanzi, R. Smith, S. Cagnoni, E. Hart, G. R. Raidl, and H. Tijink, editors, Applications of Evolutionary Computing: EvoWorkshops 2001: EvoCOP, EvoFlight, EvoIASP, EvoLearn, EvoSTIM, volume 2037 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 441-452. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2001.

M. Dorigo and T. Stützle. An Experimental Study of the Simple Ant Colony Optimization Algorithm. In N. Mastorakis, editor, Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation, Artificial Intelligence Series, pages 253-258. World Scientific and Engineering Society Press, Dallas, TX, 2001.

M. Dorigo. Ant Algorithms Solve Difficult Optimization Problems. In J. Kelemen, editor, Advances in Artificial Life: 6th European Conference - ECAL 2001, volume 2159 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 11-22. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2001.

A. Roli, C. Blum, and M. Dorigo. ACO for Maximal Constraint Satisfaction Problems. In Proceedings of MIC'2001 - Metaheuristics International Conference, pages 187-191, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

C. Blum, A. Roli, and M. Dorigo. HC-ACO: The Hyper-Cube Framework for Ant Colony Optimization. In Proceedings of MIC'2001 - Metaheuristics International Conference, pages 399-403, Porto, Portugal, 2001.

M. Dorigo, M. Zlochin, N. Meuleau, and M. Birattari. Updating ACO pheromones using Stochastic Gradient Ascent and Cross-Entropy methods. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2001-019, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.

M. Zlochin, M. Birattari, N. Meuleau, and M. Dorigo. Model-based Search for Combinatorial Optimization. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/2001-015, IRIDIA, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Brussels, Belgium, 2001.

2000

M. Dorigo, E. Bonabeau, and G. Theraulaz. Ant Algorithms and Stigmergy. Future Generation Computer Systems, 16(8):851-871, 2000.

M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro, and T. Stützle. Guest Editorial: Ant Algorithms. Future Generation Computer Systems, 16(8):v-vii, 2000.

L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo. An Ant Colony System Hybridized with a New Local Search for the Sequential Ordering Problem. INFORMS Journal on Computing, 12(3):237-255, 2000.

E. Bonabeau, M. Dorigo, and G. Theraulaz. Inspiration for Optimization from Social Insect Behavior. Nature, 406:39-42, 2000.

M. Dorigo, T. Stützle, and G. Di Caro, editors. Special Issue: “Ant Algorithms”. Future Generation Computer Systems, 16:851-956. Elsevier, 2000.

M. den Besten, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization for the Total Weighted Tardiness Problem. In M. Schoenauer, K. Deb, G. Rudolph, X. Yao, E. Lutton, J. J. Merelo Guervós, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN VI: 6th International Conference, volume 1917 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 611-620. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2000.

J. H. Holland, L. B. Booker, M. Colombetti, M. Dorigo, D. E. Goldberg, S. Forrest, R. Riolo, R. Smith, P. L. Lanzi, W. Stolzmann, and S. W. Wilson. What is a Learning Classifier System? In P. L. Lanzi, W. Stolzmann, and S. W. Wilson, editors, Learning Classifier Systems: From Foundations to Applications, volume 1813 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 3-32. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 2000.

M. den Besten, T. Stützle, and M. Dorigo. An Ant Colony Optimization Application to the Single Machine Total Weighted Tardiness Problem. In M. Dorigo, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors, ANTS'2000 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms, Brussels, Belgium, September 2000. IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

M. Dorigo and S. Magdelyns. Clustering Ants: A JAVA Implementation. In M. Dorigo, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors, ANTS'2000 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms, Brussels, Belgium, September 2000. IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo. Ant Colony Optimization for the Sequential Ordering Problem. In M. Dorigo, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors, ANTS'2000 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms, Brussels, Belgium, September 2000. IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles.

M. Dorigo, M. Middendorf, and T. Stützle, editors. ANTS'2000 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: Second International Workshop on Ant Algorithms. IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, September 2000.

M. Birattari, G. Di Caro, and M. Dorigo. For a formal foundation of the Ant Programming approach to combinatorial optimization. Part 1: The problem, the representation, and the general solution strategy. Technical Report TR-H-301, ATR, Human Information Processing Research Laboratories, Kyoto, Japan, 2000.

1999

L. M. Gambardella, É. D. Taillard, and M. Dorigo. Ant Colonies for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. Journal of the Operational Research Society, 50(2):167-176, 1999.

M. Dorigo, G. Di Caro, and L. M. Gambardella. Ant Algorithms for Discrete Optimization. Artificial Life, 5(2):137-172, 1999.

E. Bonabeau, M. Dorigo, and G. Theraulaz. Swarm Intelligence: From Natural to Artificial Systems. Oxford University Press, New York, 1999.

D. Corne, M. Dorigo, and F. Glover, editors. New Ideas in Optimization. McGraw-Hill, London, UK, 1999.

M. Dorigo and G. Di Caro. Ant Colony Optimization: A New Meta-Heuristic. In P. J. Angeline, Z. Michalewicz, M. Schoenauer, X. Yao, and A. Zalzala, editors, IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation - CEC'99, pages 1470-1477. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1999.

M. Colombetti and M. Dorigo. Evolutionary Computation in Behavior Engineering. In X. Yao, editor, Evolutionary Computation: Theory and Applications, chapter 2, pages 37-80. World Scientific, Singapore, 1999.

D. Corne, M. Dorigo, and F. Glover. Introduction to the Book “New Ideas in Optimization”. In D. Corne, M. Dorigo, and F. Glover, editors, New Ideas in Optimization, chapter 1, pages 1-8. McGraw-Hill, London, UK, 1999.

M. Dorigo and G. Di Caro. The Ant Colony Optimization Meta-Heuristic. In D. Corne, M. Dorigo, and F. Glover, editors, New Ideas in Optimization, chapter 2, pages 11-32. McGraw-Hill, London, UK, 1999.

T. Stützle and M. Dorigo. ACO Algorithms for the Quadratic Assignment Problem. In D. Corne, M. Dorigo, and F. Glover, editors, New Ideas in Optimization, chapter 3, pages 33-50. McGraw-Hill, London, UK, 1999.

T. Stützle and M. Dorigo. ACO Algorithms for the Traveling Salesman Problem. In K. Miettinen, P. Neittaanmäki, M. M. Mäkelä, and J. Périaux, editors, Evolutionary Algorithms in Engineering and Computer Science, chapter 9, pages 163-183. John Wiley & Sons, Chichester, UK, 1999.

E. Bonabeau, M. Dorigo, and G. Theraulaz. L'intelligence en essaim. In M.-P. Gleizes and P. Marcenac, editors, Ingénierie des Systèmes Multi-Agents, JFIADSMA'99, pages 25-38. Hermes Science Publications, Paris, France, 1999.

1998

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Metaheuristics for High School Timetabling. Computational Optimization and Applications, 9(3):275-298, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. AntNet: Distributed Stigmergetic Control for Communications Networks. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 9:317-365, 1998.

J. Urzelai, D. Floreano, M. Dorigo, and M. Colombetti. Incremental Robot Shaping. Connection Science, 10(3-4):341-360, 1998.

M. Dorigo and M. Colombetti. Robot Shaping: An Experiment in Behavior Engineering. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1998.

J. R. Koza, W. Banzhaf, K. Chellapilla, K. Deb, M. Dorigo, D. B. Fogel, M. H. Garzon, D. E. Goldberg, H. Iba, and R. Riolo, editors. Genetic Programming 1998: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Mobile Agents for Adaptive Routing. In H. El-Rewini, editor, Proceedings of the Thirty-First International Conference on System Sciences, pages 74-83. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 1998.

J. Urzelai, D. Floreano, M. Dorigo, and M. Colombetti. Incremental Robot Shaping. In J. R. Koza, W. Banzhaf, K. Chellapilla, K. Deb, M. Dorigo, D. B. Fogel, M. H. Garzon, D. E. Goldberg, H. Iba, and R. Riolo, editors, Genetic Programming 1998: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference, pages 832-840. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Ant Colonies for Adaptive Routing in Packet-switched Communications Networks. In A. E. Eiben, T. Bäck, M. Schoenauer, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN V: 5th International Conference, volume 1498 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 673-682. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. An Adaptive Multi-Agent Routing Algorithm Inspired by Ants Behavior. In K. A. Hawick and H. A. James, editors, Proceedings of PART98 - The 5th Australasian Conference on Parallel and Real-Time Systems, pages 261-272. Springer-Verlag, Singapore, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Two Ant Colony Algorithms for Best-Effort Routing in Datagram Networks. In Y. Pan, S. G. Akl, and K. Li, editors, Parallel and Distributed Computing and Systems. Proceedings of the Tenth IASTED International Conference, pages 541-546. IASTED/ACTA Press, Anaheim, CA, 1998.

M. A. Wiering and M. Dorigo. Learning to Control Forest Fires. In H.-D. Haasis and K. C. Ranze, editors, Proceedings of the 12th International Symposium on Computer Science for Environmental Protection (UI'98), volume 18 of Umweltinformatik Aktuell Series, pages 378-388. Metropolis-Verlag, 1998.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Extending AntNet for best-effort Quality-of-Service routing. Unpublished presentation at \em ANTS'98 - From Ant Colonies to Artificial Ants: First International Workshop on Ant Colony Op, October 1998.

1997

P. V. C. Caironi and M. Dorigo. Training and Delayed Reinforcements in Q-learning Agents. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, 12(10):695-724, 1997.

M. Dorigo and L. M. Gambardella. Ant Colonies for the Traveling Salesman Problem. BioSystems, 43:73-81, 1997.

M. Dorigo and L. M. Gambardella. Ant Colony System: A Cooperative Learning Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem. IEEE Transactions on Evolutionary Computation, 1(1):53-66, 1997.

M. Dorigo and M. Colombetti. Précis of Robot Shaping: An Experiment in Behavior Engineering. Adaptive Behavior, 5(3-4):391-405, 1997.

M. Dorigo and M. Colombetti. Reply to Dario Floreano's “Engineering Adaptive Behavior”. Adaptive Behavior, 5(3-4):417-420, 1997.

J. R. Koza, K. Deb, M. Dorigo, D. B. Fogel, M. H. Garzon, H. Iba, and R. Riolo, editors. Genetic Programming 1997: Proceedings of the Second Annual Conference. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1997.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Adaptive Learning of Routing Tables in Communication Networks. In Proceedings of the Italian Workshop on Machine Learning, Turin, Italy, December 1997.

H. Bersini, M. Birattari, and G. Bontempi. Combining Dynamic Programming and Neurocontrol: Some Basic Issues. In H. Bersini, M. Dorigo, P. Y. Glorennec, L. Jouffe, and E. Anquetil, editors, Third European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning, Rennes, France, 1997.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. AntNet: A Mobile Agents Approach to Adaptive Routing in Communication Networks. Unpublished presentation at \em Ninth Dutch Conference on Artificial Intelligence (NAIC '97), November 1997.

G. Di Caro and M. Dorigo. Distributed Reinforcement Agents for Adaptive Routing in Communication Networks. Unpublished presentation at \em Third European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (EWRL-3), Rennes, France, October 1997.

1996

M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and A. Colorni. Ant System: Optimization by a Colony of Cooperating Agents. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 26(1):29-41, 1996.

M. Colombetti, M. Dorigo, and G. Borghi. Behavior Analysis and Training: A Methodology for Behavior Engineering. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 26(3):365-380, 1996.

M. Dorigo. Introduction to the Special Issue on Learning Autonomous Robots. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 26(3):361-364, 1996.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, F. Maffioli, V. Maniezzo, G. Righini, and M. Trubian. Heuristics from Nature for Hard Combinatorial Problems. International Transactions in Operational Research, 3(1):1-21, 1996.

M. Colombetti and M. Dorigo. Verso un'Ingegneria del Comportamento. Automazione Energia Informazione, 83(10):70-78, 1996.

M. Dorigo, editor. Special Issue on Learning Autonomous Robots. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics - Part B, 26:361-506. IEEE Press, 1996.

L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo. Solving Symmetric and Asymmetric TSPs by Ant Colonies. In T. Baeck, T. Fukuda, and Z. Michalewicz, editors, IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation - CEC'96, pages 622-627. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1996.

H. Bersini, M. Dorigo, S. Langerman, G. Seront, and L. M. Gambardella. Results of the First International Contest on Evolutionary Optimisation. In T. Baeck, T. Fukuda, and Z. Michalewicz, editors, IEEE International Conference on Evolutionary Computation - CEC'96, pages 611-615. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1996.

M. Dorigo and L. M. Gambardella. A Study of Some Properties of Ant-Q. In H.-M. Voigt, W. Ebeling, I. Rechenberg, and H.-P. Schwefel, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN IV: International Conference on Evolutionary Computation - The 4th International Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, volume 1141 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 656-665. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1996.

M. Colombetti, M. Dorigo, and G. Borghi. Robot shaping: The Hamster Experiment. In M. Jamshidi et al., editors, Proceedings of the Sixth International Symposium on Robotics and Manufacturing, ISRAM'96, Montpellier, France, 1996.

1995

V. Maniezzo, M. Dorigo, and A. Colorni. Algodesk: An Experimental Comparison of Eight Evolutionary Heuristics Applied to the Quadratic Assignment Problem. European Journal of Operational Research, 81:188-204, 1995.

M. Dorigo. ALECSYS and the AutonoMouse: Learning to Control a Real Robot by Distributed Classifier Systems. Machine Learning, 19(3):209-240, 1995.

M. J. Patel, M. Colombetti, and M. Dorigo. Evolutionary Learning for Intelligent Automation: A Case Study. Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing, 1(1):29-42, 1995.

M. J. Patel and M. Dorigo. Adaptive Learning of a Robot Arm. In T. C. Fogarty, editor, Evolutionary Computing, AISB Workshop, volume 993 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 180-194. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1995.

L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo. Ant-Q: A Reinforcement Learning Approach to the Traveling Salesman Problem. In A. Prieditis and S. Russell, editors, Machine Learning: Proceedings of the Twelfth International Conference on Machine Learning, pages 252-260. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Francisco, CA, 1995.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. New Results of an Ant System Approach Applied to the Asymmetric Traveling Salesman Problem. In I. H. Osman and J. P. Kelly, editors, Proceedings of the Metaheuristics International Conference, pages 356-360. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Norwell, MA, 1995.

V. Gorrini and M. Dorigo. An Application of Evolutionary Algorithms to the Scheduling of Robotic Operations. In J.-M. Alliot, E. Lutton, E. Ronald, M. Schoenauer, and D. Snyers, editors, Artificial Evolution: European Conference, AE 95, volume 1063 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 345-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1995.

M. Dorigo. The Robot Shaping Approach to Behavior Engineering. Thése d'Agrégation de l'Enseignement Supérieur, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1995.

1994

M. Dorigo and M. Colombetti. Robot Shaping: Developing Autonomous Agents Through Learning. Artificial Intelligence, 71(2):321-370, 1994.

M. Colombetti and M. Dorigo. Training Agents to Perform Sequential Behavior. Adaptive Behavior, 2(3):247-275, 1994.

M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and A. Colorni. Introduzione agli Algoritmi Naturali. Rivista di Informatica, 24(3):179-197, 1994.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and M. Trubian. Ant System for Job-shop Scheduling. Belgian Journal of Operations Research, Statistics and Computer Science, 34(1):39-53, 1994.

M. Dorigo. Learning by Probabilistic Boolean Networks. In D. Ruck, M. Wada, and D. Bounds, editors, 1994 IEEE International Conference on Neural Networks: IEEE World Congress on Computational Intelligence, pages 887-891. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1994.

M. Dorigo and H. Bersini. A Comparison of Q-Learning and Classifier Systems. In D. Cliff, P. Husbands, J.-A. Meyer, and S. W. Wilson, editors, From Animals to Animats 3: Proceedings of the Third International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pages 248-255. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1994.

M. Dorigo, M. J. Patel, and M. Colombetti. The Effect of Sensory Information on Reinforcement Learning by a Robot Arm. In M. Jamshidi, C. Nguyen, R. Lumia, and J. Yuh, editors, Robotics and Manufacturing: Recent Trends in Research, Education, and Applications (ISRAM'94), pages 83-88. ASME Press, New York, 1994.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Gli Algoritmi Naturali come Strumento di Ottimizzazione. In G. Di Pillo, editor, Metodi di Ottimizzazione per le Decisioni, pages 41-64. Masson, Milan, Italy, 1994.

V. Gorrini and M. Dorigo. Une application des algorithmes évolutifs à un problème d'approvisionnement. In J.-M. Alliot, E. Lutton, E. Ronald, and M. Schoenauer, editors, Journées Evolution Artificielle, Evolution Artificielle 94, Toulouse, France, September 1994.

M. Dorigo and M. Colombetti. The Role of the Trainer in Reinforcement Learning. In S. Mahadevan et al., editors, Proceedings of MLC-COLT Workshop on Robot Learning, pages 37-45, New Brunswick, NJ, July 1994. Rutgers University.

V. Maniezzo, A. Colorni, and M. Dorigo. The Ant System Applied to the Quadratic Assignment Problem. Technical Report TR/IRIDIA/94-28, IRIDIA, Faculté des Sciences Appliquées, Université Libre de Bruxelles, 1994.

1993

M. Dorigo and U. Schnepf. Genetics-Based Machine Learning and Behaviour Based Robotics: A New Synthesis. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 23(1):141-154, 1993.

A. Bertoni and M. Dorigo. Implicit Parallelism in Genetic Algorithms. Artificial Intelligence, 61(2):307-314, 1993.

M. Dorigo. Genetic and Non-Genetic Operators in ALECSYS. Evolutionary Computation, 1(2):151-164, 1993.

M. Dorigo. Gli Algoritmi Genetici, i Sistemi a Classificatori e il Problema dell'Animat. Sistemi Intelligenti, 3(93):401-434, 1993.

M. Dorigo and V. Maniezzo. Parallel Genetic Algorithms: Introduction and Overview of Current Research. In J. Stenders, editor, Parallel Genetic Algorithms: Theory and Applications, pages 5-42. IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1993.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, F. Maffioli, V. Maniezzo, G. Righini, and M. Trubian. Heuristics from Nature for Hard Combinatorial Problems. Unpublished presentation at \em IFORS 93 - XIII World Conference on Operations Research, July 1993.

M. Dorigo. Parallel Ant System: An Experimental Study. Unpublished manuscript, 1993.

1992

M. Dorigo. Using Transputers to Increase Speed and Flexibility of Genetics-Based Machine Learning Systems. Microprocessing and Microprogramming (now Journal of Systems Architecture), 34:147-152, 1992.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Distributed Optimization by Ant Colonies. In F. J. Varela and P. Bourgine, editors, Towards a Practice of Autonomous Systems: Proceedings of the First European Conference on Artificial Life, pages 134-142. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. An Investigation of Some Properties of an Ant Algorithm. In R. Männer and B. Manderick, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature - PPSN II: International Conference on Evolutionary Computation - The Second Conference on Parallel Problem Solving from Nature, pages 509-520. North-Holland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1992.

M. Colombetti and M. Dorigo. Learning to Control an Autonomous Robot by Distributed Genetic Algorithms. In J.-A. Meyer, H. L. Roitblat, and S. W. Wilson, editors, From Animals to Animats 2: Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Simulation of Adaptive Behavior, pages 305-312. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 1992.

M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and D. Montanari. Classifier-Based Robot Control Systems. In Proceedings of IFAC/IFIP/IMACS International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence in Real-Time Control, pages 591-598, Delft, The Netherlands, 1992.

M. Dorigo. Optimization, Learning and Natural Algorithms (in Italian). PhD thesis, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 1992.

1991

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Gli algoritmi Genetici e il Problema dell'Orario. Ricerca Operativa, 60:5-31, 1991.

M. Dorigo, B. Schätz, and D. Sorrenti. On the Use of Transputers to Implement Neural Networks. In S. Tzafestas, P. Borne, and L. Grandinetti, editors, Parallel and Distributed Computing in Engineering Systems, pages 359-364. Elsevier, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 1991.

M. Dorigo. Message-Based Bucket Brigade: An Algorithm for the Apportionment of Credit Problem. In Y. Kodratoff, editor, Machine Learning-EWSL-91: European Working Session on Learning, volume 482 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 235-244. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1991.

M. Dorigo and U. Schnepf. Organisation of Robot Behaviour Through Genetic Learning Processes. In Fifth International Conference on Advanced Robotics, 1991: Robots in Unstructured Environments, ICAR'91, pages 1456-1460. IEEE Press, Piscataway, NJ, 1991.

M. Dorigo and E. Sirtori. ALECSYS: A Parallel Laboratory for Learning Classifier Systems. In L. B. Booker and R. K. Belew, editors, Fourth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms, pages 296-302. Morgan Kaufmann Publishers, San Mateo, CA, 1991.

M. Dorigo, B. Schätz, and D. Sorrenti. On the Use of Transputers to Implement Neural Networks. In S. Tzafestas, editor, Engineering systems with intelligence: Concepts, tools and applications, pages 179-186. Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 1991.

M. Dorigo. New Perspectives about Default Hierarchies Formation in Learning Classifier Systems. In E. Ardizzone, S. Gaglio, and F. Sorbello, editors, Trends in Artificial Intelligence: 2nd Congress of the Italian Association for Artificial Intelligence, AI*IA, volume 549 of Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, pages 218-227. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1991.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Il Modello “Formiche”: Un Approccio Distribuito ai Problemi di Ottimizzazione Combinatoria. In Annual Conference Operational Research Society of Italy: Operations Research and Knowledge-Based Models and Systems, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 1991.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Evolution Strategies and Genetic Algorithms in Optimization. In Annual Conference Operational Research Society of Italy: Operations Research and Knowledge-Based Models and Systems, Riva del Garda, Italy, September 1991.

M. Dorigo and E. Sirtori. A Parallel Environment for Learning Systems. In F. Esposito, editor, Atti del Secondo Workshop del Gruppo AI*IA di Interesse Speciale su Apprendimento Automatico, pages 127-135, Bari, Italy, 1991.

A. Bonarini, M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and D. Sorrenti. AutonoMouse: An Experiment in Grounded Behaviors. In F. Esposito, editor, Atti del Secondo Workshop del Gruppo AI*IA di Interesse Speciale su Apprendimento Automatico, pages 115-126, Bari, Italy, 1991.

M. Dorigo, V. Maniezzo, and A. Colorni. Positive feedback as a search strategy. Technical Report 91-016, Dipartimento di Elettronica, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, 1991.

1990

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Genetic Algorithms and Highly Constrained Problems: The Time-Table Case. In H.-P. Schwefel and R. Männer, editors, Parallel Problem Solving from Nature: 1st Workshop, PPSN I, volume 496 of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 55-59. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1990.

A. Colorni, M. Dorigo, and V. Maniezzo. Genetic Algorithms: A New Approach to the Timetable Problem. In M. Akgül et al., editors, Combinatorial Optimization, volume F 82 of NATO ASI Series, pages 235-239. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Germany, 1990.

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