Publications on Multi-Agent Systems and Robots

Swarm Intelligence

Agent-Based Modeling

Consensus Dynamics

Networked Control Systems

Distributed Optmization

Multi-Robot Systems

  1. Effect of Swarm Density on Collective Tracking Performance
    Kwa HL, Philippot J & Bouffanais R
    Swarm Intelligence  (17), 253-281, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  2. Adaptivity: A Path Towards General Swarm Intelligence?
    Kwa HL, Kit JL, Horsevad N, Philippot J, Savari M & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI (10), 1163185, 2023. [pdf] [doi]
  3. Controllability of a Class of Swarm Signalling Networks
    Sun P, Kooij RE & Bouffanais R
    Journal of Complex Networks  (10):6, cnac054, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  4. Adapting the Exploration-Exploitation Balance in Heterogeneous Swarms: Tracking Evasive Targets
    Kwa HL, Babineau V, Philippot J & Bouffanais R
    Artificial Life  (29), 1-16, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  5. Finite-time Event-triggered Control for a Class of Nonlinear Systems
    Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE 61st Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Cancún, Mexico, Dec 6-9, pp. 545-551, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  6. Beyond Bio-Inspired Robotics: How Multi-Robot Systems Can Support Research on Collective Animal Behavior
    Horsevad N, Kwa HL & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI  (9), 865414, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  7. Balancing Collective Exploration and Exploitation in Multi-Agent and Multi-Robot Systems: A Review
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Robotics and AI  (8), 771520, 2022. [pdf] [doi]
  8. Tracking Multiple Fast Targets With Swarms: Interplay Between Social Interaction and Agent Memory
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    Proceedings of the ALIFE 2021: The 2021 Conference on Artificial Life, July 19-23, online, pp. 62-71, 2021. [pdf] [doi]
  9. Tailoring Exploration and Exploitation in Multi-Agent Systems with Short-Term Memory and Limited Social Interaction
    Kwa HL & Bouffanais R
    Proceedings of the 3rd International Workshop on Agent-Based Modelling of Human Behaviour (ABMHuB’21), online, July 19-23, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  10. Heterogeneous Swarms for Maritime Dynamic Target Search and Tracking
    Kwa HL, Tokić G, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    IEEE/MTS Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, Oct 5-30, online, pp. 1-8, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  11. Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Dynamic Ocean Monitoring by a Swarm of Buoys
    Kouzehgar M, Meghjani M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE/MTS Global Oceans 2020: Singapore – U.S. Gulf Coast, Oct 5-30, online, pp. 9-17, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  12. Robust Stabilization of a Class of Networked Nonlinear Systems via Parsimonious Communication and Actuation
    Tripathy NS, Kar IN, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IECON 2020, The 46th Annual Conference of the IEEE Industrial Electronics Society, Oct 18-21, Singapore, pp. 4919-4926, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  13. Optimal Swarm Strategy for Dynamic Target Search and Tracking
    Kwa HL, Kit JL & Bouffanais R
    AAMAS 2020, 19th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, May 9-13, Auckland, NZ, pp. 672-680, 2021. [pdf] [web]
  14. Randomized Constraints Consensus for Distributed Robust Mixed-Integer Programming
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G, Sasso F & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Trans. Control Network Systems  (8), 295-306, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  15. Robust Stabilization of a Class of Nonlinear Systems via Aperiodic Sensing and Actuation
    Tripathy NS, Kar IN, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE Access  (8), 157403, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  16. A Sequential Algorithm for Sampled Mixed-integer Optimization Problems
    Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IFAC 2020, 21th IFAC World Congress, July 11-17, Berlin, Germany, pp. 6749-6755, 2020. [pdf] [doi]
  17. Self-Organizing Maps for Storage and Transfer of Knowledge in Reinforcement Learning
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    Adaptive Behavior  (27), 111-126, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  18. Design Innovation of Mesoscale Robotic Swarms: Applications to Cooperative Urban Sensing and Mapping
    Dharmawan AG, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    Front. Inform. Technol. Electron. Eng.  (20), 1618-1631, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  19. Design, Modeling and Experimentation of a Bio-Inspired Miniature Climbing Robot with Bilayer Dry Adhesives
    Dharmawan AG, Xavier P, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Baji A, Bouffanais R, Foong S, Low HY & Wood KL
    J. Mech. Rob.  (11), 020902, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  20. Tail Design of A Miniature Two-Wheg Climbing Robot for External Transitioning
    Dharmawan AG, Koh DCY, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science  (73), 2139-2148, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  21. Robust Stabilization of Resource Limited Networked Control Systems Under Denial-of-Service Attack
    Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE 58th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, France, pp. 7683-7689, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  22. A Physics-Based Attack Detection Technique in Cyber-Physical Systems: A Model Predictive Control Co-Design
    Chamanbaz M, Dabbene F & Bouffanais R
    ANZCC 2019, IEEE Australian & New Zealand Control Conf., Auckland, NZ, pp. 18-23, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  23. Decentralized Multi-Floor Exploration by a Swarm of Miniature Robots Teaming with Wall-Climbing Units (Received Outstanding Paper Award)
    Kit JL, Dharmawan AG, Mateo D, Foong S, Soh GS, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    IEEE 2019 International Symposium on Multi-Robot and Multi-Agent Systems (MRS), New Brunswick, NJ, 195-201, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  24. Robust Stabilization of Resource Limited Networked Control Systems Under Denial-of- Service Attack
    Tripathy NS, Chamanbaz M & Bouffanais R
    IEEE 58th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Nice, France, 1-6, 2019. [pdf]
  25. Design and Analysis of A Miniature Two-Wheg Climbing Robot with Robust Internal and External Transitioning Capabilities
    Koh DCY, Dharmawan AG, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R, Low HY & Wood KL
    2019 International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Montréal, QC, 9740-9746, 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  26. Tail Design of A Miniature Two-Wheg Climbing Robot for External Transitioning
    Dharmawan AG, Koh DCY, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    IFToMM 2019, World Congress on Mechanism and Machine Science, July 15-18, Krakow, Poland, pp. 2139-2148, in T. Uhl (ed.), Advances in Mechanism and Machine Science, Mechanisms and Machine Science (73), 2019. [pdf] [doi]
  27. Experience Replay Using Transition Sequences
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    Frontiers in Neurorobotics (12), 32, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  28. Consensus in Topologically Interacting Swarms Under Communication Constraints and Time-Delays
    Komareji M, Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Nonlinear Dynamics  (93), 1287-1300, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  29. Distributed System of Autonomous Buoys for Scalable Deployment and Monitoring of Large Waterbodies
    Zoss BM, Mateo D, Kuan YK, Tokić G, Chamanbaz M, Goh L, Vallegra F, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Autonomous Robots  (42), 1669-1689, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  30. Gradual Collective Upgrade of a Swarm of Autonomous Buoys for Dynamic Ocean Monitoring
    Vallegra F, Mateo D, Tokić G, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    OCEANS 2018 MTS/IEEE Charleston, Charleston, SC, 1-7, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  31. ORION-II: A Miniature Climbing Robot with Bilayer Compliant Tape for Autonomous Intelligent Surveillance and Reconnaissance
    Hariri HH, Koh DCY, Lim HC, Dharmawan AG, Nguyen VD, Soh GS, Foong S, Bouffanais R, Low HY & Wood KL
    2018 15th IEEE International Conference on Control, Automation, Robotics and Vision (ICARCV), Singapore, 1621-1626, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  32. Development of a Miniature Robot for Multi-robot Occupancy Grid Mapping
    Sundram J, Nguyen VD, Soh GS, Bouffanais R & Wood KL
    2018 3rd IEEE International Conference on Advanced Robotics and Mechatronics (ICARM), Singapore, 414-419, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  33. A Decentralized Mobile Computing Network for Multi-Robot Systems Operations
    Kit JL, Mateo D & Bouffanais R
    2018 9th IEEE UEMCON International Conference, New York City, NY, 309-314, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  34. A Bio-Inspired Miniature Climbing Robot With Bilayer Dry Adhesives: Design, Modeling, and Experimentation (Received Best Paper Award)
    Dharmawan AG, Xavier P, Anderson D, Perez KB, Hariri HH, Soh GS, Baji A, Bouffanais R, Foong S, Low HY & Wood KL
    ASME 2018 International Design Engineering Technical Conferences and Computers and Information in Engineering Conference, Québec City, QC, V05BT07A036, 2018. [pdf] [doi]
  35. Self-Organizing Maps as a Storage and Transfer Mechanism in Reinforcement Learning
    Karimpanal TG & Bouffanais R
    Adaptive Learning Agents (ALA-AAMAS 2018), Stockholm, Sweden, 1-6, 2018. [pdf]
  36. Excess of Social Activity Reduces the Responsiveness of Swarms
    Mateo D and Bouffanais R
    Chapter 18: In Complex Systems: Theory and Applications (Eds. G. Rzveski and C.A. Brebbia), WIT Press, pp. 172-180, Print ISBN: 978-1-78466-235-6, eBook ISBN: 978-1-78466-236-3, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  37. Swarm-Enabling Technology for Multi-Robot Systems
    Chamanbaz M, Mateo D, Zoss BM, Tokić G, Wilhelm E, Bouffanais R & Yue DKP
    Front. Robot. AI  (4), 12, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  38. Effect of Correlations in Swarms on Collective Response
    Mateo D, Kuan YK & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports  (7), 10388, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  39. A Randomized Distributed Ellipsoid Algorithm for Uncertain Feasibility Problems
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G & Bouffanais R
    IEEE 56th Annual Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), Melbourne, Australia, 1-7, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  40. Randomized Constraints Consensus for Distributed Robust Linear Programming
    Chamanbaz M, Notarstefano G & Bouffanais R
    IFAC PapersOnline 50(1), 4973-4978, 2017. [pdf] [doi]
  41. Design and Control of Swarm Dynamics
    Bouffanais R
    Springer (SpringerBriefs in Complexity), Heidelberg, Germany, ISBN 978-9812877505, 118 pages, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  42. Interplay Between Signaling network Design and Swarm Dynamics
    Sekunda A, Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    Network Science  (4), 244-265, 2016. [pdf] [doi]
  43. Consensus Reaching in Swarms ruled by a Hybrid Metric-Topological Distance
    Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Eur. Phys. J. B  (87), 294, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  44. Influence of the Number of Topologically Interacting Neighbors on Swarm Dynamics
    Shang Y & Bouffanais R
    Scientific Reports  (4), 04184, 2014. [pdf] [doi]
  45. Controllability of a Swarm of Topologically Interacting Autonomous Agents
    Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    Int. J. Complex Systems Sci. 3(1), 11-19, 2013. [pdf]
  46. Resilience and Controllability of Dynamic Collective Behaviors
    Komareji M & Bouffanais R
    PLoS ONE  (8), e82578, 2013. [pdf] [doi]
Project reports by alumni from the ACG:
  1. Multi-agent systems: The exploration-exploitation dilemma
    Goulard N,
    Final year project, Supervised by Bouffanais R, UNIGE, 2024. [pdf]

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