Ronen I. Brafman – Publications

I no longer maintain this page. Please google “dblp Brafman” for an up to date list of publications.

If you cannot download a copy of a publication you are interested in, please contact me (Brafman@cs.bgu.ac.il)

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Raz Nissim, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak:A General, Fully Distributed Multi-Agent Planning Algorithm. AAMAS 2010:

 

2009

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Yagil Engel: Directional Decomposition of Multiattribute Utility Functions. ADT 2009: 192-202

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Yagil Engel, Moshe Tennenholtz: Planning Games. IJCAI 2009: 73-78

 

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Maxim Binshtok, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Generic Preferences over Subsets of Structured Objects. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 34: 133-164 (2009)

 

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Nicolas Meuleau, Emmanuel Benazera, Ronen I. Brafman, Eric A. Hansen, Mausam: A Heuristic Search Approachto Planning with Continuous Resources in Stochastic Domains. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 34: 27-59 (2009)

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: Preference Handling -- An Introductory Tutorial. AI Magazine 30(1): 58-86 (2009)

 

2008

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: From One to Many: Planning for Loosely Coupled Multi-Agent Systems. ICAPS 2008: 28-35_ ICAPS Distinguished Paper Award

 

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Guy Shani, Pascal Poupart, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Efficient ADD Operations for Point-Based Algorithms. ICAPS 2008: 330-337

 

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Ronen I. Brafman: Relational Preference Rules for Control. KR 2008: 552-559

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: Graphically structured value-function compilation. Artif. Intell. 172(2-3): 325-349 (2008)

 

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Prioritizing Point-Based POMDP Solvers. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B 38(6): 1592-1605 (2008)

 

2007

 

 

 

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Samuel Ieong, Nicholas Lambert, Yoav Shoham, Ronen I. Brafman: Near-Optimal Search in Continuous Domains. AAAI 2007: 1158-1163

 

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Maxim Binshtok, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony, Ajay Mani, Craig Boutilier: Computing Optimal Subsets. AAAI 2007: 1231-1236

 

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Yan Virin, Guy Shani, Solomon Eyal Shimony, Ronen I. Brafman: Scaling Up: Solving POMDPs through Value Based Clustering. AAAI 2007: 1290-1295

 

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Nicolas Meuleau, Ronen I. Brafman: Hierarchical Heuristic Forward Search in Stochastic Domains. IJCAI 2007: 2542-2549

 

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Forward Search Value Iteration for POMDPs. IJCAI 2007: 2619-2624

 

2006

 

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Gianni Bosi, Ronen I. Brafman, Jan Chomicki, Werner Kießling: Preferences: Specification, Inference, Applications, 27. June - 2. July 2004 IBFI, Schloss Dagstuhl, Germany 2006

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: Factored Planning: How, When, and When Not. AAAI 2006

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Solomon Eyal Shimony, Y. Silver: Preferences over Sets. AAAI 2006

 

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Prioritizing Point-Based POMDP Solvers. ECML 2006: 389-400

 

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Nicolas Meuleau, Ronen I. Brafman, Emmanuel Benazera: Stochastic Over-Subscription Planning Using Hierarchies of MDPs. ICAPS 2006: 121-130

 

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Jeremy Frank, James Crawford, Lina Khatib, Ronen I. Brafman: Tractable Optimal Competitive Scheduling. ICAPS 2006: 73-82

 

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Jörg Hoffmann, Ronen I. Brafman: Conformant planning via heuristic forward search: A new approach. Artif. Intell. 170(6-7): 507-541 (2006)

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Solomon Eyal Shimony: On Graphical Modeling of Preference and Importance. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 25: 389-424 (2006)

 

2005

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Optimal Efficient Learning Equilibrium: Imperfect Monitoring in Symmetric Games. AAAI 2005: 726-731

 

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Model-Based Online Learning of POMDPs. ECML 2005: 353-364

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Yuri Chernyavsky: Planning with Goal Preferences and Constraints. ICAPS 2005: 182-191

 

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Jörg Hoffmann, Ronen I. Brafman: Contingent Planning via Heuristic Forward Search witn Implicit Belief States. ICAPS 2005: 71-80

 

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Mausam, Emmanuel Benazera, Ronen I. Brafman, Nicolas Meuleau, Eric A. Hansen: Planning with Continuous Resources in Stochastic Domains. IJCAI 2005: 1244-1251

 

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Guy Shani, David Heckerman, Ronen I. Brafman: An MDP-Based Recommender System. Journal of Machine Learning Research 6: 1265-1295 (2005)

 

2004

 

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Avi Bab, Ronen I. Brafman: An Experimental Study of Different Approaches to Reinforcement Learning in Common Interest Stochastic Games. ECML 2004: 75-86

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Jörg Hoffmann: Conformant Planning via Heuristic Forward Search: A New Approach. ICAPS 2004: 355-364 _ICAPS Distinguished Paper Award

 

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman: Resolving Perceptual Aliasing In The Presence Of Noisy Sensors. NIPS 2004

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Doron A. Friedman: Adaptive Rich Media Presentations via Preference-Based Constrained Optimization. Preferences 2004

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Tanya Kogan: Compact Value-Function Representations for Qualitative Preferences. UAI 2004: 51-59

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Qualitative decision making in adaptive presentation of structured information. ACM Trans. Inf. Syst. 22(4): 503-539 (2004)

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Efficient learning equilibrium. Artif. Intell. 159(1-2): 27-47 (2004)

 

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Ronen I. Brafman: A simplifier for propositional formulas with many binary clauses. IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, Part B 34(1): 52-59 (2004)

 



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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak, Holger H. Hoos, David Poole: CP-nets: A Tool for Representing and Reasoning with Conditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 21: 135-191 (2004) JAIR-IJCAI_09 Best Paper Award

2003

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, David Heckerman, Guy Shani: Recommendation as a Stochastic Sequential Decision Problem. ICAPS 2003: 164-173

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Ronen I. Brafman, Yannis Dimopoulos: A New Look at the Semantics and Optimization Methods of CP-Networks. IJCAI 2003: 1033-1038

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: Structure and Complexity in Planning with Unary Operators. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 18: 315-349 (2003)

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Learning to Coordinate Efficiently: A Model-based Approach. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 19: 11-23 (2003)

2002

 

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Carmel Domshlak, Ronen I. Brafman: Structure and Complexity in Planning with Unary Operators. AIPS 2002: 34-43

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Carmel Domshlak, Ronen I. Brafman: CP-nets: Reasoning and Consistency Testing. KR 2002: 121-132

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Efficient Learning Equilibrium. NIPS 2002: 1603-1610

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Guy Shani, Ronen I. Brafman, David Heckerman: An MDP-based Recommender System. UAI 2002: 453-460

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Ronen I. Brafman, Carmel Domshlak: Introducing Variable Importance Tradeoffs into CP-Nets. UAI 2002: 69-76

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: R-MAX - A General Polynomial Time Algorithm for Near-Optimal Reinforcement Learning. Journal of Machine Learning Research 3: 213-231 (2002)

2001

 

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Carmel Domshlak, Ronen I. Brafman, Solomon Eyal Shimony: Preference-Based Configuration of Web Page Content. IJCAI 2001: 1451-1456

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Ronen I. Brafman: A Simplifier for Propositional Formulas with Many Binary Clauses. IJCAI 2001: 515-522

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: R-MAX - A General Polynomial Time Algorithm for Near-Optimal Reinforcement Learning. IJCAI 2001: 953-958

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Craig Boutilier, Fahiem Bacchus, Ronen I. Brafman: UCP-Networks: A Directed Graphical Representation of Conditional Utilities. UAI 2001: 56-64

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Ronen I. Brafman, Nir Friedman: On decision-theoretic foundations for defaults. Artif. Intell. 133(1-2): 1-33 (2001)

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Ronen I. Brafman: On Reachability, Relevance, and Resolution in the Planning as Satisfiability Approach. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 14: 1-28 (2001)

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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman: Partial-Order Planning with Concurrent Interacting Actions. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 14: 105-136 (2001)

2000

 

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Carmel Domshlak, Ronen I. Brafman: Strucutre and Complexitiy in Planning with Unary Operators. PuK 2000

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: A near-optimal polynomial time algorithm for learning in certain classes of stochastic games. Artif. Intell. 121(1-2): 31-47 (2000)

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: An axiomatic treatment of three qualitative decision criteria. J. ACM 47(3): 452-482 (2000)

1999

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: A Near-Optimal Poly-Time Algorithm for Learning a class of Stochastic Games. IJCAI 1999: 734-739

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Ronen I. Brafman: Reachability, Relevance, Resolution and the Planning as Satisfiability Approach. IJCAI 1999: 976-981

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Ronen I. Brafman, Holger H. Hoos: To Encode or Not to Encode - Linear Planning. IJCAI 1999: 988-995

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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Holger H. Hoos, David Poole: Reasoning With Conditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements. UAI 1999: 71-80

1998

 

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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Christopher W. Geib: Structured Reachability Analysis for Markov Decision Processes. UAI 1998: 24-32

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Ronen I. Brafman, Joseph Y. Halpern, Yoav Shoham: On the Knowledge Requirements of Tasks. Artif. Intell. 98(1-2): 317-349 (1998)

1997

 

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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman: Planning with Concurrent Interacting Actions. AAAI/IAAI 1997: 720-726

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Ronen I. Brafman: A Heuristic Variable Grid Solution Method for POMDPs. AAAI/IAAI 1997: 727-733

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: On the Axiomatization of Qualitative Decision Criteria. AAAI/IAAI 1997: 76-81

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Craig Boutilier, Ronen I. Brafman, Christopher W. Geib: Prioritized Goal Decomposition of Markov Decision Processes: Toward a Synthesis of Classical and Decision Theoretic Planning. IJCAI 1997: 1156-1162

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Modeling Agents as Qualitative Decision Makers. Artif. Intell. 94(1-2): 217-268 (1997)

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Ronen I. Brafman, Jean-Claude Latombe, Yoram Moses, Yoav Shoham: Applications of a logic of knowledge to motion planning under uncertainty. J. ACM 44(5): 633-668 (1997)

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Ronen I. Brafman: A First-Order Conditional Logic with Qualitative Statistical Semantics. J. of Logic and Computation 7(6): 777-803 (1997)

1996

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: On the Foundations of Qualitative Decision Theory. AAAI/IAAI, Vol. 2 1996: 1291-1296

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Ronen I. Brafman: "Statistical" First Order Conditionals. KR 1996: 398-409

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: On Partially Controlled Multi-Agent Systems. J. Artif. Intell. Res. (JAIR) 4: 477-507 (1996)

1995

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Nir Friedman: On Decision-Theoretic Foundations for Defaults. IJCAI 1995: 1458-1465

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Towards Action Prediction Using a Mental-Level Model. IJCAI 1995: 2010-2016

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Ronen I. Brafman, Yoav Shoham: Knowledge Considerations in Robotics and Distribution of Robotic Tasks. IJCAI 1995: 96-102

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Ronen I. Brafman, Yoav Shoham: Knowledge Considerations in Robotics. Reasoning with Uncertainty in Robotics 1995: 248-262

1994

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Moshe Tennenholtz: Belief Ascription and Mental-Level Modelling. KR 1994: 87-98

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Ronen I. Brafman, Jean-Claude Latombe, Yoram Moses, Yoav Shoham: Knowledge as a Tool in Motion Planning and Uncertainty. TARK 1994: 208-224

1993

 

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Ronen I. Brafman, Jean-Claude Latombe, Yoav Shoham: Towards Knowledge-Level Analysis of Motion Planning. AAAI 1993: 670-675