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PhD Dissertation:
An Integrated Planning, Scheduling and Execution Framework for Multi-Robot Cooperation and Coordination, 2007 Advisors: Tucker Balch and Nadia Erdogan
Back to Top Multi-Robot Coordination:
Naval Mine Countermeasure Missions: A Distributed, Incremental Multirobot Task Selection Scheme Sanem Sariel, Tucker Balch and Nadia Erdogan IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, Special Issue on Design, Control, and Applications of Real-World Multirobot Systems, 2008, Vol 15(1), pp. 45-52		Image courtesy of Istockphoto
Incremental Multi-Robot Task Selection for Resource Constrained and Interrelated Tasks Sanem Sariel, Tucker Balch and Nadia Erdogan IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2007, pp. 2314-2319
An Integrated Approach To Solving the Real-World Multiple Traveling Robot Problem Sanem Sariel, Nadia Erdogan and Tucker Balch 5th International Conference on Electrical and Electronics Engineering (ELECO), 2007, pp.381-385
A Distributed Multi-Robot Cooperation Framework for Real Time Task Achievement Sanem Sariel and Tucker Balch Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) 7, Springer Verlag ISBN:4431358781, 2006, pp. 187-196 See also the Tech Report: Distributed Multi-AUV Coordination in Naval Mine Countermeasure Missions, GVU Tech Report GIT-GVU-06-04, 2006
Empirical Evaluation of Auction-Based Coordination of AUVs in a Realistic Simulated Mine Countermeasure Task Sanem Sariel, Tucker Balch and Jason Stack Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems (DARS) 7, Springer Verlag ISBN:4431358781, 2006, pp. 197-206 See also the Tech Report: Distributed Multi-AUV Coordination in Naval Mine Countermeasure Missions, GVU Tech Report GIT-GVU-06-04, 2006
Dynamic and Distributed Allocation of Resource Constrained Project Tasks to Robots Sanem Sariel and Tucker Balch Multi-Agent Robotic Systems (MARS) Workshop at the Third International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics, 2006, pp. 34-43 Also presented at the AAAI Workshop on Auction Mechanisms for Robot Coordination, 2006
Robust Multi-Robot Cooperation Through Dynamic Task Allocation and Precaution Routines Sanem Sariel, Tucker Balch and Nadia Erdogan The 3rd International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO), 2006, pp. 196-201 An earlier version of this paper appeared as a Tech Report: Robust Multi-Robot Coordination in Noisy and Dangerous Environments, GVU Tech Report GIT-GVU-05-17, 2005
Efficient Bids on Task Allocation for Multi Robot Exploration Sanem Sariel and Tucker Balch, The 19th International Florida Artificial Intelligence Research Society (FLAIRS) Conference, 2006, pp. 116-121
Real Time Auction Based Allocation of Tasks for Multi-Robot Exploration Problem in Dynamic Environments Sanem Sariel and Tucker Balch, Integrating Planning into Scheduling: Papers from the 2005 AAAI Workshop, ed. Mark Boddy, Amedeo Cesta, and Stephen F. Smith, pp.27-33. Technical Report WS-05-06. American Association for Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), 2005
A Framework for Multi-Robot Coordination Sanem Sariel (Advisors: Tucker Balch and Nadia Erdogan) The International Conference on Automated Planning & Scheduling (ICAPS), Doctoral Consortium, 2005
Back to Top Intelligent Robots:
A Novel Search Strategy for Autonomous Search and Rescue Robots Sanem Sariel and H. Levent Akin, RoboCup 2004, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, LNAI 3276, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2005, pp.459-466.		Image courtesy of www.intes.org.tr
A Hybrid Planning Approach for Robots in Search and Rescue Sanem Sariel The Third Asia Pacific International Symposium on Information Technology 2004, pp. 502-508
Ozerk Robotlar icin Bir Genis Alan Taramasi Planlama Yontemi (in Turkish) - "A Wide Area Coverage Planning Strategy for Autonomous Robots" Sanem Sariel and H. Levent Akin Havacilikta Ileri Teknolojiler ve Uygulamalari Sempozyumu 2004, sf. 491-496.
Back to Top Intelligent Agents:
A Model for User Profiling Systems with Interacting Agents Sanem Sariel and Tevfik Akgun, Turkish Journal of Electrical Engineering & Computer Sciences, Vol.13, 2005, pp.311-332
Intelligent Agents Serving Based on the Society Information Sanem Sariel and B. Tevfik Akgun The Eighth IEEE Symposium on Computers and Communications (ISCC) 2003, pp. 763-768.
A Personal Facial Expression Generation System with Interacting Agents Sanem Sariel and B. Tevfik Akgun TIDSE Proceedings, Computer Graphik Ed 2003 pp. 82-93.
A Multi Agent System Analyzing Parameters Related to Facial Expressions Sanem Sariel and B. Tevfik Akgun The IASTED International Conference on Applied Informatics, International Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Applications, February 18-21, Innsbruck Austria, 2002, pp. 302-307.
Saglik Sistemlerinde Akilli Kart Uygulamalari (in Turkish) - "Smart Card Applications on Healthcare Systems" Cicek Cavdar, Sanem Sariel, B. Tevfik Akgun Bilisim 2000 Kurultayi.		Image courtesy of www.sreego.com
Back to Top Machine Learning and Image Retrieval:
Content Based Access to Art Paintings Bilge Gunsel , Sanem Sariel, Oguz Icoglu The 12th IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP), 2005, pp. 558-561
ARTHISTORIAN: An Integrated Indexing and Personalized Browsing System for Art Paintings Oguz Icoglu, Bilge Gunsel , Sanem Sariel The Fourth International Workshop on Content-Based Multimedia Indexing, 2005
Classification And Indexing Of Paintings Based On Art Movements Oguz Icoglu, Bilge Gunsel , Sanem Sariel 12th European Signal Processing Conference (Eusipco) 2004, September 6-10 2004, Vienna Austria, pp. 749-752.
Back to Top Metaheuristics:
A Gene Based Adaptive Mutation Strategy for Genetic Algorithms Sima Uyar, Sanem Sariel and Gulsen Eryigit Gecco 2004, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, LNCS 3103, pp. 271-281, Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg, 2004.		Image courtesy of Wikipedia
An Adaptive Mutation Scheme in Genetic Algorithms for Fastening the Convergence to the Optimum Sima Uyar, Gulsen Eryigit and Sanem Sariel Proc. of the Third Asia Pacific International Symposium on Information Technology, pp. 461-465, 2004.		Image courtesy of Wikipedia
Back to Top Theses:
A Multi Agent System Application Analyzing Facial Expressions With User Profiles (in Turkish) Advisor: B. Tevfik Akgun M.Sc. Thesis, February 2002, Istanbul Technical University, Institute of Science and Technology.
Keyboard PC-controller implementation by designing a system consisting of a keyboard and micro-controllers (ATMEL AT90S2313, Motorola 68HC11)(in Turkish) Advisor: B. Tevfik Akgun B.Sc. Project, Istanbul Technical University, June 1999, Control and Computer Engineering Department.