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Papers on International Journals

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (1999). Processing and Interaction in Robotics. Sensors and Actuators A: Physical, Elsevier, 72(1), January 1999, p. 16-26.

·         Amigoni, F.; Somalvico, M.; Zanisi, D. (1999). A Theoretical Framework for the Conception of Agency. International Journal of Intelligent Systems, John Wiley & Sons, 14(5), May 1999, p. 449-474.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2000). A Multilevel Architecture of Creative Dynamic Agency. Foundations of Science, Kluwer Academic Publisher, 5(2), 2000, p. 157-184.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2002). Multiagent System Based Scientific Discovery within Information Society. Mind & Society, Rosenberg & Sellier, Fondazione Rosselli, 5(3), 2002, p. 111-127.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2003). The Bipolar Man Framework for Human-Centred Intelligent Systems. International Journal of Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, KES International, 7(1), January 2003, p. 23-29.

·         Amigoni, F.; Dini, M.; Gatti, N.; Somalvico, M. (2003). Anthropic Agency: A Multiagent System for Physiological Processes. Artificial Intelligence in Medicine, Elsevier, 27(3), March 2003, p. 305-334.

·         Amigoni, F.; Brandolini, A.; D’Antona, G.; Ottoboni, R.; Somalvico, M. (2003). Artificial Intelligence in Science of Measurements: From Measurement Instruments to Perceptive Agencies. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, IEEE Press, 52(3), June 2003, p. 716-723.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N.; Pinciroli, C.; Roveri, M. (2005). What Planner for Ambient Intelligent Applications? IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man and Cybernetics – Part A, IEEE Press, 35(1), January 2005, p. 7-21.

·         Amigoni, F.; Beda, A.; Gatti, N. (2005). Multiagent Systems for Cardiac Pacing Simulation and Control. AI Communications, IOS Press, 18(3), 2005, p. 217-228.

·         Amigoni, F.; Beda, A.; Gatti, N. (2006). Combining Rate-Adaptive Cardiac Pacing Algorithms via Multiagent Negotiation. IEEE Transactions on Information Technology in Biomedicine, IEEE Press, 10(1), January 2006, p. 11-18.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gasparini, S.; Gini, M. (2006). Building Segment-Based Maps without Pose Information. Proceedings of the IEEE, IEEE Press, 94(7), July 2006, p. 1340-1359.

·         Amigoni, F.; Brandolini, A.; Caglioti, V.; Di Lecce, V.; Guerriero, A.; Lazzaroni, M.; Lombardi, F.; Ottoboni, R.; Pasero, E.; Piuri, V.; Scotti, O.; Somenzi, D. (2006). Agencies for Perception in Environmental Monitoring. IEEE Transactions on Instrumentation and Measurements, IEEE Press, 55(4), August 2006, p. 1038-1050.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2007). The Multiagent Technology and Paradigm within Scientific Discovery. International Journal on Artificial Intelligence Tools, World Scientific, 16(2), April 2007, p. 219-242.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N. (2007). A Formal Framework for Connective Stability of Highly Decentralized Cooperative Negotiations. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Springer, 15(3), December 2007, p. 253-279 (DOI: 10.1007/s10458-007-9011-z).

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2008). A Multiagent Approach to Modelling Complex Phenomena. Foundations of Science, Springer, 13(2), June 2008, p. 113-125.

·         Amigoni, F. (2008). An Approach to Development of Flexible Multirobot Systems: The Potential of Using Mobile Code Technology. Journal of Intelligent Robotic Systems, Springer, 52(3-4), August 2008, p. 417-445.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2009). The Minerva System: A Step Toward Automatically Created Virtual Museums. Applied Artificial Intelligence, Taylor & Francis, 23(3), March 2009, p. 204-232.

·         Amigoni, F.; Reggiani, M.; Schiaffonati, V. (2009). An Insightful Comparison between Experiments in Mobile Robotics and in Science. Autonomous Robots, Springer, 27(4), November 2009, p. 313-325.

·         Amigoni, F.; Caglioti, V. (2010). An Information-Based Exploration Strategy for Environment Mapping with Mobile Robots. Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Elsevier, 58(5), May 2010, p. 684-699.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gualandi, S.; Menotti, D.; Sangiovanni, G. (2010). A Multiagent Architecture for Controlling the Palamede Satellite. Web Intelligence and Agent Systems: An International Journal, IOS Press, 8(3), 2010, p. 269-289.

·         Basilico, N.; Amigoni, F. (2011). Exploration Strategies Based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making for Searching Environments in Rescue Operations. Autonomous Robots, Springer, 31(4), November 2011, p. 401-417.

·         Basilico, N.; Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2012). Patrolling Security Games: Definition and Algorithms for Solving Large Instances with Single Patroller and Single Intruder. Artificial Intelligence, 184-185, June 2012, p. 78-123.

Papers on International Books

·         Amigoni, F.; Villa, M. (2000). An Algorithm for Recruitment of Agents in Agency Design. In Lamma, E.; Mello, P. (editors); AI*IA99: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence, 1792, Springer, April 2000, p. 321-332.

·         Rinaldi, S.; Amigoni, F. (2000). The Role of Extrinsic Motivation in the Dynamics of Creative Professions. In Dockner, E. J.; Hartl, R. F.; Luptacik, M.; Sorger, G. (editors); Optimization, Dynamics, and Economic Analysis, Physica-Verlag, May 2000, p.170-180.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2001). Dynamic Agency: Models for Creative Production and Technology Applications. In Riva, G.; Davide, F. (editors); Communications Through Virtual Technology: Identity, Community, and Technology in Internet Age, IOS Press, 2001, p. 167-192.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N. (2003). On the Simulation of Multiagent-Based Regulators for Physiological Processes. In Sichman, J. S.; Bousquet, F.; Davidsson, P. (editors); Multi-Agent-Based Simulation II (Third International Workshop MABS 2002, Bologna, Italy, July 2002, Revised Papers), Lecture Notes in Computer Science, 2581, Springer, February 2003, p. 142-154.

·         Amigoni, F.; Fontana, G.; Mazzuca, S. (2007). Robotic Sensor Networks: An Application to Monitoring Electro-Magnetic Fields. In Maglogiannis, I.; Karpouzis, K.; Wallace, M.; Soldatos, J. (editors); Emerging Artificial Intelligence Applications in Computer Engineering (Real World AI Systems with Applications in eHealth, HCI, Information Retrieval and Pervasive Technologies), IOS Press, 2007, p. 384-393.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2007). Multiagent-Based Simulation in Biology: A Critical Analysis. In Magnani, L.; Li, P. (editors); Model-Based Reasoning in Science, Technology, and Medicine, Springer, 2007, p. 179-191.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2010). Good Experimental Methodologies and Simulation in Autonomous Mobile Robotics. In Magnani, L.; Carnielli, W.; Pizzi, C. (editors); Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology, Springer, 2010, p. 315-332.

Papers on Proceedings of International Conferences

·         Amigoni, F.; Somalvico, M. (1998). Dynamic Agencies and Multi-Robot Systems. Proceedings of the "4th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems". Karlsruhe, Germany, May 25-27 1998. In Lueth, T.; Dillmann, R.; Dario, P.; Worn, H. (eds.). Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 3, Springer-Verlag, Berlin Heidelberg, Germany, 1998, p. 215-224.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (1999). Dynamic Agencies and Creative Scientific Discovery. Proceedings of the "AISB'99 Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Scientific Creativity", The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, Edinburgh, UK, April 6-9 1999, p. 72-81.

·         Amigoni, F.; Villa, M. (1999). An Algebraic Description of Agency Design. Proceedings of the "ESSLLI99 Workshop on Foundations and Applications of Collective Agent Based Systems", University of Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands, August 16-20 1999.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (1999). Some Ethical Aspects of Agency Machines based on Artificial Intelligence. Proceedings of the "Fourth ETHICOMP International Conference on Social and Ethical Impacts of Information and Communication Technologies", ISBN 88-900396-0-4 and Abstract Book (p. 1-2), Luiss "Guido Carli", Rome, Italy, October 6-8 1999.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2001). Multiparadigmatic Cooperating Sensory Agents for Modelling Complex Systems. Proceedings of the "First International Workshop on Advanced Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies", Società Editrice Esculapio, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, June 26-28 2001, p. 35-39.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2001). Minerva: An Artificial Intelligent System for Composition of Museums. Proceedings of the "International Cultural Heritage Informatics Meeting (ICHIM01)" Volume 2 (Short Papers/Posters and Demos), Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, September 3-7 2001, p. 389-398.

·         Amigoni, F.; Somalvico, M. (2002). Application of Mobile Code to Development of Cooperative Multirobot Systems. Proceedings of the "7th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-7)". Marina del Rey, California USA, March 25-27 2002. In Gini, M.; Shen, W. M.; Torras, C.; Yuasa, H. (eds.). Intelligent Autonomous Systems 7, IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2002, p. 18-25.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2002). Multiagent Systems for Supporting and Representing Social Creativity in Science. Proceedings of the "AISB'02 Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Creativity in Arts and Science", The Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, London, UK, April 3-5 2002, p. 3-11.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N.; Somalvico, M. (2002). A Multiagent Interaction Paradigm for Physiological Process Control. Proceedings of the “First International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS2002)” Part 1, ACM Press, Bologna, Italy, July 17-19 2002, p. 215-216.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V.; Somalvico, M. (2002). A Theoretical Approach to Human-Robot Interaction Based on the Bipolar Man Framework. Proceedings of the “Eleventh IEEE International Workshop on Robot and Human Interactive Communication 2002 (ROMAN2002)”, IEEE Press, Berlin, Germany, September 25-27 2002, p. 183-188.

·         Amigoni, F.; Somalvico, M. (2003). Multiagent Systems for Environmental Perception. Proceedings of the “Third AMS (American Meteorological Society) Conference on Artificial Intelligence Applications to Environmental Science”, Preprints CD-ROM and Abstract Volume (p. 487), AMS, Long Beach, USA, February 9-13 2003.

·         Amigoni, F.; Caglioti, V. (2003). A Multirobot Architecture for Environmental Perception. Proceedings of the “Second International Workshop on Advanced Environmental Sensing and Monitoring Technologies”, Società Editrice Esculapio, Villa Olmo, Como, Italy, July 24-25 2003, p. 83-88.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2003). The Minerva Multiagent System for Supporting Creativity in Museums Organization. Proceedings of the “IJCAI2003 (Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence) Workshop on Creative Systems: Approaches to Creativity in AI and Cognitive Science”, IJCAI, Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-10 2003, p. 65-74.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gazzani, S.; Podico, S. (2003). A Method for Reassembling Fragments in Image Reconstruction. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Image Processing (ICIP2003)” Volume III, IEEE Press, Barcelona, Spain, September 14-17 2003, p. III581-III584.

·         Amigoni, F.; Giani, M. S.; Napolitano, S. (2004). A Simulation Analysis of Formations for Flying Multirobot Systems. Proceedings of the “Eight International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS-8)”, Amsterdam, The Netherland, March 10-12 2004. In Groen, F.; Amato, N.; Bonarini, A.; Yoshida, E.; Krose, B. (editors); Intelligent Autonomous Systems 8, IOS Press, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, 2004, p. 149-156.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gasparini, S.; Gini, M. (2004). Map Building without Odometry Information. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2004)”, IEEE Press, New Orleans, USA, April 26 – May 1 2004, p. 3753-3758.

·         Amigoni, F.; Caglioti, V.; Fontana, G. (2004). A Perceptive Multirobot System for Monitoring Electro-Magnetic Fields. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces, and Measurement Systems (VECIMS2004)”, IEEE Press, Boston, USA, July 12-14 2004, p. 95-100.

·         Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2004). A Cooperative Negotiation Protocol for Physiological Model Combination. Proceedings of the “Third International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS2004)”, ACM Press, New York, USA, July 19-23 2004, p. 655-662.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gasparini, S.; Gini, M. (2004). Scan Matching without Odometry Information (poster). Proceedings of the “First International Conference on Informatics in Control, Automation and Robotics (ICINCO2004)” Volume 2, INSTICC Press, Setubal, Portugal, August 25-28 2004, p. 349-352.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gallo, A. (2005). A Multi-Objective Exploration Strategy for Mobile Robots. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2005)”, IEEE Press, Barcelona, Spain, April 18-22 2005, p. 3861-3866.

·         Amigoni, F.; Cadonici, S.; Caglioti, V.; Fontana, G. (2005). Experimenting with a Robotic System for Localizing Magnetic Field Sources. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Virtual Environments, Human-Computer Interfaces and Measurement Systems (VECIMS2005)”, IEEE Press, Giardini Naxos, Italy, July 18-20 2005, p. 44-49.

·         Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2005). An Approximate Pareto Optimal Cooperative Negotiation Model for Multiple Continuous Dependent Issues. Proceedings of the “2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT05)”, IEEE Press, Compiègne, France, September 19-22 2005, p. 565-571.

·         Amigoni, F.; Arrigoni Neri, M. (2005). An Application of Ontology Technologies to Robotic Agents. Proceedings of the “2005 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT05)”, IEEE Press, Compiègne, France, September 19-22 2005, p. 751-754.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2005). Machine Ethics and Human Ethics: A Critical View. Proceedings of the “AAAI 2005 Fall Symposium on Machine Ethics”, AAAI Press, Arlington, VA, USA, November 4-6 2005, p. 103-104.

·         Amigoni, F.; Fontana, G.; Garigiola, F. (2006). A Method for Building Small-Size Segment-Based Maps. Proceedings of the “8th International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems”. Minneapolis, USA, July 12-14 2006. In Gini, M.; Voyles, R. (editors); Distributed Autonomous Robotic Systems 7, Springer-Verlag, Tokio, Japan, 2006, p. 11-20.

·         Amigoni, F.; Della Torre, S.; Schiaffonati, V. (2006). Yet Another Version of Minerva: The Isola Comacina Virtual Museum. Proceedings of the “ECAI2006 (Seventeen European Conference on Artificial Intelligence) Workshop on Intelligent Technologies for Cultural Heritage Exploitation”, Università di Trento, Riva del Garda, Italy, August 28 2006, p. 1-5.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gasparini, S.; Gini, M. (2007). Good Experimental Methodologies for Robotic Mapping: A Proposal. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2007)”, IEEE Press, Roma, Italy, April 10-14 2007, p. 4176-4181.

·         Amigoni, F.; Fugini, M.; Liberati, D. (2007). A Virtual Laboratory for Web and Grid Enabled Scientific Experiments (poster). Proceedings of the “Ninth International Conference on Enterprise Information Systems (ICEIS2007)” Volume 4, INSTICC Press, Funchal, Portugal, June 12-16 2007, p. 227-230.

·         Amigoni, F. (2008). Experimental Evaluation of Some Exploration Strategies for Mobile Robots. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2008)”, IEEE Press, Pasadena, USA, May 19-23 2008, p. 2818-2823.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gasparini, S. (2008). Analysis of Methods for Reducing Line Segments in Maps: Towards a General Approach. Proceedings of the “IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS2008)”, IEEE Press, Nice, France, September 22-26 2008, p. 2896-2901.

·         Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F.; Rolando, M. (2008). Multiagent Technology Solutions for Planning in Ambient Intelligence. Proceedings of the “2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’08)”, IEEE Press, Sydney, Australia, December 9-12 2008, p. 286-289.

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N.; Ippedico, A. (2008). A Game-Theoretic Approach to Determining Efficient Patrolling Strategies for Mobile Robots. Proceedings of the “2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’08)”, IEEE Press, Sydney, Australia, December 9-12 2008, p. 500-503.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, F.; Basilico, N.; Zanero, S. (2008). Integrating Partial Models of Network Normality via Cooperative Negotiation: An Approach to Development of Multiagent Intrusion Detection Systems. Proceedings of the “2008 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’08)”, IEEE Press, Sydney, Australia, December 9-12 2008, p. 531-537.

·         Basilico, N.; Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2009). Leader-Follower Strategies for Robotic Patrolling in Environments with Arbitrary Topologies. Proceedings of the “Eighth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS2009)”, IFAAMAS, Budapest, Hungary, May 10-15 2009, p. 57-64.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, N.; Gatti, N. (2009). Finding the Optimal Strategies for Robotic Patrolling with Adversaries in Topologically-Represented Environments. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2009)”, IEEE Press, Kobe, Japan, May 12-17 2009, p. 819-824.

·         Basilico, N.; Gatti, N.; Rossi, T.; Ceppi, S.; Amigoni, F. (2009). Extending Algorithms for Mobile Robot Patrolling in the Presence of Adversaries to More Realistic Settings. Proceedings of the “2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’09)”, IEEE Press, Milano, Italy, September 15-18 2009, p. 557-564. [IAT Best Student Paper Award]

·         Basilico, N.; Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2009). Developing a Deterministic Patrolling Strategy for Security Agents. Proceedings of the “2009 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’09)”, IEEE Press, Milano, Italy, September 15-18 2009, p. 565-572.

·         Amigoni, F.; Vailati, M. (2009). A Method for Reducing Redundant Line Segments in Maps. Proceedings of the “Fourth European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR2009)”, KoREMA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 23-25 2009, p. 61-66.

·         Basilico, N.; Amigoni, F. (2009). Exploration Strategies based on Multi-Criteria Decision Making for an Autonomous Mobile Robot. Proceedings of the “Fourth European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR2009)”, KoREMA, Dubrovnik, Croatia, September 23-25 2009, p. 259-264.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, N.; Gatti, N.; Saporiti, A.; Troiani, S. (2010). Moving Game Theoretical Patrolling Strategies from Theory to Practice: An USARSim Simulation. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2010)”, IEEE Press, Anchorage, USA, May 3-8 2010, p. 426-431.

·         Holz, D.; Basilico, N.; Amigoni, F.; Behnke, S. (2010). Evaluating the Efficiency of Frontier-based Exploration Strategies. Proceedings of the “41st International Symposium on Robotics and 6th German Conference on Robotics (ISR/ROBOTIK 2010)”, Munich, Germany, June 7-9 2010, p. 36-43.

·         Amigoni, F.; Brambilla, A.; Lavagna, M.; Blake, R.; le Duc, I.; Page, J.; Page, O.; de la Rosa Steinz, S.; Steel, R.; Wijnands, Q. (2010). Agent Technologies for Space Applications: The DAFA Experience. Proceedings of the “2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT’10)”, IEEE Press, Toronto, Canada, August 31 – September 3 2010, p. 483-489.

·         Basilico, N.; Rossignoli, D.; Gatti, N.; Amigoni, F. (2010). A Game-Theoretical Model Applied to an Active Patrolling Camera. Proceedings of the “International Symposium on Robots and Security (ROBOSEC, in conjunction with the 2010 International Conference on Emerging Security Technologies)”, IEEE Press, Canterbury, UK, September 6-7 2010, p. 130-135.

·         Holz, D.; Basilico, N.; Amigoni, F.; Behnke, S. (2011). A Comparative Evaluation of Exploration Strategies and Heuristics to Improve Them. Proceedings of the “Fifth European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR2011)”, Orebro, Sweden, September 7-9 2011, p. 25-30.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, N. (2012). A Game Theoretical Approach to Finding Optimal Strategies for Pursuit Evasion in Grid Environments. Proceedings of the “IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA2012)”, IEEE Press, Saint Paul, USA, May 14-18 2012, p. 2155-2162.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, N.; Quattrini Li, A. (2012). How Much Worth Is Coordination of Mobile Robots for Exploration in Search and Rescue? Proceedings of the “RoboCup International Symposium”, Mexico City, Mexico, June 24 2012.

Papers Presented at International Conferences

·         Amigoni, F.; Fugini, M. (2007). An Agent-Based Environment for Web Service Enabled E-Science. BioinfoGRID Symposium 2007, LITA CNR-ITB, Milan, Italy, December 10-13 2007.

·         Basilico, N.; Amigoni, F. (2008). On Evaluating Performance of Exploration Strategies for an Autonomous Mobile Robot. IROS2008 (IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems) Workshop on Performance Evaluation and Benchmarking for Intelligent Robots and Systems, Nice, France, September 26 2008.

·         Amigoni, F.; Reggiani, M.; Schiaffonati, V. (2009). In Search of Good Experimental Methodologies in Robotics: Getting Inspiration from Natural Science? EURON (European Robotics Research Network) 2009 Annual Meeting Workshop on “Good Experimental Methodology”, Leuven, Belgium, April 6 2009.

·         Amigoni, F.; Reggiani, M.; Schiaffonati, V. (2009). To What Extent Are Robotic Experiments Experiments? On the Utility of Looking at the Philosophy of Science. ICAR2009 (the 14th International Conference on Advanced Robotics) Workshop on “Benchmarking in Mobile Robotics: State-of-the-Art, Open Challenges, and Research Roadmap”, Munich, Germany, June 22 2009.

·         Amigoni, F.; Reggiani, M.; Schiaffonati, V. (2010). Simulations Used as Experiments in Autonomous Mobile Robotics. ICRA2010 (International Conference on Robotics and Automation) Workshop on “The Role of Experiments in Robotics Research”, Anchorage, USA, May 3 2010.

·         Amigoni, F.; Basilico, N. (2010). A Decision-Theoretic Framework to Select Effective Observation Locations in Robotic Search and Rescue Scenarios. ICRA2010 (IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation) Workshop on “Search and Pursuit/Evasion in the Physical World: Efficiency, Scalability, and Guarantees”, Anchorage, USA, May 3 2010.

·         Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2012). Autonomous Mobile Robots as Technical Artifacts: A Discussion of Experimental Issues. International Conference of Model-Based Reasoning in Science and Technology (MBR12), Sestri Levante, Italy, June 21-23 2012.

Papers on National Journals

Papers on National Books

  • Somalvico, M.; Amigoni, F.; Schiaffonati, V. (2003). Artificial Intelligence (in Italian). In Petruccioli, S. (editor); Storia della scienza vol. IX, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana, Rome, Italy, 2003, p. 615-624.

Papers on Proceedings of National Conferences

Papers Presented at National Conferences

·         Amigoni, F.; Gatti, N.; Schiaffonati, V. (2003). Marco Somalvico’s Legacy on Multiagent Systems. Workshop on Robotics in Memory of Marco Somalvico, Padua, Italy, July 6 2003.

Theses

·         Amigoni, F. (2000). Dynamic Agency: a Methodology and Architecture for Multiagent Systems. Ph.D. Thesis, Ph.D. Program in Computer Engineering and Automatica, Dipartimento di Elettronica e Informazione, Politecnico di Milano, Milan, Italy, January 2000.

 

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