Showing 50 publications by Nick Hawes
A transparency paradox? Investigating the impact of explanation specificity and autonomous vehicle imperfect detection capabilities on passengers
Omeiza D, Bhattacharyya R, Jirotka M, Hawes N & Kunze L (2025), Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour, 109, 1275-1292
BibTeX
@article{atransparencypa-2025/2,
title={A transparency paradox? Investigating the impact of explanation specificity and autonomous vehicle imperfect detection capabilities on passengers},
author={Omeiza D, Bhattacharyya R, Jirotka M, Hawes N & Kunze L},
journal={Transportation Research Part F Traffic Psychology and Behaviour},
volume={109},
pages={1275-1292},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2025"
}
No regrets: investigating and improving regret approximations for curriculum discovery
Rutherford A, Beukman M, Willi T, Lacerda B, Hawes N et al. (2025), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 37 (NeurIPS 2024), 37, 16071-16101
BibTeX
@inproceedings{noregretsinvest-2025/2,
title={No regrets: investigating and improving regret approximations for curriculum discovery},
author={Rutherford A, Beukman M, Willi T, Lacerda B, Hawes N et al.},
booktitle={38th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2024)},
pages={16071-16101},
year = "2025"
}
Time-bounded planning with uncertain task duration distributions
Staniaszek M, Brudermüller L, You Y, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B et al. (2025), Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 186
BibTeX
@article{timeboundedplan-2025/1,
title={Time-bounded planning with uncertain task duration distributions},
author={Staniaszek M, Brudermüller L, You Y, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B et al.},
journal={Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
volume={186},
number={104926},
publisher={Elsevier},
year = "2025"
}
Hierarchical planning for resource-constrained long-term monitoring missions in time-varying environments
Stephens R, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2024), ECAI 2024, 1214-1221
BibTeX
@inproceedings{hierarchicalpla-2024/10,
title={Hierarchical planning for resource-constrained long-term monitoring missions in time-varying environments},
author={Stephens R, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={27th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2024)},
pages={1214-1221},
year = "2024"
}
Planning under uncertainty for safe robot exploration using Gaussian process prediction
Stephens A, Budd M, Staniaszek M, Casseau B, Duckworth P et al. (2024), Autonomous Robots, 48(7)
BibTeX
@article{planningunderun-2024/8,
title={Planning under uncertainty for safe robot exploration using Gaussian process prediction},
author={Stephens A, Budd M, Staniaszek M, Casseau B, Duckworth P et al.},
journal={Autonomous Robots},
volume={48},
number={18},
publisher={Springer},
year = "2024"
}
A Transparency Paradox? Investigating the Impact of Explanation Specificity and Autonomous Vehicle Perceptual Inaccuracies on Passengers
Omeiza D, Bhattacharyya R, Jirotka M, Hawes N & Kunze L (2024)
Multi-robot allocation of assistance from a shared uncertain operator
Costen C, Gautier A, Hawes N & Lacerda B (2024), Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2024), 400-408
BibTeX
@inproceedings{multirobotalloc-2024/5,
title={Multi-robot allocation of assistance from a shared uncertain operator},
author={Costen C, Gautier A, Hawes N & Lacerda B},
booktitle={23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2024)},
pages={400-408},
year = "2024"
}
A framework for simultaneous task allocation and planning under uncertainty
Faruq F, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Parker D (2024), ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems, 19(4)
BibTeX
@article{aframeworkforsi-2024/5,
title={A framework for simultaneous task allocation and planning under uncertainty},
author={Faruq F, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Parker D},
journal={ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems},
volume={19},
number={21},
publisher={Association for Computing Machinery},
year = "2024"
}
JaxMARL: multi-agent RL environments and algorithms in JAX
Rutherford A, Ellis B, Gallici M, Cook J, Lupu A et al. (2024), AAMAS '24: Proceedings of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, 2444-2446
BibTeX
@inproceedings{jaxmarlmultiage-2024/5,
title={JaxMARL: multi-agent RL environments and algorithms in JAX},
author={Rutherford A, Ellis B, Gallici M, Cook J, Lupu A et al.},
booktitle={23rd International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2024)},
pages={2444-2446},
year = "2024"
}
Watching grass grow: long-term visual navigation and mission planning for autonomous biodiversity monitoring
Gadd M, De Martini D, Pitt L, Tubby W, Towlson M et al. (2024)
BibTeX
@misc{watchinggrassgr-2024/5,
title={Watching grass grow: long-term visual navigation and mission planning for autonomous biodiversity monitoring},
author={Gadd M, De Martini D, Pitt L, Tubby W, Towlson M et al.},
year = "2024"
}
Analysing the effects of congestion on hybrid order picking systems using a discrete-event simulator
Street C, Jujjavarapu SS, Nai-An Chen M, Paul S & Hawes N (2024), Lecture Notes in Networks and Systems, 795
BibTeX
@inproceedings{analysingtheeff-2024/4,
title={Analysing the effects of congestion on hybrid order picking systems using a discrete-event simulator},
author={Street C, Jujjavarapu SS, Nai-An Chen M, Paul S & Hawes N},
booktitle={18th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems (IAS18).},
year = "2024"
}
One risk to rule them all: a risk-sensitive perspective on model-based offline reinforcement learning
Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2024), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36 (NeurIPS 2023)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{onerisktoruleth-2024/2,
title={One risk to rule them all: a risk-sensitive perspective on model-based offline reinforcement learning},
author={Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={37th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2023)},
year = "2024"
}
Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a calcareous grassland
Jackson J, Middleton S, Lawson C, Jardine E, Hawes N et al. (2024), Journal of Ecology, 112(4), 917-931
BibTeX
@article{experimentaldro-2024/2,
title={Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a calcareous grassland},
author={Jackson J, Middleton S, Lawson C, Jardine E, Hawes N et al.},
journal={Journal of Ecology},
volume={112},
pages={917-931},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a calcareous grassland
Jackson J, Middleton S, Lawson C, Jardine E, Hawes N et al. (2024), Journal of Ecology, 112(4), 917-931
BibTeX
@article{experimentaldro-2024/2,
title={Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a calcareous grassland},
author={Jackson J, Middleton S, Lawson C, Jardine E, Hawes N et al.},
journal={Journal of Ecology},
volume={112},
pages={917-931},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2024"
}
Right place, right time: proactive multi-robot task allocation under spatiotemporal uncertainty
Street C, Lacerda B, Mühlig M & Hawes N (2024), Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, 79, 137-171
BibTeX
@article{rightplaceright-2024/1,
title={Right place, right time: proactive multi-robot task allocation under spatiotemporal uncertainty},
author={Street C, Lacerda B, Mühlig M & Hawes N},
journal={Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research},
volume={79},
pages={137-171},
publisher={AI Access Foundation},
year = "2024"
}
A Marine Autonomous Systems Digital Twin; Bringing Value to Researchers, Data Users and Vehicle Operations
Buck JJH, Lopex AL, Hawes N, Allsup B, Dobra T et al. (2024), 00, 1-4
JaxMARL: Multi-Agent RL Environments and Algorithms in JAX
Rutherford A, Ellis B, Gallici M, Cook J, Lupu A et al. (2024), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems, 37
BibTeX
@inproceedings{jaxmarlmultiage-2024/1,
title={JaxMARL: Multi-Agent RL Environments and Algorithms in JAX},
author={Rutherford A, Ellis B, Gallici M, Cook J, Lupu A et al.},
year = "2024"
}
Reinforcement Learning for Bandits with Continuous Actions and Large Context Spaces
Duckworth P, Vallis KA, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, 372, 590-597
Difficulty-aware time-bounded planning under uncertainty for large-scale robot missions
Staniaszek M, Brudermüller L, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), 2023 European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR), 1-7
BibTeX
@inproceedings{difficultyaware-2023/9,
title={Difficulty-aware time-bounded planning under uncertainty for large-scale robot missions},
author={Staniaszek M, Brudermüller L, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={11th European Conference on Mobile Robots (ECMR 2023)},
pages={1-7},
year = "2023"
}
Reinforcement learning for bandits with continuous actions and large context spaces
Duckworth P, Vallis KA, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), ECAI 2023, 590-597
BibTeX
@inproceedings{reinforcementle-2023/9,
title={Reinforcement learning for bandits with continuous actions and large context spaces},
author={Duckworth P, Vallis KA, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={26th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI 2023)},
pages={590-597},
year = "2023"
}
VP-STO: via-point-based stochastic trajectory optimization for reactive robot behavior
Jankowski J, Brudermüller L, Hawes N & Calinon S (2023), Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023), 10125-10131
BibTeX
@inproceedings{vpstoviapointba-2023/7,
title={VP-STO: via-point-based stochastic trajectory optimization for reactive robot behavior},
author={Jankowski J, Brudermüller L, Hawes N & Calinon S},
booktitle={IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA 2023)},
pages={10125-10131},
year = "2023"
}
Effects of Explanation Specificity on Passengers in Autonomous Driving
Omeiza D, Bhattacharyya R, Hawes N, Jirotka M & Kunze L (2023)
Planning with hidden parameter polynomial MDPs
Costen C, Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 37(10), 11963-11971
Multi-unit auctions for allocating chance-constrained resources
Gautier AL, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M (2023), 37(10), 11560-11568
Planning with Hidden Parameter Polynomial MDPs
Costen C, Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2023, 37, 11963-11971
BibTeX
@inproceedings{planningwithhid-2023/6,
title={Planning with Hidden Parameter Polynomial MDPs},
author={Costen C, Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
pages={11963-11971},
year = "2023"
}
Multi-Unit Auctions for Allocating Chance-Constrained Resources
Gautier A, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M (2023), Proceedings of the 37th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, AAAI 2023, 37, 11560-11568
BibTeX
@inproceedings{multiunitauctio-2023/6,
title={Multi-Unit Auctions for Allocating Chance-Constrained Resources},
author={Gautier A, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M},
pages={11560-11568},
year = "2023"
}
Risk-constrained planning for multi-agent systems with shared resources
Gautier AL, Rigter M, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M (2023), Proceedings of the 22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2023), 113-121
BibTeX
@inproceedings{riskconstrained-2023/5,
title={Risk-constrained planning for multi-agent systems with shared resources},
author={Gautier AL, Rigter M, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M},
booktitle={22nd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2023)},
pages={113-121},
year = "2023"
}
RAMBO-RL: robust adversarial model-based offline reinforcement learning
Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 35 (NeurIPS 2022), 21, 16082-16097
BibTeX
@inproceedings{ramborlrobustad-2023/4,
title={RAMBO-RL: robust adversarial model-based offline reinforcement learning},
author={Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={36th Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2022)},
pages={16082-16097},
year = "2023"
}
DITTO: Offline Imitation Learning with World Models
DeMoss B, Duckworth P, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I (2023)
BibTeX
@misc{dittoofflineimi-2023/2,
title={DITTO: Offline Imitation Learning with World Models},
author={DeMoss B, Duckworth P, Foerster J, Hawes N & Posner I},
year = "2023"
}
Monte Carlo tree search with Boltzmann exploration
Painter M, Baioumy M, Hawes N & Lacerda B (2023), Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems 36 (NeurIPS 2023), 36
BibTeX
@inproceedings{montecarlotrees-2023/2,
title={Monte Carlo tree search with Boltzmann exploration},
author={Painter M, Baioumy M, Hawes N & Lacerda B},
booktitle={37th Annual Conference on Neural Information Processing Systems (NeurIPS 2023)},
year = "2023"
}
Bayesian Reinforcement Learning for Single-Episode Missions in Partially Unknown Environments
Budd M, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Lacerda B (2023), Proceedings of Machine Learning Research, 205, 1189-1198
BibTeX
@inproceedings{bayesianreinfor-2023/1,
title={Bayesian Reinforcement Learning for Single-Episode Missions in Partially Unknown Environments},
author={Budd M, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Lacerda B},
pages={1189-1198},
year = "2023"
}
VP-STO: Via-point-based Stochastic Trajectory Optimization for Reactive Robot Behavior
Jankowski J, Brudermuller L, Hawes N & Calinon S (2023), Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2023-May, 10125-10131
Risk-Constrained Planning for Multi-Agent Systems with Shared Resources
Gautier A, Rigter M, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M (2023), Proceedings of the International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS, 2023-May, 113-121
BibTeX
@inproceedings{riskconstrained-2023/1,
title={Risk-Constrained Planning for Multi-Agent Systems with Shared Resources},
author={Gautier A, Rigter M, Lacerda B, Hawes N & Wooldridge M},
pages={113-121},
year = "2023"
}
Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes (Autonomous Robots, (2023), 47, 1, (121-138), 10.1007/s10514-022-10070-9)
Jovan F, Tomy M, Hawes N & Wyatt J (2023), Autonomous Robots
BibTeX
@article{correctioneffic-2023/1,
title={Correction: Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes (Autonomous Robots, (2023), 47, 1, (121-138), 10.1007/s10514-022-10070-9)},
author={Jovan F, Tomy M, Hawes N & Wyatt J},
journal={Autonomous Robots},
year = "2023"
}
Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a recovering calcareous grassland
Jackson J, Middleton SL, Lawson CS, Jardine E, Hawes N et al. (2023)
Experimental drought reduces the productivity and stability of a recovering calcareous grassland
Jackson J, Middleton SL, Lawson CS, Jardine E, Hawes N et al. (2023)
Difficulty-Aware Time-Bounded Planning under Uncertainty for Large-Scale Robot Missions
Staniaszek M, Brudermueller L, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2023), 2023 EUROPEAN CONFERENCE ON MOBILE ROBOTS, ECMR, 165-171
Short-range multispectral imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and accurate approach to estimate biodiversity in a temperate calcareous grassland
jackson J, Lawson C, Adelmant C, Huhtala E, Fernandes P et al. (2022), Ecology and Evolution, 12(12)
BibTeX
@article{shortrangemulti-2022/12,
title={Short-range multispectral imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and accurate approach to estimate biodiversity in a temperate calcareous grassland},
author={jackson J, Lawson C, Adelmant C, Huhtala E, Fernandes P et al.},
journal={Ecology and Evolution},
volume={12},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2022"
}
Probabilistic planning for AUV data harvesting from smart underwater sensor networks
Budd M, Salavasidis G, Karnarudzaman I, Harris C, Phillips A et al. (2022), Proceedings of the 2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) , 2022-October, 12051-12057
BibTeX
@inproceedings{probabilisticpl-2022/12,
title={Probabilistic planning for AUV data harvesting from smart underwater sensor networks},
author={Budd M, Salavasidis G, Karnarudzaman I, Harris C, Phillips A et al.},
booktitle={2022 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2022) },
pages={12051-12057},
year = "2022"
}
Short-range multispectral imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and accurate approach to estimate biodiversity in a temperate calcareous grassland
jackson J, Lawson C, Adelmant C, Huhtala E, Fernandes P et al. (2022), Ecology and Evolution, 12(12)
BibTeX
@article{shortrangemulti-2022/12,
title={Short-range multispectral imaging is an inexpensive, fast, and accurate approach to estimate biodiversity in a temperate calcareous grassland},
author={jackson J, Lawson C, Adelmant C, Huhtala E, Fernandes P et al.},
journal={Ecology and Evolution},
volume={12},
publisher={Wiley},
year = "2022"
}
Bayesian reinforcement learning for single-episode missions in partially unknown environments
Budd M, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Lacerda B (2022), Proceedings of the 6th Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2022)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{bayesianreinfor-2022/10,
title={Bayesian reinforcement learning for single-episode missions in partially unknown environments},
author={Budd M, Duckworth P, Hawes N & Lacerda B},
booktitle={6th Conference on Robot Learning (CoRL 2022)},
year = "2022"
}
Efficiently exploring for human robot interaction: partially observable Poisson processes
Jovan F, Tomy M, Hawes N & Wyatt J (2022), Autonomous Robots, 47
Decision-making under uncertainty for multi-robot systems
Lacerda B, Gautier A, Rutherford A, Stephens A, Street C et al. (2022), AI Communications, 35(4), 433-441
Shared autonomy systems with stochastic operator models
Costen C, Rigter M, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2022), Proceedings of the 31st International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence Organization (IJCAI 2022), 4614-4620
Beta residuals: improving fault-tolerant control for sensory faults via bayesian inference and precision learning
Baioumy M, Hartemink W, Ferrari R & Hawes N (2022), IFAC-PapersOnLine, 55(6), 285-291
Time-bounded large-scale mission planning under uncertainty for UV disinfection
Brudermüller L, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2022)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{timeboundedlarg-2022/6,
title={Time-bounded large-scale mission planning under uncertainty for UV disinfection},
author={Brudermüller L, Bhattacharyya R, Lacerda B & Hawes N},
booktitle={PlanRob: ICAPS 2022 Workshop on Planning and Robotics},
year = "2022"
}
Planning for risk-aversion and expected value in MDPs
Rigter M, Duckworth P, Lacerda B & Hawes N (2022), Proceedings of the 32nd International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS 2022) , 32(1), 307-315
Context-aware modelling for multi-robot systems under uncertainty
Street C, Lacerda B, Staniaszek M, Mühlig M & Hawes N (2022), Proceedings of the 21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2022)
BibTeX
@inproceedings{contextawaremod-2022/5,
title={Context-aware modelling for multi-robot systems under uncertainty},
author={Street C, Lacerda B, Staniaszek M, Mühlig M & Hawes N},
booktitle={21st International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS) 2022},
year = "2022"
}
Risk-aware motion planning in partially known environments
Hawes N, Barbosa FS, Lacerda B, Duckworth P & Tumova J (2022), Proceedings of the 60th IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC 2021), 5220-5226
On solving a Stochastic Shortest-Path Markov Decision Process as probabilistic inference
Baioumy M, Lacerda B, Duckworth P & Hawes N (2022), 1524, 819-829
BibTeX
@inproceedings{onsolvingastoch-2022/2,
title={On solving a Stochastic Shortest-Path Markov Decision Process as probabilistic inference},
author={Baioumy M, Lacerda B, Duckworth P & Hawes N},
booktitle={Machine Learning and Principles and Practice of Knowledge Discovery in Databases (ECML PKDD 2021)},
pages={819-829},
year = "2022"
}