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2015 (2)

The k-Unanimity Rule for Self-Organized Decision Making in Swarms of Robots. Scheidler, A.; Brutschy, A.; Ferrante, E.; and Dorigo, M. IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics,In Press. 2015.

The k-Unanimity Rule for Self-Organized Decision Making in Swarms of Robots [pdf]

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@article{ScheidlerKUnan2015,
  year = {2015},
  journal =  {IEEE Transactions on Cybernetics},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  title = {The k-Unanimity Rule for Self-Organized Decision Making in Swarms of Robots},
  author = {A. Scheidler and A. Brutschy and E. Ferrante and M. Dorigo},
  keywords = {opinion dynamics, swarm robotics, mathematical modeling, real robots},
  pages = {In Press},
  url = {http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/IridiaTrSeries/link/IridiaTr2011-023.pdf},
}

Evolution of Self-Organized Task Specialization in Robot Swarms. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A.; Duéñez-Guzmán, E.; Dorigo, M.; and Wenseleers, T. PLOS Computational Biology,In Press. 2015.

Evolution of Self-Organized Task Specialization in Robot Swarms [link]

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@article{FerrantePLOSCompBio2015,
  year = {2015},
  journal = {PLOS Computational Biology},
  volume = {},
  number = {},
  doi = {},
  title = {Evolution of Self-Organized Task Specialization in Robot Swarms},
  url = {},
  publisher = {},
  keywords = {task specialiation, evolution, grammatical evolution, evolutionary computation, evolutionary robotics, swarm robotics},
  author = {E. Ferrante and A.E. Turgut  and E. {Du{\'e}{\~n}ez-Guzm{\'a}n} and M. Dorigo  and T. Wenseleers},
  pages = {In Press}
}

2014 (4)

Robotica di sciame: una rassegna bibliografica. Brambilla, M.; Ferrante, E.; Prina, A.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. Sistemi intelligenti, (3/2014): 465–494. 2014.

Robotica di sciame: una rassegna bibliografica [link]

Paper link bibtex

@article{BrambillaItaliano2014,
	year="2014",
	journal="Sistemi intelligenti",
	number="3/2014",
	title="Robotica di sciame: una rassegna bibliografica",
	url="http://www.rivisteweb.it/doi/10.1422/79031",
	publisher="Società editrice il Mulino",
	keywords="Swarm Robotics; Review; Swarm Engineering.",
	author="Manuele Brambilla and Eliseo Ferrante and Adamo Prina and Mauro Birattari and Marco Dorigo",
	pages="465--494",
}

Scale-free correlations in flocking systems with position-based interactions. Huepe, C.; Ferrante, E.; Wenseleers, T.; and Turgut, A. E. Journal of Statistical Physics, 158(3): 549–562. 2014.

Scale-free correlations in flocking systems with position-based interactions [pdf]

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@article{FerranteJSP2014,
author={C. Huepe and E. Ferrante and T. Wenseleers and A. E. Turgut},
title={Scale-free correlations in flocking systems with position-based interactions},
journal={Journal of Statistical Physics},
year={2014},
publisher={Springer},
volume={158},
number = {3},
pages = {549--562},
keywords = {information transfer, collective motion, scale-free correlations, criticality},
file = {/home/eferrante/Dropbox/published_papers/JSP2014.pdf:PDF},
url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2014_JSP.pdf},
}

Scale-free correlations in collective motion with position-based interactions. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Wenseleers, T.; and Huepe, C. In Lipson, H.; and Sayama, H., editor(s), Artificial Life 14, volume 14, pages 300-301. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2014.

Scale-free correlations in collective motion with position-based interactions [pdf]

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@incollection{FerranteAlife2014,
year={2014},
booktitle={Artificial Life 14},
volume={14},
editor={Hod Lipson and Hiroki Sayama},
title={Scale-free correlations in collective motion with position-based interactions},
publisher={MIT Press},
address = {Cambridge, MA},
author={E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and T. Wenseleers and C. Huepe},
pages={300-301},
keywords = {information transfer, collective motion, scale-free correlations, criticality},
url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2014_ALIFEXIV.pdf},
}

A Self-Adaptive Communication Strategy for Flocking in Stationary and Non-Stationary Environments. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Stranieri, A.; Pinciroli, C.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. Natural Computing, 13(2): 225–245. 2014.

A Self-Adaptive Communication Strategy for Flocking in Stationary and Non-Stationary Environments [pdf]

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@article{FerranteSACOMM2011,
  author = {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and A. Stranieri and C. Pinciroli and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  title = {A Self-Adaptive Communication Strategy for Flocking in Stationary and Non-Stationary Environments},
  year = {2014},
  journal = {Natural Computing},
  volume = {13},
  number = {2},
  pages = {225--245},
  keywords = {collective motion, communication protocol, swarm robotics, real robots},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2014_NACO.pdf},
}

2013 (8)

Evolution of Task Partitioning in Swarm Robotics. Ferrante, E.; Duéñez Guzmán, E.; Turgut, A. E.; and Wenseleers, T. In et al. , V. T., editor(s), Proceedings of the Workshop on Collective Behaviors and Social Dynamics of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2013), 2013.

Evolution of Task Partitioning in Swarm Robotics [pdf]

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@inproceedings{ferranteECAL2013,
Author = {E. Ferrante and E. {Du\'e{\~n}ez Guzm\'an} and A. E. Turgut and T. Wenseleers},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Collective Behaviors and Social Dynamics of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2013)},
Editor = {V. Trianni et al.},
Title = {Evolution of Task Partitioning in Swarm Robotics},
year = {2013},
publisher = {},
keywords = {evolutionary robotics, grammatical evolution, task partitioning, swarm robotics},
url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_ECALWorkshop.pdf},
}

Information Transfer in a Flocking Robot Swarm. Ferrante, E. 2013. Ph.D thesis - Université Libre de Bruxelles

Information Transfer in a Flocking Robot Swarm [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@Misc{FerrantePhd,
  author = 	 {E. Ferrante},
  title = 	 {Information Transfer in a Flocking Robot Swarm},
  year = 	 {2013},
  note = 	 {Ph.D thesis - Universit\'e Libre de Bruxelles},
  keywords = {information transfer, collective motion, statistical physics, swarm robotics, real robots},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/FerrantePhD.pdf},
}

Elasticity-based mechanism for the collective motion of self-propelled particles with spring-like interactions: A model system for natural and artificial swarms. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Dorigo, M.; and Huepe, C. Physical Review Letters, 111(268302): 1–5. 2013.

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@article{ferrantePRL,
    author = {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and M. Dorigo and C. Huepe},
    title = {{Elasticity-based mechanism for the collective motion of self-propelled particles with spring-like interactions: A model system for natural and artificial swarms}},
    journal = {Physical Review Letters},
    volume = {111},
	issue = {26},
	number = {268302},
	pages = {1--5},
	year = {2013},
	publisher = {American Physical Society},
	doi = {10.1103/PhysRevLett.111.268302},
	keywords = {collective motion, statistical physics, phase transitions},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_PRL.pdf},
}

Collective motion dynamics of active solids and active crystals. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Dorigo, M.; and Huepe, C. New Journal of Physics, 15(095011): 1–20. 2013.

Collective motion dynamics of active solids and active crystals [pdf]

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@article{ferranteNJP,
    author = {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and M. Dorigo and C. Huepe},
    title = {{Collective motion dynamics of active solids and active crystals}},
    year = {2013},
    journal = {New Journal of Physics},
    volume = {15},
    number = {095011},
    pages = {1--20},
    keywords = {collective motion, statistical physics, phase transitions},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_NJP.pdf},
}

Swarmanoid: A novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms. Dorigo, M.; Floreano, D.; Gambardella, L. M.; Mondada, F.; Nolfi, S.; Baaboura, T.; Birattari, M.; Bonani, M.; Brambilla, M.; Brutschy, A.; Burnier, D.; Campo, A.; Christensen, A. L.; Decugnière, A.; Di Caro, G.; Ducatelle, F.; Ferrante, E.; Förster, A.; Guzzi, J.; Longchamp, V.; Magnenat, S.; Martinez Gonzales, J.; Mathews, N.; Montes de Oca, M.; O'Grady, R.; Pinciroli, C.; Pini, G.; Rétornaz, P.; Roberts, J.; Sperati, V.; Stirling, T.; Stranieri, A.; Stützle, T.; Trianni, V.; Tuci, E.; Turgut, A. E.; and Vaussard, F. IEEE Robotics & Automation Magazine, 20(4): 60–71. 2013.

Swarmanoid: A novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms [pdf]

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@article{DorFloGam-etal2013:ram,
	Author = {M. Dorigo and D. Floreano and L. M. Gambardella and F. Mondada and S. Nolfi and T. Baaboura and M. Birattari and M. Bonani and M. Brambilla and A. Brutschy and D. Burnier and A. Campo and A. L. Christensen and A. Decugni{\`e}re and G. {Di Caro} and F. Ducatelle and E. Ferrante and A. F{\"o}rster and J. Guzzi and V. Longchamp and S. Magnenat and J. {Martinez Gonzales} and N. Mathews and M. {Montes de Oca} and R. O'Grady and C. Pinciroli and G. Pini and P. R{\'e}tornaz and J. Roberts and V. Sperati and T. Stirling and A. Stranieri and T. St{\"u}tzle and V. Trianni and E. Tuci and A. E. Turgut and F. Vaussard},
	Journal = {IEEE Robotics \& Automation Magazine},
	Number = {4},
	Pages = {60--71},
	Title = {Swarmanoid: A novel concept for the study of heterogeneous robotic swarms},
	Volume = {20},
	Year = {2013},
	keywords = {heterogeneous swarms, swarm robotics, real robots},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_IEEERAM_Swarmanoid.pdf},
	}

GESwarm: Grammatical Evolution for the Automatic Synthesis of Collective Behaviors in Swarm Robotics. Ferrante, E.; Duéñez Guzmán, E.; Turgut, A. E.; and Wenseleers, T. In Proceedings of the fifteenth international conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation conference companion, pages 17–24. ACM, New York, NY, 2013.

GESwarm: Grammatical Evolution for the Automatic Synthesis of Collective Behaviors in Swarm Robotics [pdf]

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@incollection{FerranteGecco2013,
  author = {E. Ferrante and E. {Du\'e{\~n}ez Guzm\'an} and A. E. Turgut and T. Wenseleers},
  title = {GESwarm: Grammatical Evolution for the Automatic Synthesis of Collective Behaviors in Swarm Robotics},
  year = {2013},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the fifteenth international conference on Genetic and evolutionary computation conference companion},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address = {New York, NY},
  pages = {17--24},
  keywords = {evolutionary robotics, grammatical evolution, foraging, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_GECCO.pdf},
}

Swarm Robotics: A Review from the Swarm Engineering Perspective. Brambilla, M.; Ferrante, E.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. Swarm Intelligence, 7: 1-41. 2013.

Swarm Robotics: A Review from the Swarm Engineering Perspective [pdf]

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@article{BambrileReview,
  title = {Swarm Robotics: A Review from the Swarm Engineering Perspective},
  author = {M. Brambilla and E. Ferrante and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  journal = {Swarm Intelligence},
  volume = {7},
  pages = {1-41},
  year = {2013},
  keywords = {swarm engineering, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_SwarmIntelligence_Review.pdf},
}

Socially-Mediated Negotiation for Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport. Ferrante, E.; Brambilla, M.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. In Martinoli, A.; Mondada, F.; Correll, N.; Mermoud, G.; Egerstedt, M.; Hsieh, M. A.; Parker, L. E.; and Stöy, K., editor(s), International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems (DARS-2010), volume 83, of Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics, pages 571–583. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2013.

Socially-Mediated Negotiation for Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport [pdf]

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@incollection{ FerBraBirDor10,
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin, Germany},
  title = {Socially-Mediated Negotiation for Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport},
  series = {Springer Tracts in Advanced Robotics},
  booktitle = {International Symposium on Distributed Autonomous Robotics Systems {(DARS-2010)}},
  volume = {83},
  year = {2013},
  pages = {571--583},
  editor = {A. Martinoli and F. Mondada and N. Correll and G. Mermoud and M. Egerstedt and M. A. Hsieh and L. E. Parker and K. St\"oy},
  author = {E. Ferrante and M. Brambilla and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  keywords = {communication protocol, collective transport, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2013_DARS.pdf},
}

2012 (6)

Self-Organized Flocking with Conflicting Goal Directions. Ferrante, E.; Wenjie, S.; Turgut, A. E.; Birattari, M.; Dorigo., M.; and Wenseleers, T. In Blondel, V.; Carletti, T.; Carlon, E.; Wit, A. D.; Gaspard, P.; Goldbeter, A.; Lambiotte, R.; and Vanderzande, C., editor(s), Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS 2012), pages 607–613, Berlin, Germany, 2012. Springer

Self-Organized Flocking with Conflicting Goal Directions [pdf]

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@inproceedings{FerranteECCS2012,
  author = {E. Ferrante and S. Wenjie and A. E. Turgut and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo. and T. Wenseleers},
  title = {Self-Organized Flocking with Conflicting Goal Directions},
  year = {2012},
  booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th European Conference on Complex Systems (ECCS 2012)},
  editor = {V. Blondel and T. Carletti and E. Carlon and A. D. Wit and P. Gaspard and A. Goldbeter and R. Lambiotte and C. Vanderzande},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address = {Berlin, Germany},
  pages = {607--613},
  keywords = {collective motion, communication protocol, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_ECCS_Lucia.pdf},
}

Explicit and Implicit Directional Information Transfer in Collective Motion. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Huepe, C.; Birattari, M.; Dorigo., M.; and Wenseleers, T. In Adami, C.; Bryson, D. M.; Ofria, C.; and Pennock, R. T., editor(s), Artificial Life 13, volume 13, pages 551-552. MIT Press, Cambridge, MA, 2012.

Explicit and Implicit Directional Information Transfer in Collective Motion [pdf]

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@incollection{FerranteAlife2012,
year={2012},
booktitle={Artificial Life 13},
volume={13},
editor={C. Adami and D. M. Bryson and C. Ofria and R. T. Pennock},
title={Explicit and Implicit Directional Information Transfer in
Collective Motion},
publisher={MIT Press},
address = {Cambridge, MA},
author={E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and C. Huepe and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo. and T. Wenseleers},
pages={551-552},
keywords = {information transfer, collective motion, swarm robotics},
url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_Alife.pdf},
}

Self-organized flocking with a mobile robot swarm: a novel motion control method. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Huepe, C.; Stranieri, A.; Pinciroli, C.; and Dorigo, M. Adaptive Behavior, 20(6): 460-477. 2012.

Self-organized flocking with a mobile robot swarm: a novel motion control method [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@article{FerranteNOALIGN,
	author = {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and C. Huepe and A. Stranieri and C. Pinciroli and M. Dorigo}, 
	title = {Self-organized flocking with a mobile robot swarm: a novel motion control method},
	volume = {20}, 
	number = {6}, 
	pages = {460-477}, 
	year = {2012}, 
	journal = {Adaptive Behavior} ,
	keywords = {collective motion, motion control, swarm robotics, real robots},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_AdaptiveBehavior.pdf},
}

ARGoS: a Modular, Parallel, Multi-Engine Simulator for Multi-Robot Systems. Pinciroli, C.; Trianni, V.; O'Grady, R.; Pini, G.; Brutschy, A.; Brambilla, M.; Mathews, N.; Ferrante, E.; Di Caro, G.; Ducatelle, F.; Birattari, M.; Gambardella, L. M.; and Dorigo, M. Swarm Intelligence, 6(4): 271–295. 2012.

ARGoS: a Modular, Parallel, Multi-Engine Simulator for Multi-Robot Systems [pdf]

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@Article{Pinciroli:SI2012,
  author = "C. Pinciroli and V. Trianni and R. O'Grady and G.i Pini and A. Brutschy and M. Brambilla and N. Mathews and E. Ferrante and G. {Di Caro} and F. Ducatelle and M. Birattari and L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo",
  title = "{ARGoS}: a Modular, Parallel, Multi-Engine Simulator for Multi-Robot Systems",
  journal = "Swarm Intelligence",
  year = "2012",
  volume = "6",
  number = "4",
  pages = "271--295",
  keywords = {heterogeneous swarms, swarm robotics, simulation},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_SwarmIntelligence_Argos.pdf},
}

"Can ants inspire robots?" Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms. Brutschy, A.; Scheidler, A.; Ferrante, E.; Dorigo, M.; and Birattari, M. In Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on, pages 4272–4273, Los Alamitos, CA, 2012. IEEE Computer Society Press

"Can ants inspire robots?" Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms [pdf]

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@inproceedings{brutschyIROS2012,
    author = {A. Brutschy and A. Scheidler and E. Ferrante and M. Dorigo and M. Birattari},
    booktitle = {Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS), 2012 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on},
    pages = {4272--4273},
    publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
    Address =  {Los Alamitos, CA},
    title = {{"Can ants inspire robots?" Self-organized decision making in robotic swarms}},
    year = {2012},
    keywords = {opinion dynamics, swarm robotics, real robots},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_IROS.pdf},
}

Binary Consensus via Exponential Smoothing. Montes de Oca, M. A.; Ferrante, E.; Scheidler, A.; and Rossi, L. F. In Colbaugh, R.; and others, editor(s), Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Sciences: Theory and Applications (COMPLEX 2012), volume 126, pages 244–255. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2012.

Binary Consensus via Exponential Smoothing [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@incollection{MonFerSchRos12,
	Author = {M. A. {Montes de Oca} and E. Ferrante and A. Scheidler and L. F. Rossi},
	Booktitle = {Proceedings of the Second International Conference on Complex Sciences: Theory and Applications (COMPLEX 2012)},
	Title = {Binary Consensus via Exponential Smoothing},
	Editor = {R. Colbaugh and others},
	volume = {126},
	pages = {244--255},
	Year = {2012},
	publisher = {Springer},
	keywords = {opinion dynamics},
	address = {Berlin, Germany},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2012_Complex2012Binary.pdf},
}

2011 (4)

Swarmanoid, The Movie. Dorigo, M.; Birattari, M.; O'Grady, R.; Gambardella, L.; Mondada, F.; Floreano, D.; Nolfi, S.; Baaboura, T.; Bonani, M.; Brambilla, M.; Brutschy, A.; Burnier, D.; Campo, A.; Christensen, A.; Decugnière, A.; Di Caro, G.; Ducatelle, F.; Ferrante, E.; Martinez Gonzales, J.; V., J. G.; Longchamp; Magnenat, S.; Mathews, N.; Montes de Oca, M.; Pinciroli, C.; Pini, G.; Rétornaz, P.; Rey, F.; Roberts, J.; Rochat, F.; Sperati, V.; Stirling, T.; Stranieri, A.; Stützle, T.; Trianni, V.; Tuci, E.; Turgut, A.; and Vaussard, F. In AAAI-11 Video Proceedings. AAAI Press, San Francisco, CA, 2011. Winner of the ``AAAI-2011 Best AI Video Award''

Paper link bibtex

@incollection{DorBirOgr-etal2011:aaai,
  author = {M. Dorigo and M. Birattari and R. O'Grady and L.M. Gambardella and F. Mondada and D. Floreano and S. Nolfi and T. Baaboura and 
M. Bonani and M. Brambilla and A. Brutschy and D. Burnier and A. Campo and A.L. Christensen and A. Decugni\`ere and G. {Di Caro} and 
F. Ducatelle and E. Ferrante and J. {Martinez Gonzales} and J. Guzzi V. and Longchamp and S. Magnenat and N. Mathews and M. {Montes de Oca} 
and C. Pinciroli and G. Pini and P. R\'etornaz and F. Rey and J. Roberts and F. Rochat and V. Sperati and T. Stirling and A. Stranieri and 
T. St\"utzle and V. Trianni and E. Tuci and A.E. Turgut and F. Vaussard},
  title = {Swarmanoid, The Movie},
  publisher = {AAAI Press},
  year = {2011},
  booktitle = {AAAI-11 Video Proceedings},
  address = {San Francisco, CA},
  note = {Winner of the ``AAAI-2011 Best AI Video Award''},
  keywords = {heterogeneous swarms, swarm robotics, real robots},
  url = {https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M2nn1X9Xlps},
}

Majority-Rule Opinion Dynamics with Differential Latency: A Mechanism for Self-Organized Collective Decision-Making. Montes de Oca, M. A.; Ferrante, E.; Scheidler, A.; Pinciroli, C.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. Swarm Intelligence, 5(3–4): 305–327. 2011.

Majority-Rule Opinion Dynamics with Differential Latency: A Mechanism for Self-Organized Collective Decision-Making [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@article{MonFerSchPinBirDor11,
	Author = {M. A. {Montes de Oca} and E. Ferrante and A. Scheidler and C. Pinciroli and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
	Journal = {Swarm Intelligence},
	Number = {3--4},
	Pages = {305--327},
	Title = {Majority-Rule Opinion Dynamics with Differential Latency: A Mechanism for Self-Organized Collective Decision-Making},
	Volume = {5},
	Year = {2011},
	keywords = {opinion dynamics, swarm robotics, mathematical modeling},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2011_SwarmIntelligence_Montes.pdf},
}

ARGoS: A Modular, Multi-Engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics. Pinciroli, C.; Trianni, V.; O'Grady, R.; Pini, G.; Brutschy, A.; Brambilla, M.; Mathews, N.; Ferrante, E.; Di Caro, G. A.; Ducatelle, F.; Stirling, T.; Gutiérrez, A.; Gambardella, L. M.; and Dorigo, M. In Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'11), pages 5027–5034. IEEE Computer Society Press, Los Alamitos, CA, 2011.

ARGoS: A Modular, Multi-Engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics [pdf]

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@incollection{PinTriOGr-etal2011:iros,
	Address =  {Los Alamitos, CA},
	Author = {C. Pinciroli and V. Trianni and R. O'Grady and G. Pini and A. Brutschy and M. Brambilla and N. Mathews and E. Ferrante and G. A. {Di Caro} and F. Ducatelle and T. Stirling and A. Guti\'{e}rrez and L. M. Gambardella and M. Dorigo},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS'11)},
	Pages = {5027--5034},
	Publisher = {IEEE Computer Society Press},
	Title = {{ARGoS}: A Modular, Multi-Engine Simulator for Heterogeneous Swarm Robotics},
	Year = {2011},
	keywords = {heterogeneous swarms, swarm robotics, simulation},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2011_IROS_Argos.pdf},
}

Self-Organized flocking with a heterogeneous mobile robot swarm. A. Stranieri; E. Ferrante; E. Turgut, A.; V. Trianni; C. Pinciroli; M. Birattari; and M., M. In T. Lenaerts; M. Giacobini; H. Bersini; P. Borgine; M. Dorigo; and R. Doursat, editor(s), Proceedings of ECAL 2011, pages 789–796, Cambridge, MA, 2011. MIT Press

Self-Organized flocking with a heterogeneous mobile robot swarm [pdf]

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@inproceedings{Stranieri2011,
	author = {A.~Stranieri and E.~Ferrante and A. E.~Turgut and V.~Trianni and C.~Pinciroli and M.~Birattari and M.~Dorigo M.},
	booktitle = {Proceedings of ECAL 2011},
	editor = {T.~Lenaerts and M.~Giacobini and H.~Bersini and P.~Borgine and M.~Dorigo and R.~Doursat},
	pages = {789--796},
	address     = {Cambridge, MA},
	publisher   = {MIT Press},
	title = {{Self-Organized flocking with a heterogeneous mobile robot swarm}},
	year = {2011},
	keywords = {collective motion, communication protocol, swarm robotics},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2011_ECAL_Stranieri.pdf},
}

2010 (5)

Opinion Dynamics for Decentralized Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm. Montes de Oca, M. A.; Ferrante, E.; Mathews, N.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. In Dorigo, M.; and others, editor(s), LNCS 6234. Swarm Intelligence. 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, pages 251–262. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2010.

Opinion Dynamics for Decentralized Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@InCollection{ MonFerMatBirDor10,
	title = "Opinion Dynamics for Decentralized Decision-Making in a Robot Swarm",
	booktitle = "LNCS 6234. Swarm Intelligence. 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010",
	author = "M. A. {Montes de Oca} and E. Ferrante and N. Mathews and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo",
	editor = "Marco Dorigo and others",
	publisher = "Springer",
	address = "Berlin, Germany",
	pages = "251--262",
	year = "2010",
	keywords = {opinion dynamics, swarm robotics},
	url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2010_ANTS_Montes.pdf},
}

Flocking in Stationary and Non-stationary Environments: A Novel Communication Strategy for Heading Alignment. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Mathews, N.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. In Schaefer, R.; Cotta, C.; Kołodziej, J.; and Rudolph, G., editor(s), Parallel Problem Solving from Nature – PPSN XI, volume 6239, of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 331–340. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2010.

Flocking in Stationary and Non-stationary Environments: A Novel Communication Strategy for Heading Alignment [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@InCollection{FerrantePPSN2010,
  editor    = {R. Schaefer and C. Cotta and J. Ko{\l}odziej and G. Rudolph},
  booktitle = {Parallel Problem Solving from Nature -- PPSN XI},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin, Germany},
  series    = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  volume    = {6239},
  year      = {2010},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-15870-4},
  author    = {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and N. Mathews and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  title     = {Flocking in Stationary and Non-stationary Environments: A Novel Communication Strategy for Heading Alignment},
  pages     = {331--340},
  keywords = {collective motion, communication protocol, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2010_PPSN.pdf},
}

Establishing spatially targeted communication in a heterogeneous robot swarm. Mathews, N.; Christensen, A. L.; Ferrante, E.; Grady, R. O.; and Dorigo, M. In Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems: volume 1 - Volume 1, of AAMAS '10, pages 939–946. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Richland, SC, 2010.

Establishing spatially targeted communication in a heterogeneous robot swarm [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@incollection{Nithin2010,
 author = {N. Mathews and A. L. Christensen and E. Ferrante and R. O' Grady and M. Dorigo},
 title = {Establishing spatially targeted communication in a heterogeneous robot swarm},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems: volume 1 - Volume 1},
 series = {AAMAS '10},
 year = {2010},
 isbn = {978-0-9826571-1-9},
 location = {Toronto, Canada},
 pages = {939--946},
 publisher = {International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems},
 address = {Richland, SC},
 keywords = {communication protocol, heterogeneous swarms, swarm robotics, real robots},
 url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2010_AAMAS_Mathews.pdf},
}

``Look out!'': Socially-Mediated Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport. Ferrante, E.; Brambilla, M.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. In Swarm Intelligence: 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010, volume 6234, of Lecture Notes in Computer Science, pages 572–573. Springer, Berlin, Germany, 2010.

``Look out!'': Socially-Mediated Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@incollection{FerBraBirDor2010:ants,
  author = {E. Ferrante and M. Brambilla and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  title = {{``Look out!'': Socially-Mediated Obstacle Avoidance in Collective Transport}},
  publisher = {Springer},
  year = {2010},
  booktitle = {Swarm Intelligence: 7th International Conference, ANTS 2010},
  volume = {6234},
  series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
  pages = {572--573},
  address = {Berlin, Germany},
  keywords = {communication protocol, collective transport, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2010_ANTS_CT.pdf},
}

The Role of Explicit Alignment in Self-organized Flocking. Ferrante, E.; Turgut, A. E.; Mathews, N.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. Technical Report Université Libre de Bruxelles, 2010. TR/IRIDIA/2010-014

The Role of Explicit Alignment in Self-organized Flocking [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@TechReport{FerranteNoAlignTechRep,
  author = 	 {E. Ferrante and A. E. Turgut and N. Mathews and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
  title = 	 {The Role of Explicit Alignment in Self-organized Flocking},
  institution =  {Universit\'e Libre de Bruxelles},
  year = 	 {2010},
  note = {TR/IRIDIA/2010-014},
  keywords = {collective motion, communication protocol, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/IridiaTrSeries/link/IridiaTr2010-014.pdf},
}

2009 (2)

Optimal Collective Decision-Making through Social Influence and Different Action Execution Times. Montes de Oca, M. A.; Ferrante, E.; Mathews, N.; Birattari, M.; and Dorigo, M. In Curran, D.; and O'Riordan, C., editor(s), Proceedings of the Workshop on Organisation, Cooperation and Emergence in Social Learning Agents of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2009), 2009.

Paper link bibtex

@inproceedings{MdeO:ECAL09Workshop,
Author = {M. A. {Montes de Oca} and E. Ferrante and N. Mathews and M. Birattari and M. Dorigo},
Booktitle = {Proceedings of the Workshop on Organisation, Cooperation and Emergence in Social Learning Agents of the European Conference on Artificial Life (ECAL 2009)},
Editor = {D. Curran and C. O'Riordan},
Title = {Optimal Collective Decision-Making through Social Influence and Different Action Execution Times},
year = {2009},
publisher = {},
keywords = {opinion dynamics, swarm robotics},
url = {http://iridia.ulb.ac.be/IridiaTrSeries/link/IridiaTr2009-023.pdf},
}

A Control Architecture for a Heterogeneous Swarm of Robots: The Design of a Modular Behavior-based Architecture. Ferrante, E. 2009. MAS report - Université Libre de Bruxelles

A Control Architecture for a Heterogeneous Swarm of Robots: The Design of a Modular Behavior-based Architecture [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@Misc{FerranteMAS,
  author = 	 {E. Ferrante},
  title = 	 {A Control Architecture for a Heterogeneous Swarm of Robots: The Design of a Modular Behavior-based Architecture},
  year = 	 {2009},
  note = 	 {MAS report - Universit\'e Libre de Bruxelles},
  keywords = {software engineering, simulation, collective transport, swarm robotics},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/FerranteMAS.pdf},
}

2008 (1)

Transfer of task representation in reinforcement learning using policy-based proto-value functions. Ferrante, E.; Lazaric, A.; and Restelli, M. In Proceedings of the 7th international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems - Volume 3, of AAMAS '08, pages 1329–1332. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, Richland, SC, 2008.

Transfer of task representation in reinforcement learning using policy-based proto-value functions [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@incollection{Ferrante2008,
 author = {E. Ferrante and A. Lazaric and M. Restelli},
 title = {Transfer of task representation in reinforcement learning using policy-based proto-value functions},
 booktitle = {Proceedings of the 7th international joint conference on Autonomous agents and multiagent systems - Volume 3},
 series = {AAMAS '08},
 year = {2008},
 location = {Estoril, Portugal},
 pages = {1329--1332},
 numpages = {4},
 publisher = {International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems},
 address = {Richland, SC},
 keywords = {reinforcement learning, spectral graph theory, transfer learning},
 url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/2008_AAMAS.pdf},
}

2007 (1)

Transfer of Knowledge in Reinforcement Learning through Policy-based Proto-Value Functions. Ferrante, E. 2007. Master thesis - Politecnico di Milano

Transfer of Knowledge in Reinforcement Learning through Policy-based Proto-Value Functions [pdf]

Paper link bibtex

@Misc{FerranteMaster,
  author = 	 {E. Ferrante},
  title = 	 {Transfer of Knowledge in Reinforcement Learning through Policy-based Proto-Value Functions},
  year = 	 {2007},
  note = 	 {Master thesis - Politecnico di Milano},
  keywords = {reinforcement learning, spectral graph theory, transfer learning},
  url = {http://bio.kuleuven.be/ento/ferrante/papers/FerranteMaster.pdf},
}