IFAAMAS: Awards: Influential Paper

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IFAAMAS Influential Paper Award

The Influential Paper Award seeks to recognize publications that have made influential and long-lasting contributions to the field. Candidates for this award are papers that have proved a key result, led to the development of a new subfield, demonstrated a significant new application or system, or simply presented a new way of thinking about a topic that has proved influential.

Previous winners of the award have been:

2024:
- Peyman Faratin, Carles Sierra, Nicholas R. Jennings (1998)
  Negotiation decision functions for autonomous agents
  Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 24, Issues 3-4, pages 159-182
- Leonid Peshkin, Kee-Eung Kim, Nicolas Meuleau, Leslie Pack Kaelbling (2000)
  Learning to cooperate via policy search
  Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence - AAAI-98, pages 746-752
2023:
- Caroline Claus, Craig Boutilier (1998)
  The dynamics of reinforcement learning in cooperative multiagent systems
  Proceedings of the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence - AAAI-98, pages 746-752
2022:
- Vince Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm (2006)
  Computing the optimal strategy to commit to
  Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce - EC 06, pages 82-90
- Jonathan Gratch, Stacy Marsella (2004)
  A domain-independent framework for modeling emotion
  Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 5, Issue 4, pages 269-306
2021:
- Rajeev Alur, Thomas A. Henzinger, Orna Kupferman (1997)
  Alternating-time Temporal Logic
  Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science - FOCS '97, pages 100-109, and
  Journal of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 5, September 2002, pages 672-713
- Cynthia Breazeal (2003)
  Emotion and Sociable Humanoid Robots
  International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 59, Issues 1-2, pages 119-155
2020:
- A. Procaccia and M. Tennenholtz (2009)
  Approximate mechanism design without money
  Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (ACM EC 2009), pages 177-186
- K. Dresner and P. Stone (2008)
  A multiagent approach to autonomous intersection management
  Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 31, pages 591-656.
2019:
- Bernstein, D. S., Zilberstein, S., & Immerman, N. (2000, June)
  The complexity of decentralized control of Markov decision processes
  Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, pages 32-37
- Bernstein, D. S., Givan, R., Immerman, N., & Zilberstein, S. (2002)
  The complexity of decentralized control of Markov decision processes
  Mathematics of Operations Research, Volume 27, Issue 4, pages 819-840.
2018:
- Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, and David Kinny (2000)
  The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design
  Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2000, pages 285-312
- Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael Wooldridge (2003)
  Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology
  ACM Transactions on Software Engineering Methodology, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 2003, pages 317-370
2017:
- Justine Cassell, Catherine Pelachaud, Norman Badler, Mark Steedman, Brett Achorn, Tripp Becket, Brett Douville, Scott Prevost, Matthew Stone (1994)
  Animated conversation: Rule-based generation of facial expression, gesture & spoken intonation for multiple conversational agents
  21st Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, pages 413-420
- W. Lewis Johnson, Jeff W. Rickel, James C. Lester (2000)
  Animated pedagogical agents: Face-to-face interaction in interactive learning environments
  International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Volume 11, pages 47-78
2016:
- Munindar P. Singh (1998)
  Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles
  IEEE Computer, Volume 31, No. 12, December 1998, pages 40-47
2015:
- Michael L. Littman (1994)
  Markov games as a framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning
  Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-94), July 1994, pages 157-163
2014:
- Onn Shehory and Sarit Kraus (1998)
  Methods for task allocation via agent coalition formation
  Artificial Intelligence, Volume 101, Issues 1-2, May 1998, pages 165-200
2013:
- Cristiano Castelfranchi (1998)
  Modelling social action for AI agents
  Artificial Intelligence, Volume 103, Issues 1-2, August 1998, pages 157-182
- Cristiano Castelfranchi (1995)
  Commitment: From individual intentions to groups and organizations
  First International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, pages 41-49
2012:
- Michael P. Wellman (1993)
  A market-oriented programming enviornment and its application to distributed multicommodity flow problems
  Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 1, pages 1-23 http://www.jair.org/papers/paper2.html
- Milind Tambe (1997)
  Towards Flexible Teamwork
  Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 7, pages 83-124 http://www.jair.org/papers/paper433.html
2011:
- Yoav Shoham (1993)
  Agent-oriented programming
  Artificial Intelligence, Volume 60, Issue 1, pages 51-92
2010:
- Makoto Yokoo, Edmund H. Durfee, Toru Ishida, and Kazuhiro Kuwabara (1998)
  The Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Formalization and Algorithms
  IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 10:673-685
- Makoto Yokoo and Katsutoshi Hirayama (1996)
  Distributed Breakout Algorithm for Solving Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems
  Second International Conference on Multiagent Systems (ICMAS-96), pp.401-408
2009:
- M. N. Huhns. (Ed.) (1987)
  Distributed Artificial Intelligence. London, Pitman.
- A. Bond and L. Gasser. (Eds.) (1988)
  Readings in Distributed Artificial Intelligence. San Mateo, CA, Morgan Kaufmann.
- L. Gasser and M. N. Huhns. (Eds.) (1989)
  Distributed Artificial Intelligence (Volume II). Pitman and Morgan Kaufmann.
2008:
- M. E. Bratman, D. J. Israel and M. E. Pollack (1988)
  Plans and resource-bounded practical reasoning.
  Computational Intelligence, 4, pages 349-355.
- E. H. Durfee and V. Lesser (1991)
  Partial global planning: A coordination framework for distributed hypothesis formation.
  In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 21, pages 1167-1183.
- Special recognition given to:
  M. Wooldridge and N. R. Jennings (1995)
  Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice
  The Knowledge Engineering Review, 10 (2), pp. 115-152.
2007:
- J. S. Rosenschein and M. R. Genesereth (1985)
  Deals Among Rational Agents.
  In: Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Los Angeles , California , August 1985, pages 91-99.
- A. Rao and M. Georgeff (1991)
  Modelling rational agents within a BDI-architecture.
  In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Cambridge, Massachussets, pages 473-484.
- B. J. Grosz and S. Kraus (1996)
  Collaborative Plans for Complex Group Actions.
  Artificial Intelligence, 86, pages 269-358.
2006:
- P. R. Cohen and H. Levesque (1990)
  Intention is choice with commitment.
  Artificial Intelligence , 42(2-3), pages 213-261.
- R. Davis and R. Smith (1983)
  Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving.
  Artificial Intelligence, 20(1), pages 63-109.

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Jennings (1998) Negotiation decision functions for autonomous agents Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 24, Issues 3-4, pages 159-182 Leonid Peshkin, Kee-Eung Kim, Nicolas Meuleau, Leslie Pack Kaelbling (2000) Learning to cooperate via policy search Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence - AAAI-98, pages 746-752 2023: Caroline Claus, Craig Boutilier (1998) The dynamics of reinforcement learning in cooperative multiagent systems Proceedings of the Fifteenth National Conference on Artificial Intelligence - AAAI-98, pages 746-752 2022: Vince Conitzer, Tuomas Sandholm (2006) Computing the optimal strategy to commit to Proceedings of the 7th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce - EC 06, pages 82-90 Jonathan Gratch, Stacy Marsella (2004) A domain-independent framework for modeling emotion Cognitive Systems Research, Volume 5, Issue 4, pages 269-306 2021: Rajeev Alur, Thomas A. Henzinger, Orna Kupferman (1997) Alternating-time Temporal Logic Proceedings of the 38th Annual Symposium on Foundations of Computer Science - FOCS '97, pages 100-109, and Journal of the ACM, Volume 49, Issue 5, September 2002, pages 672-713 Cynthia Breazeal (2003) Emotion and Sociable Humanoid Robots International Journal of Human-Computer Studies, Volume 59, Issues 1-2, pages 119-155 2020: A. Procaccia and M. Tennenholtz (2009) Approximate mechanism design without money Proceedings of the 10th ACM Conference on Electronic Commerce (ACM EC 2009), pages 177-186 K. Dresner and P. Stone (2008) A multiagent approach to autonomous intersection management Journal of Artificial Intelligence, Volume 31, pages 591-656. 2019: Bernstein, D. S., Zilberstein, S., & Immerman, N. (2000, June) The complexity of decentralized control of Markov decision processes Proceedings of the Sixteenth Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial Intelligence, pages 32-37 Bernstein, D. S., Givan, R., Immerman, N., & Zilberstein, S. (2002) The complexity of decentralized control of Markov decision processes Mathematics of Operations Research, Volume 27, Issue 4, pages 819-840. 2018: Michael Wooldridge, Nicholas R. Jennings, and David Kinny (2000) The Gaia Methodology for Agent-Oriented Analysis and Design Journal of Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, Volume 3, Issue 3, September 2000, pages 285-312 Franco Zambonelli, Nicholas R. Jennings, and Michael Wooldridge (2003) Developing Multiagent Systems: The Gaia Methodology ACM Transactions on Software Engineering Methodology, Volume 12, Issue 3, July 2003, pages 317-370 2017: Justine Cassell, Catherine Pelachaud, Norman Badler, Mark Steedman, Brett Achorn, Tripp Becket, Brett Douville, Scott Prevost, Matthew Stone (1994) Animated conversation: Rule-based generation of facial expression, gesture & spoken intonation for multiple conversational agents 21st Annual Conference on Computer Graphics and Interactive Techniques, pages 413-420 W. Lewis Johnson, Jeff W. Rickel, James C. Lester (2000) Animated pedagogical agents: Face-to-face interaction in interactive learning environments International Journal of Artificial Intelligence in Education, Volume 11, pages 47-78 2016: Munindar P. Singh (1998) Agent Communication Languages: Rethinking the Principles IEEE Computer, Volume 31, No. 12, December 1998, pages 40-47 2015: Michael L. Littman (1994) Markov games as a framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning Proceedings of the Eleventh International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML-94), July 1994, pages 157-163 2014: Onn Shehory and Sarit Kraus (1998) Methods for task allocation via agent coalition formation Artificial Intelligence, Volume 101, Issues 1-2, May 1998, pages 165-200 2013: Cristiano Castelfranchi (1998) Modelling social action for AI agents Artificial Intelligence, Volume 103, Issues 1-2, August 1998, pages 157-182 Cristiano Castelfranchi (1995) Commitment: From individual intentions to groups and organizations First International Conference on Multi-Agent Systems, pages 41-49 2012: Michael P. Wellman (1993) A market-oriented programming enviornment and its application to distributed multicommodity flow problems Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 1, pages 1-23 http://www.jair.org/papers/paper2.html Milind Tambe (1997) Towards Flexible Teamwork Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research, Volume 7, pages 83-124 http://www.jair.org/papers/paper433.html 2011: Yoav Shoham (1993) Agent-oriented programming Artificial Intelligence, Volume 60, Issue 1, pages 51-92 2010: Makoto Yokoo, Edmund H. Durfee, Toru Ishida, and Kazuhiro Kuwabara (1998) The Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problem: Formalization and Algorithms IEEE Transactions on Knowledge and Data Engineering 10:673-685 Makoto Yokoo and Katsutoshi Hirayama (1996) Distributed Breakout Algorithm for Solving Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems Second International Conference on Multiagent Systems (ICMAS-96), pp.401-408 2009: M. N. Huhns. (Ed.) (1987) Distributed Artificial Intelligence. London, Pitman. A. Bond and L. Gasser. (Eds.) (1988) Readings in Distributed Artificial Intelligence. San Mateo, CA, Morgan Kaufmann. L. Gasser and M. N. Huhns. (Eds.) (1989) Distributed Artificial Intelligence (Volume II). Pitman and Morgan Kaufmann. 2008: M. E. Bratman, D. J. Israel and M. E. Pollack (1988) Plans and resource-bounded practical reasoning. Computational Intelligence, 4, pages 349-355. E. H. Durfee and V. Lesser (1991) Partial global planning: A coordination framework for distributed hypothesis formation. In: IEEE Transactions on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics, 21, pages 1167-1183. *Special recognition given to:* M. Wooldridge and N. R. Jennings (1995) Intelligent Agents: Theory and Practice The Knowledge Engineering Review, 10 (2), pp. 115-152. 2007: J. S. Rosenschein and M. R. Genesereth (1985) Deals Among Rational Agents. In: Proceedings of the 9th International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Los Angeles , California , August 1985, pages 91-99. A. Rao and M. Georgeff (1991) Modelling rational agents within a BDI-architecture. In: Proceedings of the 2nd International Conference on Principles of Knowledge Representation and Reasoning, Cambridge, Massachussets, pages 473-484. B. J. Grosz and S. Kraus (1996) Collaborative Plans for Complex Group Actions. Artificial Intelligence, 86, pages 269-358. 2006: P. R. Cohen and H. Levesque (1990) Intention is choice with commitment. Artificial Intelligence , 42(2-3), pages 213-261. R. Davis and R. Smith (1983) Negotiation as a Metaphor for Distributed Problem Solving. Artificial Intelligence, 20(1), pages 63-109.
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