Publications – John Thangarajah

2018

M. Dann, F. Zambetta, and J. Thangarajah, “Integrating skills and simulation to solve complex navigation tasks in infinite mario,” Ieee transactions on games, vol. 10, iss. 1, pp. 101-106, 2018.
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@ARTICLE{7906578,
author={M. Dann and F. Zambetta and J. Thangarajah},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Games},
title={Integrating Skills and Simulation to Solve Complex Navigation Tasks in Infinite Mario},
year={2018},
volume={10},
number={1},
pages={101-106},
month={March},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMQTZPN09JT01WNUk}
}

2017

J. Harland, D. N. Morley, J. Thangarajah, and N. Y. -, “Aborting, suspending, and resuming goals and plans in BDI agents,” Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, vol. 31, iss. 2, p. 288–331, 2017.
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@article{DBLP:journals/aamas/HarlandMTY17,
author = {James Harland and
David N. Morley and
John Thangarajah and
Neil Yorke{-}Smith},
title = {Aborting, suspending, and resuming goals and plans in {BDI} agents},
journal = {Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
volume = {31},
number = {2},
pages = {288--331},
year = {2017},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMZG92bk1EV05tMlk}
}

B. Logan, J. Thangarajah, and N. Y. -, “Progressing intention progression: A call for a goal-plan tree contest,” in Proceedings of the 16th conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, AAMAS 2017, são paulo, brazil, may 8-12, 2017, 2017, p. 768–772.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atal/LoganTY17,
author = {Brian Logan and
John Thangarajah and
Neil Yorke{-}Smith},
title = {Progressing Intention Progression: {A} Call for a Goal-Plan Tree Contest},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent
Systems, {AAMAS} 2017, S{\~{a}}o Paulo, Brazil, May 8-12, 2017},
pages = {768--772},
year = {2017},
publisher = {{ACM}},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMZWd6cXN4eERiSzQ}
}

B. V. Luong, J. Thangarajah, and F. Zambetta, “A BDI game master agent for computer role-playing games,” Computers in entertainment, vol. 15, iss. 1, p. 4:1–4:16, 2017.
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@article{DBLP:journals/cie/LuongTZ17,
author = {Bao Vo Luong and
John Thangarajah and
Fabio Zambetta},
title = {A {BDI} Game Master Agent for Computer Role-Playing Games},
journal = {Computers in Entertainment},
volume = {15},
number = {1},
pages = {4:1--4:16},
year = {2017},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMUGhQamFpa1YwWlU}
}

M. Dann, F. Zambetta, and J. Thangarajah, “Reusing skills for first-time solution of navigation tasks in platform videogames,” in Proceedings of the 16th conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, AAMAS 2017, são paulo, brazil, may 8-12, 2017, 2017, p. 1517–1519.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atal/DannZT17,
author = {Michael Dann and
Fabio Zambetta and
John Thangarajah},
title = {Reusing Skills for First-Time Solution of Navigation Tasks in Platform
Videogames},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th Conference on Autonomous Agents and MultiAgent
Systems, {AAMAS} 2017, S{\~{a}}o Paulo, Brazil, May 8-12, 2017},
pages = {1517--1519},
year = {2017},
publisher = {{ACM}},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMMHV0TkRNMDNmRk0}
}

Y. Abushark, T. Miller, J. Thangarajah, M. Winikoff, and J. Harland, “Requirements specification via activity diagrams for agent-based systems,” Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, vol. 31, iss. 3, p. 423–468, 2017.
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@article{DBLP:journals/aamas/AbusharkMTWH17,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and
Tim Miller and
John Thangarajah and
Michael Winikoff and
James Harland},
title = {Requirements specification via activity diagrams for agent-based systems},
journal = {Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
volume = {31},
number = {3},
pages = {423--468},
year = {2017},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMcDk2aG9vNmR1VWs}
}

N. Yadav, J. Thangarajah, and S. Sardina, “Agent design consistency checking via planning,” in International joint conference on artificial intelligence (ijcai), 2017, pp. 458-464.
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@inproceedings{yadavijcai2017,
author = {Nitin Yadav and John Thangarajah and Sebastian Sardina},
title = {Agent Design Consistency Checking via Planning},
booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)},
year = {2017},
location = {Melbourne, Australia},
pages ={458-464},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMMUZDbmdfY1N6d3M}
}

M. Dann, F. Zambetta, and J. Thangarajah, “Real-time solution of navigation tasks in inﬁnite mario via skill reuse,” in International joint conference on artificial intelligence (ijcai), 2017, pp. 1582-1588.
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@inproceedings{dannijcai2017,
author = {Michael Dann and Fabio Zambetta and John Thangarajah},
title = {Real-Time Solution of Navigation Tasks in Inﬁnite Mario via Skill Reuse},
booktitle = {International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI)},
year = {2017},
location = {Melbourne, Australia},
pages ={1582-1588},
url={https://www.ijcai.org/proceedings/2017/0219.pdf}
}

Y. Abushark, J. Thangarajah, T. Miller, and J. Harland, “A framework for automatically ensuring the conformance of agent designs,” Journal of systems and software, vol. 113, pp. 266-310, 2017.
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@article{yoosefjss2017,
title={A Framework for Automatically Ensuring The Conformance of Agent Designs},
author={Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah and Tim Miller and James Harland},
journal={Journal of Systems and Software},
year={2017},
publisher={Elsevier},
pages = {266-310},
volume ={113},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMUldETGlGUVN2Rms}
}

M. Dann, F. Zambetta, and J. Thangarajah, “Integrating skills and simulation to solve complex navigation tasks in infinite mario,” Ieee transactions on computational intelligence and ai in games, 2017.
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@article{danniee2017,
title={Integrating Skills and Simulation to Solve Complex Navigation Tasks in Infinite Mario},
author={Michael Dann and Fabio Zambetta and John Thangarajah},
journal={IEEE Transactions on Computational Intelligence and AI in Games},
year={2017},
publisher={IEEE},
note={(In Press)},
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, and M. Papasimeon, “The conceptual modelling of dynamic teams for autonomous systems,” in Conceptual modeling – 36th international conference, ER 2017, valencia, spain, november 6-9, 2017, proceedings, 2017, p. 311–324.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/er/EvertszTP17,
author = {Rick Evertsz and John Thangarajah and Michael Papasimeon},
title = {The Conceptual Modelling of Dynamic Teams for Autonomous Systems},
url = {https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMaTEyRllBUU5EZnM},
booktitle = {Conceptual Modeling - 36th International Conference, {ER} 2017, Valencia, Spain, November 6-9, 2017, Proceedings},
pages = {311--324},
year = {2017},
}

2016

C. Adam, G. Danet, J. Thangarajah, and J. Dugdale, “Bdi modelling and simulation of human behaviours in bushfires,” in Iscram-med 2016, Madrid, Spain, 2016, p. to appear.
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@inproceedings{Carole2016,
author = {Carole Adam and Geoffrey Danet and John Thangarajah and Julie Dugdale},
title = {BDI modelling and simulation of human behaviours in bushfires},
booktitle = { ISCRAM-med 2016},
month = {October},
year = {2016},
pages = {to appear},
address = {Madrid, Spain},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMOExTODVjajF1VWc}
}

S. Visser, J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, and F. Dignum, “Preference-based reasoning in BDI agent systems,” Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, vol. 30, iss. 2, p. 291–330, 2016.
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@article{DBLP:journals/aamas/VisserTHD16,
author = {Simeon Visser and
John Thangarajah and
James Harland and
Frank Dignum},
title = {Preference-based reasoning in {BDI} agent systems},
journal = {Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems},
volume = {30},
number = {2},
pages = {291--330},
year = {2016},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMVGhPdWJ5NXpnSXM}
}

Y. Yao, B. Logan, and J. Thangarajah, “Robust execution of BDI agent programs by exploiting synergies between intentions,” in Proceedings of the thirtieth AAAI conference on artificial intelligence, february 12-17, 2016, phoenix, arizona, USA., 2016, p. 2558–2565.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/YaoLT16,
author = {Yuan Yao and
Brian Logan and
John Thangarajah},
title = {Robust Execution of {BDI} Agent Programs by Exploiting Synergies Between
Intentions},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Thirtieth {AAAI} Conference on Artificial Intelligence,
February 12-17, 2016, Phoenix, Arizona, {USA.}},
pages = {2558--2565},
year = {2016},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMZjU0UW1IanJpWEE/view?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Abushark, J. Thangarajah, T. Miller, M. Winikoff, and J. Harland, “Requirements specification in the prometheus methodology via activity diagrams,” in Proceedings of the 2016 international conference on autonomous agents & multiagent systems, singapore, may 9-13, 2016, 2016, p. 1247–1248.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atal/AbusharkTMWH16,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and
John Thangarajah and
Tim Miller and
Michael Winikoff and
James Harland},
title = {Requirements Specification in The Prometheus Methodology via Activity Diagrams},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Autonomous Agents {\&} Multiagent Systems, Singapore, May 9-13, 2016},
pages = {1247--1248},
year = {2016},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMVUIzNElWeUhDNE0}
}

@article{Abushark2016,
author="Abushark, Yoosef
and Miller, Tim
and Thangarajah, John
and Winikoff, Michael
and Harland, James",
title="Requirements specification via activity diagrams for agent-based systems",
journal="Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems",
year="2016",
pages="1--46",
issn="1573-7454",
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMUTJqQmR6dnVoelE}
}

Proceedings of the 2016 international conference on autonomous agents & multiagent systems, singapore, may 9-13, 2016{ACM}, 2016.
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@proceedings{DBLP:conf/atal/2016,
editor = {Catholijn M. Jonker and
Stacy Marsella and
John Thangarajah and
Karl Tuyls},
title = {Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Autonomous Agents
{\&} Multiagent Systems, Singapore, May 9-13, 2016},
publisher = {{ACM}},
year = {2016},
url = {http://dl.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=2936924},
isbn = {978-1-4503-4239-1},
timestamp = {Fri, 20 May 2016 20:33:29 +0200},
biburl = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bib/conf/atal/2016},
bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, http://dblp.org}
}

Y. Yao, B. Logan, and J. Thangarajah, “Intention selection with deadlines,” in Proceedings of the 22nd european conference on artificial intelligence (ECAI-2016), The Hague, The Netherlands, 2016, pp. 2558-2565.
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@inproceedings{Yao//:16c,
author = "Yuan Yao and Brian Logan and John Thangarajah",
title = "Intention Selection with Deadlines",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ({ECAI}-2016)",
year = 2016,
editor = "Kaminka, G. A. and Fox, M. and Bouquet, P. and Hullermeijer E. and Dignum F. and Dignum V. and van Harmalen F.",
address = "The Hague, The Netherlands",
month = "August",
organization = "ECCAI",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "2558-2565",
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMZjU0UW1IanJpWEE}
}

N. Yadav and J. Thangarajah, “Checking the conformance of requirements in agent designs using atl.,” in Proceedings of the 22nd european conference on artificial intelligence (ECAI-2016), The Hague, The Netherlands, 2016, pp. 243-251.
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@inproceedings{NitinEcai2016,
author = "Nitin Yadav and John Thangarajah",
title = "Checking the Conformance of Requirements in Agent Designs Using ATL.",
booktitle = "Proceedings of the 22nd European Conference on Artificial Intelligence ({ECAI}-2016)",
year = 2016,
editor = "Kaminka, G. A. and Fox, M. and Bouquet, P. and Hullermeijer E. and Dignum F. and Dignum V. and van Harmalen F.",
address = "The Hague, The Netherlands",
month = "August",
organization = "ECCAI",
publisher = "IOS Press",
pages = "243-251",
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMTW05UWd2UjUyR2s}
}

E. Booth, J. Thangarajah, and F. Zambetta, “Applying norms and preferences for designing flexible game rules,” IJAOSE, vol. 5, iss. 1, p. 69–103, 2016.
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@article{DBLP:journals/ijaose/BoothTZ15,
author = {Edward Booth and
John Thangarajah and
Fabio Zambetta},
title = {Applying norms and preferences for designing flexible game rules},
journal = {{IJAOSE}},
volume = {5},
number = {1},
pages = {69--103},
year = {2016},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMdVR3LXRmakd3djg}
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, and T. Ly, “A BDI-Based Methodology for Eliciting Tactical Decision-Making Expertise,” Springer in lecture notes in management and industrial engineering (lnmie), p. To Appear, 2016.
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@article{RickLNMEI,
author = {Rick Evertsz and
John Thangarajah and
Thanh Ly},
title = {{A BDI-Based Methodology for Eliciting Tactical Decision-Making Expertise}},
journal = {Springer in Lecture Notes in Management and Industrial Engineering (LNMIE)},
volume = {},
number = {},
pages = {To Appear},
year = {2016}
}

2015

D. Macias, L. Cavedon, J. Thangarajah, and W. Wong, “Effects of domain on measures of semantic relatedness,” Journal of the american society for information science and technology (jasist), vol. 66, iss. 10, pp. 2116-2131, 2015.
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@ARTICLE{macias2014,
author={Daniel Macias and Lawrence Cavedon and John Thangarajah and Wilson Wong},
title={Effects of Domain on Measures of Semantic Relatedness},
journal={Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology
(JASIST)},
pages={2116-2131},
publisher={Wiley-Blackwell},
volume = {66},
number = {10},
year={2015},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/jasist2014.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, and N. Yorke-Smith, “Estimating the progress of maintenance goals,” in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2015), Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, pp. 1645-1646.
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@inproceedings{AAMAS2015completeness,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and Neil Yorke-Smith},
title = {Estimating the progress of Maintenance Goals},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2015)},
month = {May},
year = {2015},
pages = {1645-1646},
address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
url={ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMbWFoTkZCZW1iM1E" target=_blank}
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, T. Ly, and N. Yadav, “Agent oriented modelling of tactical decision making,” in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2015), Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, pp. 1051-1060.
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@inproceedings{AAMAS2015TDF,
author = {Rick Evertsz and John Thangarajah and Thanh Ly and Nitin Yadav},
title = {Agent Oriented Modelling of Tactical Decision Making},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2015)},
month = {May},
year = {2015},
pages = {1051-1060},
address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMWTNaNmJfakx1Wms" target=_blank}
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, and N. Ambukovski, “Using agent-based tactics models to control virtual actors in vbs3,” in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2015) (system demonstration), Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, pp. 1929-1930.
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@inproceedings{AAMAS2015TDFDemo,
author = {Rick Evertsz and John Thangarajah and Nik Ambukovski},
title = {Using Agent-Based Tactics Models to Control Virtual Actors in VBS3},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2015) (System Demonstration)},
month = {May},
year = {2015},
pages = {1929-1930},
address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
url={ https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMMTBfZ1ByMnFmc3c}
}

Y. Abushark, J. Thangarajah, T. Miller, J. Harland, and M. Winikoff, “Early detection of design faults relative to requirement specifications in agent-based models,” in Proceedings of the 14th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2015), Istanbul, Turkey, 2015, pp. 1071-1079.
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@inproceedings{AAMAS2015Yoosef,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah and Tim Miller and James Harland and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Early detection of design faults relative to requirement specifications in agent-based models},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2015)},
month = {May},
year = {2015},
pages = {1071-1079},
address = {Istanbul, Turkey},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMSU1RN1pNaEh1Sm8}
}

E. Booth, J. Thangarajah, and F. Zambetta, “Flexible story generation with norms and preferences in computer role playing games,” in 2015 IEEE conference on computational intelligence and games, CIG 2015, tainan, taiwan, august 31 – september 2, 2015, 2015, p. 68–74. doi:10.1109/CIG.2015.7317953
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cig/BoothTZ15,
author = {Edward Booth and
John Thangarajah and
Fabio Zambetta},
title = {Flexible story generation with norms and preferences in computer role
playing games},
booktitle = {2015 {IEEE} Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, {CIG}
2015, Tainan, Taiwan, August 31 - September 2, 2015},
pages = {68--74},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1109/CIG.2015.7317953},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMb1VBZE5JS0RhRzA}
}

M. Dann, F. Zambetta, and J. Thangarajah, “An improved approach to reinforcement learning in computer go,” in 2015 IEEE conference on computational intelligence and games, CIG 2015, tainan, taiwan, august 31 – september 2, 2015, 2015, p. 169–176.
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@inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cig/DannZT15,
author = {Michael Dann and
Fabio Zambetta and
John Thangarajah},
title = {An improved approach to reinforcement learning in Computer Go},
booktitle = {2015 {IEEE} Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, {CIG}
2015, Tainan, Taiwan, August 31 - September 2, 2015},
pages = {169--176},
year = {2015},
crossref = {DBLP:conf/cig/2015},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMckpBMmZEaXpRVlk}
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, N. Yadav, and T. Ly, “A framework for modelling tactical decision-making in autonomous systems,” Journal of systems and software, vol. 110, p. 222–238, 2015. doi:10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.046
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@article{DBLP:journals/jss/EvertszTYL15,
author = {Rick Evertsz and
John Thangarajah and
Nitin Yadav and
Thanh Ly},
title = {A framework for modelling tactical decision-making in autonomous systems},
journal = {Journal of Systems and Software},
volume = {110},
pages = {222--238},
year = {2015},
doi = {10.1016/j.jss.2015.08.046},
url={https://drive.google.com/open?id=0B5osGljhBbIMcC1nY3J3VWUwQm8}
}

2014

S. Duff, J. Thangarajah, and J. Harland, “Maintenance goals in intelligent agents,” Computational intelligence, p. to appear, accepted 24 July 2012, 2014.
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@article{COIN2012,
author = {Simon Duff and John Thangarajah and James Harland},
title = {Maintenance Goals in Intelligent Agents},
journal = {Computational Intelligence},
publisher = {Wiley-Blackwell},
pages = {to appear, accepted 24 July 2012},
year = {2014},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMRHR1WnFzRHZUODQ/edit?usp=sharing}
}

J. Harland, D. Morley, J. Thangarajah, and N. Yorke-Smith, “An operational semantics for the goal life-cycle in bdi agents,” Autonomous agents and multi-agent systems (jaamas), p. To Appear, accepted October 2013, online version here, 2014.
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@article{JAAMAS2013JJDN,
issn={1387-2532},
journal={Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems (JAAMAS)},
title={An operational semantics for the goal life-cycle in BDI agents},
publisher={Springer US},
author={Harland, James and Morley, David and Thangarajah, John and
Yorke-Smith, Neil},
pages={To Appear, accepted October 2013, online version here},
year={2014},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMNTRmWU1naE5fWjA/edit?usp=sharing}
}

J. Jiang, J. Thangarajah, V. Dignum, and Huib Aldewereld, “Reasoning with agent preferences in normative multi-agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 13th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2014), Paris, France, 2014, p. 1373–1374.
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@inproceedings{JieAAMAS2014,
author = {Jie Jiang and John Thangarajah and Virginia Dignum and Huib
Aldewereld},
title = {Reasoning with Agent Preferences in Normative Multi-agent Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2014)},
month = {May},
year = {2014},
pages = {1373--1374},
address = {Paris, France},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMdkctUmdYTHZieFk/edit?usp=sharing}
}

R. Evertsz, J. Thangarajah, N. Yadav, and T. Ly, “Tactics development framework (system demo),” in Proceedings of the 13th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2014), Paris, France, 2014, p. 1639–1640.
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@inproceedings{RickAAMAS2014,
author = {Rick Evertsz and John Thangarajah and Nitin Yadav and Thanh Ly},
title = {Tactics Development Framework (System Demo)},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2014)},
month = {May},
year = {2014},
pages = {1639--1640},
address = {Paris, France},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMQS1Lamd1ZEdnTGM/edit?usp=sharing}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. Morley, and Neil Yorke-Smith, “Towards the completeness of bdi goals.,” in Proceedings of the 13th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2014), Paris, France, 2014, p. To Appear.
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@inproceedings{JohnAAMAS2014,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David Morley and Neil
Yorke-Smith},
title = {Towards the Completeness of BDI Goals.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2014)},
month = {May},
year = {2014},
pages = {To Appear},
address = {Paris, France},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMU202bUJlMEVHU2M/edit?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Abushark, J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, and T. Miller, “Checking consistency of agent designs against interaction protocols for early-phase defect location.,” in Proceedings of the 13th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2014), Paris, France, 2014, p. 933–940.
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@inproceedings{YoosefAAMAS2014,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah and James Harland and Tim Miller},
title = {Checking consistency of agent designs against interaction
protocols for early-phase defect location.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 13th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2014)},
month = {May},
year = {2014},
pages = {933--940},
address = {Paris, France},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMVkpDb0lsMWFNcEU/edit?usp=sharing}
}

L. Padgham, J. Thangarajah, and M. Winikoff, “Prometheus research directions,” in Agent oriented software engineering, 2014, pp. 155-171.
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@inproceedings{Padgham2014,
author = {Lin Padgham and John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Prometheus Research Directions},
booktitle = { Agent Oriented Software Engineering},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2014},
pages = {155-171},
year = {2014},
editor = {Onn Shehory and Arnon Sturm},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMeWRRaXVEN0ViYzA/edit?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Abushark, J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, and T. Miller, “Checking the correctness of agent designs against model-based requirements.,” in Proceedings of the 21st european conference on artificial intelligence (ecai-2014), Prague, Czech Republic, 2014, p. 953–954.
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@inproceedings{YoosefECAI2014,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah and James Harland and Tim Miller},
title = {Checking The Correctness of Agent Designs Against Model-Based Requirements.},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2014)},
month = {August},
year = {2014},
pages = {953--954},
address = {Prague, Czech Republic},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMX0VBTU43YVRBUk0/edit?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Yao, B. Logan, and J. Thangarajah, “Sp-mcts-based intention scheduling for bdi agents,” in Proceedings of the 21st european conference on artificial intelligence (ecai-2014), Prague, Czech Republic, 2014, pp. 1133-1134.
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@inproceedings{YuanECAI2014,
author = {Yuan Yao and Brian Logan and John Thangarajah},
title = {SP-MCTS-based Intention Scheduling for BDI Agents },
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2014)},
month = {August},
year = {2014},
pages = {1133-1134},
address = {Prague, Czech Republic},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMTE5vMGltVWJMUlk/edit?usp=sharing}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. N. Morley, and N. Yorke-Smith, “Quantifying the completeness of goals in bdi agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 21st european conference on artificial intelligence (ecai-2014), Prague, Czech Republic, 2014, p. 879–884.
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@inproceedings{JohnECAI2014,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David N. Morley and Neil Yorke-Smith},
title = {Quantifying the Completeness of Goals in BDI Agent Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2014)},
month = {August},
year = {2014},
pages = {879--884},
address = {Prague, Czech Republic},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMUUdsbUlxMklxenM/edit?usp=sharing}
}

2013

B. Luong, J. Thangarajah, F. Zambetta, and M. Hasan, “A bdi game master agent for computer role-playing games,” in Proceedings of the 12th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2013), Minnesota, USA, 2013, pp. 1187-1188.
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@inproceedings{BaoAAMAS2013,
author = {Bao Luong and John Thangarajah and Fabio Zambetta and Mahmud Hasan},
title = {A BDI Game Master Agent for Computer Role-Playing Games},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2013)},
month = {May},
year = {2013},
pages = {1187-1188},
address = {Minnesota, USA},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMbHlzUlQybnJoaGs/edit?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Abushark and J. Thangarajah, “Auml protocols: specification to detailed design,” in Proceedings of the 12th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2013), Minnesota, USA, 2013, pp. 1173-1174.
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@inproceedings{YoosefAAMAS2013,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah},
title = {AUML Protocols: Specification to Detailed Design},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 12th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2013)},
month = {May},
year = {2013},
pages = {1173-1174},
address = {Minnesota, USA},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMMW9sTlBvcTRiYWc/edit?usp=sharing}
}

Y. Abushark and J. Thangarajah, “Propagating auml protocols to detailed design,” in Engineering multi-agent systems, 2013, pp. 19-37.
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@inproceedings{AbusharkT13a,
author = {Yoosef Abushark and John Thangarajah},
title = {Propagating AUML Protocols to Detailed Design},
booktitle = {EMAS@AAMAS},
year = {2013},
pages = {19-37},
editor = {Massimo Cossentino and Amal El Fallah-Seghrouchni and Michael Winikoff},
booktitle = {Engineering Multi-Agent Systems - First International Workshop, EMAS 2013, St. Paul, MN, USA, May 6-7, 2013, Revised Selected Papers},
booktitle = {Engineering Multi-Agent Systems},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {8245},
year = {2013},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMUHNyV2FYUWpmcm8/edit?usp=sharing}
}

L. Trodd, J. Harland, and J. Thangarajah, “Agent deliberation via forward and backward chaining in linear logic,” in Declarative agent languages and technologies x – 10th international workshop, dalt 2012, valencia, spain, june 4, 2012, revised selected papers, 2013, pp. 57-75.
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@inproceedings{TroddHT12,
author = {Luke Trodd and James Harland and John Thangarajah},
title = {Agent Deliberation via Forward and Backward Chaining in Linear Logic},
editor = {Matteo Baldoni and Louise A. Dennis and Viviana Mascardi and Wamberto Vasconcelos},
booktitle = {Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies X - 10th International Workshop, DALT 2012, Valencia, Spain, June 4, 2012, Revised Selected Papers},
pages = {57-75},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {7784},
year = {2013},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMZFpQbGhGbTA2ZWs/edit?usp=sharing}
}

L. Padgham, Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and T. Miller, “Model-based test oracle generation for automated unit testing of agent systems,” Ieee trans. software eng., vol. 39, iss. 9, pp. 1230-1244, 2013.
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@article{PadghamZTM13,
author = {Lin Padgham and Zhiyong Zhang and John Thangarajah and Tim Miller},
title = {Model-Based Test Oracle Generation for Automated Unit Testing of Agent Systems},
journal = {IEEE Trans. Software Eng.},
volume = {39},
number = {9},
year = {2013},
pages = {1230-1244},
url={https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B5osGljhBbIMcDRERDRpWkVBbkU/edit?usp=sharing}
}

2012

S. Shapiro, S. Sardina, J. Thangarajah, and L. Cavedon, “Revising conflicting intention sets in bdi agents,” in Proceedings of the 11th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2012), Valencia, Spain, 2012, pp. 1081-1088.
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@inproceedings{StephenAAMAS2012,
author = {Steven Shapiro and Sebastian Sardina and John Thangarajah and Lawrence Cavedon},
title = {Revising Conflicting Intention Sets in BDI Agents},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2012)},
month = {June},
year = {2012},
pages = {1081-1088},
address = {Valencia, Spain},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/AAMAS2012_steven.pdf}
}

L. Trodd, J. Harland, and J. Thangarajah, “Agent deliberation via forward and backward chaining in linear logic,” in Proceedings of the 11th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2012), Valencia, Spain, 2012, pp. 1443-1444.
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@inproceedings{LukeAAMAS2012,
author = {Luke Trodd and James Harland and John Thangarajah},
title = {Agent Deliberation via Forward and Backward chaining in Linear Logic},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2012)},
month = {June},
year = {2012},
pages = {1443-1444},
address = {Valencia, Spain},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/AAMAS2012_luke.pdf}
}

W. Wong, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Goal-driven approach to open-ended dialogue management using bdi agents,” in Proceedings of the 11th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2012), Valencia, Spain, 2012, pp. 1187-1188.
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@inproceedings{WilsonAAMAS2012,
author = {Wilson Wong and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title = {Goal-Driven Approach To Open-Ended Dialogue Management using BDI Agents},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2012)},
month = {June},
year = {2012},
pages = {1187-1188},
address = {Valencia, Spain},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/AAMAS2012_wilson.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, S. Sardina, and L. Padgham, “Measuring plan coverage and overlap for agent reasoning,” in Proceedings of the 11th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas-2012), Valencia, Spain, 2012, pp. 1049-1056.
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@inproceedings{JohnAAMAS2012,
author = {John Thangarajah and Sebastian Sardina and Lin Padgham},
title = {Measuring Plan Coverage and Overlap for Agent Reasoning},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 11th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS-2012)},
month = {June},
year = {2012},
pages = {1049-1056},
address = {Valencia, Spain},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/AAMAS2012_coverage.pdf}
}

W. Wong, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Contextual question answering for the health domain,” Journal of the american society for information science and technology (), vol. 63, iss. 11, pp. 2313-2327, 2012.
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@ARTICLE{wong_et_al_2012b,
author={ Wilson Wong and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title={ Contextual Question Answering for the Health Domain},
journal={Journal of the American Society for Information Science and Technology ()},
volume={63},
number={11},
pages={2313-2327},
publisher={Wiley-Blackwell},
year={2012},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/jasist2012.pdf}
}

W. Wong, L. C. J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Flexible conversation management using a bdi agent approach,” in Proceedings of the 12th international conference on intelligent virtual agents (iva), Santa Cruz, USA, 2012, pp. 464-470.
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@inproceedings{wong_et_al_2012c,
author={ Wilson Wong and Lawrence Cavedon John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title={Flexible Conversation Management using a BDI Agent Approach},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 12th International Conference on Intelligent Virtual Agents (IVA)},
year={2012},
publisher={Springer},
address={ Santa Cruz, USA},
pages={464-470},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/IVA2012.pdf}
}

D. Macias-Galindo, W. Wong, J. Thangarajah, and L. Cavedon, “Coherent topic transition in a conversational agent,” in Proceedings of the 13th annual conference of the international speech communication association (interspeech), Oregon, USA, 2012, pp. 1-4.
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@inproceedings{macias-galindo_et_al_2012,
author={Daniel Macias-Galindo and Wilson Wong and John Thangarajah and Lawrence Cavedon},
title={Coherent Topic Transition in a Conversational Agent},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 13th Annual Conference of the International Speech Communication Association (InterSpeech)},
year={2012},
address={Oregon, USA},
pages={1-4},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/IS2012.pdf}
}

W. Wong, L. Cavedon, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Mining the web for large-scale conversational content,” in Proceedings of the 24th international conference on computational linguistics (coling), Mumbai, India, 2012, pp. 2821-2834.
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@inproceedings{wong_et_al_2012f,
author={Wilson Wong and Lawrence Cavedon and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title={Mining the Web for Large-Scale Conversational Content},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Computational Linguistics (COLING)},
year={ 2012},
address={ Mumbai, India},
pages={2821-2834},
url={publications/COLING2012.pdf}
}

W. Wong, L. Cavedon, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Mixed-initiative conversational system using question-answer pairs mined from the web,” in Proceedings of the 21th acm international conference on information and knowledge management (cikm), Hawaii, 2012, pp. 2707-2709.
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@inproceedings{wong_et_al_2012e,
author={Wilson Wong and Lawrence Cavedon and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title={Mixed-Initiative Conversational System using Question-Answer Pairs Mined from the Web},
booktitle={Proceedings of the 21th ACM International Conference on Information and Knowledge Management (CIKM)},
year={ 2012},
address={ Hawaii},
pages={2707-2709},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/cikmdemo2012.pdf}
}

2011

S. Visser, J. Thangarajah, and J. Harland, “Reasoning about preferences in intelligent agent systems,” in Ijcai 2011, proceedings of the 22nd international joint conference on artificial intelligence, Barcelona,Spain, 2011, p. 426–431.
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@inproceedings{VisserIJCAI11,
author = {Simeon Visser and John Thangarajah and James Harland},
title = {Reasoning about Preferences in Intelligent Agent Systems},
booktitle = {IJCAI 2011, Proceedings of the 22nd International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence},
address = {Barcelona,Spain},
month = {July},
publisher = {IJCAI/AAAI},
year = {2011},
pages = {426--431},
isbn = {978-1-57735-516-8},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/IJCAI11-079.pdf}
}

C. D. Nguyen, A. Perini, C. Bernon, J. Pavón, and J. Thangarajah, “Testing in multi-agent systems,” in Agent-oriented software engineering x, 2011, pp. 180-190.
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@inproceedings{NguyenPBPT09,
author = {Cu D. Nguyen and Anna Perini and Carole Bernon and Juan Pav{\'o}n and John Thangarajah},
title = {Testing in Multi-Agent Systems},
pages = {180-190},
editor = {Marie Pierre Gleizes and Jorge J. G{\'o}mez-Sanz},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering X},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {6038},
year = {2011},
isbn = {978-3-642-19207-4},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/testingchapter.pdf}
}

Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Automated testing for intelligent agent systems,” in Agent-oriented software engineering x, 2011, pp. 66-79.
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@inproceedings{Zhiyong2011,
author = {Zhiyong Zhang and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title = {Automated Testing for Intelligent Agent Systems},
pages = {66-79},
editor = {Marie Pierre Gleizes and Jorge J. G{\'o}mez-Sanz},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering X},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {6038},
year = {2011},
isbn = {978-3-642-19207-4},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/testingaose.pdf}
}

S. Visser, J. Thangarajah, and J. Harland, “Reasoning about preferences in bdi agent systems,” in Proceedings of the tenth international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 2011, pp. 1139-1140.
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@inproceedings{visser:aamas-11,
title = {Reasoning about Preferences in BDI Agent Systems},
author = {Simeon Visser and John Thangarajah and James Harland},
BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011)",
year = {2011},
month = "May",
address = "Taipei, Taiwan",
pages = {1139-1140},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aamas-visser.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, G. Jayatilleka, and L. Padgham, “Scenarios for system requirements traceability and testing,” in Proceedings of the tenth international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems (aamas 2011), Taipei, Taiwan, 2011, p. 285–292.
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@inproceedings{thangarajah:aamas-11,
title = {Scenarios for System Requirements Traceability and Testing},
author = {John Thangarajah and Gaya Jayatilleka and Lin Padgham},
BOOKTITLE = "Proceedings of the Tenth International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (AAMAS 2011)",
year = {2011},
month = "May",
address = "Taipei, Taiwan",
pages = {285--292},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p285-thangarajah.pdf}
}

D. Macias-Galindo, W. Wong, L. Cavedon, and John Thangarajah, “Using a lexical dictionary and a folksonomy to automatically construct domain ontologies,” in Ai 2011: advances in artificial intelligence, 2011, p. 638–647.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Macias11b,
author = {Daniel Macias-Galindo and Wilson Wong and Lawrence Cavedon and John
Thangarajah},
title = {Using a Lexical Dictionary and a Folksonomy to Automatically
Construct
Domain Ontologies},
booktitle = {AI 2011: Advances in Artificial Intelligence},
year = {2011},
editor = {Dianhui Wang and Mark Reynolds},
volume = {7106},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
pages = {638--647},
publisher = {Springer},
isbn = {978-3-642-25831-2},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/lexical.pdf}
}

D. Macias-Galindo, L. Cavedon, and J. Thangarajah, “Building Modular Knowledge Bases for Conversational Agents,” in IJCAI workshop on knowledge representation and reasoning for practical dialogue systems (KRPDS), 2011, p. 16–23.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Macias11,
author = {Daniel Macias-Galindo and Lawrence Cavedon and John Thangarajah},
title = {{Building Modular Knowledge Bases for Conversational Agents}},
booktitle = {{IJCAI} Workshop on Knowledge Representation and Reasoning for Practical Dialogue Systems {(KRPDS)}},
year = {2011},
pages = {16--23},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/Macias11.pdf}
}

W. Wong, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Health conversational system based on contextual matching of community-driven question-answer pairs,” in Proceedings of the 20th acm international conference on information and knowledge management, New York, NY, USA, 2011, p. 2577–2580.
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@inproceedings{Wong:2011:CIKM,
author = {Wong, Wilson and Thangarajah, John and Padgham, Lin},
title = {Health conversational system based on contextual matching of community-driven question-answer pairs},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 20th ACM international conference on Information and knowledge management},
series = {CIKM '11},
year = {2011},
isbn = {978-1-4503-0717-8},
pages = {2577--2580},
publisher = {ACM},
address = {New York, NY, USA},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p2577-wong.pdf}
}

T. Miller, L. Padgham, and J. Thangarajah, “Test coverage criteria for agent interaction testing,” in Agent-oriented software engineering xi, D. Weyns and M. Gleizes, Eds., Springer Berlin / Heidelberg, 2011, vol. 6788, pp. 91-105.
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@incollection{coverageaose,
author = {Miller, Tim and Padgham, Lin and Thangarajah, John},
affiliation = {Department of Computer Science and Software Engineering, University of Melbourne, Australia},
title = {Test Coverage Criteria for Agent Interaction Testing},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering XI},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
editor = {Weyns, Danny and Gleizes, Marie-Pierre},
publisher = {Springer Berlin / Heidelberg},
pages = {91-105},
volume = {6788},
year = {2011},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/coverageaose.pdf}
}

2010

J. Thangarajah and L. Padgham, “Computationally effective reasoning about goal interactions,” Journal of automated reasoning, pp. 1-40, 2010.
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@article {ThangarajahJAR2010,
author = {Thangarajah, John and Padgham, Lin},
affiliation = {RMIT University School of Computer Science Melbourne Australia},
title = {Computationally Effective Reasoning About Goal Interactions},
journal = {Journal of Automated Reasoning},
publisher = {Springer Netherlands},
issn = {0168-7433},
keyword = {Computer Science},
pages = {1-40},
year = {2010},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/jarreasoning.pdf}
}

H. Sun, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Eclipse-based prometheus design tool (demo),” in Aamas ’10: proceedings of the 9th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Toronto, Canada, 2010, pp. 1769-1770.
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@inproceedings{HongyuanTP09,
author = {Hongyuan Sun and
John Thangarajah and
Lin Padgham},
title = {Eclipse-based Prometheus Design Tool (DEMO)},
pages = {1769-1770},
booktitle = AAMAS-10,
publisher = {IFAAMAS},
year = {2010},
address = AAMAS-10:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p1769-sun.pdf}
}

Programming multi-agent systems, 7th international workshop, promas 2009, budapest, portugal, may 11, 2009. revised invited and selected papersSpringer, 2010.
[BibTeX]

@proceedings{Promas2009,
editor = {Lars Braubach and
Jean-Pierre Briot and
John Thangarajah},
title = {Programming Multi-Agent Systems, 7th International Workshop,
ProMAS 2009, Budapest, Portugal, May 11, 2009. Revised Invited
and Selected Papers},
booktitle = {ProMAS},
publisher = {Springer},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {5919},
year = {2010}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. Morley, and N. Yorke-Smith, “On the life-cycle of bdi agent goals,” in Proceedings of the 19th european conference on artificial intelligence (ecai-2010), Lisbon, Portugal, 2010, pp. 1031-1032.
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@inproceedings{ThangarajahECAI2010,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David Morley and Neil Yorke-Smith },
title = {On the Life-Cycle of BDI Agent Goals},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence (ECAI-2010)},
month = {August},
year = {2010},
pages = {1031-1032},
address = {Lisbon, Portugal},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/ECAIstates.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. Morley, and N. Yorke-Smith, “Operational behaviour for executing, suspending, and aborting goals in bdi agent systems,” in Proceedings of the aamas’10 workshop on declarative agent languages and technologies (dalt’10), Toronto, 2010, pp. 1-21.
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@inproceedings{ThangarajahDALT2010,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David Morley and Neil Yorke-Smith },
title = {Operational Behaviour for Executing, Suspending, and Aborting Goals in BDI Agent Systems},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the AAMAS'10 Workshop on Declarative Agent Languages and Technologies (DALT'10)},
address = {Toronto},
pages = {1-21},
month = {May},
year = 2010,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/DALTstates.pdf}
}

Programming multi-agent systems – 7th international workshop, promas 2009, budapest, hungary, may 10-15, 2009. revised selected papersSpringer, 2010. doi:10.1007/978-3-642-14843-9
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@proceedings{DBLP:conf/promas/2009,
editor = {Lars Braubach and
Jean{-}Pierre Briot and
John Thangarajah},
title = {Programming Multi-Agent Systems - 7th International Workshop, ProMAS
2009, Budapest, Hungary, May 10-15, 2009. Revised Selected Papers},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
volume = {5919},
publisher = {Springer},
year = {2010},
url = {http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-14843-9},
doi = {10.1007/978-3-642-14843-9},
isbn = {978-3-642-14842-2},
timestamp = {Wed, 15 Dec 2010 13:16:19 +0100},
biburl = {http://dblp.uni-trier.de/rec/bib/conf/promas/2009},
bibsource = {dblp computer science bibliography, http://dblp.org}
}

2009

Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Model Based Testing for Agent Systems,” in Software and data technologies, communications in computer and information science, volume 22. springer berlin heidelberg, 2009, pp. 399-413.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Zhang2009,
author = {Zhiyong Zhang and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
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year = 2009,
editor = "{J.~Filipe, B.~Shishkov, M.~Helfert, \& L.~A.~Maciaszek}",
pages = {399-413},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/ENASE.pdf}
}

S. A. DeLoach, L. Padgham, A. Perini, A. Susi, and J. Thangarajah, “Using three aose toolkits to develop a sample design,” International journal of agent-oriented software engineering, vol. 3, iss. 4, p. 416–476, 2009.
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@article{DeLoach2009,
author = {DeLoach, Scott A. and Padgham, Lin and Perini, Anna and Susi, Angelo and Thangarajah, John},
title = {Using three AOSE toolkits to develop a sample design},
journal = {International Journal of Agent-Oriented Software Engineering},
volume = {3},
number = {4},
year = {2009},
issn = {1746-1375},
pages = {416--476},
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}

Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Model based testing for agent systems,” in Aamas ’09: proceedings of the 8th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, 2009, p. 1333–1334.
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@inproceedings{ZhangAAMAS09,
author = {Zhang, Zhiyong and Thangarajah, John and Padgham, Lin},
title = {Model based testing for agent systems},
booktitle = AAMAS-09,
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isbn = {978-0-9817381-7-8},
pages = {1333--1334},
location = {Budapest, Hungary},
publisher = {International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p1333-zhang.pdf}
}

2008

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. Morley, and N. Yorke-Smith, “Suspending and resuming tasks in BDI agents,” in Aamas ’08: proceedings of the 7th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Estoril,Portugal, 2008, p. 405–412.
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@InProceedings{thangarajah08:suspending,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David Morley and
Neil Yorke-Smith},
title = {Suspending and Resuming Tasks in {BDI} Agents},
booktitle = AAMAS-08,
pages = {405--412},
year = 2008,
address = AAMAS-08:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/suspending.pdf}
}

L. Padgham, J. Thangarajah, and M. Winikoff, “Prometheus design tool,” in Proceedings of the aaai conference on artificial intelligence, Chicago, USA, 2008, pp. 1882-1883.
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@inproceedings{PadghamTW08,
author = {Lin Padgham and John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Prometheus Design Tool},
booktitle = AAAI-08,
year = {2008},
pages = {1882-1883},
address = AAAI-08:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aaaipdt.pdf}
}

L. Padgham, J. Thangarajah, and M. Winikoff, “The prometheus design tool – a conference management system case study,” in Agent-oriented software engineering viii, 2008, pp. 197-211.
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@inproceedings{AOSEPadghamTW07,
author = {Lin Padgham and John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff},
title = {The Prometheus Design Tool - A Conference Management System
Case Study},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII},
volume = {4951},
Series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
year = {2008},
pages = {197-211},
publisher = {{Springer-Verlag}},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/casestudy.pdf}
}

F. Dignum, V. Dignum, J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Open agent systems???,” in Agent-oriented software engineering viii, 2008, pp. 73-87.
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@inproceedings{AOSEDignumDTPW07,
author = {Frank Dignum and Virginia Dignum and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Open Agent Systems???},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VIII},
volume = {4951},
Series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
year = {2008},
pages = {73-87},
publisher = {{Springer-Verlag}},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/open.pdf}
}

Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Automated unit testing intelligent agents in pdt (demo),” in Aamas ’08: proceedings of the 7th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Estoril,Portugal, 2008, pp. 1673-1674.
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@inproceedings{ZhangTP08,
author = {Zhiyong Zhang and
John Thangarajah and
Lin Padgham},
title = {Automated unit testing intelligent agents in PDT (DEMO)},
pages = {1673-1674},
booktitle = AAMAS-08,
publisher = {IFAAMAS},
year = {2008},
address = AAMAS-08:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aamas2008-zhang.pdf}
}

2007

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, D. Morley, and N. Yorke-Smith, “Aborting tasks in BDI agents,” in Aamas ’07: proceedings of the 6th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Hawai’i, USA, 2007, p. 8–15.
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@InProceedings{THMYS07,
author = {John Thangarajah and James Harland and David Morley and Neil Yorke-Smith},
title = {Aborting Tasks in {BDI} Agents},
booktitle = AAMAS-07,
pages = {8--15},
year = 2007,
address = AAMAS-07:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aborting-thangarajah.pdf}
}

L. Padgham, J. Thangarajah, and M. Winikoff, “Auml protocols and code generation in the prometheus design tool (system demonstration),” in Aamas ’07: proceedings of the 6th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Hawai’i, USA, 2007, p. 270.
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@inproceedings{PadghamTW07,
author = {Lin Padgham and John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff},
title = {AUML protocols and code generation in the Prometheus design
tool (System Demonstration)},
booktitle = AAMAS-07,
year = {2007},
pages = {270},
address = AAMAS-07:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aumlprotocols-padgham.pdf}
}

C. Sierra, J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Designing institutional multi-agent systems,” in Agent-oriented software engineering vii, 2007, pp. 84-103.
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@inproceedings{SierraTPW06,
author = {Carles Sierra and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Designing Institutional Multi-Agent Systems},
booktitle = {Agent-Oriented Software Engineering VII},
series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
Volume = {4405},
year = {2007},
pages = {84-103},
publisher = {{Springer-Verlag}},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/carles.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, J. Harland, and N. Yorke-Smith, “A soft cop model for goal deliberation in a bdi agent,” in Proceedings of cp’07 workshop on constraint modelling and reformulation, Providence, RI, 2007.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{ThangarajahModRef2007,
AUTHOR={John Thangarajah and James Harland and Neil Yorke-Smith},
TITLE={A Soft COP Model for Goal Deliberation in a BDI Agent},
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ADDRESS={Providence, RI},
MONTH={September},
YEAR={2007},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/modref07.pdf}
}

Z. Zhang, J. Thangarajah, and L. Padgham, “Automated unit testing for agent systems,” in Proceedings of the 2nd international working conference on evaluation of novel approaches to software engineering (enase), Spain, 2007, pp. 10-18.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{zhang07,
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month = {July},
address = {Spain},
year = {2007},
pages = {10-18},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/ENASE.pdf}
}

2006

S. Duff, J. Harland, and J. Thangarajah, “On proactivity and maintenance goals,” in Aamas ’06: proceedings of the 5th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Hakodate, Japan, 2006, p. 1033–1040.
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@InProceedings{DTH06,
author = {Simon Duff and James Harland and John Thangarajah},
title = {On Proactivity and Maintenance Goals},
booktitle = AAMAS-06,
pages = {1033--1040},
year = 2006,
address = AAMAS-06:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/proactivity-duff.pdf}
}

G. B. Jayatilleke, J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Component agent framework for domain-experts (cafne) toolkit,” in Aamas ’06: proceedings of the 5th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Hakodate, Japan, 2006, pp. 1465-1466.
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@inproceedings{JayatillekeTPW06,
author = {Gaya Buddhinath Jayatilleke and John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Component Agent Framework for domain-Experts (CAFnE) toolkit},
booktitle = AAMAS-06,
year = {2006},
pages = {1465-1466},
address = AAMAS-06:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p1465-jayatilleke.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and S. Sardina, “Modelling situations in intelligent agents,” in Aamas ’06: proceedings of the 5th international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Hakodate, Japan, 2006, pp. 1049-1051.
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@inproceedings{ThangarajahPS06,
author = {John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Sebastian Sardina},
title = {Modelling situations in Intelligent Agents},
booktitle = AAMAS-06,
year = {2006},
pages = {1049-1051},
address = AAMAS-06:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/p1049-thangarajah.pdf}
}

2005

J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Prometheus design tool.,” in The 4th international joint conference on autonomous agents and multi-agent systems, Utrecht, The Netherlands, 2005, pp. 127-128.
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@inproceedings{pdtdemo,
author = {John Thangarajah and
Lin Padgham and
Michael Winikoff},
title = {Prometheus Design Tool.},
booktitle = {the 4th International Joint Conference on Autonomous Agents and
Multi-Agent Systems},
month = {July},
address = {Utrecht, The Netherlands},
year = {2005},
pages = {127-128},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aamas05pdt.pdf}
}

L. Padgham, J. Thangarajah, and M. Winikoff, “Tool support for agent development using the prometheus methodology,” in Qsic ’05: proceedings of the fifth international conference on quality software, Washington, DC, USA, 2005, p. 383–388.
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@inproceedings{pad05_pdt,
author = {Lin Padgham and John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Tool Support for Agent Development using the Prometheus Methodology},
booktitle = {QSIC '05: Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on
Quality Software},
year = {2005},
pages = {383--388},
publisher = {IEEE Computer Society},
address = {Washington, DC, USA},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/iseat05pdt.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, “Managing the Concurrent Execution of Goals in Intelligent Agents,” PhD Thesis, Melbourne, Australia, 2005.
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@phdthesis{JTthesis,
author = {John Thangarajah},
title = {{Managing the Concurrent Execution of Goals in Intelligent Agents}},
school = {{RMIT University}},
year = 2005,
Address = {Melbourne, Australia},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/thesis.pdf}
}

2004

J. Thangarajah and L. Padgham, “An empirical evaluation of reasoning about resource conflicts,” in Aamas ’04: proceedings of the 3rd international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, New York, NY, 2004, pp. 1298-1299.
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@inproceedings{ThangarajahP04,
author = {John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham},
title = {An Empirical Evaluation of Reasoning about Resource Conflicts},
booktitle = AAMAS-04,
year = {2004},
pages = {1298-1299},
address = AAMAS-04:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/thangarajahj_resource.pdf}
}

2003

J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Detecting and avoiding interference between goals in intelligent agents,” in Ijcai ’03: proceedings of the international joint conference on artificial intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, 2003, p. 721–726.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Than03b,
author = {John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Detecting and Avoiding Interference Between Goals in
Intelligent Agents},
booktitle = IJCAI-03,
year = {2003},
pages = {721--726},
address = IJCAI-03:addr,
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/ijcai.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and M. Winikoff, “Detecting and exploiting positive goal interaction in intelligent agents,” in Aamas ’03: proceedings of the 2nd international conference on autonomous agents and multiagent systems, Melbourne, Australia, 2003, p. 401–408.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Than03a,
author = {John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and Michael Winikoff},
title = {Detecting and Exploiting Positive Goal Interaction in
Intelligent Agents},
booktitle = AAMAS-03,
year = {2003},
address = AAMAS-03:addr,
pages = {401--408},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/aamas.pdf}
}

2002

J. Thangarajah, M. Winikoff, L. Padgham, and K. Fischer, “Avoiding resource conflicts in intelligent agents,” in Ecai ’02: proceedings of the european conference on artificial intelligence, Lyon, France, 2002, p. 18–22.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Than02b,
author = {John Thangarajah and Michael Winikoff and Lin Padgham and
Klaus Fischer},
title = {Avoiding Resource Conflicts in Intelligent Agents},
booktitle = ECAI-02,
year = 2002,
address = ECAI-02:addr,
pages = {18--22},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/ecai.pdf}
}

J. Thangarajah, L. Padgham, and J. Harland, “Representation and reasoning for goals in BDI agents,” in Proceedings of the twenty-fifth australasian computer science conference (acsc’02), Melbourne, Australia, 2002, p. 259–265.
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@INPROCEEDINGS{Than02a,
author = {John Thangarajah and Lin Padgham and James Harland},
title = {Representation and Reasoning for Goals in {BDI} Agents},
booktitle = {Proceedings of the Twenty-Fifth Australasian Computer Science
Conference (ACSC'02)},
year = {2002},
address = {Melbourne, Australia},
pages = {259--265},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/acsc02-goals.pdf}
}

M. Winikoff, L. Padgham, J. Harland, and J. Thangarajah, “Declarative & procedural goals in intelligent agent systems,” in Kr ’02: proceedings of the eigth international conference on principles and knowledge representation and reasoning, Toulouse, France, 2002, pp. 470-481.
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@inproceedings{WinikoffPHT02,
author = {Michael Winikoff and
Lin Padgham and
James Harland and
John Thangarajah},
title = {Declarative {\&} Procedural Goals in Intelligent Agent Systems},
pages = {470-481},
editor = {Dieter Fensel and
Fausto Giunchiglia and
Deborah L. McGuinness and
Mary-Anne Williams},
booktitle = KR-02,
address = {Toulouse, France},
publisher = {Morgan Kaufmann},
year = {2002},
url={http://goanna.cs.rmit.edu.au/~johthan/publications/kr02.pdf}
}