Publications

136 / 3,599 publications found.


  •  Qiao, H., Laughman, C.R., Burns, D.J., Bortoff, S.A., "Dynamic Characteristics of an R-410A Multi-split Variable Refrigerant Flow Air-conditioning System", IEA Heat Pump Conference, May 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-055 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Hongtao2017may,
    • author = {Qiao, Hongtao and Laughman, Christopher R. and Burns, Daniel J. and Bortoff, Scott A.},
    • title = {Dynamic Characteristics of an R-410A Multi-split Variable Refrigerant Flow Air-conditioning System},
    • booktitle = {IEA Heat Pump Conference},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = may,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-055}
    • }
  •  Farahmand, A.-M., Barreto, A.M.S., Nikovski, D.N., "Value-Aware Loss Function for Model-based Reinforcement Learning", Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS), Vol. 54, April 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-049 PDF
    • @article{Farahmand2017apr,
    • author = {Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Barreto, Andre M.S. and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Value-Aware Loss Function for Model-based Reinforcement Learning},
    • journal = {Artificial Intelligence and Statistics (AISTATS)},
    • year = 2017,
    • volume = 54,
    • month = apr,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-049}
    • }
  •  Farahmand, A.-M., Nabi, S., Grover, P., Nikovski, D.N., "Learning to Control Partial Differential Equations: Regularized Fitted Q-Iteration Approach", IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC), DOI: 10.1109/​CDC.2016.7798966, December 2016, pp. 4578-4585.
    BibTeX TR2016-145 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Farahmand2016dec,
    • author = {Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Nabi, Saleh and Grover, Piyush and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Learning to Control Partial Differential Equations: Regularized Fitted Q-Iteration Approach},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Conference on Decision and Control (CDC)},
    • year = 2016,
    • pages = {4578--4585},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/CDC.2016.7798966},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-145}
    • }
  •  Laftchiev, E., Nikovski, D.N., "An IoT System to Estimate Personal Thermal Comfort", IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF- IoT), DOI: 10.1109/​WF-IoT.2016.7845401, December 2016, pp. 672-677.
    BibTeX TR2016-161 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laftchiev2016dec,
    • author = {Laftchiev, Emil and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {An IoT System to Estimate Personal Thermal Comfort},
    • booktitle = {IEEE World Forum on Internet of Things (WF- IoT)},
    • year = 2016,
    • pages = {672--677},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1109/WF-IoT.2016.7845401},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-161}
    • }
  •  Farahmand, A.-M., Barreto, A.M.S., Nikovski, D.N., "Value-Aware Loss Function for Model Learning in Reinforcement Learning", European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (EWRL), December 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-153 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Farahmand2016dec2,
    • author = {Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Barreto, Andre M.S. and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Value-Aware Loss Function for Model Learning in Reinforcement Learning},
    • booktitle = {European Workshop on Reinforcement Learning (EWRL)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-153}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., "On the Influence of State Selection on Mass Conservation in Dynamic Vapor Compression Cycle Models", Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems, DOI: 10.1080/​13873954.2017.1298625, Vol. 23, No. 3, pp. 262-283, December 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-151 PDF
    • @article{Laughman2016dec,
    • author = {Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao},
    • title = {On the Influence of State Selection on Mass Conservation in Dynamic Vapor Compression Cycle Models},
    • journal = {Mathematical and Computer Modeling of Dynamical Systems},
    • year = 2016,
    • volume = 23,
    • number = 3,
    • pages = {262--283},
    • month = dec,
    • doi = {10.1080/13873954.2017.1298625},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-151}
    • }
  •  Wei, C., Benosman, M., "Extremum Seeking-based Adaptive Voltage Control of Distribution Systems with High PV Penetration", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), DOI: 10.1109/​ISGT.2016.7781199, September 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-131 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wei2016sep,
    • author = {Wei, Chun and Benosman, Mouhacine},
    • title = {Extremum Seeking-based Adaptive Voltage Control of Distribution Systems with High PV Penetration},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1109/ISGT.2016.7781199},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-131}
    • }
  •  Sun, H., Minot, A., Nikovski, D.N., Hashimoto, H., Takano, T., Takaguchi, Y., "Mitigating Substation Demand Fluctuations Using Decoupled Price Schemes for Demand Response", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), DOI: 10.1109/​ISGT.2016.7781189, September 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-118 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sun2016sep,
    • author = {Sun, Hongbo and Minot, Ariana and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Hashimoto, Hiroyuki and Takano, Tomihiro and Takaguchi, Yusuke},
    • title = {Mitigating Substation Demand Fluctuations Using Decoupled Price Schemes for Demand Response},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1109/ISGT.2016.7781189},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-118}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., Nikovski, D.N., "Kernel Regression for the Approximation of Heat Transfer Coefficients", IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL), August 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-107 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2016aug,
    • author = {Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Kernel Regression for the Approximation of Heat Transfer Coefficients},
    • booktitle = {IIR-Gustav Lorentzen Conference on Natural Working Fluids (GL)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-107}
    • }
  •  Yerazunis, W.S., Barnwell III, J.C., Nikovski, D.N., "Strengthening ABS, Nylon, and Polyester 3D Printed Parts by Stress Tensor Aligned Deposition Paths and Five-Axis Printing", International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium, August 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-101 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Yerazunis2016aug,
    • author = {Yerazunis, William S. and Barnwell III, John C. and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Strengthening ABS, Nylon, and Polyester 3D Printed Parts by Stress Tensor Aligned Deposition Paths and Five-Axis Printing},
    • booktitle = {International Solid Freeform Fabrication Symposium},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-101}
    • }
  •  Nikovski, D.N., Byadarhaly, K., "Regularized Covariance Matrix Estimation with High Dimensional Data for Supervised Anomaly Detection Problems", IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN), DOI: 10.1109/​IJCNN.2016.7727554, July 2016, pp. 2811-2818.
    BibTeX TR2016-099 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Nikovski2016jul,
    • author = {Nikovski, Daniel N. and Byadarhaly, Kiran},
    • title = {Regularized Covariance Matrix Estimation with High Dimensional Data for Supervised Anomaly Detection Problems},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN)},
    • year = 2016,
    • pages = {2811--2818},
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.1109/IJCNN.2016.7727554},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-099}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., Burns, D.J., Bortoff, S.A., "Dynamic Charge Management for Vapor Compression Cycles", International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference (IRACC), July 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-086 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2016jul,
    • author = {Laughman, Christopher R. and Qiao, Hongtao and Burns, Daniel J. and Bortoff, Scott A.},
    • title = {Dynamic Charge Management for Vapor Compression Cycles},
    • booktitle = {International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference (IRACC)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-086}
    • }
  •  Xu, J., Nikovski, D.N., "A Humidity Integrated Building Thermal Model", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.1109/​ACC.2016.7525127, July 2016, pp. 1492-1499.
    BibTeX TR2016-053 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Xu2016jul,
    • author = {Xu, Jingyang and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {A Humidity Integrated Building Thermal Model},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2016,
    • pages = {1492--1499},
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.1109/ACC.2016.7525127},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-053}
    • }
  •  Jones, M.J., Nikovski, D.N., Imamura, M., Hirata, T., "Exemplar Learning for Extremely Efficient Anomaly Detection in Real-Valued Time Series", Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery, DOI: 10.1007/​s10618-015-0449-3, Vol. 30, No. 6, pp. 1427-1454, March 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-027 PDF
    • @article{Jones2016mar,
    • author = {Jones, Michael J. and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Imamura, Makoto and Hirata, Takahisa},
    • title = {Exemplar Learning for Extremely Efficient Anomaly Detection in Real-Valued Time Series},
    • journal = {Journal of Data Mining and Knowledge Discovery},
    • year = 2016,
    • volume = 30,
    • number = 6,
    • pages = {1427--1454},
    • month = mar,
    • doi = {10.1007/s10618-015-0449-3},
    • issn = {1573-756X},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-027}
    • }
  •  Farahmand, A.-M., Nikovski, D.N., Igarashi, Y., Konaka, H., "Truncated Approximate Dynamic Programming with Task-Dependent Terminal Value", Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI), February 2016, pp. 3123-3129.
    BibTeX TR2016-020 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Farahmand2016feb,
    • author = {Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Igarashi, Yuji and Konaka, Hiroki},
    • title = {Truncated Approximate Dynamic Programming with Task-Dependent Terminal Value},
    • booktitle = {Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI)},
    • year = 2016,
    • pages = {3123--3129},
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-020}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Nabi, S., Grover, P., "A Numerical Study of Refrigerant Dispersion in Single and Multiple Connected Spaces", ASHRAE Winter Conference, January 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-018 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2016jan,
    • author = {Laughman, Christopher R. and Nabi, Saleh and Grover, Piyush},
    • title = {A Numerical Study of Refrigerant Dispersion in Single and Multiple Connected Spaces},
    • booktitle = {ASHRAE Winter Conference},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = jan,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-018}
    • }
  •  Bagnell, J.A., Farahmand, A.-M., "Learning Positive Functions in a Hilbert Space", NIPS Workshop on Optimization for Machine Learning (OPT), December 2015.
    BibTeX TR2015-133 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Bagnell2015dec,
    • author = {Bagnell, J.A. and Farahmand, A.-M.},
    • title = {Learning Positive Functions in a Hilbert Space},
    • booktitle = {NIPS Workshop on Optimization for Machine Learning (OPT)},
    • year = 2015,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-133}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., "Mass Conserving Models of Vapor Compression Cycles", International Modelica Conference, DOI: 10.3384/​ecp15118759, September 2015, pp. 759-767.
    BibTeX TR2015-109 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2015sep,
    • author = {Laughman, C.R. and Qiao, H.},
    • title = {Mass Conserving Models of Vapor Compression Cycles},
    • booktitle = {International Modelica Conference},
    • year = 2015,
    • number = 118,
    • pages = {759--767},
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.3384/ecp15118759},
    • issn = {1650-3686},
    • isbn = {978-91-7685-955-1},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-109}
    • }
  •  Nikovski, D.N., "Barycentric Quantization for Planning in Continuous Domains", AI Communications, DOI: 10.3233/​AIC-150675, Vol. 28, No. 3, pp. 539-551, July 2015.
    BibTeX TR2015-151 PDF
    • @article{Nikovski2015jul,
    • author = {Nikovski, D.N.},
    • title = {Barycentric Quantization for Planning in Continuous Domains},
    • journal = {AI Communications},
    • year = 2015,
    • volume = 28,
    • number = 3,
    • pages = {539--551},
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.3233/AIC-150675},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-151}
    • }
  •  Xu, J., Nikovski, D.N., "A Framework for Real-Time Near-Optimal Train Run-Curve Computation with Dynamic Travel Time and Speed Limits", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.1109/​ACC.2015.7170790, July 2015, pp. 533-540.
    BibTeX TR2015-063 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Xu2015jul,
    • author = {Xu, J. and Nikovski, D.N.},
    • title = {A Framework for Real-Time Near-Optimal Train Run-Curve Computation with Dynamic Travel Time and Speed Limits},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2015,
    • pages = {533--540},
    • month = jul,
    • publisher = {IEEE},
    • doi = {10.1109/ACC.2015.7170790},
    • isbn = {978-1-4799-8685-9},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-063}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Grover, P., Nabi, S., "A Study of Refrigerant Dispersion in Occupied Spaces Under Parametric Variation", ASHRAE Annual Conference, June 2015, vol. 121.
    BibTeX TR2015-081 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2015jun2,
    • author = {Laughman, C.R. and Grover, P. and Nabi, S.},
    • title = {A Study of Refrigerant Dispersion in Occupied Spaces Under Parametric Variation},
    • booktitle = {ASHRAE Annual Conference},
    • year = 2015,
    • volume = 121,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-081}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., Qiao, H., Aute, V., Radermacher, R., "A Comparison of Transient Heat Pump Cycle Simulations with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Flow Models", Science and Technology for the Built Environment, DOI: 10.1080/​23744731.2015.1040342, Vol. 21, No. 5, pp. 666-680, May 2015.
    BibTeX TR2015-072 PDF
    • @article{Laughman2015jun,
    • author = {Laughman, C.R. and Qiao, H. and Aute, V. and Radermacher, R.},
    • title = {A Comparison of Transient Heat Pump Cycle Simulations with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Flow Models},
    • journal = {Science and Technology for the Built Environment},
    • year = 2015,
    • volume = 21,
    • number = 5,
    • pages = {666--680},
    • month = may,
    • publisher = {Science and Technology for the Built Environment},
    • doi = {10.1080/23744731.2015.1040342},
    • issn = {2374-4731},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-072}
    • }
  •  Sahoo, S., Nikovski, D.N., Muso, T., Tsuru, K., "Electricity Theft Detection Using Smart Meter Data", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), February 2015.
    BibTeX TR2015-005 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sahoo2015feb,
    • author = {Sahoo, S. and Nikovski, D.N. and Muso, T. and Tsuru, K.},
    • title = {Electricity Theft Detection Using Smart Meter Data},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)},
    • year = 2015,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2015-005}
    • }
  •  Kimura, S., Yoshimoto, K., Ueda, K., Takahashi, S., Nikovski, D.N., "Markov Decision Process-based Run Curve Optimization for Energy Saving and Ride Comfort", IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems, DOI: 10.154/​ieejeiss.134.1577, Vol. 134, No. 10, pp. 1577-1583, October 2014.
    BibTeX J-STAGE
    • @article{Kimura2015aug,
    • author = {Kimura, S. and Yoshimoto, K. and Ueda, K. and Takahashi, S. and Nikovski, D.N.},
    • title = {Markov Decision Process-based Run Curve Optimization for Energy Saving and Ride Comfort},
    • journal = {IEEJ Transactions on Electronics, Information and Systems},
    • year = 2014,
    • volume = 134,
    • number = 10,
    • pages = {1577--1583},
    • month = oct,
    • doi = {10.154/ieejeiss.134.1577},
    • issn = {0385-4221},
    • url = {https://www.jstage.jst.go.jp/article/ieejeiss/134/10/134_1577/_article/-char/en}
    • }
  •  Laughman, C.R., "A Comparison of Transient Heat Pump Cycle Simulations with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Flow Models", International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference (IRACC), July 2014, pp. 1-10.
    BibTeX TR2014-073 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laughman2014jul,
    • author = {Laughman, C.R.},
    • title = {A Comparison of Transient Heat Pump Cycle Simulations with Homogeneous and Heterogeneous Flow Models},
    • booktitle = {International Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Conference (IRACC)},
    • year = 2014,
    • pages = {1--10},
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2014-073}
    • }