Publications

149 / 3,604 publications found.


  •  Xu, H., Sun, H., Nikovski, D.N., Shoichi, K., Mori, K., "Learning Dynamical Demand Response Model in Real-Time Pricing Program", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - North America (ISGT NA), February.
    BibTeX TR2018-198 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Xu2019feb,
    • author = {Xu, Hanchen and Sun, Hongbo and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Shoichi, Kitamura and Mori, Kazuyuki},
    • title = {Learning Dynamical Demand Response Model in Real-Time Pricing Program},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - North America (ISGT NA)},
    • year = 2019,
    • month = feb,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-198}
    • }
  •  Romeres, D.., Jha, D.K., Dalla Libera, A., Chiuso, A., Nikovski, D.N., "Derivative-Free Semiparametric Bayesian Models for Robot Learning", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2018.
    BibTeX TR2018-165 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Romeres2018dec,
    • author = {Romeres, Diego and Jha, Devesh K. and Dalla Libera, Alberto and Chiuso, Alessandro and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Derivative-Free Semiparametric Bayesian Models for Robot Learning},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-165}
    • }
  •  Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., van Baar, J., Sullivan, A., Nikovski, D.N., "Learning Tasks in a Complex Circular Maze Environment", NIPS Workshop on Modeling the Physical World: Perception, Learning, and Control, December 2018.
    BibTeX TR2018-169 PDF
    • @inproceedings{vanBaar2018dec,
    • author = {Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and van Baar, Jeroen and Sullivan, Alan and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Learning Tasks in a Complex Circular Maze Environment},
    • booktitle = {NIPS Workshop on Modeling the Physical World: Perception, Learning, and Control},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-169}
    • }
  •  van Baar, J., Corcodel, R., Sullivan, A., Jha, D.K., Romeres, D., Nikovski, D.N., "Simulation to Real Transfer Learning with Robustified Policies for Robot Tasks", arXiv, September 2018.
    BibTeX arXiv
    • @article{vanBaar2018sep,
    • author = {van Baar, Jeroen and Corcodel, Radu and Sullivan, Alan and Jha, Devesh K. and Romeres, Diego and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Simulation to Real Transfer Learning with Robustified Policies for Robot Tasks},
    • journal = {arXiv},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = sep,
    • url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1809.04720}
    • }
  •  Laftchiev, E., Sun, X., Dau, H.-A., Nikovski, D.N., "Anomaly Detection in Discrete Manufacturing Systems using Event Relationship Tables", International Workshop on Principle of Diagnosis, August 2018.
    BibTeX TR2018-128 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Laftchiev2018aug,
    • author = {Laftchiev, Emil and Sun, Xinmaio and Dau, Hoang-Anh and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Anomaly Detection in Discrete Manufacturing Systems using Event Relationship Tables},
    • booktitle = {International Workshop on Principle of Diagnosis},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = aug,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-128}
    • }
  •  Shah, S., Sun, H., Nikovski, D.N., Zhang, J., "Consensus-based Synchronization of Microgrids at Multiple Points of Interconnection", IEEE Power & Energy Society General Meeting (PES), DOI: 10.1109/​PESGM.2018.8586167, August 2018.
    BibTeX TR2018-112 PDF
    • @article{Shah2018aug,
    • author = {Shah, Shahil and Sun, Hongbo and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Zhang, Jinyun},
    • title = {Consensus-based Synchronization of Microgrids at Multiple Points of Interconnection},
    • journal = {IEEE Power \& Energy Society General Meeting (PES)},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = aug,
    • doi = {10.1109/PESGM.2018.8586167},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-112}
    • }
  •  Pan, Y., Farahmand, A.-M., White, M., Nabi, S., Grover, P., Nikovski, D.N., "Reinforcement Learning with Function-Valued Action Spaces for Partial Differential Equation Control", International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML), July 2018.
    BibTeX TR2018-101 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pan2018jul,
    • author = {Pan, Yangchen and Farahmand, Amir-massoud and White, Martha and Nabi, Saleh and Grover, Piyush and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Reinforcement Learning with Function-Valued Action Spaces for Partial Differential Equation Control},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML)},
    • year = 2018,
    • month = jul,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-101}
    • }
  •  Keerthisinghe, C., Sun, H., Takaguchi, Y., Nikovski, D.N., Hashimoto, H., "Machine Learning Based State-Space Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Energy and Reserve Management of Power Plants", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - Asia (ISGT Asia), DOI: 10.1109/​ISGT-Asia.2018.8467807, May 2018, pp. 669-674.
    BibTeX TR2018-064 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Keerthisinghe2018may,
    • author = {Keerthisinghe, Chanaka and Sun, Hongbo and Takaguchi, Yusuke and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Hashimoto, Hiroyuki},
    • title = {Machine Learning Based State-Space Approximate Dynamic Programming Approach for Energy and Reserve Management of Power Plants},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference - Asia (ISGT Asia)},
    • year = 2018,
    • pages = {669--674},
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.1109/ISGT-Asia.2018.8467807},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2018-064}
    • }
  •  Sun, H., Takaguchi, Y., Nikovski, D.N., Hashimoto, H., "Three-Level Co-optimization Model for Generation Scheduling of Integrated Energy and Regulation Market", IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT), December 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-158 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sun2017dec,
    • author = {Sun, Hongbo and Takaguchi, Yusuke and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Hashimoto, Hiroyuki},
    • title = {Three-Level Co-optimization Model for Generation Scheduling of Integrated Energy and Regulation Market},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES Innovative Smart Grid Technologies Conference (ISGT)},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-158}
    • }
  •  Pourazarm, S., Farahmand, A.-M., Nikovski, D.N., "Random Projection Filter Bank for Time Series Data", Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS), December 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-179 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pourazarm2017dec,
    • author = {Pourazarm, Sepideh and Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Random Projection Filter Bank for Time Series Data},
    • booktitle = {Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems (NIPS)},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = dec,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-179}
    • }
  •  Jha, D.K., Yerazunis, W.S., Nikovski, D.N., Farahmand, A.-M., "Learning to Regulate Rolling Ball Motion", IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Engineering Solutions, DOI: 10.1109/​SSCI.2017.8285376, November 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-176 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Jha2017nov,
    • author = {Jha, Devesh K. and Yerazunis, William S. and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Farahmand, Amir-massoud},
    • title = {Learning to Regulate Rolling Ball Motion},
    • booktitle = {IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Engineering Solutions},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = nov,
    • doi = {10.1109/SSCI.2017.8285376},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-176}
    • }
  •  Zhu, Y., Imamura, M., Nikovski, D.N., Keogh, E., "Matrix Profile VII: Time Series Chains: A New Primitive for Time Series Data Mining", International Conference on Data Mining, DOI: 10.1109/​ICDM.2017.79, November 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-168 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Zhu2017nov,
    • author = {Zhu, Yan and Imamura, Makoto and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Keogh, Eamonn},
    • title = {Matrix Profile VII: Time Series Chains: A New Primitive for Time Series Data Mining},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Data Mining},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = nov,
    • doi = {10.1109/ICDM.2017.79},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-168}
    • }
  •  Pourazarm, S., Farahmand, A.-M., Nikovski, D.N., "Fault Detection and Prognosis of Time Series Data with Random Projection Filter Bank", Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHM), October 2017, vol. 8.
    BibTeX TR2017-142 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Pourazarm2017oct,
    • author = {Pourazarm, Sepideh and Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Fault Detection and Prognosis of Time Series Data with Random Projection Filter Bank},
    • booktitle = {Prognostics and Health Management Society (PHM)},
    • year = 2017,
    • volume = 8,
    • month = oct,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-142}
    • }
  •  Shah, S., Sun, H., Nikovski, D.N., Zhang, J., "VSC Based Active Synchronizer for Generators", IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, DOI: 10.1109/​TEC.2017.2728718, Vol. 33, No. 1, pp. 116-125, July 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-138 PDF
    • @article{Shah2017jul,
    • author = {Shah, Shahil and Sun, Hongbo and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Zhang, Jinyun},
    • title = {VSC Based Active Synchronizer for Generators},
    • journal = {IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion},
    • year = 2017,
    • volume = 33,
    • number = 1,
    • pages = {116--125},
    • month = jul,
    • doi = {10.1109/TEC.2017.2728718},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-138}
    • }
  •  Wang, G., Sun, H., Nikovski, D.N., Zhang, J., "A Novel BESS-based Fast Synchronization Method for Power Grids", IEEE PES PowerTech, DOI: 10.1109/​PTC.2017.7981044, June 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-077 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Wang2017jun,
    • author = {Wang, Gang and Sun, Hongbo and Nikovski, Daniel N. and Zhang, Jinyun},
    • title = {A Novel BESS-based Fast Synchronization Method for Power Grids},
    • booktitle = {IEEE PES PowerTech},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = jun,
    • doi = {10.1109/PTC.2017.7981044},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-077}
    • }
  •  Ramalingam, S., Raghunathan, A.U., Nikovski, D.N., "Submodular Function Maximization for Group Elevator Scheduling", International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS), June 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-079 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Ramalingam2017jun,
    • author = {Ramalingam, Srikumar and Raghunathan, Arvind and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Submodular Function Maximization for Group Elevator Scheduling},
    • booktitle = {International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (ICAPS)},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = jun,
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-079}
    • }
  •  Farahmand, A.-M., Nabi, S., Nikovski, D.N., "Deep Reinforcement Learning for Partial Differential Equation Control", American Control Conference (ACC), DOI: 10.23919/​ACC.2017.7963427, May 2017.
    BibTeX TR2017-063 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Farahmand2017may,
    • author = {Farahmand, Amir-massoud and Nabi, Saleh and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Deep Reinforcement Learning for Partial Differential Equation Control},
    • booktitle = {American Control Conference (ACC)},
    • year = 2017,
    • month = may,
    • doi = {10.23919/ACC.2017.7963427},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2017-063}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }
  •  Sun, H., Feng, G., Nikovski, D.N., "Dynamic State Estimation Based on Unscented Kalman Filter and Very Short-Term Load and Distributed Generation Forecasting", IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON), DOI: 10.1109/​POWERCON.2016.7753928, September 2016.
    BibTeX TR2016-128 PDF
    • @inproceedings{Sun2016sep2,
    • author = {Sun, Hongbo and Feng, Guangyu and Nikovski, Daniel N.},
    • title = {Dynamic State Estimation Based on Unscented Kalman Filter and Very Short-Term Load and Distributed Generation Forecasting},
    • booktitle = {IEEE International Conference on Power System Technology (POWERCON)},
    • year = 2016,
    • month = sep,
    • doi = {10.1109/POWERCON.2016.7753928},
    • url = {https://www.merl.com/publications/TR2016-128}
    • }
  •  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}
    • }