Prof Peter Cowling

Professor of Artificial Intelligence

School of Electronic Engineering and Computer Science
Queen Mary University of London

peter.cowling@qmul.ac.uk

www.qmul.ac.uk/eecs/people/profiles/cowlingpeter.html

Centre for Multimodal AI

Research
Publications
Grants

Research

AI, Games, Future of AI and Humanity, Positive Psychology, AI for Good

Publications

Publications of specific relevance to the Centre for Multimodal AI

2024

Emotional Congruence in Video Game Audio
Williams DAH, Cowling PI and Murphy DT
In Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer Nature 642-645.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-031-23161-2_199

01-01-2024

2022

Expert views about missing AI narratives: is there an AI story crisis?
Chubb J, Reed D and Cowling P
AI and Society, Springer

DOI 10.1007/s00146-022-01548-2

QMRO

25-08-2022

2021

Speeding up to keep up: exploring the use of AI in the research process
Chubb J, Cowling P and Reed D
AI and Society, Springer

DOI 10.1007/s00146-021-01259-0

QMRO

15-10-2021

Integrating Monte Carlo Tree Search with Knowledge-Based Methods to Create Engaging Play in a Commercial Mobile Game
Whitehouse D, Cowling P, Powley E and Rollason J
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. vol. 9 (1), 100-105.

DOI 10.1609/aiide.v9i1.12679

30-06-2021

Combining Gameplay Data with Monte Carlo Tree Search to Emulate Human Play
Devlin S, Anspoka A, Sephton N, Cowling P and Rollason J
Proceedings of The Aaai Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, Association For The Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (Aaai) vol. 12 (1), 16-22.

DOI 10.1609/aiide.v12i1.12858

25-06-2021

2019

Win Prediction in Multiplayer Esports: Live Professional Match Prediction
Hodge VJ, Devlin S, Sephton N, Block F, Cowling PI and Drachen A
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 13 (4), 368-379.

DOI 10.1109/tg.2019.2948469

19-11-2019

Unconventional Exchange: Methods for Statistical Analysis of Virtual Goods
Scholten OJ, Cowling P, Hawick KA and Walker JA
2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). vol. 00, 1-7.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2019.8847969

23-08-2019

Procedural Generation using Spatial GANs for Region-Specific Learning of Elevation Data
Spick RJ, Cowling P and Walker JA
2019 IEEE Conference on Games (CoG). vol. 00, 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2019.8848120

23-08-2019

AI and automatic music generation for mindfulness
Williams D, Hodge VJ, Gega L, Murphy D, Cowling PI and Drachen A
Proceedings of the AES International Conference. vol. 2019-March
01-01-2019

A psychometric evaluation of emotional responses to horror music
Williams D, Wu CY, Hodge VJ, Murphy D and Cowling PI
AES 146th International Convention.
01-01-2019

Emotional Congruence in Video Game Audio
Williams DAH, Cowling PI and Murphy DT
In Encyclopedia of Computer Graphics and Games, Springer Nature 1-3.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-08234-9_199-1

01-01-2019

2018

Evolutionary MCTS with Flexible Search Horizon
Baier H and Cowling P
Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment. vol. 14 (1), 2-8.

DOI 10.1609/aiide.v14i1.13023

25-09-2018

Predicting Skill Learning in a Large, Longitudinal MOBA Dataset
Aung M, Bonometti V, Drachen A, Cowling P, Kokkinakis AV, Yoder C and Wade A
2018 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). vol. 00, 1-7.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2018.8490431

17-08-2018

Evolutionary MCTS for Multi-Action Adversarial Games
Baier H and Cowling PI
2018 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). vol. 00, 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2018.8490403

17-08-2018

Narrative Bytes
Block F, Hodge V, Hobson S, Sephton N, Devlin S, Ursu MF, Drachen A and Cowling PI
Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video., 29-41.

DOI 10.1145/3210825.3210833

25-06-2018

Emulating Human Play in a Leading Mobile Card Game
Baier H, Sattaur A, Powley EJ, Devlin S, Rollason J and Cowling PI
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 11 (4), 386-395.

DOI 10.1109/tg.2018.2835764

QMRO

11-05-2018

How the Business Model of Customizable Card Games Influences Player Engagement
Hodge VJ, Sephton N, Devlin S, Cowling PI, Goumagias N, Shao J, Purvis K, Cabras I, Fernandes KJ and Li F
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 11 (4), 374-385.

DOI 10.1109/tg.2018.2803843

12-03-2018

2017

Exploring the relationship between video game expertise and fluid intelligence
Kokkinakis AV, Cowling PI, Drachen A and Wade AR
Plos One, Public Library of Science (Plos) vol. 12 (11)

DOI 10.1371/journal.pone.0186621

15-11-2017

Memory Bounded Monte Carlo Tree Search
Cowling P, Powley EJ and Whitehouse D
AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE 2017) Snowbird, Little Cottonwood Canyon, Utah USA 5 Oct 2017 - 9 Oct 2017., 94-94.

DOI 10.1609/aiide.v13i1.12932

QMRO

19-09-2017

From value chains to technological platforms: The effects of crowdfunding in the digital game industry
Nucciarelli A, Li F, Fernandes KJ, Goumagias N, Cabras I, Devlin S, Kudenko D and Cowling P
Journal of Business Research, Elsevier vol. 78, 341-352.

DOI 10.1016/j.jbusres.2016.12.030

01-09-2017

Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: An empirical study
Cabras I, Goumagias ND, Fernandes K, Cowling P, Li F, Kudenko D, Devlin S and Nucciarelli A
Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Elsevier vol. 117, 305-314.

DOI 10.1016/j.techfore.2016.10.073

01-04-2017

Competition and Cooperation in Pickup and Multiple Delivery Problems
Mourdjis P, Polack F, Cowling P, Chen Y and Robinson M
Communications in Computer and Information Science. vol. 695, 142-160.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53982-9_9

01-01-2017

Exploring Techniques to Improve Large-Scale Drainage System Maintenance Scheduling Using a Risk Driven Model
Chen Y, Polack F, Cowling P, Mourdjis P and Remde S
Communications in Computer and Information Science. vol. 695, 161-179.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53982-9_10

01-01-2017

A Comparison of One-Pass and Bi-directional Approaches Applied to Large-Scale Road Inspection
Chen Y, Polack F, Cowling P and Remde S
Communications in Computer and Information Science. vol. 695, 180-200.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-53982-9_11

01-01-2017

2016

Dynamic optimisation of preventative and corrective maintenance schedules for a large scale urban drainage system
Chen Y, Cowling P, Polack F, Remde S and Mourdjis P
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier vol. 257 (2), 494-510.

DOI 10.1016/j.ejor.2016.07.027

QMRO

21-07-2016

Variable Neighbourhood Descent with Memory: A Hybrid Metaheuristic for Supermarket Resupply
Mourdjis P, Chen Y, Polack F, Cowling P and Robinson M
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 9668, 32-46.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-39636-1_3

01-01-2016

Using Association Rule Mining to Predict Opponent Deck Content in Android: Netrunner
Sephton N, Cowling PI, Devlin S, Hodge VJ and Slaven NH
2016 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG)., 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2016.7860399

01-01-2016

The Effect of Cooperation in Pickup and Multiple Delivery Problems
Mourdjis P, Polack F, Cowling P, Chen Y and Robinson M
Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems., 287-295.

DOI 10.5220/0005748902870295

01-01-2016

Risk Driven Analysis of Maintenance for a Large-scale Drainage System
Chen Y, Polack F, Cowling P, Mourdjis P and Remde S
Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems., 296-303.

DOI 10.5220/0005749102960303

01-01-2016

Evaluating Hyperheuristics and Local Search Operators for Periodic Routing Problems
Chen Y, Mourdjis P, Polack F, Cowling P and Remde S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 9595, 104-120.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-30698-8_8

01-01-2016

Efficient Large-scale Road Inspection Routing
Chen Y, Cowling P, Remde S and Polack F
Proceedings of 5th the International Conference on Operations Research and Enterprise Systems., 304-312.

DOI 10.5220/0005749203040312

01-01-2016

2015

An Experimental Study of Action Selection Mechanisms to Create an Entertaining Opponent
Sephton N, Cowling PI and Slaven NH
2015 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG)., 122-129.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2015.7317939

01-08-2015

Emergent Bluffing and Inference with Monte Carlo Tree Search
Cowling PI, Whitehouse D and Powley EJ
2015 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG)., 114-121.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2015.7317927

01-08-2015

Predicting Player Disengagement and First Purchase with Event-Frequency Based Data Representation
Xie H, Devlin S, Kudenko D and Cowling P
2015 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG)., 230-237.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2015.7317919

01-08-2015

2014

Information capture and reuse strategies in Monte Carlo Tree Search, with applications to games of hidden information
Powley EJ, Cowling PI and Whitehouse D
Artificial Intelligence, Elsevier vol. 217, 92-116.

DOI 10.1016/j.artint.2014.08.002

QMRO

01-12-2014

Player Preference and Style in a Leading Mobile Card Game
Cowling PI, Devlin S, Powley EJ, Whitehouse D and Rollason J
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 7 (3), 233-242.

DOI 10.1109/tciaig.2014.2357174

QMRO

11-09-2014

Game Intelligence
Devlin S, Cowling PI, Kudenko D, Goumagias N, Nucciareli A, Cabras I, Fernandes KJ and Li F
2014 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games., 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2014.6932917

01-08-2014

Heuristic Move Pruning in Monte Carlo Tree Search for the Strategic Card Game Lords of War
Sephton N, Cowling PI, Powley E and Slaven NH
2014 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games., 1-7.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2014.6932892

01-08-2014

The 2013 Multi-Objective Physical Travelling Salesman Problem Competition
Perez D, Powley E, Whitehouse D, Samothrakis S, Lucas S and Cowling PI
2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC)., 2314-2321.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2014.6900243

01-07-2014

Parallelization of Information Set Monte Carlo Tree Search
Sephton N, Cowling PI, Powley E, Whitehouse D and Slaven NH
2014 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC)., 2290-2296.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2014.6900583

01-07-2014

Solving the Physical Traveling Salesman Problem: Tree Search and Macro Actions
Perez D, Powley EJ, Whitehouse D, Rohlfshagen P, Samothrakis S, Cowling PI and Lucas SM
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 6 (1), 31-45.

DOI 10.1109/tciaig.2013.2263884

13-03-2014

Metaheuristics for the Pick-Up and Delivery Problem with Contracted Orders
Mourdjis P, Cowling P and Robinson M
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 8600, 170-181.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44320-0_15

01-01-2014

Dynamic Period Routing for a Complex Real-World System: A Case Study in Storm Drain Maintenance
Chen Y, Cowling P and Remde S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 8600, 109-120.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44320-0_10

01-01-2014

Predicting player disengagement in online games
Xie H, Kudenko D, Devlin S and Cowling P
Communications in Computer and Information Science vol. 504, 133-149.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14923-3

01-01-2014

A Phylogenetic Classification of the Video-Game Industry’s Business Model Ecosystem
Goumagias N, Cabras I, Fernandes KJ, Li F, Nucciarelli A, Cowling P, Devlin S and Kudenko D
IFIP Advances in Information and Communication Technology. vol. 8827, 285-294.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-662-44745-1_28

01-01-2014

Predicting Player Disengagement in Online Games
Xie H, Kudenko D, Devlin S and Cowling P
In Computer Games, Springer Nature 133-149.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-319-14923-3_10

01-01-2014

2013

Monte Carlo Tree Search with Macro-Actions and Heuristic Route Planning for the Multiobjective Physical Travelling Salesman Problem
Powley EJ, Whitehouse D and Cowling PI
2013 IEEE Conference on Computational Inteligence in Games (CIG)., 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2013.6633658

01-08-2013

Bandits all the way down: UCB1 as a simulation policy in Monte Carlo Tree Search
Powley EJ, Whitehouse D and Cowling PI
2013 IEEE Conference on Computational Inteligence in Games (CIG)., 1-8.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2013.6633613

01-08-2013

Artificial Intelligence
Cowling PI, Greenberg HJ and De Jong K
In Encyclopedia of Operations Research and Management Science, Springer Nature 78-83.

DOI 10.1007/978-1-4419-1153-7_42

01-01-2013

2012

Monte Carlo Tree Search with macro-actions and heuristic route planning for the Physical Travelling Salesman Problem
Powley EJ, Whitehouse D and Cowling PI
2012 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). vol. 1, 234-241.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2012.6374161

01-09-2012

Ensemble Determinization in Monte Carlo Tree Search for the Imperfect Information Card Game Magic: The Gathering
Cowling PI, Ward CD and Powley EJ
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 4 (4), 241-257.

DOI 10.1109/tciaig.2012.2204883

14-06-2012

Information Set Monte Carlo Tree Search
Cowling PI, Powley EJ and Whitehouse D
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 4 (2), 120-143.

DOI 10.1109/tciaig.2012.2200894

22-05-2012

An empirical study of hyperheuristics for managing very large sets of low level heuristics
Remde S, Cowling P, Dahal K, Colledge N and Selensky E
Journal of The Operational Research Society, Taylor & Francis vol. 63 (3), 392-405.

DOI 10.1057/jors.2011.48

01-03-2012

A Survey of Monte Carlo Tree Search Methods
Browne CB, Powley E, Whitehouse D, Lucas SM, Cowling PI, Rohlfshagen P, Tavener S, Perez D, Samothrakis S and Colton S
Ieee Transactions on Games, Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (Ieee) vol. 4 (1), 1-43.

DOI 10.1109/tciaig.2012.2186810

03-02-2012

2011

Determinization in Monte-Carlo tree search for the card game Dou Di Zhu
Powley E, Whitehouse D and Cowling P
AISB 2011: AI and Games., 17-24.
01-12-2011

Fusing integrated visual vocabularies-based bag of visual words and weighted colour moments on spatial pyramid layout for natural scene image classification
Alqasrawi Y, Neagu D and Cowling PI
Signal, Image and Video Processing, Springer Nature vol. 7 (4), 759-775.

DOI 10.1007/s11760-011-0266-0

20-10-2011

Determinization and Information Set Monte Carlo Tree Search for the Card Game Dou Di Zhu
Whitehouse D, Powley EJ and Cowling PI
2011 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG'11)., 87-94.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2011.6031993

01-08-2011

Analogy-based software effort estimation using Fuzzy numbers
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling PI
Journal of Systems and Software, Elsevier vol. 84 (2), 270-284.

DOI 10.1016/j.jss.2010.09.028

01-02-2011

2010

AI for herding sheep
Cowling P and Gmeinwieser C
Proceedings of the 6th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, AIIDE 2010., 2-7.
01-12-2010

Spatial pyramid local keypoints quantization for bag of visual patches image representation
Alqasrawi Y, Neagu D and Cowling P
2010 10th International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications., 1270-1274.

DOI 10.1109/isda.2010.5687083

01-11-2010

Assessing Trustworthiness of Nodes to Enhance Performance in Mobile Ad hoc Networks
Bista SK, Dahal K, Cowling P and Bouras A
2010 Eighth International Conference on Privacy, Security and Trust., 80-87.

DOI 10.1109/pst.2010.5593234

01-08-2010

Acquaintance-based trust model for the evolution of cooperation in business games
Bista SK, Dahal K, Cowling P and Tuladhar BM
Service Oriented Computing and Applications, Springer Nature vol. 4 (3), 181-189.

DOI 10.1007/s11761-010-0064-5

24-06-2010

Software Stage-Effort Estimation Based on Association Rule Mining and Fuzzy Set Theory
Azzeh M, Cowling PI and Neagu D
2010 10th IEEE International Conference on Computer and Information Technology., 249-256.

DOI 10.1109/cit.2010.76

01-06-2010

C-Link: Concept linkage in knowledge repositories
Cowling P, Remde S, Hartley P, Stewart W, Stock-Brooks J and Woolley T
AAAI Spring Symposium - Technical Report. vol. SS-10-07, 32-37.
01-01-2010

2009

AI and Games Symposium
Romano D, Moffat D, El Rhalibi A, Narayek A, Pavia A, Ballin D, Livingstone D, Friedman D, Cassidy G, Millington I, Wright I, Mazzotta I, Alexandre IMH, Orkin J, Sykes J, Good J, Robertson J, Gjedde L, Cavazza M, Gillies M, et al.
Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems - Proceedings of the 23rd Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB 2009., 1-2.
01-12-2009

Using neural networks for strategy selection in real-time strategy games
Randall T, Cowling P, Baker R and Jiang P
Adaptive and Emergent Behaviour and Complex Systems - Proceedings of the 23rd Convention of the Society for the Study of Artificial Intelligence and Simulation of Behaviour, AISB 2009., 27-34.
01-12-2009

Preface
Cotta C and Cowling P

23-07-2009

Fuzzy grey relational analysis for software effort estimation
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling PI
Empirical Software Engineering, Springer Nature vol. 15 (1), 60-90.

DOI 10.1007/s10664-009-9113-0

02-07-2009

Evolution of Cooperativeness in a Business Game Relying on Acquaintance Based Trustworthiness Assessment
Bista SK, Dahal K, Cowling P and Tuladhar BM
2009 IEEE Conference on Commerce and Enterprise Computing., 16-23.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2009.52

01-07-2009

Software effort estimation based on weighted fuzzy grey relational analysis
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling P
Proceedings of the 5th International Conference on Predictor Models in Software Engineering., 1-10.

DOI 10.1145/1540438.1540450

18-05-2009

Natural Scene Image Recognition by Fusing Weighted Colour Moments with Bag of Visual Patches on Spatial Pyramid Layout
Alqasrawi Y, Neagu D and Cowling P
2009 Ninth International Conference on Intelligent Systems Design and Applications., 140-145.

DOI 10.1109/isda.2009.134

01-01-2009

Monte Carlo Search Applied to Card Selection in Magic: The Gathering
Ward CD and Cowling PI
2009 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games., 9-16.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2009.5286501

01-01-2009

Binary Exponential Back Off for Tabu Tenure in Hyperheuristics
Remde S, Dahal K, Cowling P and Colledge N
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 5482, 109-120.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-642-01009-5_10

01-01-2009

2008

Adjusting analogy software effort estimation based on fuzzy logic
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling P
ICSOFT 2008 - Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Software and Data Technologies. vol. SE (GSDCA/M/-), 127-132.
22-12-2008

Can Opponent Models Aid Poker Player Evolution?
Baker RJS, Cowling PI, Randall TWG and Jiang P
2008 IEEE Symposium On Computational Intelligence and Games., 23-30.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2008.5035617

01-12-2008

Improving analogy software effort estimation using fuzzy feature subset selection algorithm
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling P
Proceedings of the 4th international workshop on Predictor models in software engineering., 71-78.

DOI 10.1145/1370788.1370805

12-05-2008

Mining the data from a hyperheuristic approach using associative classification
Thabtah F and Cowling P
Expert Systems With Applications, Elsevier vol. 34 (2), 1093-1101.

DOI 10.1016/j.eswa.2006.12.018

01-02-2008

Evolution of Cooperation in an Incentive Based Business Game Environment
Bista SK, Dahal KP and Cowling PI

DOI 10.1007/978-1-84800-239-5_86

01-01-2008

Evolution of Fitness Functions to Improve Heuristic Performance
Remde S, Cowling P, Dahal K and Colledge N
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 5313, 206-219.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-92695-5_16

01-01-2008

Hyperheuristics: Recent Developments
Chakhlevitch K and Cowling P

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-79438-7_1

01-01-2008

Software Project Similarity Measurement Based on Fuzzy C-Means
Azzeh M, Neagu D and Cowling P
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 5007, 123-134.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-79588-9_12

01-01-2008

Improving Metaheuristic Performance by Evolving a Variable Fitness Function
Dahal K, Remde S, Cowling P and Colledge N
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 4972, 170-181.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-78604-7_15

01-01-2008

2007

A greedy classification algorithm based on association rule
Thabtah FA and Cowling PI
Applied Soft Computing, Elsevier vol. 7 (3), 1102-1111.

DOI 10.1016/j.asoc.2006.10.008

01-06-2007

Bayesian Opponent Modeling in a Simple Poker Environment
Baker RJS and Cowling PI
2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games., 125-131.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2007.368088

01-04-2007

Hybrid Evolutionary Learning Approaches for the VirusGame
Naveed MH, Cowling PI and Hossain MA
2007 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games., 196-202.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2007.368098

01-04-2007

Exact/Heuristic Hybrids Using rVNS and Hyperheuristics for Workforce Scheduling
Remde S, Cowling P, Dahal K and Colledge N
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 4446, 188-197.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-71615-0_17

01-01-2007

Using a Large Set of Low Level Heuristics in a Hyperheuristic Approach to Personnel Scheduling
Cowling PI and Chakhlevitch K
Studies in Computational Intelligence, Springer Nature vol. 49, 543-576.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-48584-1_20

01-01-2007

2006

Improving rule sorting, predictive accuracy and training time in associative classification
Thabtah F, Cowling P and Hammoud S
Expert Systems With Applications, Elsevier vol. 31 (2), 414-426.

DOI 10.1016/j.eswa.2005.09.039

01-08-2006

A Coevolutionary Model for the Virus Game
Cowling PI, Naveed MH and Hossain MA
2006 IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games., 45-51.

DOI 10.1109/cig.2006.311680

01-05-2006

The Impact of Rule Ranking on the Quality of Associative Classifiers
Thabtah F, Cowling P and Peng Y

DOI 10.1007/978-1-84628-226-3_21

01-01-2006

The Trade Off Between Diversity and Quality for Multi-objective Workforce Scheduling
Cowling P, Colledge N, Dahal K and Remde S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 3906, 13-24.

DOI 10.1007/11730095_2

01-01-2006

2005

Board evaluation for the virus game
Cowling P
IEEE 2005 Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG'05., 59-65.
01-12-2005

Multiple labels associative classification
Thabtah FA, Cowling P and Peng Y
Knowledge and Information Systems, Springer Nature vol. 9 (1), 109-129.

DOI 10.1007/s10115-005-0213-x

20-04-2005

Embedded local search approaches for routing optimization
Cowling PI and Keuthen R
Computers & Operations Research, Elsevier vol. 32 (3), 465-490.

DOI 10.1016/s0305-0548(03)00248-x

01-03-2005

Choosing the Fittest Subset of Low Level Heuristics in a Hyperheuristic Framework
Chakhlevitch K and Cowling P
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 3448, 23-33.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-31996-2_3

01-01-2005

MCAR: Multi-Class Classification based on Association Rule
Thabtah F, Cowling P and Peng Y
The 3rd ACS/IEEE International Conference onComputer Systems and Applications, 2005.., 1-7.

DOI 10.1109/aiccsa.2005.1387030

01-01-2005

2004

AN ADAPTIVE LENGTH CHROMOSOME HYPER-HEURISTIC GENETIC ALGORITHM FOR A TRAINER SCHEDULING PROBLEM
Han L, Kendall G and Cowling P
In Recent Advances in Simulated Evolution and Learning, World Scientific Publishing 506-525.

DOI 10.1142/9789812561794_0027

01-08-2004

Inter-agent cooperation and communication for agent-based robust dynamic scheduling in steel production
Ouelhadj D, Petrovic S, Cowling PI and Meisels A
Advanced Engineering Informatics, Elsevier vol. 18 (3), 161-172.

DOI 10.1016/j.aei.2004.10.003

01-07-2004

Dynamic scheduling of steel casting and milling using multi-agents
Cowling PI, Ouelhadj D and Petrovic S
Production Planning & Control, Taylor & Francis vol. 15 (2), 178-188.

DOI 10.1080/09537280410001662466

01-03-2004

MMAC: A New Multi-class, Multi-label Associative Classification Approach
Thabtah FA, Cowling P and Peng Y
Fourth IEEE International Conference on Data Mining (ICDM'04)., 217-224.

DOI 10.1109/icdm.2004.10117

01-01-2004

2003

Utility and stability measures for agent-based dynamic scheduling of steel continuous casting
Ouelhadj D, Cowling PI and Petrovic S
Proceedings - IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation. vol. 1, 175-180.
09-12-2003

A multi-agent architecture for dynamic scheduling of steel hot rolling
Cowling PI, Ouelhadj D and Petrovic S
Journal of Intelligent Manufacturing, Springer Nature vol. 14 (5), 457-470.

DOI 10.1023/a:1025701325275

01-10-2003

A flexible decision support system for steel hot rolling mill scheduling
Cowling P
Computers & Industrial Engineering. vol. 45 (2), 307-321.

DOI 10.1016/s0360-8352(03)00038-x

01-08-2003

Hyperheuristics for Managing a Large Collection of Low Level Heuristics to Schedule Personnel
Cowling P and Chakhlevitch K
The 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation, 2003. CEC '03.. vol. 2, 1214-1221.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2003.1299807

01-01-2003

Contract Net Protocol for Cooperative Optimisation and Dynamic Scheduling of Steel Production
Ouelhadj D, Cowling PI and Petrovic S
In Intelligent Systems Design and Applications, Springer Nature 469-478.

DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-44999-7_45

01-01-2003

2002

Using real time information for effective dynamic scheduling
Cowling P and Johansson M
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier vol. 139 (2), 230-244.

DOI 10.1016/s0377-2217(01)00355-1

01-06-2002

Optimisation for Surface Mount Placement Machines
Avob M, Cowling P and Kendall G
2002 IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology, 2002. IEEE ICIT '02.. vol. 1, 498-503.

DOI 10.1109/icit.2002.1189947

01-01-2002

Hyperheuristics: A Robust Optimisation Method Applied to Nurse Scheduling
Cowling P, Kendall G and Soubeiga E
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2439, 851-860.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-45712-7_82

01-01-2002

Opening the Information Bottleneck in Complex Scheduling Problems with a Novel Representation: STARK Diagrams
Cheng PC-H, Barone R, Cowling PI and Ahmadi S
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2317, 264-278.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-46037-3_26

01-01-2002

An Investigation of a Hyperheuristic Genetic Algorithm Applied to a Trainer Scheduling Problem
Cowling P, Kendall G and Han L
Proceedings of the 2002 Congress on Evolutionary Computation. CEC'02 (Cat. No.02TH8600). vol. 2, 1185-1190.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2002.1004411

01-01-2002

Hyperheuristics: A Tool for Rapid Prototyping in Scheduling and Optimisation
Cowling P, Kendall G and Soubeiga E
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2279, 1-10.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-46004-7_1

01-01-2002

Book and Software Reviews
Cowling P
Journal of Scheduling, Wiley vol. 5 (1), 93-93.

DOI 10.1002/jos.104

01-01-2002

2001

A Memetic Approach to the Nurse Rostering Problem
Burke E, Cowling P, De Causmaecker P and Berghe GV
Applied Intelligence, Springer Nature vol. 15 (3), 199-214.

DOI 10.1023/a:1011291030731

01-11-2001

Effective Local and Guided Variable Neighbourhood Search Methods for the Asymmetric Travelling Salesman Problem
Burke EK, Cowling PI and Keuthen R
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2037, 203-212.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-45365-2_21

01-01-2001

A Hyperheuristic Approach to Scheduling a Sales Summit
Cowling P, Kendall G and Soubeiga E
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2079, 176-190.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-44629-x_11

01-01-2001

Three Methods to Automate the Space Allocation Process in UK Universities
Burke EK, Cowling P, Silva JDL and McCollum B
Lecture Notes in Computer Science. vol. 2079, 254-273.

DOI 10.1007/3-540-44629-x_16

01-01-2001

Hybrid Population-Based Metaheuristic Approaches for the Space Allocation Problem
Burke EK, Cowling P and Silva JDL
Proceedings of the 2001 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (IEEE Cat. No.01TH8546). vol. 1, 232-239.

DOI 10.1109/cec.2001.934394

01-01-2001

Book and Software Reviews
Cowling P
Journal of Scheduling, Wiley vol. 4 (1), 65-65.

DOI 10.1002/1099-1425(200101/02)4:1<65::aid-jos61>3.0.co;2-f

01-01-2001

2000

Synchronous supply
Johansson M, MacCarthy B and Cowling P
Manufacturing Engineer, Institution of Engineering and Technology (Iet) vol. 79 (1), 36-40.

DOI 10.1049/me:20000111

01-02-2000

Integration of continuous caster and hot strip mill planning for steel production
Cowling P and Rezig W
Journal of Scheduling, Wiley vol. 3 (4), 185-208.

DOI 10.1002/1099-1425(200007/08)3:4<185::aid-jos42>3.0.co;2-g

01-01-2000

Effective heuristic and metaheuristic approaches to optimize component placement in printed circuit board assembly
Burke EK, Cowling PI and Keuthen R
Proceedings of the 2000 Congress on Evolutionary Computation. CEC00 (Cat. No.00TH8512). vol. 1

DOI 10.1109/cec.2000.870310

01-01-2000

1999

New models and heuristics for component placement in printed circuit board assembly
Burke EK, Cowling PI and Keuthen R
Proceedings 1999 International Conference on Information Intelligence and Systems (Cat. No.PR00446)., 133-140.

DOI 10.1109/iciis.1999.810238

01-01-1999

1997

The total graph of a hypergraph
Cowling P
Discrete Mathematics, Elsevier vol. 167, 215-236.

DOI 10.1016/s0012-365x(96)00230-0

01-04-1997

1995

A bound for the symmetric travelling salesman problem through matroid formulation
Cowling P and Maffioli F
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier vol. 83 (2), 301-309.

DOI 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00008-e

01-06-1995

Some thoughts on combinatorial optimisation
Bjorndal MH, Caprara A, Cowling PI, Della Croce F, Lourenço H, Malucelli F, Orman AJ, Pisinger D, Rego C and Salazar JJ
European Journal of Operational Research, Elsevier vol. 83 (2), 253-270.

DOI 10.1016/0377-2217(95)00005-b

01-06-1995

Strong total chromatic numbers of complete hypergraphs
Cowling P
Discrete Mathematics, Elsevier vol. 138 (1-3), 207-212.

DOI 10.1016/0012-365x(94)00203-u

01-03-1995

Optimal rolling mill planning at Usines Gustave Boel
Baccus F, Cowling P, Vaessen N and Van Nerom L
Steel Times vol. 223 (3)
01-03-1995

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