Publications

Using Deep Convolutional Neural Networks to Abstract Obstacle Avoidance for Indoor Environments (pdf)
Mohammad O. Khan and Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 18th Annual System Of Systems Engineering Conference (SoSE 2023)
June 2023, Lille, France.

Deep Convolutional Neural Network Processing of Images for Obstacle Avoidance (link)
Mohammad O. Khan and Gary B. Parker
Studies in Computational Intelligence, vol 922. Springer, Cham.
2 July 2021.

Vision Based Indoor Obstacle Avoidance using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network (pdf)
Mohammad O. Khan and Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Neural Computation Theory and Applications (NCTA 2019)
September 2019, Vienna, Austria.

Using a Genetic Algorithm to Replicate Allopatric Speciation (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Thomas B. Edwards
Proceedings of the 2019 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2019)
June 2019, Wellington, New Zealand.

A Simple Environment for Research in Speciation (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Thomas B. Edwards
Proceedings of the AAAI 2018 Fall Symposium on Artificial Intelligence and Natural Systems
October 2018, Arlington, VA.

Learning Live Autonomous Navigation: A Model Car with Hardware Arduino Neurons (pdf)
Mohammad Khan and Gary Parker
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2016)
October 2016, Budapest, Hungary.

Distributed Neural Network: Dynamic Learning via Backpropagation with Hardware Neurons using Arduino Chips (pdf)
Gary Parker and Mohammad Khan
Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN 2016)
July 2016, Vancouver, Canada.

Punctuated Anytime Learning for Autonomous Agent Control (link)
Gary Parker
Control and Systems Engineering, Studies in Systems, Decision and Control, vol. 27, pp. 89-107,
Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015.

Learning Area Coverage for a Self-Sufficient Hexapod Robot Using a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm (link)
Gary Parker and Richard Zbeda
IEEE Systems Journal, vol.8, no.3, pp.778,790, September 2014.

Learning Control for an Xpilot-AI Agent Playing Capture the Flag (link)
Gary Parker and Sarah Penrose
International Journal of Organizational and Collective Intelligence (IJOCI), Vol. 3, Issue 1 (2012), pp. 1-12.

A Cyclic Genetic Algorithm to Model Use Patterns in an Intelligent Environment (pdf)
David T. Alpert and Gary B. Parker
The International Transactions on Systems Science and Applications, Vol. 8, Dec 2012, pp. 85-98.

Evolving Predator Control Programs for an Actual Hexapod Robot Predator (pdf)
Gary Parker and Basar Gulcu
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2012)
October 2012, Seoul, Korea.

Evolving Expert Agent Parameters for Capture the Flag Agent in Xpilot (pdf)
Gary Parker and Sarah Penrose
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2012)
October 2012, Seoul, Korea.

Automation Techniques for Intelligent Environments -- Prediction of Building Activity Patterns Using a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm (pdf)
Gary Parker and David T Alpert
Proceedings of the 2012 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2012)
October 2012, Seoul, Korea.

Investigating the Effects of Learning Speeds on Xpilot Agent Evolution (pdf)
Gary Parker and Phillip Fritzsche
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011)
October 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

Fitness Biasing for the Box Pushing Task (pdf)
Gary Parker and Jim O'Connor
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011)
October 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms to Learn Gaits for an Actual Quadruped Robot (pdf)
Gary Parker and William Tarimo
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2011)
October 2011, Anchorage, Alaska, USA.

Fitness Biasing for Evolving an Xpilot Combat Agent (pdf)
Gary Parker and Phillip Fritzsche
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2011)
June 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Quadruped Gait Learning Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms (pdf)
Gary Parker, William Tarimo, and Michael Cantor
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2011)
June 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

The Effects of Using a Greedy Factor in Hexapod Gait Learning (pdf)
Gary Parker and William Tarimo
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2011)
June 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Comparison of a Greedy Selection Operator to Tournament Selection and a Hill Climber (pdf)
Lee Graham, Johnny Borbone, and Gary Parker
Proceedings of the 2011 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2011)
June 2011, New Orleans, Louisiana, USA.

Wing and Gliding Dynamics of a Flapping Winged Ornithopter (pdf)
Gary Parker and Johnny Borbone
Proceedings of the 2010 World Automation Congress International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2010)
September 2010, Kobe, Japan.

Using a Fuzzy Logic Control System for an Xpilot Combat Agent (pdf)
Andrew Hubley and Gary Parker
Proceedings of the 2010 World Automation Congress International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2010)
September 2010, Kobe, Japan.

The Xpilot-AI Environment (pdf)
Gary Parker and David Arroyo
Proceedings of the 2010 World Automation Congress International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2010)
September 2010, Kobe, Japan.

Real-Time AI in Xpilot Using Reinforcement Learning (pdf)
Martin Allen, Kristen Dirmaier, and Gary Parker
Proceedings of the 2010 World Automation Congress International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2010)
September 2010, Kobe, Japan.

Concurrently Evolving Sensor Morphology and Control for a Hexapod Robot (pdf)
Gary Parker and Pramod Nathan
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2010)
July 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

Using Evolutionary Strategies for the Real-Time Learning of Controllers for Autonomous Agents in Xpilot-AI (pdf)
Gary Parker and Michael Probst
Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2010)
July 2010, Barcelona, Spain.

Learning Area Coverage for a Self-Sufficient Colony Robot
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary Parker and Richard Zbeda
Proceedings of the 2009 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2009)
May 2009, Trondheim, Norway.

Punctuated Anytime Learning to Evolve Robot Control for Area Coverage (link)
Gary B. Parker
Design and Control of Intelligent Robotic Systems, Chapter 13, pp. 255-276.
Edited by Dikai Liu, Lingfeng Wang, Kay Chen Tan, published by Springer, March 2009.

Evolving Predator Control Programs for a Hexapod Robot Pursuing a Prey
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary Parker and Basar Gulcu
Proceedings of the 2008 World Automation Congress 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2008)
September 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

Response to Changes in Key Stimuli through the Co-Evolution of Sensor Morphology and Control
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary Parker and Pramod Nathan
Proceedings of the 2008 World Automation Congress 7th International Symposium on Intelligent Automation and Control (ISIAC 2008)
September 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

Basic Control for Four Rotor Autonomous Aerial Agent
(postscript) (pdf)
Jonathan Mclean, Gary Parker, and Newell Seal
Proceedings of the 2008 World Automation Congress 12th International Symposium on Robotics and Applications (ISORA 2008)
September 2008, Waikoloa, Hawaii, USA.

Learning Navigation for Recharging a Self-Sufficient Colony Robot
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary Parker and Richard Zbeda
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007)
October 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Enhancing Embodied Evolution with Punctuated Anytime Learning
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Gregory E. Fedynyshyn
Proceedings of the 2007 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2007)
October 2007, Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

Co-Evolution of Sensor Morphology and Control on a Simulated Legged Robot
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Pramod J. Nathan
Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2007)
June 2007, Jacksonville, Florida.

Morphological Evolution of Dynamic Structures in a 3-Dimensional Simulated Environment
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Dejan Duzevik, Andrey S. Anev, and Ramona Georgescu
Proceedings of the 7th IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2007)
June 2007, Jacksonville, Florida.

Evolving Parameters for Xpilot Combat Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Matt Parker
The IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG 2007)
April 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Evolution of Multi-Layer Neural Networks for the Control of Xpilot Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Matt Parker and Gary B. Parker
The IEEE Symposium on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG 2007)
April 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.

The Core: Evolving Autonomous Agent Control
(postscript) (pdf)
Matt Parker and Gary B. Parker
The IEEE Symposium on Artificial Life (IEEE-ALife'07)
April 2007, Honolulu, Hawaii.

Modules in Emerging Fields
Volume 7: Data Mining, Version 2
Academic Host - Gary Parker, Visiting Expert - Gregory Piatetsky, Director - Marc Zimmer
Educational CD-ROM, 2006.

Evolving Sensor Morphology on a Legged Robot in Niche Environments
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Pramod J. Nathan
World Automation Congress (WAC 2006)
July 2006, Budapest, Hungary.

Choosing a Charging Station Using Sound in Colony Robotics
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary Parker and Ozgur Izmirli
World Automation Congress (WAC 2006)
July 2006, Budapest, Hungary.

Benchmarking Punctuated Anytime Learning for Evolving a Multi-Agent Team's Binary Controllers
(postscript) (pdf)
H. Joseph Blumenthal and Gary B. Parker
World Automation Congress (WAC 2006)
July 2006, Budapest, Hungary.

The Incremental Evolution of Attack Agents in Xpilot
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Matt Parker
The 2006 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2006)
July 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Generation of Unconstrained Looping Programs for Control of Xpilot Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Timothy S. Doherty, and Matt Parker
The 2006 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2006)
July 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Learning Control for Xpilot Agents in the Core
(postscript) (pdf)
Matt Parker and Gary B. Parker
The 2006 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2006)
July 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Using a Queue Genetic Algorithm to Evolve Xpilot Control Strategies on a Distributed System
(postscript) (pdf)
Matt Parker and Gary B. Parker
The 2006 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2006)
July 2006, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Cyclic Genetic Algorithm with Conditional Branching in a Predator-Prey Scenario
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Ivo Parashkevov
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2005)
October 2005, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Controlled Use of a Robot Colony Power Supply
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Richard Zbeda
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Systems, Man, and Cybernetics (SMC 2005)
October 2005, Waikoloa, Hawaii.

Evolution and Prioritization of Survival Strategies for a Simulated Robot in Xpilot
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Timothy S. Doherty, and Matt Parker
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2005)
September 2005, Edinburgh, UK.

Evolving Autonomous Agent Control in the Xpilot Environment
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Matt Parker, and Steven D. Johnson
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2005)
September 2005, Edinburgh, UK.

Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms to Evolve Multi-Loop Control Programs
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Ramona Georgescu
Proceedings of the 2005 IEEE International Conference on Mechatronics and Automation (ICMA 2005)
July 2005, Niagara Falls, Ontario, Canada.

Evolution of Multi-Loop Controllers for Fixed Morphology with a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Ramona Georgescu
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2005)
June 2005, Washington, DC.

Evolving Gaits for Hexapod Robots Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms (link)
Gary B. Parker
International Journal of General Systems, Vol. 34, No. 3, June 2005, pp. 301-315.
Reprint available upon request (parker@conncoll.edu).

Modules in Emerging Fields
Volume 7: Data Mining
Academic Host - Gary Parker, Visiting Expert - Gregory Piatetsky, Director - Marc Zimmer
Educational CD-ROM, 2005.

Co-Evolving Team Capture Strategies for Dissimilar Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
H. Joseph Blumenthal and Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the AAAI 2004 Fall Symposium on Artificial Multiagent Learning
October 2004, Washington, DC.

Fitness Biasing to Produce Adaptive Gaits for Hexapod Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004)
September 2004 (pp. 2843-2848).

Competing Sample Sizes for the Co-Evolution of Heterogeneous Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and H. Joseph Blumenthal
Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2004)
September 2004 (pp. 1438-1443).

Partial Recombination for the Co-Evolution of Model Parameters
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2004)
June 2004 (pp. 2216-2223).

Varying Sample Sizes for the Co-Evolution of Heterogeneous Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and H. Joseph Blumenthal
Proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2004)
June 2004 (pp. 766-771).

Punctuated Anytime Learning for Evolving Multi-Agent Capture Strategies
(postscript) (pdf)
H. Joseph Blumenthal and Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2004)
June 2004 (pp. 1820-1827).

Cyclic Genetic Algorithms for Evolving Multi-Loop Control Programs
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Ivo I. Parashkevov, H. Joseph Blumenthal, and Terrence W. Guildman
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC 2004)
June 2004.

Continuous Power Supply for a Robot Colony
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Ramona Georgescu, and Kevin Northcutt
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC 2004)
June 2004.

Comparison of Sampling Sizes for the Co-Evolution of Cooperative Agents
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and H. Joseph Blumenthal
Proceedings of the 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003)
December 2003 (pp. 536-543).

Evolving Towers in a 3-Dimensional Simulated Environment
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, Andrey S. Anev, and Dejan Duzevik
Proceedings of the 2003 Congress on Evolutionary Computation (CEC 2003)
December 2003 (pp. 1137-1144).

Evolving Neural Networks for Hexapod Leg Controllers
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Zhiyi Li
Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003)
October 2003 (pp. 1376-1381).

Learning Adaptive Leg Cycles Using Fitness Biasing
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2003)
October 2003 (pp. 100-105).

Evolving Gaits for the Lynxmotion Hexapod II Robot
(postscript) (pdf)
David Toth and Gary Parker
Proceedings of the 7th World Multiconference on Systems, Cybernetics and Informatics (SCI 2003), Volume III
July 2003 (pp. 229-234).

Sampling the Nature of a Population: Punctuated Anytime Learning for Co-Evolving a Team
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and H. Joseph Blumenthal
Smart Engineering System Design: Neural Networks, Fuzzy Logic, Evolutionary Programming, Data Mining, and Complex Systems (ANNIE 2002)
November 2002 (pp. 207-212).

Punctuated Anytime Learning for Hexapod Gait Generation
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 2002 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS 2002)
October 2002 (pp. 2664-2671).

Learning Area Coverage Using the Co-Evolution of Model Parameters
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2002)
July 2002 (pp. 1286-1293).

Evolving Neural Network Controllers to Produce Leg Cycles for Gait Generation
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Zhiyi Li
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC2002), Volume 14, Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation and Control
June 2002 (pp. 540-546).

Punctuated Anytime Learning for Evolving a Team
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and H. Joseph Blumenthal
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC2002), Volume 14, Robotics, Manufacturing, Automation and Control
June 2002 (pp. 559-566).

Evolving Cyclic Control for a Hexapod Robot Performing Area Coverage
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of 2001 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA 2001)
August 2001 (pp. 561-566).

The Incremental Evolution of Gaits for Hexapod Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO 2001)
July 2001 (pp. 1114-1121).

Gait Evolution for a Hexapod Robot
(postscript) (pdf)
Karen J. Larochelle, Sarah E. Dashnaw, and Gary B. Parker
Awarded one of three SOCO/ISFI 2001 Best Paper Presented Awards.
Proceedings of the Fourth International Symposium on Soft Computing and Intelligent Systems for Industry (SOCO / ISFI 2001)
June 2001

Learning Control Cycles for Area Coverage with Cyclic Genetic Algorithms
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Advances in Fuzzy Systems and Evolutionary Computation. Proceedings of the 2nd WSES International Conference on Evolutionary Computation (EC '01)
February 2001 (pp. 283-289).

Co-Evolving Model Parameters for Anytime Learning in Evolutionary Robotics (ScienceDirect)
Gary B. Parker
Robotics and Autonomous Systems, Volume 33, Issue 1. 31 October 2000 (pp. 13-30).
Reprint available upon request (parker@conncoll.edu).

Evolving Leg Cycles to Produce Hexapod Gaits
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC2000), Volume 10, Robotic and Manufacturing Systems
June 2000 (pp. 250-255).

Punctuated Anytime Learning for Evolutionary Robotics
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Karen J. Larochelle
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC2000), Volume 10, Robotic and Manufacturing Systems
June 2000 (pp. 268-273).

The Co-Evolution of Model Parameters and Control Programs in Evolutionary Robotics
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Proceedings of the 1999 IEEE International Symposium on Computational Intelligence in Robotics and Automation (CIRA'99)
November 1999 (pp. 162-167).

Adaptive Hexapod Gait Control Using Anytime Learning with Fitness Biasing
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Jonathan W. Mills
Proceedings of the Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO'99)
July 1999 (pp. 519-524).

Generating Arachnid Robot Gaits with Cyclic Genetic Algorithms
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker
Genetic Programming 1998: Proceedings of the Third Annual Conference
July 1998 (pp. 576-583).

Locomotion Control Cycles Adapted for Disabilities in Hexapod Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Ingo Cyliax
Awarded the WAC'98 Best Paper Award for ISORA'98.
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC '98), Volume 7, Robotic and Manufacturing Systems
May 1998 (pp. 359-364).

Metachronal Wave Gait Generation for Hexapod Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Jonathan W. Mills
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC '98), Volume 7, Robotic and Manufacturing Systems
May 1998 (pp. 365-370).

Evolving Hexapod Gaits Using a Cyclic Genetic Algorithm
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker, David W. Braun, and Ingo Cyliax
Proceedings of the IASTED International Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Soft Computing (ASC'97)
July 1997 (pp. 141-144).

Learning Gaits for the Stiquito
(postscript) (pdf) (video at 2x speed)
Gary B. Parker, David W. Braun, and Ingo Cyliax
Proceedings of the 8th International Conference on Advanced Robotics (ICAR'97)
July 1997 (pp. 285-290).

Using Cyclic Genetic Algorithms to Reconfigure Hardware Controllers for Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Steven D. Johnson, Gary B Parker, Ingo Cyliax, and David Braun
Indiana University Computer Science Technical Report (TR)
Poster session at 1997 ACM/SIGDA Fifth International Symposium on Field-Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGA '97).
Monterey, California. 9-11 February 1997.

Cyclic Genetic Algorithms for the Locomotion of Hexapod Robots
(postscript) (pdf)
Gary B. Parker and Gregory J. E. Rawlins (rawlins@cs.indiana.edu)
Proceedings of the World Automation Congress (WAC '96), Volume 3, Robotic and Manufacturing Systems.
May 1996 (pp. 617-622).

Genetic Algorithms for the Development of Real-Time Multi-Heuristic Search Strategies
(postscript) (pdf)
Man-Tak Shing (mantak@cs.nps.navy.mil) and Gary B Parker
Proceedings of the Fifth International Conference on Genetic Algorithms.
July 1993 (pp. 565-572).

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