@article{SchulteTiggesFoersterNikolovskietal.2022,
  author    = {Schulte-Tigges, Joschua and F{\"o}rster, Marco and Nikolovski, Gjorgji and Reke, Michael and Ferrein, Alexander and Kaszner, Daniel and Matheis, Dominik and Walter, Thomas},
  title     = {Benchmarking of various LiDAR sensors for use in self-driving vehicles in real-world environments},
  series = {Sensors},
  volume    = {22},
  journal   = {Sensors},
  number    = {19},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {1424-8220},
  doi       = {10.3390/s22197146},
  pages     = {20 Seiten},
  year      = {2022},
  abstract  = {Abstract In this paper, we report on our benchmark results of the LiDAR sensors Livox Horizon, Robosense M1, Blickfeld Cube, Blickfeld Cube Range, Velodyne Velarray H800, and Innoviz Pro. The idea was to test the sensors in different typical scenarios that were defined with real-world use cases in mind, in order to find a sensor that meet the requirements of self-driving vehicles. For this, we defined static and dynamic benchmark scenarios. In the static scenarios, both LiDAR and the detection target do not move during the measurement. In dynamic scenarios, the LiDAR sensor was mounted on the vehicle which was driving toward the detection target. We tested all mentioned LiDAR sensors in both scenarios, show the results regarding the detection accuracy of the targets, and discuss their usefulness for deployment in self-driving cars.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LimpertWiesenFerreinetal.2019,
  author    = {Limpert, Nicolas and Wiesen, Patrick and Ferrein, Alexander and Kallweit, Stephan and Schiffer, Stefan},
  title     = {The ROSIN Project and its Outreach to South Africa},
  series = {R\&D Journal},
  volume    = {35},
  journal   = {R\&D Journal},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{HofmannLimpertMatareetal.2018,
  author    = {Hofmann, Till and Limpert, Nicolas and Matar{\´e}, Victor and Sch{\"o}nitz, Sebastian and Niemueller, Tim and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {The Carologistics RoboCup Logistics Team 2018},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {The Carologistics team participates in the RoboCup Logistics League for the seventh year. The RCLL requires precise vision, manipulation and path planning, as well as complex high-level decision making and multi-robot coordination. We outline our approach with an emphasis on recent modifications to those components. The team members in 2018 are David Bosen, Christoph Gollok, Mostafa Gomaa, Daniel Habering, Till Hofmann, Nicolas Limpert, Sebastian Sch{\"o}nitz, Morian Sonnet, Carsten Stoffels, and Tarik Viehmann. This paper is based on the last year's team description.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{ClaerFerreinSchiffer2019,
  author    = {Claer, Mario and Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan},
  title     = {Calibration of a Rotating or Revolving Platform with a LiDAR Sensor},
  series = {Applied Sciences},
  volume    = {Volume 9},
  journal   = {Applied Sciences},
  number    = {issue 11, 2238},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2076-3417},
  doi       = {10.3390/app9112238},
  pages     = {18 Seiten},
  year      = {2019},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerrein2018,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {ERIKA—Early Robotics Introduction at Kindergarten Age},
  series = {Multimodal Technologies Interact},
  volume    = {2},
  journal   = {Multimodal Technologies Interact},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {MDPI},
  address   = {Basel},
  issn      = {2414-4088},
  doi       = {10.3390/mti2040064},
  pages     = {15},
  year      = {2018},
  abstract  = {In this work, we report on our attempt to design and implement an early introduction to basic robotics principles for children at kindergarten age. One of the main challenges of this effort is to explain complex robotics contents in a way that pre-school children could follow the basic principles and ideas using examples from their world of experience. What sets apart our effort from other work is that part of the lecturing is actually done by a robot itself and that a quiz at the end of the lesson is done using robots as well. The humanoid robot Pepper from Softbank, which is a great platform for human-robot interaction experiments, was used to present a lecture on robotics by reading out the contents to the children making use of its speech synthesis capability. A quiz in a Runaround-game-show style after the lecture activated the children to recap the contents they acquired about how mobile robots work in principle. In this quiz, two LEGO Mindstorm EV3 robots were used to implement a strongly interactive scenario. Besides the thrill of being exposed to a mobile robot that would also react to the children, they were very excited and at the same time very concentrated. We got very positive feedback from the children as well as from their educators. To the best of our knowledge, this is one of only few attempts to use a robot like Pepper not as a tele-teaching tool, but as the teacher itself in order to engage pre-school children with complex robotics contents.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerrein2016,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Decision-Theoretic Planning with Fuzzy Notions in GOLOG},
  series = {International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems},
  volume    = {24},
  journal   = {International Journal of Uncertainty, Fuzziness and Knowledge-Based Systems},
  number    = {Issue Suppl. 2},
  publisher = {World Scientific},
  address   = {Singapur},
  issn      = {1793-6411},
  doi       = {10.1142/S0218488516400134},
  pages     = {123 -- 143},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {In this paper we present an extension of the action language Golog that allows for using fuzzy notions in non-deterministic argument choices and the reward function in decision-theoretic planning. Often, in decision-theoretic planning, it is cumbersome to specify the set of values to pick from in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement. Also, even for domain experts, it is not always easy to specify a reward function. Instead of providing a finite domain for values in the non-deterministic-choice-of-argument statement in Golog, we now allow for stating the argument domain by simply providing a formula over linguistic terms and fuzzy uents. In Golog's forward-search DT planning algorithm, these formulas are evaluated in order to find the agent's optimal policy. We illustrate this in the Diner Domain where the agent needs to calculate the optimal serving order.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2016,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Looking back on 20 Years of RoboCup},
  series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  number    = {3-4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1610-1987},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13218-016-0443-y},
  pages     = {321 -- 323},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SteinbauerFerrein2016,
  author    = {Steinbauer, Gerald and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {20 Years of RoboCup},
  series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  number    = {3-4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1610-1987},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13218-016-0442-z},
  pages     = {221 -- 224},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2016,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {The Interplay of Aldebaran and RoboCup},
  series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  number    = {3-4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1610-1987},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13218-016-0440-1},
  pages     = {325 -- 326},
  year      = {2016},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerKarrasFerrein2017,
  author    = {Niemueller, Tim and Karras, Ulrich and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Meisterschaft der Maschinen: Die Industrial Logistic Liga},
  series = {C´t Magazin f{\"u}r Computertechnik},
  journal   = {C´t Magazin f{\"u}r Computertechnik},
  number    = {26},
  year      = {2017},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2016,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {20 Years of RoboCup - A Subjective Retrospection},
  series = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  volume    = {30},
  journal   = {KI - K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz},
  number    = {3},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1610-1987},
  doi       = {10.1007/s13218-016-0449-5},
  pages     = {225 -- 232},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {This summer, RoboCup competitions were held for the 20th time in Leipzig, Germany. It was the second time that RoboCup took place in Germany, 10 years after the 2006 RoboCup in Bremen. In this article, we give an overview on the latest developments of RoboCup and what happened in the different leagues over the last decade. With its 20th edition, RoboCup clearly is a success story and a role model for robotics competitions. From our personal view point, we acknowledge this by giving a retrospection about what makes RoboCup such a success.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferBooysenetal.2016,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Booysen, T. and Stopforth, R.},
  title     = {Why it is harder to run RoboCup in South Africa: Experiences from German South African collaborations},
  series = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  volume    = {13},
  journal   = {International Journal of Advanced Robotic Systems},
  number    = {5},
  issn      = {1729-8806},
  doi       = {10.1177/1729881416662789},
  pages     = {1 -- 13},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Robots are widely used as a vehicle to spark interest in science and technology in learners. A number of initiatives focus on this issue, for instance, the Roberta Initiative, the FIRST Lego League, the World Robot Olympiad and RoboCup Junior. Robotic competitions are valuable not only for school learners but also for university students, as the RoboCup initiative shows. Besides technical skills, the students get some project exposure and experience what it means to finish their tasks on time. But qualifying students for future high-tech areas should not only be for students from developed countries. In this article, we present our experiences with research and education in robotics within the RoboCup initiative, in Germany and South Africa; we report on our experiences with trying to get the RoboCup initiative in South Africa going. RoboCup has a huge support base of academic institutions in Germany; this is not the case in South Africa. We present our 'north-south' collaboration initiatives in RoboCup between Germany and South Africa and discuss some of the reasons why we think it is harder to run RoboCup in South Africa.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{LeingartnerMaurerFerreinetal.2016,
  author    = {Leingartner, Max and Maurer, Johannes and Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Evaluation of Sensors and Mapping Approaches for Disasters in Tunnels},
  series = {Journal of Field Robotics},
  volume    = {33},
  journal   = {Journal of Field Robotics},
  number    = {8},
  publisher = {Wiley-VCH},
  address   = {Weinheim},
  issn      = {1556-4967},
  doi       = {10.1002/rob.21611},
  pages     = {1037 -- 1057},
  year      = {2016},
  abstract  = {Ground or aerial robots equipped with advanced sensing technologies, such as three-dimensional laser scanners and advanced mapping algorithms, are deemed useful as a supporting technology for first responders. A great deal of excellent research in the field exists, but practical applications at real disaster sites are scarce. Many projects concentrate on equipping robots with advanced capabilities, such as autonomous exploration or object manipulation. In spite of this, realistic application areas for such robots are limited to teleoperated reconnaissance or search. In this paper, we investigate how well state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf components and algorithms are suited for reconnaissance in current disaster-relief scenarios. The basic idea is to make use of some of the most common sensors and deploy some widely used algorithms in a disaster situation, and to evaluate how well the components work for these scenarios. We acquired the sensor data from two field experiments, one from a disaster-relief operation in a motorway tunnel, and one from a mapping experiment in a partly closed down motorway tunnel. Based on these data, which we make publicly available, we evaluate state-of-the-art and off-the-shelf mapping approaches. In our analysis, we integrate opinions and replies from first responders as well as from some algorithm developers on the usefulness of the data and the limitations of the deployed approaches, respectively. We discuss the lessons we learned during the two missions. These lessons are interesting for the community working in similar areas of urban search and rescue, particularly reconnaissance and search.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2015,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Abstracting Away Low-Level Details in Service Robotics with Fuzzy Fluents},
  series = {Model-Driven Knowledge Engineering for Improved Software Modularity in Robotics and Automation. Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2015 Vienna, Austria, March 11-13, 2015.},
  journal   = {Model-Driven Knowledge Engineering for Improved Software Modularity in Robotics and Automation. Workshop at European Robotics Forum 2015 Vienna, Austria, March 11-13, 2015.},
  pages     = {1 -- 4},
  year      = {2015},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{AlhwarinFerreinScholl2014,
  author    = {Alhwarin, Faraj and Ferrein, Alexander and Scholl, Ingrid},
  title     = {IR stereo kinect: improving depth images by combining structured light with IR stereo},
  pages     = {1 -- 9},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Towards applying soccer moves in the RoboCup Standard Platform League},
  series = {{\"O}GAI-Journal},
  volume    = {Bd. 27},
  journal   = {{\"O}GAI-Journal},
  number    = {H. 3},
  organization    = {{\"O}sterreichische Gesellschaft f{\"u}r Artificial Intelligence},
  issn      = {0254-4326},
  pages     = {4 -- 9},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2004,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Autonome Entscheidungsfindung bei Robotern : Planwirtschaft},
  series = {Linux-Magazin},
  journal   = {Linux-Magazin},
  number    = {7},
  issn      = {1432-640X (Print)},
  pages     = {50 -- 53},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauerMcPhillipsetal.2009,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald and McPhillips, Graeme and Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Potgieter, Anet},
  title     = {Team Zadeat 2009 : team report},
  volume    = {6},
  pages     = {1},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinNiemuellerSteinbauer2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Team Zadeat 2010 : application for participation},
  pages     = {5 Seiten},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BeckBuchleitnerFerreinetal.2014,
  author    = {Beck, Daniel and Buchleitner, Martin and Ferrein, Alexander and Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Mostly Harmless \& AllemaniACs - mixed innovations},
  pages     = {1 -- 8},
  year      = {2014},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{VorstFerreinLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Vorst, Phillip and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {AllemaniACs3D team description},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauerMcPhillipsetal.2007,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald and McPhillips, Graeme and Potgieter, Anet},
  title     = {Establishing the RoboCup Standard League in Africa - applying for the RoboCup Standard League with a German-Austrian-South African Research Project},
  pages     = {1 -- 5},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauerMcPhillipsetal.2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald and McPhillips, Graeme and Potgieter, Anet},
  title     = {RoboCup Standard Platform League - Team Zadeat : an intercontinental research effort},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerLakemeyerFerreinetal.2013,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and Ferrein, Alexander and Reuter, S. and Ewert, D. and Jeschke, S. and Pensky, D. and Karras, Ulrich},
  title     = {Proposal for advancements to the LLSF in 2014 and beyond},
  pages     = {Publ. online},
  year      = {2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinMeyer2012,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Meyer, Thomas},
  title     = {A Brief Overview of Artificial Intelligence in South Africa},
  series = {AI Magazine},
  volume    = {33},
  journal   = {AI Magazine},
  number    = {1},
  publisher = {AAAI},
  address   = {Menlo Park},
  issn      = {0738-4602},
  doi       = {10.1609/aimag.v33i1.2357},
  pages     = {99 -- 101},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {South Africa in recent years is the establishment of a number of research hubs involved in AI activities ranging from mobile robotics and computational intelligence, to knowledge representation and reasoning, and human language technologies. In this survey we take the reader through a quick tour of the research being conducted at these hubs, and touch on an initiative to maintain and extend the current level of interest in AI research in the country.},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RensFerrein2013,
  author    = {Rens, Gavin and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Belief-node condensation for online POMDP algorithms},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {New York},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2013},
  abstract  = {Slightly extended version of the paper accepted at the Robotics and Artificial Intelligence Workshop, a special track of IEEE AFRICON-2013, held in Mauritius, 9-12 September 2013},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2012,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Caesar: an intelligent domestic service robot},
  series = {Intelligent service robotics},
  volume    = {5},
  journal   = {Intelligent service robotics},
  number    = {4},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  issn      = {1861-2776},
  doi       = {10.1007/s11370-012-0118-y},
  pages     = {259 -- 276},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {In this paper we present CAESAR, an intelligent domestic service robot. In domestic settings for service robots complex tasks have to be accomplished. Those tasks benefit from deliberation, from robust action execution and from flexible methods for human-robot interaction that account for qualitative notions used in natural language as well as human fallibility. Our robot CAESAR deploys AI techniques on several levels of its system architecture. On the low-level side, system modules for localization or navigation make, for instance, use of path-planning methods, heuristic search, and Bayesian filters. For face recognition and human-machine interaction, random trees and well-known methods from natural language processing are deployed. For deliberation, we use the robot programming and plan language READYLOG, which was developed for the high-level control of agents and robots; it allows combining programming the behaviour using planning to find a course of action. READYLOG is a variant of the robot programming language Golog. We extended READYLOG to be able to cope with qualitative notions of space frequently used by humans, such as "near" and "far". This facilitates human-robot interaction by bridging the gap between human natural language and the numerical values needed by the robot. Further, we use READYLOG to increase the flexible interpretation of human commands with decision-theoretic planning. We give an overview of the different methods deployed in CAESAR and show the applicability of a system equipped with these AI techniques in domestic service robotics},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinMaraisPotgieteretal.2011,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Marais, Stephen and Potgieter, Anet and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {RoboCup Junior: A vehicle for S\&T education in Africa?},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {New York},
  isbn      = {978-1-61284-992-8},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinRensMeyeretal.2011,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Rens, Gavin and Meyer, Thomas and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {A Logic for Specifying Partially Observable Stochastic Domains / Rens, Gavin ; Meyer, Thomas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop pn non-Monotonic Reasoning, Action and Change (NRAC`11)},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the Ninth International Workshop pn non-Monotonic Reasoning, Action and Change (NRAC`11)},
  pages     = {15 -- 22},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {golog.lua: Towards a Non-Prolog Implementation of Golog for Embedded Systems},
  pages     = {20 -- 28},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{BooysenRiegerFerrein2011,
  author    = {Booysen, Tracy and Rieger, Michael and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Towards inexpensive robots for science \& technology teaching and education in Africa},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {New York},
  isbn      = {978-1-61284-992-8},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {golog.lua: Towards a Non-Prolog Implementation of Golog for Embedded Systems},
  series = {Cognitive Robotics / Lakemeyer, Gerhard (ed.)},
  journal   = {Cognitive Robotics / Lakemeyer, Gerhard (ed.)},
  pages     = {1 -- 15},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinFritzLakemeyer2003,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Fritz, Christian and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Extending DTGOLOG with Options / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {IJCAI-03, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-15, 2003},
  journal   = {IJCAI-03, Proceedings of the Eighteenth International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Acapulco, Mexico, August 9-15, 2003},
  pages     = {1391 -- 1393},
  year      = {2003},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinDyllaLakemeyer2003,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Dylla, Frank and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Specifying Multirobot Coordination in ICPGolog - From Simulation towards Real Robots / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2003},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinDyllaLakemeyer2002,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Dylla, Frank and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Acting and Deliberating using Golog in Robotic Soccer - A Hybrid Architecture / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Proc. 3rd International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob 2002)},
  journal   = {Proc. 3rd International Cognitive Robotics Workshop (CogRob 2002)},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2002},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinFritzLakemeyer2004,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Fritz, Christian and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {On-Line Decision-Theoretic Golog for Unpredictable Domains / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 27th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2004, Ulm, Germany, September 20-24, 2004. Proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2004: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 27th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2004, Ulm, Germany, September 20-24, 2004. Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  pages     = {322 -- 336},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2004,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Planwirtschaft},
  series = {Linux Magazin (2004)},
  journal   = {Linux Magazin (2004)},
  isbn      = {1432-640X},
  pages     = {50 -- 53},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{Ferrein2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Specifying Soccer Moves with Golog},
  series = {Book of abstracts : Cologne, 15 - 17 September 2004 / 1st International Working Conference IT and Sport \& 5th conference DVS-Section Computer Science in Sport},
  journal   = {Book of abstracts : Cologne, 15 - 17 September 2004 / 1st International Working Conference IT and Sport \& 5th conference DVS-Section Computer Science in Sport},
  publisher = {German Sport Univ.},
  address   = {K{\"o}ln},
  isbn      = {3-00-014576-1},
  pages     = {161 -- 165},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinFritzLakemeyer2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Fritz, Christian and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Using Golog for Deliberation and Team Coordination in Robotic Soccer / Ferrein, Alexander ; Fritz, Christian ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 19 (2005), H. 1},
  journal   = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 19 (2005), H. 1},
  isbn      = {0933-1875},
  pages     = {24 -- 30},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinLakemeyer2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Wie Roboter die Welt sehen : Roboterfußball im Dienst der Wissenschaft / Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Bild und Erkenntnis : Formen und Funktionen des Bildes in Wissenschaft und Technik / RWTH. Andreas Beyer ; Markus Lohoff (Hrsg.)},
  journal   = {Bild und Erkenntnis : Formen und Funktionen des Bildes in Wissenschaft und Technik / RWTH. Andreas Beyer ; Markus Lohoff (Hrsg.)},
  publisher = {Deutscher Kunstverlag},
  address   = {M{\"u}nchen},
  isbn      = {3-422-06463-X},
  pages     = {360 -- 361},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{FerreinKonurLakemeyer2004,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Konur, Savas and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Learning Decision Trees for Action Selection in Soccer Agents / Konur, Savas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  pages     = {1 -- 7},
  year      = {2004},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinJacobsLakemeyer2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Jacobs, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Controlling Unreal Tournament 2004 Bots with the logic-based action language Golog / Jacobs, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Proceedings of the First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE).},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the First AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment (AIIDE).},
  pages     = {151 -- 152},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinDyllaLakemeyeretal.2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Dylla, Frank and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and Murray, Jan},
  title     = {Towards a League-Independent Qualitative Soccer Theory for RoboCup / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard ; Murray, Jan ; Obst, Oliver ; R{\"o}fer, Thomas ; Stolzenburg, Frieder ; Visser, Ubbo},
  series = {RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII / Daniele Nardi ... (ed.).},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2004: Robot Soccer World Cup VIII / Daniele Nardi ... (ed.).},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-25046-8},
  pages     = {611 -- 618},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinJacobsLakemeyer2005,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Jacobs, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Unreal Golog Bots / Jacobs, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {IJCAI-05 Workshop on Reasoning, Representation, and Learning in Computer Games},
  journal   = {IJCAI-05 Workshop on Reasoning, Representation, and Learning in Computer Games},
  pages     = {31 -- 36},
  year      = {2005},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinStrackLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Strack, Andreas and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Laser-Based Localization with Sparse Landmarks / Strack, Andreas ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-35437-6},
  pages     = {569 -- 576},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Qualitative World Models for Soccer Robots / Schiffer, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Qualitative constraint calculi : application and integration ; KI 2006, 14 - 19 June 2006, Bremen, Germany ; 29th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; workshop / Stefan W{\"o}lfl ... (eds.)},
  journal   = {Qualitative constraint calculi : application and integration ; KI 2006, 14 - 19 June 2006, Bremen, Germany ; 29th Annual German Conference on Artificial Intelligence ; workshop / Stefan W{\"o}lfl ... (eds.)},
  publisher = {Univ.},
  address   = {Bremen},
  isbn      = {3-88722-666-6},
  pages     = {3 -- 14},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinCalmesLakemeyeretal.2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Calmes, Laurent and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and Wagner, Hermann},
  title     = {Von Schleiereulen und fussballspielenden Robotern / Calmes, Laurent ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard ; Wagner, Hermann},
  series = {RWTH Themen (2006)},
  journal   = {RWTH Themen (2006)},
  isbn      = {0179-079X},
  pages     = {30 -- 33},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Football is coming Home / Schiffer, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {PCAR '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on Practical cognitive agents and robots},
  journal   = {PCAR '06 Proceedings of the 2006 international symposium on Practical cognitive agents and robots},
  publisher = {ACM},
  address   = {New York, NY},
  isbn      = {1-74052-130-7},
  pages     = {39 -- 50},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Roboterfußball - Wissenschaft, die auch Spass macht / Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {RWTH Themen (2006)},
  journal   = {RWTH Themen (2006)},
  isbn      = {0179-079X},
  pages     = {36 -- 39},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {de}
}
@article{FerreinBeckLakemeyer2007,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Beck, Daniel and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {A Simulation Environment for Middle-Size Robots with Multi-level Abstraction / Beck, Daniel ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2007: Robot Soccer World Cup XI},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-68846-4},
  pages     = {136 -- 147},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinBoehnstedtLakemeyer2007,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and B{\"o}hnstedt, Lutz and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Options in readylog reloaded -- generating decision-theoretic plan libraries in golog / B{\"o}hnstedt, Lutz ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2007: advances in artificial intelligence : 30th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2007, Osnabr{\"u}ck, Germany, September 10 - 13, 2007 ; proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2007: advances in artificial intelligence : 30th Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2007, Osnabr{\"u}ck, Germany, September 10 - 13, 2007 ; proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-74564-8},
  pages     = {352 -- 366},
  year      = {2007},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinHermannsLakemeyer2006,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Hermanns, Lutz and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Comparing Sensor Fusion Techniques for Ball Position Estimation / Ferrein, Alexander ; Hermanns, Lutz ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2005: Robot Soccer World Cup IX},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-35437-6},
  pages     = {154 -- 165},
  year      = {2006},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinDyllaLakemeyeretal.2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Dylla, Frank and Lakemeyer, Gerhard and Murray, Jan},
  title     = {Approaching a formal soccer theory from behaviour specifications in robotic soccer / Dylla, Frank ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard ; Murray, Jan ; Obst, Oliver ; R{\"o}fer, Thomas ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Stolzenburg, Frieder ; Visser, Ubbo ; Wagner, Tho},
  series = {Computers in sport / editors: P Dabnichki},
  journal   = {Computers in sport / editors: P Dabnichki},
  publisher = {WIT Press},
  address   = {Southampton},
  isbn      = {978-1-8456-4064-4},
  pages     = {161 -- 185},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Logic-based robot control in highly dynamic domains / Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 56 (2008), H. 11},
  journal   = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems. 56 (2008), H. 11},
  isbn      = {0921-8890},
  pages     = {980 -- 991},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinMiesLakemeyer2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Mies, Christoph and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Repairing Decision-Theoretic Policies Using Goal-Oriented Planning / Mies, Christoph ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 31st Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings},
  journal   = {KI 2008: Advances in Artificial Intelligence : 31st Annual German Conference on AI, KI 2008, Kaiserslautern, Germany, September 23-26, 2008. Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-540-85844-7},
  pages     = {267 -- 275},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinJacobsSchifferetal.2009,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Jacobs, Stefan and Schiffer, Stefan and Beck, Daniel},
  title     = {Robust Collision Avoidance in Unknown Domestic Environments / Jacobs, Stefan ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Beck, Daniel ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {ROBOCUP 2009: ROBOT SOCCER WORLD CUP XIII},
  journal   = {ROBOCUP 2009: ROBOT SOCCER WORLD CUP XIII},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  pages     = {116 -- 127},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferLakemeyer2008,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {A Fuzzy Set Semantics for Qualitative Fluents in the Situation Calculus / Ferrein, Alexander ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {Intelligent Robotics and Applications : First International Conference, ICIRA 2008 Wuhan, China, October 15-17, 2008 Proceedings, Part I},
  journal   = {Intelligent Robotics and Applications : First International Conference, ICIRA 2008 Wuhan, China, October 15-17, 2008 Proceedings, Part I},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  pages     = {498 -- 509},
  year      = {2008},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSchifferLakemeyer2009,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Schiffer, Stefan and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Embedding fuzzy controllers in golog / Ferrein, Alexander ; Schiffer, Stefan ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 2009. FUZZ-IEEE 2009},
  journal   = {IEEE International Conference on Fuzzy Systems, 2009. FUZZ-IEEE 2009},
  publisher = {IEEE},
  address   = {New York},
  isbn      = {978-1-4244-3596-8},
  pages     = {894 -- 899},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinBeckLakemeyer2009,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Beck, Daniel and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Landmark-Based Representations for Navigating Holonomic Soccer Robots / Beck, Daniel ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  series = {RoboCup 2008 : robot soccer world cup XII / Luca Iocchi ... (eds.)},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2008 : robot soccer world cup XII / Luca Iocchi ... (eds.)},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Heidelberg},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-02921-9},
  pages     = {25 -- 36},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinRensPoel2009,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Rens, Gavin and Poel, Etienne van der},
  title     = {A BDI agent architecture for a POMDP planner / Rens, Gavin ; Ferrein, Alexander ; Poel, Etienne van der},
  pages     = {1 -- 6},
  year      = {2009},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauer2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {On the Way to High-Level Programming for Resource-Limited Embedded Systems with Golog},
  series = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  journal   = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  pages     = {229 -- 240},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{Ferrein2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Robot controllers for highly dynamic environments with real-time constraints},
  series = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 24 (2010), H. 2},
  journal   = {K{\"u}nstliche Intelligenz : KI. 24 (2010), H. 2},
  isbn      = {1610-1987},
  pages     = {175 -- 178},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{RensVarzinczakMeyeretal.2010,
  author    = {Rens, Gavin and Varzinczak, Ivan and Meyer, Thomas and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {A Logic for Reasoning about Actions and Explicit Observations},
  series = {AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010. Proceedings},
  journal   = {AI 2010: Advances in Artificial Intelligence 23rd Australasian Joint Conference, Adelaide, Australia, December 7-10, 2010. Proceedings},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-17431-5},
  pages     = {395 -- 404},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerFerreinBecketal.2010,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ferrein, Alexander and Beck, Daniel and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Design Principles of the Component-Based Robot Software Framework Fawkes},
  series = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  journal   = {Simulation, Modeling, and Programming for Autonomous Robots},
  pages     = {300 -- 311},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerFerreinLakemeyer2010,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {A Lua-based Behavior Engine for Controlling the Humanoid Robot Nao},
  series = {RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2009: Robot Soccer World Cup XIII},
  pages     = {240 -- 251},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSiebelSteinbauer2010,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Siebel, Nils T. and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Hybrid control for autonomous systems — Integrating learning, deliberation and reactive control},
  series = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
  volume    = {58},
  journal   = {Robotics and Autonomous Systems},
  number    = {9},
  isbn      = {0921-8890},
  pages     = {1037 -- 1038},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{NiemuellerFerreinEckeletal.2011,
  author    = {Niem{\"u}ller, Tim and Ferrein, Alexander and Eckel, Gerhard and Pirro, David and Podbregar, Patrick and Kellner, Tobias and Rath, Christoph and Steinbauer, Gerald},
  title     = {Providing Ground-truth Data for the Nao Robot Platform},
  series = {RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV},
  journal   = {RoboCup 2010: Robot Soccer World Cup XIV},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {978-3-642-20217-9},
  pages     = {133 -- 144},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2010,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  series = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the Fourth International Conference on Intelligent Robotics and Applications (ICIRA 2011)},
  pages     = {1 -- 10},
  year      = {2010},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{GspandlPillReipetal.2011,
  author    = {Gspandl, Stephan and Pill, Ingo and Reip, Michael and Steinbauer, Gerald and Ferrein, Alexander},
  title     = {Belief Management for High-Level Robot Programs},
  series = {Proceedings of the Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence [electronic resource] : Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 16 - 22 July 2011 / sponsored by International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Ed. by Toby Walsh},
  journal   = {Proceedings of the Twenty-Second International Joint Conference on Artificial Intelligence [electronic resource] : Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain, 16 - 22 July 2011 / sponsored by International Joint Conferences on Artificial Intelligence (IJCAI) and the Association for the Advancement of Artificial Intelligence (AAAI). Ed. by Toby Walsh},
  pages     = {900 -- 905},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{SchifferFerreinLakemeyer2011,
  author    = {Schiffer, Stefan and Ferrein, Alexander and Lakemeyer, Gerhard},
  title     = {Reasoning with Qualitative Positional Information for Domestic Domains in the Situation Calculus},
  series = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems},
  volume    = {63},
  journal   = {Journal of Intelligent \& Robotic Systems},
  number    = {2},
  publisher = {Springer},
  address   = {Berlin},
  isbn      = {0921-0296},
  pages     = {273 -- 300},
  year      = {2011},
  language  = {en}
}
@article{FerreinSteinbauerVassos2012,
  author    = {Ferrein, Alexander and Steinbauer, Gerald and Vassos, Stavros},
  title     = {Action-Based Imperative Programming with YAGI},
  pages     = {24 -- 31},
  year      = {2012},
  abstract  = {Many tasks for autonomous agents or robots are best described by a specification of the environment and a specification of the available actions the agent or robot can perform. Combining such a specification with the possibility to imperatively program a robot or agent is what we call the actionbased imperative programming. One of the most successful such approaches is Golog. In this paper, we draft a proposal for a new robot programming language YAGI, which is based on the action-based imperative programming paradigm. Our goal is to design a small, portable stand-alone YAGI interpreter. We combine the benefits of a principled domain specification with a clean, small and simple programming language, which does not exploit any side-effects from the implementation language. We discuss general requirements of action-based programming languages and outline YAGI, our action-based language approach which particularly aims at embeddability.},
  language  = {en}
}