JAIR Award Winning Papers Track
This page includes award winning papers published in JAIR. The track is composed of recipients of the IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize as well as extended versions of award winning papers from select AI conferences. The specific award for each paper is indicated below.
Each entry in this table of contents provides links to an individual article and its appendices (if any):
Stéphane Airiau, Elise Bonzon, Ulle Endriss, Nicolas Maudet and Julien Rossit (2017) "Rationalisation of Profiles of Abstract Argumentation Frameworks: Characterisation and Complexity", Volume 60, pages 149-177
AAMAS 2016 Best Paper Award
Elaine Wah, Mason Wright and Michael P. Wellman (2017) "Welfare Effects of Market Making in Continuous Double Auctions", Volume 59, pages 613-650
AAMAS 2015 Pragnesh Jay Modi Best Student Paper Award
Sebastian Stein, Enrico H. Gerding, Adrian Nedea, Avi Rosenfeld and Nicholas R. Jennings (2017) "Market Interfaces for Electric Vehicle Charging", Volume 59, pages 175-227
The Best Innovative Applications Paper, AAMAS 2016
Tuan M. V. Le and Hady W. Lauw (2016) "Semantic Visualization with Neighborhood Graph Regularization", Volume 55, pages 1091-1133
AAAI 2014 Honorable Mention for Outstanding Paper
Aron Culotta, Nirmal Kumar Ravi and Jennifer Cutler (2016) "Predicting Twitter User Demographics using Distant Supervision from Website Traffic Data", Volume 55, pages 389-408
AAAI 2015 Outstanding Paper Honorable Mention
Haonan Yu, N. Siddharth, Andrei Barbu and Jeffrey Mark Siskind (2015) "A Compositional Framework for Grounding Language Inference, Generation, and Acquisition in Video", Volume 52, pages 601-713
ACL 2013 Best Paper Award
Piotr Faliszewski, Edith Hemaspaandra and Lane A. Hemaspaandra (2015) "Weighted Electoral Control", Volume 52, pages 507-542
AAMAS 2013 Best Paper Award Finalist
A. Adiga, C. J. Kuhlman, H. S. Mortveit and A. K. S. Vullikanti (2014) "Sensitivity of Diffusion Dynamics to Network Uncertainty", Volume 51, pages 207-226
AAAI 2013 Honorable Mention for Best Paper
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.4330
Appendix - Data Plots
D. D. Maua, C. P. de Campos, A. Benavoli and A. Antonucci (2014) "Probabilistic Inference in Credal Networks: New Complexity Results", Volume 50, pages 603-637
UAI 2013 Best Student Paper
E. Keyder, J. Hoffmann and P. Haslum (2014) "Improving Delete Relaxation Heuristics Through Explicitly Represented Conjunctions", Volume 50, pages 487-533
ICAPS 2012 Best Paper Award
J.R. Doppa, A. Fern and P. Tadepalli (2014) "HC-Search: A Learning Framework for Search-based Structured Prediction", Volume 50, pages 369-407
AAAI 2013 Outstanding Paper Award
F.M. Delle Fave, A.X. Jiang, Z. Yin, C. Zhang, M. Tambe, S. Kraus and J. P. Sullivan (2014) "Game-Theoretic Patrolling with Dynamic Execution Uncertainty and a Case Study on a Real Transit System", Volume 50, pages 321-367
AAMAS 2013 Best Paper Award Finalist
E. Bruni, N. K. Tran and M. Baroni (2014) "Multimodal Distributional Semantics", Volume 49, pages 1-47
2017 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
J. Velez, G. Hemann, A. S. Huang, I. Posner and N. Roy (2012) "Modelling Observation Correlations for Active Exploration and Robust Object Detection ", Volume 44, pages 423-453
ICAPS 2011 Best Student Paper
M. Fox, D. Long and D. Magazzeni (2012) "Plan-based Policies for Efficient Multiple Battery Load Management", Volume 44, pages 335-382
ICAPS 2011 Best Paper Award
A. J. Coles, A. I. Coles, M. Fox and D. Long (2012) "COLIN: Planning with Continuous Linear Numeric Change", Volume 44, pages 1-96
Honorable Mention for the 2017 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.3608
Appendix - Data Files
B. Cuenca Grau, B. Motik, G. Stoilos and I. Horrocks (2012) "Completeness Guarantees for Incomplete Ontology Reasoners: Theory and Practice", Volume 43, pages 419-476
AAAI 2010 Outstanding Paper Award
L. R. Planken, M. M. de Weerdt and R. P.J. van der Krogt (2012) "Computing All-Pairs Shortest Paths by Leveraging Low Treewidth", Volume 43, pages 353-388
ICAPS 2011 Honorable Mention for Best Student Paper
R. Huang, Y. Chen and W. Zhang (2012) "SAS+ Planning as Satisfiability", Volume 43, pages 293-328
AAAI 2010 Outstanding Paper Award
P. Vytelingum, T. D. Voice, S. D. Ramchurn, A. Rogers and N. R. Jennings (2011) "Theoretical and Practical Foundations of Large-Scale Agent-Based Micro-Storage in the Smart Grid", Volume 42, pages 765-813
AAMAS 2010 iRobot Best Paper Award, Honorable Mention for the 2016 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
D. Golovin and A. Krause (2011) "Adaptive Submodularity: Theory and Applications in Active Learning and Stochastic Optimization", Volume 42, pages 427-486
2013 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper
C. Geist and U. Endriss (2011) "Automated Search for Impossibility Theorems in Social Choice Theory: Ranking Sets of Objects", Volume 40, pages 143-174
2016 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
J. Veness, K.S. Ng, M. Hutter, W. Uther and D. Silver (2011) "A Monte-Carlo AIXI Approximation", Volume 40, pages 95-142
Honorable Mention for the 2014 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
S. Richter and M. Westphal (2010) "The LAMA Planner: Guiding Cost-Based Anytime Planning with Landmarks", Volume 39, pages 127-177
2015 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.2972
Appendix - Experimental Results
H. Palacios and H. Geffner (2009) "Compiling Uncertainty Away in Conformant Planning Problems with Bounded Width", Volume 35, pages 623-675
2012 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
A. Krause and C. Guestrin (2009) "Optimal Value of Information in Graphical Models", Volume 35, pages 557-591
Honorable Mention for the 2012 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.2737
Appendix 1 - Erratum | Appendix 2 - Original Version
E. Gabrilovich and S. Markovitch (2009) "Wikipedia-based Semantic Interpretation for Natural Language Processing", Volume 34, pages 443-498
2014 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
L. Xu, F. Hutter, H. H. Hoos and K. Leyton-Brown (2008) "SATzilla: Portfolio-based Algorithm Selection for SAT", Volume 32, pages 565-606
2010 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
S. P. Ponzetto and M. Strube (2007) "Knowledge Derived From Wikipedia For Computing Semantic Relatedness", Volume 30, pages 181-212
Honorable Mention for the 2010 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
N. Nisan and A. Ronen (2007) "Computationally Feasible VCG Mechanisms", Volume 29, pages 19-47
2011 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
M. Helmert (2006) "The Fast Downward Planning System", Volume 26, pages 191-246
Honorable Mention for the 2009 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.1705
Appendix - Experimental results
A. Fern, S. Yoon and R. Givan (2006) "Approximate Policy Iteration with a Policy Language Bias: Solving Relational Markov Decision Processes", Volume 25, pages 75-118
Honorable Mention for the 2011 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
G. Gottlob, G. Greco and F. Scarcello (2005) "Pure Nash Equilibria: Hard and Easy Games", Volume 24, pages 357-406
2008 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
P. Beame, H. Kautz and A. Sabharwal (2004) "Towards Understanding and Harnessing the Potential of Clause Learning", Volume 22, pages 319-351
Honorable Mention for the 2008 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | HTML | doi:10.1613/jair.1410
A. Felner, R. E. Korf and S. Hanan (2004) "Additive Pattern Database Heuristics", Volume 22, pages 279-318
Honorable Mention for the 2007 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
C. Boutilier, R. I. Brafman, C. Domshlak, H. H. Hoos and D. Poole (2004) "CP-nets: A Tool for Representing and Reasoning withConditional Ceteris Paribus Preference Statements", Volume 21, pages 135-191
2009 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
C. Guestrin, D. Koller, R. Parr and S. Venkataraman (2003) "Efficient Solution Algorithms for Factored MDPs", Volume 19, pages 399-468
2007 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
A. Darwiche and P. Marquis (2002) "A Knowledge Compilation Map", Volume 17, pages 229-264
2006 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
M. L. Ginsberg (2001) "GIB: Imperfect Information in a Computationally Challenging Game", Volume 14, pages 303-358
Honorable Mention for the 2006 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
J. Hoffmann and B. Nebel (2001) "The FF Planning System: Fast Plan Generation Through Heuristic Search", Volume 14, pages 253-302
2005 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | HTML | doi:10.1613/jair.855
Appendix 1 - PDDL files, raw data and experimental results (gzipped | Appendix 2 - Evaluation domains and instance generators | Appendix 3 - C code for FF-v2.2 as used in AIPS-2000 competition
T. G. Dietterich (2000) "Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with the MAXQ Value Function Decomposition", Volume 13, pages 227-303
2003 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
J. Cheng and M. J. Druzdzel (2000) "AIS-BN: An Adaptive Importance Sampling Algorithm for Evidential Reasoning in Large Bayesian Networks", Volume 13, pages 155-188
Honorable Mention for the 2005 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | HTML | doi:10.1613/jair.764
D. Fox, W. Burgard and S. Thrun (1999) "Markov Localization for Mobile Robots in Dynamic Environments", Volume 11, pages 391-427
Honorable Mention for the 2004 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | HTML | doi:10.1613/jair.616
Appendix - Movies
F. Ygge and H. Akkermans (1999) "Decentralized Markets versus Central Control: A Comparative Study", Volume 11, pages 301-333
2004 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
M. L. Littman, J. Goldsmith and Mundhenk M. (1998) "The Computational Complexity of Probabilistic Planning", Volume 9, pages 1-36
Honorable Mention for the 2003 IJCAI-JAIR Best Paper Prize
M. Tambe (1997) "Towards Flexible Teamwork", Volume 7, pages 83-124
2012 IFAAMAS Award for Influential Papers in Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
Abstract | PDF | PostScript | doi:10.1613/jair.433
Appendix -
M. P. Wellman (1993) "A Market-Oriented Programming Environment and its Application to Distributed Multicommodity Flow Problems", Volume 1, pages 1-23
2012 IFAAMAS Award for Influential Papers in Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
