CALL FOR PAPERS ======================================================= Monte-Carlo Tree Search: Theory and Applications ICAPS 2011 Workshop http://icaps11.icaps-conference.org/workshops/mcts.html
Important Dates ====================================== Submission deadline: February 11, 2011 Author notification: March 11, 2011 Camera-ready version: March 25th, 2011 Workshop date: June 12th or 13th, 2011 Background ===================================================================== MCTS planners were developed to combat the curse of dimensionality in large state spaces and appear to have a different portfolio of strengths and weaknesses compared to traditional search methods. One example of an algorithm in this class, Upper Confidence applied to Trees (UCT), is credited with providing the foundations for new human-competitive Go-playing programs. The success in Go motivated further work on understanding the theoretical properties of MCTS algorithms. The success of this class of methods in real applications points towards the necessity of developing a better understanding of the type of inputs for which these algorithms perform well. The goal of this workshop is to understand the techniques that led to the breakthroughs in computer Go, leverage these gains in other domains and push forward the theoretical understanding of this probabilistic planning framework. The topics include (but are not limited to): -MCTS planning in MDPs and POMDPs. -MCTS planning in games (Go, RTS, etc.). -Exploration and exploitation in MCTS algorithms. -Bandit-algorithm foundations for MCTS. -Integration of learning and planning. -Representational aspects of MCTS algorithms. -Theoretical foundations of MCTS. -Open problems. -Innovative applications of MCTS algorithms. Submission ==================================================================== Work still in-progress is welcomed to the workshop in the form of position papers (which will be candidates for short, 5 minutes talks) while full-fledged research papers will be considered for long, 20 minutes talks (see submission procedure for details). The length of the papers should be 2 pages for position papers and 6 pages for research papers (including references). Organizing Committee ================================= Chris Mansley, Rutgers University Alan Fern, Oregon State University Sergiu Goschin, Rutgers University Michael Littman, Rutgers University _______________________________________________ Computer-go mailing list [email protected] http://dvandva.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/computer-go
