Theses
Ferns, N. 2007. State-Similarity Metrics for Continuous Markov Decision Processes. Mcgill University. (PS) (PDF)
Ferns, N. 2003. Metrics for Markov Decision Processes. Mcgill University. (PS) (PDF)
Conference Publications
Ferns, N., Castro, P., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2006. Methods for Computing State Similarity in Markov Decision Processes. In Proceedings of the 22nd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Cambridge, MA, USA July 13 - 16, 2006). AUAI Press, Arlington, Virginia, 174-181. Acceptance rate 32%. (PS) (PDF)
Ferns, N., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2005. Metrics for Markov Decision Processes with Infinite State Spaces. In Proceedings of the 21st Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Edinburgh, Scotland, July 26 - 29, 2005). AUAI Press, Arlington, Virginia, 201-208. Acceptance rate 34%. (PS) (PDF)
Bouchard-Côté, A., Ferns, N., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2005. An Approximation Algorithm for Labelled Markov Processes: Towards Realistic Approximation. In Proceedings of the Second International Conference on the Quantitative Evaluation of Systems (QEST 05) (September 19 - 22, 2005). QEST. IEEE Computer Society, Washington, DC, 54-62. Acceptance rate 30%. (PS) (PDF)
Ferns, N., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2004. Metrics for Finite Markov Decision Processes. In Proceedings of the 20th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Banff, Canada, July 07 - 11, 2004). ACM International Conference Proceeding Series, vol. 70. AUAI Press, Arlington, Virginia, 162-169. Acceptance rate 30%. (PS) (PDF)
Conference Talks
Methods for Computing State Similarity in Markov Decision Processes. At the 22nd Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Cambridge, MA, USA July 13 - 16, 2006). Acceptance rate for plenary session 20%.
Metrics for Finite Markov Decision Processes. At the 20th Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Banff, Canada, July 07 - 11, 2004). Acceptance rate for plenary session 18%.
Poster Presentations
Ferns, N., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2005. Metrics for Markov Decision Processes with Infinite State Spaces. At the 21st Conference on Uncertainty in Artificial intelligence (Edinburgh, Scotland, July 26 - 29, 2005).
Ferns, N., Panangaden, P., and Precup, D. 2004. Metrics for Finite Markov Decision Processes. At the 19th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-04)(San Jose, California, USA, July 25 - 29, 2004).