Publications

2025

1. NeurIPS

   Multi-Environment POMDPs: Discrete Model Uncertainty Under Partial Observability

   Eline M. Bovy, Caleb Probine, Marnix Suilen, Ufuk Topcu, and Nils Jansen

   In NeurIPS 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{mepomdpnips25,
     author = {Bovy, Eline M. and Probine, Caleb and Suilen, Marnix and Topcu, Ufuk and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Multi-Environment {POMDP}s: Discrete Model Uncertainty Under Partial Observability},
     booktitle = {{NeurIPS}},
     year = {2025},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

2. NeurIPS

   On Evaluating Policies for Robust POMDPs

   Merlijn Krale, Eline M. Bovy, Maris F. L. Galesloot, Thiago D. Simão, and Nils Jansen

   In NeurIPS 2025

   Bib Code

   @inproceedings{rpomdpnips25,
     author = {Krale, Merlijn and Bovy, Eline M. and Galesloot, Maris F. L. and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {On Evaluating Policies for Robust {POMDP}s},
     booktitle = {{NeurIPS}},
     year = {2025},
   }

3. ECAI

   Pessimistic Iterative Planning with RNNs for Robust POMDPs

   Maris F. L. Galesloot, Marnix Suilen, Thiago D. Simão, Steven Carr, Matthijs T. J. Spaan, and 2 more authors

   In ECAI 2025

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{GaleslootPIP25,
     author = {Galesloot, Maris F. L. and Suilen, Marnix and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Carr, Steven and Spaan, Matthijs T. J. and Topcu, Ufuk and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Pessimistic Iterative Planning with {RNN}s for Robust {POMDP}s},
     booktitle = {{ECAI}},
     series = {Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications},
     year = {2025},
     volume = {413},
     pages = {4823--4831},
     publisher = {{IOS} Press},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

4. VMCAI

   1-2-3-Go! Policy Synthesis for Parameterized Markov Decision Processes via Decision-Tree Learning and Generalization

   Muqsit Azeem, Debraj Chakraborty, Sudeep Kanav, Jan Kretı́nský, MohammadSadegh Mohagheghi, and 2 more authors

   In VMCAI (2) 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/vmcai/AzeemCKKMMW25,
     author = {Azeem, Muqsit and Chakraborty, Debraj and Kanav, Sudeep and Kret{\'{\i}}nsk{\'{y}}, Jan and Mohagheghi, MohammadSadegh and Mohr, Stefanie and Weininger, Maximilian},
     title = {1-2-3-Go! Policy Synthesis for Parameterized Markov Decision Processes
                       via Decision-Tree Learning and Generalization},
     booktitle = {{VMCAI} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {15530},
     pages = {97--120},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2025},
   }

5. TACAS

   Fixed Point Certificates for Reachability and Expected Rewards in MDPs

   Krishnendu Chatterjee, Tim Quatmann, Maximilian Schäffeler, Maximilian Weininger, Tobias Winkler, and 1 more author

   In TACAS (2) 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tacas/ChatterjeeQSWWZ25,
     author = {Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Quatmann, Tim and Sch{\"{a}}ffeler, Maximilian and Weininger, Maximilian and Winkler, Tobias and Zilken, Daniel},
     title = {Fixed Point Certificates for Reachability and Expected Rewards in
                       MDPs},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {15697},
     pages = {130--151},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2025},
   }

6. TACAS

   Sound Statistical Model Checking for Probabilities and Expected Rewards

   Carlos E. Budde, Arnd Hartmanns, Tobias Meggendorfer, Maximilian Weininger, and Patrick Wienhöft

   In TACAS (1) 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tacas/BuddeHMWW25,
     author = {Budde, Carlos E. and Hartmanns, Arnd and Meggendorfer, Tobias and Weininger, Maximilian and Wienh{\"{o}}ft, Patrick},
     title = {Sound Statistical Model Checking for Probabilities and Expected Rewards},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {15696},
     pages = {167--190},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2025},
   }

7. AAAI

   Solving Robust Markov Decision Processes: Generic, Reliable, Efficient

   Tobias Meggendorfer, Maximilian Weininger, and Patrick Wienhöft

   In AAAI 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/MeggendorferWW25,
     author = {Meggendorfer, Tobias and Weininger, Maximilian and Wienh{\"{o}}ft, Patrick},
     title = {Solving Robust Markov Decision Processes: Generic, Reliable, Efficient},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     pages = {26631--26641},
     publisher = {{AAAI} Press},
     year = {2025},
   }

8. IJCAI

   Robust Finite-Memory Policy Gradients for Hidden-Model POMDPs

   Maris F. L. Galesloot, Roman Andriushchenko, Milan Češka, Sebastian Junges, and Nils Jansen

   In IJCAI 2025

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcai/GaleslootA0J025,
     author = {Galesloot, Maris F. L. and Andriushchenko, Roman and \v{C}e\v{s}ka, Milan and Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Robust Finite-Memory Policy Gradients for Hidden-Model POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     pages = {8518--8526},
     publisher = {ijcai.org},
     year = {2025},
   }

9. ICLR

   Safety-Prioritizing Curricula for Constrained Reinforcement Learning

   Cevahir Koprulu, Thiago D. Simão, Ufuk Topcu, and Nils Jansen

   In International Conference on Learning Representations 2025

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{Cevahir2025Safety,
     title = {{Safety-Prioritizing Curricula for Constrained Reinforcement Learning}},
     author = {Koprulu, Cevahir and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Topcu, Ufuk and Jansen, Nils},
     year = {2025},
     booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

10. AAMAS

    Tighter Value-Function Approximations for POMDPs

    Merlijn Krale, Wietze Koops, Sebastian Junges Thiago D. Simão, and Nils Jansen

    In International Conference on Autonomous and Multiagent Systems 2025

    arXiv Bib Code

    @inproceedings{Krale2025Tighter,
      title = {{Tighter Value-Function Approximations for POMDPs}},
      author = {Krale, Merlijn and Koops, Wietze and Sim{\~{a}}o, Sebastian Junges Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils},
      year = {2025},
      booktitle = {International Conference on Autonomous and Multiagent Systems},
      keywords = {reviewed,conference}
    }

11. ICLR

    Robust Transfer of Safety-Constrained Reinforcement Learning Agents

    Markel Zubia, Thiago D. Simão, and Nils Jansen

    In International Conference on Learning Representations 2025

    Bib Code

    @inproceedings{Markel2025Robust,
      title = {{Robust Transfer of Safety-Constrained Reinforcement Learning Agents}},
      author = {Zubia, Markel and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils},
      year = {2025},
      booktitle = {International Conference on Learning Representations},
      keywords = {reviewed,conference}
    }

12. LICS

    Risk-aware Markov Decision Processes Using Cumulative Prospect Theory

    Thomas Brihaye, Krishnendu Chatterjee, Stefanie Mohr, and Maximilian Weininger

    In LICS 2025

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/lics/BrihayeCMW25,
      author = {Brihaye, Thomas and Chatterjee, Krishnendu and Mohr, Stefanie and Weininger, Maximilian},
      title = {Risk-aware Markov Decision Processes Using Cumulative Prospect Theory},
      booktitle = {{LICS}},
      pages = {458--471},
      publisher = {{IEEE}},
      year = {2025},
      doi = {10.1109/LICS65433.2025.00041},
    }

13. LICS

    Stopping Criteria for Value Iteration on Concurrent Stochastic Reachability and Safety Games

    Marta Grobelna, Jan Kretı́nský, and Maximilian Weininger

    In LICS 2025

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/lics/GrobelnaKW25,
      author = {Grobelna, Marta and Kret{\'{\i}}nsk{\'{y}}, Jan and Weininger, Maximilian},
      title = {Stopping Criteria for Value Iteration on Concurrent Stochastic Reachability
                        and Safety Games},
      booktitle = {LICS},
      pages = {568--580},
      publisher = {{IEEE}},
      year = {2025},
      doi = {10.1109/LICS65433.2025.00049},
    }

14. QEST

    Statistical Model Checking Beyond Means: Quantiles, CVaR, and the DKW Inequality

    Carlos E. Budde, Arnd Hartmanns, Tobias Meggendorfer, Maximilian Weininger, and Patrick Wienhöft

    In Quantitative Evaluation of Systems and Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems - Second International Joint Conference, QEST+FORMATS 2025, Aarhus, Denmark, August 26-28, 2025, Proceedings 2025

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/qestformats/BuddeHMWW25,
      author = {Budde, Carlos E. and Hartmanns, Arnd and Meggendorfer, Tobias and Weininger, Maximilian and Wienh{\"{o}}ft, Patrick},
      editor = {Prabhakar, Pavithra and Vandin, Andrea},
      title = {Statistical Model Checking Beyond Means: Quantiles, CVaR, and the
                        {DKW} Inequality},
      booktitle = {Quantitative Evaluation of Systems and Formal Modeling and Analysis
                        of Timed Systems - Second International Joint Conference, {QEST+FORMATS}
                        2025, Aarhus, Denmark, August 26-28, 2025, Proceedings},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      volume = {16143},
      pages = {83--94},
      publisher = {Springer},
      year = {2025},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-05792-1\_5},
    }

15. QEST

    What Are the Odds? Improving Statistical Model Checking of Markov Decision Processes

    Tobias Meggendorfer, Maximilian Weininger, and Patrick Wienhöft

    In Quantitative Evaluation of Systems and Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems - Second International Joint Conference, QEST+FORMATS 2025, Aarhus, Denmark, August 26-28, 2025, Proceedings 2025

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/qestformats/MeggendorferWW25,
      author = {Meggendorfer, Tobias and Weininger, Maximilian and Wienh{\"{o}}ft, Patrick},
      editor = {Prabhakar, Pavithra and Vandin, Andrea},
      title = {What Are the Odds? Improving Statistical Model Checking of Markov
                        Decision Processes},
      booktitle = {Quantitative Evaluation of Systems and Formal Modeling and Analysis
                        of Timed Systems - Second International Joint Conference, {QEST+FORMATS}
                        2025, Aarhus, Denmark, August 26-28, 2025, Proceedings},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      volume = {16143},
      pages = {195--218},
      publisher = {Springer},
      year = {2025},
      doi = {10.1007/978-3-032-05792-1\_11},
    }

2024

1. Robust Markov Decision Processes: A Place Where AI and Formal Methods Meet

   Marnix Suilen, Thom Badings, Eline M. Bovy, David Parker, and Nils Jansen

   Principles of Verification: Cycling the Probabilistic Landscape: Essays Dedicated to Joost-Pieter Katoen on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, Part III 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @article{Suilen2024RMDP,
     title = {{Robust Markov Decision Processes: A Place Where AI and Formal Methods Meet}},
     author = {Suilen, Marnix and Badings, Thom and Bovy, Eline M. and Parker, David and Jansen, Nils},
     year = {2024},
     editor = {Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Kaminski, Benjamin Lucien and Matheja, Christoph and Noll, Thomas and Quatmann, Tim and Stoelinga, Mari{\"e}lle and Volk, Matthias},
     journal = {Principles of Verification: Cycling the Probabilistic Landscape: Essays Dedicated to Joost-Pieter Katoen on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday, Part III},
     publisher = {Springer Nature Switzerland},
     pages = {126--154},
   }

2. PHME

   Maintenance Strategies for Sewer Pipes with Multi-State Degradation and Deep Reinforcement Learning

   Lisandro Arturo Jimenez-Roa, Thiago D. Simão, Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Tiedo Tinga, Hajo Molegraaf, and 2 more authors

   In European Conference of the PHM Society 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Jimenez2024PHM,
     author = {Jimenez{-}Roa, Lisandro Arturo and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Bukhsh, Zaharah Allah and Tinga, Tiedo and Molegraaf, Hajo and Jansen, Nils and Stoelinga, Mari{\“{e}}lle},
     title = {Maintenance Strategies for Sewer Pipes with Multi-State Degradation
                       and Deep Reinforcement Learning},
     booktitle = {European Conference of the PHM Society},
     year = {2024},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

3. CONCUR

   A PSPACE Algorithm for Almost-Sure Rabin Objectives in Multi-Environment MDPs

   Marnix Suilen, Marck van der Vegt, and Sebastian Junges

   In CONCUR 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Suilen2024MEMDP,
     author = {Suilen, Marnix and {van der Vegt}, Marck and Junges, Sebastian},
     title = {A {PSPACE} Algorithm for Almost-Sure {Rabin} Objectives in Multi-Environment {MDPs}},
     booktitle = {{CONCUR}},
     year = {2024},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

4. IJCAI

   Imprecise Probabilities Meet Partial Observability: Game Semantics for Robust POMDPs

   Eline M. Bovy, Marnix Suilen, Sebastian Junges, and Nils Jansen

   In IJCAI 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Bovy2024Imprecise,
     author = {Bovy, Eline M. and Suilen, Marnix and Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Imprecise Probabilities Meet Partial Observability: Game Semantics for Robust POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     year = {2024},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

5. IJCAI

   Approximate Dec-POMDP Solving Using Multi-Agent A*

   Wietze Koops, Sebastian Junges, and Nils Jansen

   In IJCAI 2024

   arXiv Bib Code

   @inproceedings{Koops2024Approximate,
     author = {Koops, Wietze and Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Approximate Dec-POMDP Solving Using Multi-Agent A*},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     year = {2024},
     keywords = {reviewed,conference}
   }

6. ECC

   A Stability-Based Abstraction Framework for Reach-Avoid Control of Stochastic Dynamical Systems with Unknown Noise Distributions

   Thom Badings, Licio Romao, Alessandro Abate, and Nils Jansen

   In European Control Conference (ECC) 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Badings2024Stability,
     author = {Badings, Thom and Romao, Licio and Abate, Alessandro and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {A Stability-Based Abstraction Framework for Reach-Avoid Control of Stochastic Dynamical Systems with Unknown Noise Distributions},
     booktitle = {European Control Conference (ECC)},
     year = {2024},
   }

7. TACAS

   CTMCs with Imprecisely Timed Observations

   Thom S. Badings, Matthias Volk, Sebastian Junges, Mariëlle Stoelinga, and Nils Jansen

   In TACAS (2) 2024

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Badings2024CTMCs,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Volk, Matthias and Junges, Sebastian and Stoelinga, Mari{\"{e}}lle and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {CTMCs with Imprecisely Timed Observations},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {14571},
     pages = {258--278},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2024},
   }

8. ICAART

   A Supervised Learning Approach to Robust Reinforcement Learning for Job Shop Scheduling

   Christoph Schmidl, Thiago D. Simão, and Nils Jansen

   In Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 3: ICAART 2024

   Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{Schmidl2024Supervised,
     author = {Schmidl, Christoph and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {A Supervised Learning Approach to Robust Reinforcement Learning for Job Shop Scheduling},
     booktitle = {Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence - Volume 3: ICAART},
     year = {2024},
     pages = {1324-1335},
     publisher = {SciTePress},
     organization = {INSTICC},
     doi = {10.5220/0012473600003636},
     isbn = {978-989-758-680-4},
     issn = {2184-433X},
   }

9. AAAI

   Factored Online Planning in Many-Agent POMDPs

   Maris Galesloot, Thiago D. Simão, Sebastian Junges, and Nils Jansen

   In AAAI 2024

   arXiv Bib PDF Code

   @inproceedings{Galesloot2024Factored,
     author = {Galesloot, Maris and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Factored Online Planning in Many-Agent POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     year = {2024},
   }

10. AAAI

    Robust Active Measuring under Model Uncertainty

    Merlijn Krale, Thiago D. Simão, Jana Tumova, and Nils Jansen

    In AAAI 2024

    arXiv Bib PDF Code

    @inproceedings{Krale2024Robust,
      author = {Krale, Merlijn and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Tumova, Jana and Jansen, Nils},
      title = {Robust Active Measuring under Model Uncertainty},
      booktitle = {{AAAI}},
      year = {2024},
    }

2023

1. FMAS

   Correct-by-Construction Control for Stochastic and Uncertain Dynamical Models via Formal Abstractions

   Thom S. Badings, Nils Jansen, Licio Romao, and Alessandro Abate

   In FMAS@iFM 2023

   arXiv Bib

   @inproceedings{Badings2024Correct,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Jansen, Nils and Romao, Licio and Abate, Alessandro},
     title = {Correct-by-Construction Control for Stochastic and Uncertain Dynamical
                       Models via Formal Abstractions},
     booktitle = {FMAS@iFM},
     series = {{EPTCS}},
     volume = {395},
     pages = {144--152},
     year = {2023},
   }

2. AAAI

   Probabilities Are Not Enough: Formal Controller Synthesis for Stochastic Dynamical Models with Epistemic Uncertainty

   Thom S. Badings, Licio Romano, Alessandro Abate, and Nils Jansen

   In AAAI 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{epistemic-continuous,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Romano, Licio and Abate, Alessandro and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Probabilities Are Not Enough: Formal Controller Synthesis for Stochastic Dynamical Models with Epistemic Uncertainty
     },
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {14701-14710},
   }

3. AAAI

   Safe Reinforcement Learning via Shielding under Partial Observability

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Ufuk Topcu

   In AAAI 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF

   @inproceedings{shield-pomdp,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Safe Reinforcement Learning via Shielding under Partial Observability},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {14748-14756},
   }

4. AAAI

   Safe Policy Improvement for POMDPs via Finite-State Controllers

   Thiago D. Simão, Marnix Suilen, and Nils Jansen

   In AAAI 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{spi-pomdp,
     author = {Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Suilen, Marnix and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Safe Policy Improvement for POMDPs via Finite-State Controllers},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {15109-15117},
   }

5. ICML

   Scalable Safe Policy Improvement via Monte Carlo Tree Search

   Alberto Castellini, Federico Bianchi, Edoardo Zorzi, Thiago D. Simão, Alessandro Farinelli, and 1 more author

   In ICML 2023

   Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{Castellini2023,
     title = {{Scalable Safe Policy Improvement via Monte Carlo Tree Search}},
     author = {Castellini, Alberto and Bianchi, Federico and Zorzi, Edoardo and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Farinelli, Alessandro and Spaan, Matthijs T. J.},
     booktitle = {ICML},
     year = {2023},
   }

6. ICLR

   Safe Reinforcement Learning From Pixels Using a Stochastic Latent Representation

   Yannick Hogewind, Thiago D. Simão, Tal Kachman, and Nils Jansen

   In ICLR 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{Hogewind2023safe,
     title = {{Safe Reinforcement Learning From Pixels Using a Stochastic Latent Representation}},
     author = {Hogewind, Yannick and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Kachman, Tal and Jansen, Nils},
     booktitle = {ICLR},
     year = {2023},
   }

7. IJCAI

   More for Less: Safe Policy Improvement with Stronger Performance Guarantees

   Patrick Wienhöft, Marnix Suilen, Thiago D. Simão, Clemens Dubslaff, Christel Baier, and 1 more author

   In IJCAI 2023

   arXiv Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{Wienhoft2023more,
     author = {Wienhöft, Patrick and Suilen, Marnix and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Dubslaff, Clemens and Baier, Christel and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {More for Less: Safe Policy Improvement with Stronger Performance Guarantees},
     booktitle = {IJCAI},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {4406--4415}
   }

8. IJCAI

   Recursive Small-Step Multi-Agent A* for Dec-POMDPs

   Wietze Koops, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Thiago D. Simão

   In IJCAI 2023

   Bib HTML PDF Code

   @inproceedings{Koops2023recursive,
     author = {Koops, Wietze and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D.},
     title = {Recursive Small-Step Multi-Agent A* for Dec-POMDPs},
     booktitle = {IJCAI},
     year = {2023},
     pages = {5402--5410}
   }

9. CAV

   Efficient Sensitivity Analysis for Parametric Robust Markov Chains

   Thom Badings, Sebastian Junges, Ahmadreza Marandi, Ufuk Topcu, and Nils Jansen

   In CAV 2023

   Bib Code

   @inproceedings{BadingsCAV2023,
     author = {Badings, Thom and Junges, Sebastian and Marandi, Ahmadreza and Topcu, Ufuk and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Efficient Sensitivity Analysis for Parametric Robust Markov Chains},
     booktitle = {{CAV}},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2023},
   }

10. STTT

    Strong Simple Policies for POMDPs

    Leonore Winterer, Ralf Wimmer, Nils Jansen, and Bernd Becker

    Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf. 2023

    arXiv Bib

    @article{Winterer2023Strong,
      author = {Winterer, Leonore and Wimmer, Ralf and Jansen, Nils and Becker, Bernd},
      title = {Strong Simple Policies for POMDPs},
      journal = {Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf.},
      year = {2023},
    }

11. FMSD

    Parameter Synthesis for Markov Models Covering the Parameter Space

    Sebastian Junges, Erika Ábrahám, Christian Hensel, Nils Jansen, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and 2 more authors

    Formal Methods in System Design 2023

    arXiv Bib

    @article{Junges2023Parameter,
      author = {Junges, Sebastian and Ábrahám, Erika and Hensel, Christian and Jansen, Nils and Katoen, Joost-Pieter and Quatmann, Tim and Volk, Matthias},
      title = {Parameter Synthesis for Markov Models Covering the Parameter Space},
      journal = {Formal Methods in System Design},
      year = {2023},
    }

12. ECAI

    Reinforcement Learning by Guided Safe Exploration

    Qisong Yang, Thiago D. Simão, Nils Jansen, Simon H. Tindemans, and Matthijs T. J. Spaan

    In ECAI 2023

    arXiv Bib

    @inproceedings{Yang2023reinforcement,
      title = {Reinforcement Learning by Guided Safe Exploration},
      author = {Yang, Qisong and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils and Tindemans, Simon H. and Spaan, Matthijs T. J.},
      booktitle = {ECAI},
      year = {2023},
    }

13. QEST

    Formal Controller Synthesis for Markov Jump Linear Systems with Uncertain Dynamics

    Luke Rickard, Thom S. Badings, Licio Romao, and Alessandro Abate

    In QEST 2023

    arXiv Bib Code

    @inproceedings{Rickard2023Formal,
      author = {Rickard, Luke and Badings, Thom S. and Romao, Licio and Abate, Alessandro},
      title = {Formal Controller Synthesis for Markov Jump Linear Systems with Uncertain
                        Dynamics},
      booktitle = {QEST},
      year = {2023},
    }

14. Book

    Shared Control with Human Trust and Workload Models

    Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, and Ufuk Topcu

    Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: Fundamentals and Applications, 2023

    Bib HTML

    @article{Cubuktepe2023Shared,
      author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk},
      journal = {Cyber-Physical-Human Systems: Fundamentals and Applications,},
      title = {Shared Control with Human Trust and Workload Models},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {125-143},
      doi = {10.1002/9781119857433.ch6},
    }

15. NCA

    A Maintenance Planning Framework using Online and Offline Deep Reinforcement Learning

    Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Hajo Molegraaf, and Nils Jansen

    Neural Computing and Applications 2023

    arXiv Bib

    @article{Bukshh2023maintenance,
      author = {Bukhsh, Zaharah Allah and Molegraaf, Hajo and Jansen, Nils},
      title = {A Maintenance Planning Framework using Online and Offline Deep Reinforcement
                     Learning},
      journal = {{Neural Computing and Applications}},
      year = {2023},
    }

16. UAI

    Risk-aware Curriculum Generation for Heavy-tailed Task Distributions

    Cevahir Koprulu, Thiago D. Simão, Nils Jansen, and Ufuk Topcu

    In UAI 2023

    Bib HTML PDF Supp Code

    @inproceedings{Koprulu2023,
      title = {{Risk-aware Curriculum Generation for Heavy-tailed Task Distributions}},
      author = {Koprulu, Cevahir and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk},
      pages = {1132--1142},
      booktitle = {UAI},
      year = {2023},
    }

17. QEST

    Quantitative Evaluation of Systems - 20th International Conference, QEST 2023, Antwerp, Belgium, September 20-22, 2023, Proceedings

    Nils Jansen, and Mirco Tribastone (editors)

    2023

    Bib HTML

    @proceedings{DBLP:conf/qest/2023,
      author = {Jansen, Nils and (editors), Mirco Tribastone},
      title = {Quantitative Evaluation of Systems - 20th International Conference,
                        {QEST} 2023, Antwerp, Belgium, September 20-22, 2023, Proceedings},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      volume = {14287},
      publisher = {Springer},
      year = {2023},
    }

18. TACAS

    Robust Almost-Sure Reachability in Multi-Environment MDPs

    Marck van der Vegt, Nils Jansen, and Sebastian Junges

    In TACAS 2023

    arXiv Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{vanderVegt2023robust,
      author = {{van der Vegt}, Marck and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian},
      title = {Robust Almost-Sure Reachability in Multi-Environment MDPs},
      booktitle = {{TACAS}},
      year = {2023},
    }

19. ICAPS

    Act-Then-Measure: Reinforcement Learning for Partially Observable Environments with Active Measuring

    Merlijn Krale, Thiago D. Simão, and Nils Jansen

    In ICAPS 2023

    arXiv Bib HTML PDF Code

    @inproceedings{Krale2023act,
      title = {{Act-Then-Measure: Reinforcement Learning for Partially Observable Environments with Active Measuring}},
      author = {Krale, Merlijn and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils},
      pages = {212-220},
      year = {2023},
      booktitle = {{ICAPS}},
    }

20. ICAPS

    Model Checking for Adversarial Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Reactive Defense Methods

    Dennis Gross, Christoph Schmidl, Nils Jansen, and Guillermo A. Pérez

    In ICAPS 2023

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aips/GrossS0023,
      author = {Gross, Dennis and Schmidl, Christoph and Jansen, Nils and P{\'{e}}rez, Guillermo A.},
      title = {Model Checking for Adversarial Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
                        with Reactive Defense Methods},
      booktitle = {{ICAPS}},
      pages = {162--170},
      publisher = {{AAAI} Press},
      year = {2023},
    }

21. STTT

    Decision-making under uncertainty: beyond probabilities. Challenges and Perspectives

    Thom Badings, Thiago D. Simão, Marnix Suilen, and Nils Jansen

    STTT 2023

    arXiv Bib HTML

    @article{Badings2023decision,
      title = {{Decision-making under uncertainty: beyond probabilities. Challenges and Perspectives}},
      author = {Badings, Thom and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Suilen, Marnix and Jansen, Nils},
      year = {2023},
      journal = {{STTT}},
    }

22. LNCS

    Intelligent and Dependable Decision-Making Under Uncertainty

    Nils Jansen

    In FM 2023

    Bib HTML PDF

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/fm/Jansen23,
      author = {Jansen, Nils},
      title = {Intelligent and Dependable Decision-Making Under Uncertainty},
      booktitle = {{FM}},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      volume = {14000},
      pages = {26--36},
      publisher = {Springer},
      year = {2023},
    }

23. ICAART

    Targeted Adversarial Attacks on Deep Reinforcement Learning Policies via Model Checking

    Dennis Gross, Thiago D. Simão, Nils Jansen, and Guillermo A. Pérez

    In ICAART 2023

    arXiv Bib HTML Code

    @inproceedings{Gross2023targeted,
      title = {{Targeted Adversarial Attacks on Deep Reinforcement Learning Policies via Model Checking}},
      author = {Gross, Dennis and Sim{\~a}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils and P{\'e}rez, Guillermo A.},
      booktitle = {{ICAART}},
      year = {2023},
      pages = {501-508},
      doi = {10.5220/0011693200003393}
    }

24. ICAART

    Turn-based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Model Checking

    Dennis Gross

    In ICAART 2023

    Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{Gross2023turn,
      title = {{Turn-based Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Model Checking}},
      author = {Gross, Dennis},
      booktitle = {{ICAART}},
      year = {2023},
    }

25. STTT

    Explanation Paradigms Leveraging Analytic Intuition (ExPLAIn)

    Nils Jansen, Gerrit Nolte, and Bernhard Steffen

    Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf. 2023

    Bib HTML

    @article{DBLP:journals/sttt/JansenNS23,
      author = {Jansen, Nils and Nolte, Gerrit and Steffen, Bernhard},
      title = {Explanation Paradigms Leveraging Analytic Intuition (ExPLAIn)},
      journal = {Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf.},
      volume = {25},
      number = {3},
      pages = {241--247},
      year = {2023},
    }

2022

1. JAIR

   Robust Control for Dynamical Systems with Non-Gaussian Noise via Formal Abstractions

   Thom S. Badings, Licio Romao, Alessandro Abate, David Parker, Hasan A. Poonawala, and 2 more authors

   J. Artif. Intell. Res. 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @article{thom-jair,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Romao, Licio and Abate, Alessandro and Parker, David and Poonawala, Hasan A. and Stoelinga, Mari{\"{e}}lle and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Robust Control for Dynamical Systems with Non-Gaussian Noise via Formal Abstractions},
     journal = {J. Artif. Intell. Res.},
     year = {2022},
   }

2. NeurIPS

   Robust Anytime Learning of Markov Decision Processes

   Marnix Suilen, Thiago D. Simão, David Parker, and Nils Jansen

   In NeurIPS 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2205-15827,
     author = {Suilen, Marnix and Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Parker, David and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Robust Anytime Learning of Markov Decision Processes},
     booktitle = {{NeurIPS}},
     year = {2022},
   }

3. AAAI

   Sampling-Based Robust Control of Autonomous Systems with Non-Gaussian Noise

   Thom S. Badings, Alessandro Abate, Nils Jansen, David Parker, Hasan A. Poonawala, and 1 more author

   In AAAI 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/BadingsA00PS22,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Abate, Alessandro and Jansen, Nils and Parker, David and Poonawala, Hasan A. and Stoelinga, Mari{\"{e}}lle},
     title = {Sampling-Based Robust Control of Autonomous Systems with Non-Gaussian
                    Noise},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     pages = {9669--9678},
     publisher = {{AAAI} Press},
     year = {2022},
   }

4. LNCS

   Parameter Synthesis in Markov Models: A Gentle Survey

   Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Joost-Pieter Katoen

   In Principles of Systems Design 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/birthday/0001JK22,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter},
     title = {Parameter Synthesis in Markov Models: {A} Gentle Survey},
     booktitle = {Principles of Systems Design},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {13660},
     pages = {407--437},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
   }

5. STTT

   Scenario-based verification of uncertain parametric MDPs

   Thom S. Badings, Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and 1 more author

   Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf. 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/sttt/BadingsCJJKT22,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Scenario-based verification of uncertain parametric MDPs},
     journal = {Int. J. Softw. Tools Technol. Transf.},
     volume = {24},
     number = {5},
     pages = {803--819},
     year = {2022},
   }

6. IEEETAC

   Convex Optimization for Parameter Synthesis in MDPs

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and Ufuk Topcu

   IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/tac/CubuktepeJJKT22,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Convex Optimization for Parameter Synthesis in MDPs},
     journal = {{IEEE} Trans. Autom. Control.},
     volume = {67},
     number = {12},
     pages = {6333--6348},
     year = {2022},
   }

7. CAV

   Sampling-Based Verification of CTMCs with Uncertain Rates

   Thom S. Badings, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Mariëlle Stoelinga, and Matthias Volk

   In CAV (2) 2022

   arXiv Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cav/BadingsJJSV22,
     author = {Badings, Thom S. and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Stoelinga, Mari{\"{e}}lle and Volk, Matthias},
     title = {Sampling-Based Verification of CTMCs with Uncertain Rates},
     booktitle = {{CAV} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {13372},
     pages = {26--47},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
   }

8. LNCS

   A Journey from Process Algebra via Timed Automata to Model Learning - Essays Dedicated to Frits Vaandrager on the Occasion of His 60th Birthday

   2022

   Bib HTML

   @proceedings{DBLP:conf/birthday/2022vaandrager,
     editor = {Jansen, Nils and Stoelinga, Mari{\"{e}}lle and van den Bos, Petra},
     title = {A Journey from Process Algebra via Timed Automata to Model Learning
                    - Essays Dedicated to Frits Vaandrager on the Occasion of His 60th
                    Birthday},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {13560},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2022},
   }

9. ICAART

   Grouping of Maintenance Actions with Deep Reinforcement Learning and Graph Convolutional Networks

   David Kerkkamp, Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Yingqian Zhang, and Nils Jansen

   In ICAART (2) 2022

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/icaart/KerkkampBZ022,
     author = {Kerkkamp, David and Bukhsh, Zaharah Allah and Zhang, Yingqian and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Grouping of Maintenance Actions with Deep Reinforcement Learning and
                    Graph Convolutional Networks},
     booktitle = {{ICAART} {(2)}},
     pages = {574--585},
     publisher = {{SCITEPRESS}},
     year = {2022},
   }

10. SETTA

    COOL-MC: A Comprehensive Tool for Reinforcement Learning and Model Checking

    Dennis Gross, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Guillermo A. Pérez

    In SETTA 2022

    arXiv Bib HTML Code

    @inproceedings{DBLP:journals/corr/abs-2209-07133,
      author = {Gross, Dennis and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and P{\'{e}}rez, Guillermo A.},
      title = {{COOL-MC:} {A} Comprehensive Tool for Reinforcement Learning and Model
                     Checking},
      booktitle = {SETTA},
      year = {2022},
    }

2021

1. ACM

   Formalizing and guaranteeing human-robot interaction

   Hadas Kress-Gazit, Kerstin Eder, Guy Hoffman, Henny Admoni, Brenna Argall, and 10 more authors

   Commun. ACM 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/cacm/Kress-GazitEHAA21,
     author = {Kress{-}Gazit, Hadas and Eder, Kerstin and Hoffman, Guy and Admoni, Henny and Argall, Brenna and Ehlers, R{\"{u}}diger and Heckman, Christoffer and Jansen, Nils and Knepper, Ross A. and Kret{\'{\i}}nsk{\'{y}}, Jan and Levy{-}Tzedek, Shelly and Li, Jamy and Murphey, Todd D. and Riek, Laurel D. and Sadigh, Dorsa},
     title = {Formalizing and guaranteeing human-robot interaction},
     journal = {Commun. {ACM}},
     volume = {64},
     number = {9},
     pages = {78--84},
     year = {2021},
   }

2. JAIR

   Task-Aware Verifiable RNN-Based Policies for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, and Ufuk Topcu

   J. Artif. Intell. Res. 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/jair/Carr0T21,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Task-Aware Verifiable RNN-Based Policies for Partially Observable
                    Markov Decision Processes},
     journal = {J. Artif. Intell. Res.},
     volume = {72},
     pages = {819--847},
     year = {2021},
   }

3. AAAI

   Robust Finite-State Controllers for Uncertain POMDPs

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Ahmadreza Marandi, Marnix Suilen, and 1 more author

   In AAAI 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/aaai/Cubuktepe0JMST21,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Marandi, Ahmadreza and Suilen, Marnix and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Robust Finite-State Controllers for Uncertain POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{AAAI}},
     pages = {11792--11800},
     publisher = {{AAAI} Press},
     year = {2021},
   }

4. AAMAS

   AlwaysSafe: Reinforcement Learning without Safety Constraint Violations during Training

   Thiago D. Simão, Nils Jansen, and Matthijs T. J. Spaan

   In AAMAS 2021

   Bib HTML Code

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atal/SimaoJS21,
     author = {Sim{\~{a}}o, Thiago D. and Jansen, Nils and Spaan, Matthijs T. J.},
     title = {AlwaysSafe: Reinforcement Learning without Safety Constraint Violations
                    during Training},
     booktitle = {{AAMAS}},
     pages = {1226--1235},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2021},
   }

5. RSS

   Safe Policies for Factored Partially Observable Stochastic Games

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, Sudarshanan Bharadwaj, Matthijs T. J. Spaan, and Ufuk Topcu

   In Robotics: Science and Systems 2021

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/rss/Carr0BST21,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Bharadwaj, Sudarshanan and Spaan, Matthijs T. J. and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Safe Policies for Factored Partially Observable Stochastic Games},
     booktitle = {Robotics: Science and Systems},
     year = {2021},
   }

6. CAV

   Enforcing Almost-Sure Reachability in POMDPs

   Sebastian Junges, Nils Jansen, and Sanjit A. Seshia

   In CAV (2) 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cav/JungesJS20,
     author = {Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils and Seshia, Sanjit A.},
     title = {Enforcing Almost-Sure Reachability in POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{CAV} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12760},
     pages = {602--625},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2021},
   }

7. TAC

   Strategy Synthesis for POMDPs in Robot Planning via Game-Based Abstractions

   Leonore Winterer, Sebastian Junges, Ralf Wimmer, Nils Jansen, Ufuk Topcu, and 2 more authors

   IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/tac/WintererJWJTKB21,
     author = {Winterer, Leonore and Junges, Sebastian and Wimmer, Ralf and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Becker, Bernd},
     title = {Strategy Synthesis for POMDPs in Robot Planning via Game-Based Abstractions},
     journal = {{IEEE} Trans. Autom. Control.},
     volume = {66},
     number = {3},
     pages = {1040--1054},
     year = {2021},
   }

8. TAC

   Synthesis of Provably Correct Autonomy Protocols for Shared Control

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Mohammed Alshiekh, and Ufuk Topcu

   IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/tac/CubuktepeJAT21,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Alshiekh, Mohammed and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Synthesis of Provably Correct Autonomy Protocols for Shared Control},
     journal = {{IEEE} Trans. Autom. Control.},
     volume = {66},
     number = {7},
     pages = {3251--3258},
     year = {2021},
   }

9. TAC

   Control Theory Meets POMDPs: A Hybrid Systems Approach

   Mohamadreza Ahmadi, Nils Jansen, Bo Wu, and Ufuk Topcu

   IEEE Trans. Autom. Control. 2021

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/tac/AhmadiJWT21,
     author = {Ahmadi, Mohamadreza and Jansen, Nils and Wu, Bo and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Control Theory Meets POMDPs: {A} Hybrid Systems Approach},
     journal = {{IEEE} Trans. Autom. Control.},
     volume = {66},
     number = {11},
     pages = {5191--5204},
     year = {2021},
   }

10. NeurCA

    Damage detection using in-domain and cross-domain transfer learning

    Zaharah Allah Bukhsh, Nils Jansen, and Aaqib Saeed

    Neural Comput. Appl. 2021

    arXiv Bib HTML

    @article{DBLP:journals/nca/BukhshJS21,
      author = {Bukhsh, Zaharah Allah and Jansen, Nils and Saeed, Aaqib},
      title = {Damage detection using in-domain and cross-domain transfer learning},
      journal = {Neural Comput. Appl.},
      volume = {33},
      number = {24},
      pages = {16921--16936},
      year = {2021},
    }

11. ACC

    Adaptive Shielding under Uncertainty

    Stefan Pranger, Bettina Könighofer, Martin Tappler, Martin Deixelberger, Nils Jansen, and 1 more author

    In ACC 2021

    arXiv Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/PrangerKTD0B21,
      author = {Pranger, Stefan and K{\"{o}}nighofer, Bettina and Tappler, Martin and Deixelberger, Martin and Jansen, Nils and Bloem, Roderick},
      title = {Adaptive Shielding under Uncertainty},
      booktitle = {{ACC}},
      pages = {3467--3474},
      publisher = {{IEEE}},
      year = {2021},
    }

12. NFM

    Balancing Wind and Batteries: Towards Predictive Verification of Smart Grids

    Thom S. Badings, Arnd Hartmanns, Nils Jansen, and Marnix Suilen

    In NFM 2021

    arXiv Bib HTML

    @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/nfm/BadingsH0S21,
      author = {Badings, Thom S. and Hartmanns, Arnd and Jansen, Nils and Suilen, Marnix},
      title = {Balancing Wind and Batteries: Towards Predictive Verification of Smart
                     Grids},
      booktitle = {{NFM}},
      series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
      volume = {12673},
      pages = {1--18},
      publisher = {Springer},
      year = {2021},
    }

2020

1. ATVA

   Robustness Verification for Classifier Ensembles

   Dennis Gross, Nils Jansen, Guillermo A. Pérez, and Stephan Raaijmakers

   In ATVA 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atva/Gross0PR20,
     author = {Gross, Dennis and Jansen, Nils and P{\'{e}}rez, Guillermo A. and Raaijmakers, Stephan},
     title = {Robustness Verification for Classifier Ensembles},
     booktitle = {{ATVA}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12302},
     pages = {271--287},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

2. CONCUR

   Safe Reinforcement Learning Using Probabilistic Shields (Invited Paper)

   Nils Jansen, Bettina Könighofer, Sebastian Junges, Alex Serban, and Roderick Bloem

   In CONCUR 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/concur/0001KJSB20,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and K{\"{o}}nighofer, Bettina and Junges, Sebastian and Serban, Alex and Bloem, Roderick},
     title = {Safe Reinforcement Learning Using Probabilistic Shields (Invited Paper)},
     booktitle = {{CONCUR}},
     series = {LIPIcs},
     volume = {171},
     pages = {3:1--3:16},
     publisher = {Schloss Dagstuhl - Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"{u}}r Informatik},
     year = {2020},
   }

3. IJCAI

   Robust Policy Synthesis for Uncertain POMDPs via Convex Optimization

   Marnix Suilen, Nils Jansen, Murat Cubuktepe, and Ufuk Topcu

   In IJCAI 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcai/Suilen0CT20,
     author = {Suilen, Marnix and Jansen, Nils and Cubuktepe, Murat and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Robust Policy Synthesis for Uncertain POMDPs via Convex Optimization},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     pages = {4113--4120},
     publisher = {ijcai.org},
     year = {2020},
   }

4. IJCAI

   Verifiable RNN-Based Policies for POMDPs Under Temporal Logic Constraints

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, and Ufuk Topcu

   In IJCAI 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcai/CarrJT20,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Verifiable RNN-Based Policies for POMDPs Under Temporal Logic Constraints},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     pages = {4121--4127},
     publisher = {ijcai.org},
     year = {2020},
   }

5. ISoLa

   Shield Synthesis for Reinforcement Learning

   Bettina Könighofer, Florian Lorber, Nils Jansen, and Roderick Bloem

   In ISoLA (1) 2020

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/isola/KonighoferL0B20,
     author = {K{\"{o}}nighofer, Bettina and Lorber, Florian and Jansen, Nils and Bloem, Roderick},
     title = {Shield Synthesis for Reinforcement Learning},
     booktitle = {ISoLA {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12476},
     pages = {290--306},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

6. NFM

   Neural Simplex Architecture

   Dung T. Phan, Radu Grosu, Nils Jansen, Nicola Paoletti, Scott A. Smolka, and 1 more author

   In NFM 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/nfm/PhanG0PSS20,
     author = {Phan, Dung T. and Grosu, Radu and Jansen, Nils and Paoletti, Nicola and Smolka, Scott A. and Stoller, Scott D.},
     title = {Neural Simplex Architecture},
     booktitle = {{NFM}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12229},
     pages = {97--114},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

7. NFM

   Strengthening Deterministic Policies for POMDPs

   Leonore Winterer, Ralf Wimmer, Nils Jansen, and Bernd Becker

   In NFM 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/nfm/Winterer00020,
     author = {Winterer, Leonore and Wimmer, Ralf and Jansen, Nils and Becker, Bernd},
     title = {Strengthening Deterministic Policies for POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{NFM}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12229},
     pages = {115--132},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

8. TACAS

   Scenario-Based Verification of Uncertain MDPs

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and Ufuk Topcu

   In TACAS (1) 2020

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tacas/Cubuktepe0JKT20,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Scenario-Based Verification of Uncertain MDPs},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(1)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12078},
     pages = {287--305},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

9. FORMATS

   Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems - 18th International Conference, FORMATS 2020, Vienna, Austria, September 1-3, 2020, Proceedings

   2020

   Bib HTML

   @proceedings{DBLP:conf/formats/2020,
     editor = {Bertrand, Nathalie and Jansen, Nils},
     title = {Formal Modeling and Analysis of Timed Systems - 18th International
                    Conference, {FORMATS} 2020, Vienna, Austria, September 1-3, 2020,
                    Proceedings},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {12288},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2020},
   }

2019

1. Model Repair Revamped - - On the Automated Synthesis of Markov Chains -

   Milan Ceska, Christian Dehnert, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Joost-Pieter Katoen

   In From Reactive Systems to Cyber-Physical Systems 2019

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/birthday/CeskaD0JK19,
     author = {Ceska, Milan and Dehnert, Christian and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter},
     title = {Model Repair Revamped - - On the Automated Synthesis of Markov Chains
                    -},
     booktitle = {From Reactive Systems to Cyber-Physical Systems},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11500},
     pages = {107--125},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
   }

2. IJCAI

   Counterexample-Guided Strategy Improvement for POMDPs Using Recurrent Neural Networks

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, Ralf Wimmer, Alexandru Constantin Serban, Bernd Becker, and 1 more author

   In IJCAI 2019

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/ijcai/Carr0WS0T19,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Wimmer, Ralf and Serban, Alexandru Constantin and Becker, Bernd and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Counterexample-Guided Strategy Improvement for POMDPs Using Recurrent
                    Neural Networks},
     booktitle = {{IJCAI}},
     pages = {5532--5539},
     publisher = {ijcai.org},
     year = {2019},
   }

3. NFM

   Structured Synthesis for Probabilistic Systems

   Nils Jansen, Laura R. Humphrey, Jana Tumova, and Ufuk Topcu

   In NFM 2019

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/nfm/0001HTT19,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and Humphrey, Laura R. and Tumova, Jana and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Structured Synthesis for Probabilistic Systems},
     booktitle = {{NFM}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11460},
     pages = {237--254},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
   }

4. SNR

   Correct-by-construction policies for POMDPs

   Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Tim Quatmann, Bernd Becker, and 2 more authors

   In SNR 2019

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/snr/0001JKQ00W19,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Quatmann, Tim and Becker, Bernd and Wimmer, Ralf and Winterer, Leonore},
     title = {Correct-by-construction policies for POMDPs},
     booktitle = {{SNR}},
     pages = {6--8},
     publisher = {{ACM}},
     year = {2019},
   }

5. TACAS

   Shepherding Hordes of Markov Chains

   Milan Ceska, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, and Joost-Pieter Katoen

   In TACAS (2) 2019

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tacas/CeskaJJK19,
     author = {Ceska, Milan and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter},
     title = {Shepherding Hordes of Markov Chains},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11428},
     pages = {172--190},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2019},
   }

2018

1. Conditioning in Probabilistic Programming

   Federico Olmedo, Friedrich Gretz, Nils Jansen, Benjamin Lucien Kaminski, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and 1 more author

   ACM Trans. Program. Lang. Syst. 2018

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/toplas/OlmedoGJKKM18,
     author = {Olmedo, Federico and Gretz, Friedrich and Jansen, Nils and Kaminski, Benjamin Lucien and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and McIver, Annabelle},
     title = {Conditioning in Probabilistic Programming},
     journal = {{ACM} Trans. Program. Lang. Syst.},
     volume = {40},
     number = {1},
     pages = {4:1--4:50},
     year = {2018},
   }

2. Allerton

   Verification of Uncertain POMDPs Using Barrier Certificates

   Mohamadreza Ahmadi, Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, and Ufuk Topcu

   In Allerton 2018

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/allerton/AhmadiC0T18,
     author = {Ahmadi, Mohamadreza and Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Verification of Uncertain POMDPs Using Barrier Certificates},
     booktitle = {Allerton},
     pages = {115--122},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2018},
   }

3. ACC

   Human-in-the-Loop Synthesis for Partially Observable Markov Decision Processes

   Steven Carr, Nils Jansen, Ralf Wimmer, Jie Fu, and Ufuk Topcu

   In ACC 2018

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/Carr0WFT18,
     author = {Carr, Steven and Jansen, Nils and Wimmer, Ralf and Fu, Jie and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Human-in-the-Loop Synthesis for Partially Observable Markov Decision
                    Processes},
     booktitle = {{ACC}},
     pages = {762--769},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2018},
   }

4. ATVA

   Synthesis in pMDPs: A Tale of 1001 Parameters

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, and Ufuk Topcu

   In ATVA 2018

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/atva/CubuktepeJJKT18,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Synthesis in pMDPs: {A} Tale of 1001 Parameters},
     booktitle = {{ATVA}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11138},
     pages = {160--176},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2018},
   }

5. MBMV

   Abstraktions-basierte Verifikation von POMDPs im Motion-Planning-Kontext

   Leonore Winterer, Sebastian Junges, Ralf Wimmer, Nils Jansen, Ufuk Topcu, and 2 more authors

   In MBMV 2018

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/mbmv/WintererJWJTKB18,
     author = {Winterer, Leonore and Junges, Sebastian and Wimmer, Ralf and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Becker, Bernd},
     title = {Abstraktions-basierte Verifikation von POMDPs im Motion-Planning-Kontext},
     booktitle = {{MBMV}},
     publisher = {Universit{\"{a}}t T{\"{u}}bingen},
     year = {2018},
   }

6. QEST

   Model Checking for Safe Navigation Among Humans

   Sebastian Junges, Nils Jansen, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Ufuk Topcu, Ruohan Zhang, and 1 more author

   In QEST 2018

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/qest/Junges0KTZH18,
     author = {Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Topcu, Ufuk and Zhang, Ruohan and Hayhoe, Mary M.},
     title = {Model Checking for Safe Navigation Among Humans},
     booktitle = {{QEST}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {11024},
     pages = {207--222},
     publisher = {Springer},
     year = {2018},
   }

7. UAI

   Finite-State Controllers of POMDPs using Parameter Synthesis

   Sebastian Junges, Nils Jansen, Ralf Wimmer, Tim Quatmann, Leonore Winterer, and 2 more authors

   In UAI 2018

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/uai/Junges0WQWK018,
     author = {Junges, Sebastian and Jansen, Nils and Wimmer, Ralf and Quatmann, Tim and Winterer, Leonore and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Becker, Bernd},
     title = {Finite-State Controllers of POMDPs using Parameter Synthesis},
     booktitle = {{UAI}},
     pages = {519--529},
     publisher = {{AUAI} Press},
     year = {2018},
   }

8. Dagstuhl

   Machine Learning and Model Checking Join Forces (Dagstuhl Seminar 18121)

   Nils Jansen, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Pushmeet Kohli, and Jan Kretı́nský

   Dagstuhl Reports 2018

   Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:journals/dagstuhl-reports/JansenKKK18,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Kohli, Pushmeet and Kret{\'{\i}}nsk{\'{y}}, Jan},
     title = {Machine Learning and Model Checking Join Forces (Dagstuhl Seminar
                    18121)},
     journal = {Dagstuhl Reports},
     volume = {8},
     number = {3},
     pages = {74--93},
     year = {2018},
   }

2017

1. ACC

   Synthesis of shared control protocols with provable safety and performance guarantees

   Nils Jansen, Murat Cubuktepe, and Ufuk Topcu

   In ACC 2017

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/amcc/0001CT17,
     author = {Jansen, Nils and Cubuktepe, Murat and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Synthesis of shared control protocols with provable safety and performance
                    guarantees},
     booktitle = {{ACC}},
     pages = {1866--1873},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2017},
   }

2. CDC

   Motion planning under partial observability using game-based abstraction

   Leonore Winterer, Sebastian Junges, Ralf Wimmer, Nils Jansen, Ufuk Topcu, and 2 more authors

   In CDC 2017

   Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/cdc/WintererJW0TK017,
     author = {Winterer, Leonore and Junges, Sebastian and Wimmer, Ralf and Jansen, Nils and Topcu, Ufuk and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Becker, Bernd},
     booktitle = {{CDC}},
     pages = {2201--2208},
     publisher = {{IEEE}},
     year = {2017},
   }

3. TACAS

   Sequential Convex Programming for the Efficient Verification of Parametric MDPs

   Murat Cubuktepe, Nils Jansen, Sebastian Junges, Joost-Pieter Katoen, Ivan Papusha, and 2 more authors

   In TACAS (2) 2017

   arXiv Bib HTML

   @inproceedings{DBLP:conf/tacas/Cubuktepe0JKPPT17,
     author = {Cubuktepe, Murat and Jansen, Nils and Junges, Sebastian and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Papusha, Ivan and Poonawala, Hasan A. and Topcu, Ufuk},
     title = {Sequential Convex Programming for the Efficient Verification of Parametric
                    MDPs},
     booktitle = {{TACAS} {(2)}},
     series = {Lecture Notes in Computer Science},
     volume = {10206},
     pages = {133--150},
     year = {2017},
   }

4. Book

   Synthesis and Verification of Self-aware Computing Systems

   Radu Calinescu, Marco Autili, Javier Cámara, Antinisca Di Marco, Simos Gerasimou, and 8 more authors

   Self-Aware Computing Systems 2017

   Bib HTML

   @article{DBLP:books/sp/17/CalinescuACMGIP0KKMST17,
     author = {Calinescu, Radu and Autili, Marco and C{\'{a}}mara, Javier and Marco, Antinisca Di and Gerasimou, Simos and Inverardi, Paola and Perucci, Alexander and Jansen, Nils and Katoen, Joost{-}Pieter and Kwiatkowska, Marta Z. and Mengshoel, Ole J. and Spalazzese, Romina and Tivoli, Massimo},
     title = {Synthesis and Verification of Self-aware Computing Systems},
     journal = {Self-Aware Computing Systems},
     pages = {337--373},
     publisher = {Springer International Publishing},
     year = {2017},
   }