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<p> Home Page of Sven Koenig </p>
<p> I am interested in <b>intelligent systems</b> that operate in
large, nondeterministic, nonstationary or only partially known domains. Most
of my research centers around techniques for <b>decision making (planning and
learning)</b> that enable single situated <b>agents</b> (such as <b>robots</b>
or <b>decision-support systems</b>) and <b>teams of agents</b> to act
intelligently in their environments and exhibit goal-directed behavior in
real-time, even if they have only incomplete knowledge of their environment,
imperfect abilities to manipulate it, limited or noisy perception or
insufficient reasoning speed. I believe that finding good solutions to these
problems requires approaches that cut across many different fields and,
consequently, my research draws on areas such as <b>artificial
intelligence</b>, decision theory, and operations research. Applications of my
research include planetary exploration, supply-chain management, medicine,
crisis management (such as oil-spill containment), robotics and real-time games
(entertainment, serious games, training and simulation). </p>
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Sven Koenig <br />
Professor <br />
<a href="http://www.cs.usc.edu/" target="_top">Computer Science Department</a> <br />
<a href="http://www.usc.edu/" target="_top">University of Southern California (USC) </a> <br />
Henry Salvatori Computer Science Center (SAL) <br />
941 Bloom Walk <br />
Los Angeles, CA 90089-0781 <br />
phone: 213-740-6491 <br />
fax: 213-740-7285 <br />
<a href="mailto:skoenig@usc.edu">skoenig@usc.edu</a> <br />
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