Sam Devlin

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• 2021

  Win Prediction in Multi-Player Esports: Live Professional Match Prediction

  Hodge, V. J., Devlin, S. M., Sephton, N. J., Block, F. O., Cowling, P. I. & Drachen, A., 17 Dec 2021, In: IEEE Transactions on Games. 13, 4, p. 368-379

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2019

  Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering using classification algorithms

  Zolotas, A., Matragkas, N., Devlin, S., Kolovos, D. S. & Paige, R. F., 8 Feb 2019, In: International Journal on Software & Systems Modelling. 18, 1, p. 345-366 23 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• 2018

  How the Business Model of Customisable Card Games Influences Player Engagement

  Hodge, V. J., Sephton, N. J., Devlin, S. M., Cowling, P. I., Goumagias, N., Shao, J., Purvis, K., Cabras, I., Fernandes, K. & Li, F., 12 Mar 2018, In: IEEE Transactions on Games. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Narrative Bytes: Data-Driven Content Production in Esports

  Block, F. O., Hodge, V. J., Hobson, S. J., Sephton, N., Devlin, S. M., Ursu, M., Cowling, P. I. & Drachen, A., 25 Jun 2018, TVX 2018 - Proceedings of the 2018 ACM International Conference on Interactive Experiences for TV and Online Video. ACM, p. 29-41 13 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering using classification algorithms

  Zolotas, A., Devlin, S., Kolovos, D. & Paige, R., 2018, In: Journal of Systems and Software.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• 2017

  Clyde: A deep reinforcement learning DOOM playing agent

  Ratcliffe, D., Devlin, S., Kruschwitz, U. & Citi, L., 4 Feb 2017, What's Next For AI In Games: AAAI 2017 Workshop.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter (peer-reviewed) › peer-review

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• Exploration and Skill Acquisition in a Major Online Game

  Stafford, T., Devlin, S., Sifa, R. & Drachen, A., 2017, The 39th Annual Meeting of the Cognitive Science Society (CogSci).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Exploring survival rates of companies in the UK video-games industry: An empirical study

  Cabras, I., Goumagias, N. D., Fernandes, K., Cowling, P., Li, F., Kudenko, D., Devlin, S. & Nucciarelli, A., 1 Apr 2017, In: Technological Forecasting and Social Change. 117, p. 305-314 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• From value chains to technological platforms: the effects of crowdfunding in the digital game industry

  Nucciarelli, A., Li, F., Fernandes, K. J., Goumagias, N., Cabras, I., Devlin, S., Kudenko, D. & Cowling, P. I., 3 Mar 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: JOURNAL OF BUSINESS RESEARCH. 12 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Multi-Agent Credit Assignment in Stochastic Resource Management Games

  Mannion, P., Devlin, S., Duggan, J. & Howley, E., 24 Aug 2017, (E-pub ahead of print) In: The Knowledge Engineering Review.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Policy Invariance under Reward Transformations for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning

  Mannion, P., Devlin, S., Mason, K., Duggan, J. & Howley, E., 8 Nov 2017, In: Neurocomputing. 263, p. 60-73 14 p., 263.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Win Prediction in Esports: Mixed-Rank Match Prediction in Multi-player Online Battle Arena Games

  Hodge, V. J., Devlin, S. M., Sephton, N. J., Block, F. O., Drachen, A. & Cowling, P. I., 17 Nov 2017, 1711.06498 ed., arXiv, 7 p.

  Research output: Working paper › Preprint

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• 2016

  A Conceptual Framework of Business Model Emerging Resilience

  Goumagias, N., Fernandes, K., Cabras, I., Li, F., Shao, J., Devlin, S., Hodge, V. J., Cowling, P. I. & Kudenko, D., 7 Jul 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• A Strategic Roadmap for Business Model Change for the Video-games Industry

  Goumagias, N., Purvis, K., Fernandes, K., Cabras, I., Li, F., Shao, J., Devlin, S., Hodge, V. J., Cowling, P. & Kudenko, D., 3 May 2016, (Accepted/In press).

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• Combining Gameplay Data with Monte Carlo Tree Search to Emulate Human Play

  Devlin, S., Anspoka, A., Sephton, N. J., Cowling, P. I. & Rollason, J., 19 Sept 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Context-sensitive reward shaping for sparse interaction multi-agent systems

  De Hauwere, Y. M., Devlin, S., Kudenko, D. & Nowé, A., 11 Feb 2016, In: The Knowledge Engineering Review. 31, 1, p. 59-76 18 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Gamification design for motivating and measuring modal shift

  Minear, M., Deterding, C. S. & Devlin, S., 6 Jun 2016, 11th ITS European Congress. Glasgow, EU-TP0275

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Multi-Objective Dynamic Dispatch Optimisation using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning: (Extended Abstract)

  Mannion, P., Mason, K., Devlin, S., Duggan, J. & Howley, E., 9 May 2016, Proceedings of the 2016 International Conference on Autonomous Agents & Multiagent Systems. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems , p. 1345-1346 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Overcoming incorrect knowledge in plan-based reward shaping

  Efthymiadis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 11 Feb 2016, In: The Knowledge Engineering Review. 31, 1, p. 31-43 13 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Plan-based reward shaping for multi-agent reinforcement learning

  Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 11 Feb 2016, In: The Knowledge Engineering Review. 31, 1, p. 44-58 15 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Potential-based reward shaping for finite horizon online POMDP planning

  Eck, A., Soh, L. K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 1 May 2016, In: Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems. 30, 3, p. 403-445 43 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Resource Abstraction for Reinforcement Learning in Multiagent Congestion Problems

  Malialis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 9 May 2016, p. 512-520. 9 p.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• Using association rule mining to predict opponent deck content in android: Netrunner

  Sephton, N., Cowling, P. I., Devlin, S., Hodge, V. J. & Slaven, N. H., 20 Sept 2016, 2016 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games, CIG 2016. IEEE Computer Society, 7860399

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Using Association Rule Mining to Predict Opponent Deck Content in Android: Netrunner

  Sephton, N. J., Cowling, P. I., Devlin, S., Hodge, V. J. & Slaven, N. H., 20 Sept 2016.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

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• 2015

  Distributed reinforcement learning for adaptive and robust network intrusion response

  Malialis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 3 Jul 2015, In: Connection Science. 27, 3, p. 234-252 19 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Expressing Arbitrary Reward Functions as Potential-Based Advice

  Harutyunyan, A., Devlin, S., Vrancx, P. & Nowé, A., 2015, Proceedings of the Twenty-Ninth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-15). Palo Alto, California: AAAI Press, p. 2652-2658 7 p. (Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence. AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence.; vol. 29).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Predicting player disengagement and first purchase with event-frequency based data representation

  Xie, H., Devlin, S., Kudenko, D. & Cowling, P., 2015, 2015 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games (CIG). p. 230-237 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Preface to the special issue: Adaptive Learning Agents Part 3

  Devlin, S., Hennes, D. & Barrett, S., 3 Jul 2015, In: Connection Science. 27, 3, p. 213-214 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Type inference in flexible model-driven engineering

  Zolotas, A., Matragkas, N., Devlin, S., Kolovos, D. S. & Paige, R. F., 17 Jul 2015, Modelling Foundations and Applications : 11th European Conference, ECMFA 2015 Held as Part of STAF 2015, Proceedings. Springer, Vol. 9153. p. 75-91 17 p. (Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics); vol. 9153).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Type Inference Using Concrete Syntax Properties in Flexible Model-Driven Engineering

  Zolotas, A., Matragkas, N. D., Devlin, S., Kolovos, D. S. & Paige, R. F., 2015, Proceedings of the Workshop on Flexible Model Driven Engineering co-located with ACM/IEEE 18th International Conference on Model Driven Engineering Languages Systems (MoDELS 2015), Ottawa, Canada, September 29, 2015.. p. 22-31 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• 2014

  A phylogenetic classification of the video-game industry’s business model ecosystem

  Goumagias, N., Cabras, I., Fernandes, K. J., Li, F., Nucciarelli, A., Cowling, P., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2014, Working Conference on Virtual Enterprises. Camarinha-Matos, L. M. & Afsarmanesh, H. (eds.). Springer, p. 285-294 10 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Coordinated team learning and difference rewards for distributed intrusion response

  Malialis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2014, ECAI 2014: 21st European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, Including Prestigious Applications of Intelligent Systems, PAIS 2014, Proceedings. IOS Press, Vol. 263. p. 1063-1064 2 p. (Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications; vol. 263).

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Game intelligence

  Devlin, S., Cowling, P. I., Kudenko, D., Goumagias, N., Nucciareli, A., Cabras, I., Fernandes, K. J. & Li, F., 2014, 2014 IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence and Games. p. 1-8 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Game Intelligence: Proceedings of the IEEE Conference on Computational Intelligence in Games (CIG)

  Devlin, S., Cowling, P. I., Kudenko, D., Goumagias, N., Nucciarelli, A., Cabras, I., Fernandes, K. J. & Li, F., 2014.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Knowledge revision for reinforcement learning with abstract MDPs

  Efthymiadis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2014, 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2014. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Vol. 2. p. 1535-1536 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Player Preference and Style in a Leading Mobile Card Game

  Cowling, P. I., Devlin, S., Powley, E., Whitehouse, D. & Rollason, J., 11 Sept 2014, In: Computational Intelligence and AI in Games, IEEE Transactions on. 7, 3, p. 233-242 10 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

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• Potential-based difference rewards for multiagent reinforcement learning

  Devlin, S., Yliniemi, L., Kudenko, D. & Turner, K., 2014, 13th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2014. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Vol. 1. p. 165-172 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Predicting player disengagement in online games

  Xie, H., Kudenko, D., Devlin, S. & Cowling, P., 2014, Workshop on Computer Games. Cazenave, T., Winands, M. H. M. & Björnsson, Y. (eds.). Springer, p. 133-149 17 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Preface to the special issue: Adaptive Learning Agents Part 2

  Devlin, S., Hennes, D. & Howley, E., 2014, In: Connection Science. 26, 2, p. 101-102 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review

• Preface to the special issue: Adaptive Learning Agents, Part 1

  Devlin, S., Hennes, D. & Howley, E., Jan 2014, In: Connection Science. 26, 1, p. 5-6 2 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Editorial › peer-review
• 2013

  Overcoming erroneous domain knowledge in plan-based reward shaping

  Efthymiadis, K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2013, 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2013, AAMAS 2013. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Vol. 2. p. 1245-1246 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Potential-based reward shaping for POMDPs

  Eck, A., Son, L. K., Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2013, 12th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2013, AAMAS 2013. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Vol. 2. p. 1123-1124 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• 2012

  Dynamic Potential-Based Reward Shaping

  Devlin, S. M. & Kudenko, D., Jun 2012, Proceedings of the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems. IFAAMAS, p. 433-440 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

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• Plan-based reward shaping for multi-agent reinforcement learning

  Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., 2012, Proceedings of the Adaptive and Learning Agents Workshop 2012, ALA 2012 - Held in Conjunction with the 11th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, AAMAS 2012. p. 49-56 8 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• 2011

  An Empirical Study of Potential-Based Reward Shaping and Advice in Complex, Multi-Agent Systems

  Devlin, S., Grzes, M. & Kudenko, D., Apr 2011, In: Advances in Complex Systems. 14, 2, p. 251-278 28 p.

  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

• Multi-agent, reward shaping for RoboCup KeepAway

  Devlin, S., Grześ, M. & Kudenko, D., 2011, 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2011, AAMAS 2011. International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems (IFAAMAS), Vol. 2. p. 1157-1158 2 p.

  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Conference contribution

• Multi-Agent Potential-based Reward Shaping for RoboCup KeepAway

  Devlin, S., Grzes, M. & Kudenko, D., May 2011.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• Theoretical Considerations of Potential-Based Reward Shaping for Multi-Agent Systems

  Devlin, S. & Kudenko, D., May 2011, The 10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems . ACM, p. 225-232

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• 2010

  Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Reward Shaping for KeepAway Takers

  Devlin, S., Grzes, M. & Kudenko, D., May 2010.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

• 2009

  Reinforcement Learning in RoboCup KeepAway with Partial Observability

  Devlin, S., Grzes, M. & Kudenko, D., 2009, p. 201-208.

  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review