Publications by Mohsen Afsharchi

Publications

Journal papers

2021 - M. Ghaffari, and M. Afsharchi, Learning to Shift Load under Uncertain Production in the Smart Grid, International Transactions on Electrical Energy Systems 31(2)(2021)(Wiley Online Library).
2020 - S. Zamani, M. Afsharchi,and V. Solouk, BotNet Detection Using Hidden Markov Model within Flow Intervals, Tabriz Journal of Electrical Engineering 50(1)(2020)(University of Tabriz Press).
2020 - M. Mahmoudi, M. Afsharchi,and S. Khodayifar, Demand Response Management in Smart Homes Using Robust Optimization, Electric Power Components and Systems 48(8)(2020)(Taylor & Francis).
2020 - F. Ghorbani, M. Afsharchi,and V. Derhami, Learning with Policy Prediction in Continuous State-Action Multi-agent Decision Processes, Soft Computing 24(2)(2020)(SC-Springer).
2019 - E. Fazli and M. Afsharchi, A Time and Space-Efficient Compositional Method for Prime and Test Paths Generation, IEEE ACCESS 7,P:134399-134410(2019)(IEEE-ACCESS).
2019 - S. Ahmadian,N. Joorabloo, M. Jalili, Y.Ren, M.Meghdadi and M. Afsharchi, A Social Recommender System based on Reliable Implicit Relationships. Knowledge-Based Systems, Volume 192, 105371, (2019)(KBS-Elsevier).
2019 - M.F. Sadi, E. Ansari,and M. Afsharchi, Supervised Word Sense Disambiguation Using New Features Based on Word Embeddings, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Volume 37(1):1467-1476 (2019)(JIFS-IOS-Press).
2019 - F. Ghorbani, M. Afsharchi,and V. Derhami, A Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning Algorithm with Fuzzy Approximation for Distributed Stochastic Unit Commitment, Journal of Intelligent and Fuzzy Systems, Volume 37(5): 6613-6628(JIFS-IOS-Press).
2019 - S. Ahmadian, M. Afsharchi,and M. Meghdadi, A Novel Approach based on Multi-view Reliability Measures to Alleviate Data Sparsity in Recommender Systems, Journal of Multimedia Tools and Applications, DOI: 10.1007/s11042-018-7079-x,January 2018.
2018 - S. Ahmadian, M. Afsharchi,and M. Meghdadi, An Effective Social Recommendation Method based on User Reputation Model and Rating Profile Enhancements, Journal of Information Science, DOI: 10.1177/0165551518808191,October 2018.
2018 - S. Ahmadian, M. Meghdadi,and M. Afsharchi, Incorporating Reliable Virtual Ratings into Social Recommendation Systems, Journal of Applied Intelligence Volume 48, Number 7, July 2018.
2018 - A. Ghasem Azar, M. Afsharchi, M. Davoodi, and B. Sadegh,A Multi-Objective Market-Driven Framework for Efficient Electricity Matching in the Smart Grid, International Journal of Engineering Applications of Artificial Intelligence 70: 199-215 (2018)(EAAI-Elsevier).
2018 - S. Ahmadian, M. Meghdadi,and M. Afsharchi, A Social Recommendation Method Based on an Adaptive Neighbor Selection Mechanism, Journal of Information Processing and Management, Volume 54, Issue 4, July 2018, Pages 707-725 (IPM-Elsevier).
2017 - F. Ghorbani, V. Derhami,and M. Afsharchi, Fuzzy Least Square Policy Iteration and Its Mathematical Analysis, International Journal of Fuzzy Systems(IJFS-Springer),Volume 19, Issue 3, pp 849-862.
2014 - M. Ramaninia, E. Bigdeli,and M. Afsharchi, A Scalable Algorithm to Solve Distributed Constraint Optimization, International Journal of Information and Communication Technology Research, Volume 6, Issue 2, pp 55-67.
2014 - M. Arab, M. Afsharchi, Community Detection in Social Networks using Hybrid Merging of Sub Communities, Journal of Network and Computer Applications, Volume 40, April 2014, pp 73-84.
2013 - E. Davoodi, K. Kianmehr, M. Afsharchi, A Semantic Social Network-based Expert Recommender System, Applied Intelligence, Volume 39, Issue 1, pp 1-13
2013 - M. Afsharchi, A. Didandeh, N. Mirbakhsh, Concept Learning Games: An Ontological Study in Multi-Agent Systems, The International Journal of Information Systems Frontiers, Volume 15, Issue 4, pp 653-676.
2013 - M. Afsharchi, B.H. Far, A. Didandeh, N. Mirbakhsh, Common Understanding in a Multi-Agent System Using Ontology-Guided Learning, The International Journal of Knowledge and Information Systems, Volume 36, Issue 1, pp 83-120 .
2009 - H. Mohammadi, E. Nedaee, M.Afsharchi, N. Yazdani. M. Sahimi, A Percolation Model of Mobile Ad hoc Networks, International Journal of Modern Physics C, Volume: 20, Issue: 12, PP. 1871-1902
2007 - M. Afsharchi, B.H. Far and J. Denzinger. Enhancing Communication With Groups of Agents Using Learned Non-unanimous Ontology Concepts. The International Journal of Web Intelligence and Agent Systems, Volume 7, Number 1, PP. 107-121, 2009, IOS Press
2005 - Mohsen Afsharchi and Behrouz H. Far.Enterprise Knowledge Management Using Knowledge Orchestration Agency. Decision Support in Agent Mediated Environments; Editors Gloria Phillips-Wren and Lakhmi Jain, Knowledge-Based Intelligent Engineering Systems, Frontiers in Artificial Intelligence and Applications, publisher IOS Press, Chapter 3, 2005.
2004 - Mohsen Afsharchi, Behrouz Homayoun Far and Wei Wu. A Unified View of Software Agents Interactions. Transactions of Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication, IEICE, Vol. E87-D, No. 4, pp. 896-907, April 2004

Conference papers

2019 - H.R. Rahmani,M. Aliannejadi, R.Mirzaei Zadeh, M. Baratchi, M. Afsharchi, F. Crestani Category-Aware Location Embedding for Point-of-Interest Recommendation, The International Conference on the Theory of Information Retrieval. ACM, 2019.

                2019 - 
                
                    H.R. Rahmani,M. Aliannejadi, S. Ahmadian, M. Baratchi, M. Afsharchi, F. Crestani
                        LGLMF: Local Geographical based Logistic
                            Matrix Factorization Model for POI Recommendation, 
                    The 15th Asia Information Retrieval Societies Conference 2019.
            

                2019 - 
                
                    Z. Hashemian,Z. Sharifi, K. Soltanian, M. Afsharchi 
                        Using Augmented Genetic Algorithm for Search-Based Software
                            Testing, 
                    The International Conference on Contemporary Issues In Data Science, 2019.
            

                2018 - 
                
                    S. Ahmadian, N. Joorabloo, M. Jalili, M. Meghdadi, M. Afsharchi, Y. Ren 
                        A Temporal Clustering Approach for Social Recommender
                            Systems, 
                    IEEE/ACM International Conference on Advances in Social Networks Analysis and Mining, 2018.
                    
            

                2018 - 
                
                    R. Heidari, M. Afsharchi and R. Khanmohammadi. 
                        A Markovian Decision Process Analysis of Experienced Agents
                            Joining Ad-Hoc Teams, 
                    Proceedings of the  Euromicro
                    Conference on
                Digital System Design, DSD, 2018. 
            

                2015 - 
                
                    Z. Alizadeh, M. Afsharchi and A. Ghasem Azar. 
                        A Distributed Energy-Efficient Algorithm for
                            Cellular Target Tracking in Wireless Sensor Networks, 
                    Proceedings of the  International
                    Conference on
                Artificial Intelligence Applications and
                    Innovations, 75-95, AIAI, 2015. 
            

                2015 - 
                
                    A. Jamshidpey, M. Afsharchi. Task
                            Allocation in Robotic Swarms: Explicit Communication Based Approaches.
                    Proceedings of Canadian Conference on AI 2015: 59-67, Halifax 2015. 
            

                2015 - H. Khani, M. Afsharchi.
                    Security Games with Ambiguous Beliefs of
                            Agents, Proceedings of 
                PRIMA
                    2015,585-593, Bertinoro, Italy, 2015. 
            

                2014 - 
                
                    A. Ghasem Azar, M. Davoodi, M. Afsharchi and B.Sadeghi Bigham. 
                    A Greedy Agent-Based Resource
                            Allocation in the Smart Electricity Markets
                , 
                    Proceedings of the  International
                    Conference on
                Artificial Intelligence Applications and
                    Innovations, 150-161, AIAI, 2014. 
            

                2014 - S.Amini and
                    M. Afsharchi. Finding Better Teammates in a Semi-cooperative Multi-agent
                        System, 
                    Proceedings of the IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference
                    on Intelligent Agent Technology, IAT 2014. 
            

2012 - M.Arab and
                    M. Afsharchi. A Modularity Maximization Algorithm for Community
                                    Detection in Social Networks with Low Time Complexity,
                    Proceedings of The IEEE/WIC/ACM International Conference on Web
                    Intelligence, WI 2012.
                    
                

2012 - E. Davoodi,
                    M. Afsharchi, and K. Kianmehr. A Social
                                    Network-based Approach to Expert Recommendation System,
                    Proceedings of  the 7th International Conference on
                        Hybrid Artificial Intelligence Systems, HAIS 2012.
                    
                

2012 - R. Najafi and M. Afsharchi. Network Intrusion
                                    Detection Using Tree Augmented Naive-Bayes,
                    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Contemporary Issues in
                    Computer Science, CICIS 2012.
                    
                

2011 - E. Bigdeli, M. Ramaninia, and
                    M. Afsharchi. DGOPT:
                                            Dynamic Group Optimization to Find Better to Group Formations in
                                            DCOPS,
                    Proceedings of the 4th International Workshop on OPTimization
                    in Multiagent Systems, OPTMAS 2011.
                    
                

2011 - E. Bigdeli, M. Ramaninia, and
                    M. Afsharchi. Solving
                                    Distributed Optimization Problems- an Evolutionary Approach,
                    Proceedings of the 3rd International Conference on Agents and Artificial
                    Intelligence (ICAART 2011), Rome, Italy.
                    
                

2010 - E. Bigdeli, M. Ramaninia, and
                    M. Afsharchi. PKOPT: Faster k-Optimal Solution for DCOP by
                                    Improving Group Selection Strategy, Proceedings of the
                    22th International Conference on Tools with Artificial Intelligence
                    (ICTAI 2010), Arras, France.
                    
                

2010 - N. Mirbakhsh, A. Didandeh, and
                    M. Afsharchi, Concept Learning Games: The Game of Query and
                                    Response, Proceedings of the 2010 IEEE/WIC/ACM International
                    Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT 2010), Toronto, Canada,
                    pp. 234-240.
                    
                

2010 - A. Didandeh, N. Mirbakhsh and
                    M. Afsharchi, Negotiating
                                to Learn Non-Unanimous Concepts, In Proceedings of the
                    Working Conference on Human Factors and Computational Models for
                    Negotiation (HuCom2010), 2010, Delft, The
                    Netherlands.
                    
                

2009 - N. Mirbakhsh, A. Didandeh, M.Afsharchi, Incremental Non-Unanimous
                                Concept
                                Reformation
                                through Queried Object Classification, Proceedings of the
                    International Conference on Intelligent Agent Technology (IAT09), Italy,
                    2009 
                    
                

2009 - B. H. Far,
                    C. Zhong,Z. Yang, M. Afsharchi,
                    Realization
                                of Semantic Search Using Concept Learning and Document Annotation
                                Agents,
                    Proceedings of the 29th 
                    International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge
                    Engineering(SEKE09), 2009
                
            

2009 - L. Safari, M.Afsharchi, B.H. Far,
                    Concepts
                                in Action: Performance Study of Agents Learning Ontology Concepts From
                                Peer Agents, 
                    Proceedings of International Conference on Agents and Artificial
                    Intelligence (ICAART09), 
                        Portugal
                    ,
                    (2009) 
                
            

2008 - M.Afsharchi, C. Zhong, Z.
                    Yang and B.H.Far, Ontology Learning
                                Supported Semantic Search Using Cooperative Agents,
                    Proceedings of the 20th 
                    International Conference on Software Engineering and Knowledge
                    Engineering(SEKE08), 2008
                
            

2007 - B.H. Far,
                    A.H. Elamy and N. Houari
                    and M. Afsharchi, Adjudicator: A
                                    Statistical Approach for Learning Ontology Concepts from Peer Agents,Proceedings
                    of the Nineteenth International Conference on Software Engineering and
                    Knowledge Engineering(SEKE07), 2007.
                
            

2006 - M. Afsharchi, B.H. Far, and J. Denzinger,
                            Learning
                                Non-Unanimous Ontology Concepts to Communicate with Groups of Agents,
                    Proceedings of the International Conference on Intelligent Agent
                    Technology (IAT-06) ,
                    Hong
                        Kong, IEEE Press, 2006, pp. 211-217.
                
                
            

2006 - M. Afsharchi, B.H. Far,
                Improving
                                Example Selection for Agents Teaching Ontology
                                Concepts, Proceedings of
                    the 10th International Workshop on Cooperative Information Agents (CIA'06),
                    Springer LNCS 4149, 2005, pp. 228-242 .

2006 - M. Afsharchi, B.H. Far, and J. Denzinger,
                        Ontology Guided
                                Learning to Improve Communication among Groups of Agents,
                    Proceedings of the 5th International Joint Conference on Autonomous
                    Agents and Multi Agent Systems (AAMAS'06), Hakodate, 2006, pp. 923-930 .
                
            

2006 - Mohsen Afsharchi and B.H. Far,
                Automated Ontology Evolution in a
                                Multi-Agent System,
                    Proceedings of the ACM International
                    Conference on Scalable Information Systems, (INFOSCALE'06), Article No.
                    16, 2006.

2006 - Mohsen Afsharchi, and B.H. Far,
                Elicitation, Representation and
                                Management
                                of Software
                                Design Knowledge Using Multiagent
                                Technology, Proceedings of
                    the 11th International CSI Computer Conference (CSICC'06), 2006.

2005 - Mohsen Afsharchi and Behrouz H. Far.Elicitation, Representation and
                            Management of Software Design Knowledge. The
                    Second CDEN International Conference on Design Education, Innovation, and
                    Practice, July 18-20, 2005 
                        Kananaskis, 
                            Alberta,
                        Canada
                    . 

2001 -
                    Mohsen Afsharchi et.el. The Pasargad Robot :
                        A
                        team description paper for 
                            Zanjan
                            University
                         Robots
                        team.
                    Accepted in RoboCup 2001, August 2-10, 2001 
                        Seattle,
                            USA
                        
                    
                
                
            

1997 - Mohsen Afsharchi, M.Fathi and M.Oghabian. A Fast Method for Three Dimensional Surface Tracking. The 3rd International Conference of Computer Society of Iran, 23-25 Dec., 1997 Tehran, Iran .