{"id":8,"date":"2015-03-05T12:31:03","date_gmt":"2015-03-05T11:31:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/?page_id=8"},"modified":"2021-12-06T12:17:56","modified_gmt":"2021-12-06T11:17:56","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<h3><\/h3>\n<h3>PhD research<a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PhD-thesis-Nico-Roos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Cover-PhD-thesis.png\" alt=\"Cover PhD thesis\" width=\"139\" height=\"197\" \/><\/a><\/h3>\n<p>Nico Roos did his PhD research on <em>handling inconsistent and uncertain information<\/em>. He developed an <em>assumption-based argumentation system<\/em> for handling inconsistent information based on a reliability assessment. His PhD research also addressed the question whether a subjective probability measure can be defined based on the amount of information and knowledge an agent possesses. A <a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/summary-phd-thesis\" rel=\"noopener\">summary<\/a> of the <a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/PhD-thesis-Nico-Roos.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">PhD thesis<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>A <a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/supervised-phd-theses\">list of PhD theses<\/a> supervised by Nico Roos.<\/p>\n<h3>Current\u00a0Research Interests<\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/explainable-artificial-intelligence\">Explainable Artificial Intelligence<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<\/li>\n<li>Multi-Agent Systems<\/li>\n<li>Robotics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Explainable Artificial Intelligence<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li>Learning arguments from data for explainable decision making<\/li>\n<li>Realizing reasoning through the construction of mental models using neural networks<\/li>\n<li>Defeasible reasoning with a controlled natural language<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Knowledge Representation and Reasoning<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/non-monotonic-reasoning\">Argumentation Systems<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/diagnosis\">Diagnosis<\/a> (of plan execution)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/planning-and-scheduling\">Planning and Scheduling<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/description-logics\">Description Logics<\/a> (semantic web)<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/ontology-alignment\">Ontology Alignment<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/dynamic-logic\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dynamic Logic<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Multi-Agent Systems<\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/planning-and-scheduling\">Planning<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/diagnosis\">Diagnosis<\/a><\/li>\n<li>BDI logics<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h5>Robotics<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" alignright\" src=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/03\/Nao2-172x300.jpg\" alt=\"Nao\" width=\"106\" height=\"185\" \/><\/h5>\n<ul>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/robotics\">Energy-efficient dynamically-stable gaits<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/dke.maastrichtuniversity.nl\/nico.roos\/research\/robotics\">Robot vision<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>PhD research Nico Roos did his PhD research on handling inconsistent and uncertain information. He developed an assumption-based argumentation system for handling inconsistent information based on a reliability assessment. His PhD research also addressed the question whether a subjective probability measure can be defined based on the amount of information and knowledge an agent possesses. 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