Nicholas M. Stiffler

According to our database, Nicholas M. Stiffler authored at least 18 papers between 2011 and 2026.

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2026

LE-PAVD: Learning-Enhanced Physics-Aware Vehicle Dynamics for High-Speed Autonomous Navigation.

Musabbir Ahmed Arrafi, Malik Ali, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Krishna Bhavithavya Kidambi

CoRR, May, 2026

How Does LLM-powered Coding Assistance Shape Incidental Learning? Exploring Cognitive Forcing Strategies in Programming Education.

Ba-Thinh Tran-Le, Patrick Thomas, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Thuy Ngoc Nguyen

Proceedings of the Fortieth AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence, 2026

2024

Asymptotically-Optimal Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2024

2022

Robust-by-Design Plans for Multi-Robot Pursuit-Evasion.

Trevor Olsen, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the 2022 International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2022

2021

Rapid Recovery from Robot Failures in Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion.

Trevor Olsen, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2021

A Visibility Roadmap Sampling Approach for a Multi-Robot Visibility-Based Pursuit-Evasion Problem.

Trevor Olsen, Anne M. Tumlin, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2021

2020

Planning for robust visibility-based pursuit-evasion.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2020

2018

Efficient, High-Quality Stack Rearrangement.

Shuai D. Han, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Kostas E. Bekris, Jingjin Yu

IEEE Robotics Autom. Lett., 2018

Complexity Results and Fast Methods for Optimal Tabletop Rearrangement with Overhand Grasps.

Shuai D. Han, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Athanasios Krontiris, Kostas E. Bekris, Jingjin Yu

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2018

2017

Complete and optimal visibility-based pursuit-evasion.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Int. J. Robotics Res., 2017

High-Quality Tabletop Rearrangement with Overhand Grasps: Hardness Results and Fast Methods.

Shuai D. Han, Nicholas M. Stiffler, Athanasios Krontiris, Kostas E. Bekris, Jingjin Yu

Proceedings of the Robotics: Science and Systems XIII, 2017

Persistent pursuit-evasion: The case of the preoccupied pursuer.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Andreas Kolling, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the 2017 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2017

2016

Pursuit-evasion with fixed beams.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the 2016 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2016

2015

Agent classification using implicit models.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2015

2014

A sampling-based algorithm for multi-robot visibility-based pursuit-evasion.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems, 2014

A complete algorithm for visibility-based pursuit-evasion with multiple pursuers.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2014

2012

Shortest paths for visibility-based pursuit-evasion.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2012

2011

Visibility-based pursuit-evasion with probabilistic evader models.

Nicholas M. Stiffler, Jason M. O'Kane

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation, 2011