MY STUDY

TOWARDS A SCIENCE OF PROBLEM SOLVING

My PhD thesis has ignited a long-term, perhaps lifelong personal scientific Study of the role of preferences for problem solving. This blog gives a coherent picture, while putting interrogations and theories into an overall context. ►

DISCOVERY OF QUICKXPLAIN: LOOKING BEHIND THE SCENES

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

QuickXplain paved new ways for computing explanations of failure, but how has it been discovered?

A QUEST FOR EXPLANATIONS OF FAILURE

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

It was a long journey with many failed attempts that ultimately led to the discovery of QuickXplain.

A FIRST GLIMPSE OF QUICKXPLAIN

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

What will we do first after the basic idea for QuickXplain has been discovered? Write a paper or ship some code?

A PRINCIPLED APPROACH FOR QUICKXPLAIN

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

After posing the right research questions, I could elaborate a principled approach and publish QuickXplain.

IMPACT AND IMPROVEMENTS OF QUICKXPLAIN

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

QuickXplain found many adopters and advocates and was gaining in importance, although I did not do much to promote it.

TIME TO CELEBRATE QUICKXPLAIN

Sat, 27 Jul 2024

The completely unexpected has happened. QuickXplain has won the prestigious AAAI Classic Paper Award. It is time to celebrate.

PREFERENCES IN AN OPEN WORLD

Sun, 28 Jul 2013

A short explanation of the motivations for the ADT 2009 article on “Preferences in an open world”.

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