Journal Papers and Book Chapters
Fratini, S., Policella, N., Silva, R. et al. On-board autonomy operations for OPS-SAT experiment. Applied Intelligence (2021). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10489-020-02158-5
Gao Y., Burroughes G., Ocón J., Fratini S., Policella N. and Donati A. Mission Operations and Autonomy. In Y. Gao (Ed.), Contemporary Planetary Robotics: An Approach Toward Autonomous Systems, Wiley-VCH, 2016. ISBN: 978-3-527-41325-6.
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., and Oddi, A., Bernardi, G., Deploying Interactive Mission Planning Tools – Experiences and Lessons Learned. Journal of Advanced Computational Intelligence and Intelligent Informatics. Vol.15 No.8, pp. 1149-1158, 2011.
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. MrSPOCK Steps in Developing and end-to-end Space Application. Computational Intelligence Journal, 27(1): 83-102, 2011
Bartak, R., Fratini, S. and McCluskey, T. L. The Third Competition on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling. In AI Magazine (2010)
Cesta A., Finzi A, Fratini S., Orlandini A. and Tronci E. Validation and Verification Issues in a Timeline Planning System. The Knowledge Engineering Review, Cambridge University Press, 25(3): 299-318, 2010
Fratini, S., Pecora, F., and Cesta, A. Unifying Planning and Scheduling as Timelines in a Component- Based Perspective. Archives of Control Sciences, 18(2):231-271, 2008
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Denis, M., Donati, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., Policella, N., Rabenau, E.,Schulster, J., MEXAR2: AI Solves Mission Planner Problems. IEEE Intelligent Systems, 22(4), 2007
Cesta A., Fratini S. and Oddi A. Planning with Concurrency, Time and Resources: A CSP-Based Approach. In I. Vlahavas, D. Vrakas (Eds.), Intelligent Techniques for Planning, Idea Group Publishing, 2005. ISBN: 159140451-7.
Conference Papers
L. F. Simões, B. Day, V. Magal Shreenath, C. Wilson, C. P. Bridges, S. Kaczmarek, S. Fratini, B. Sousa, A. Donati. Learning from History: Scoring & Automating Spacecraft Constellation Schedules. In SpaceOps-21. Proceedings of the 16th International Conference on Space Operations, Vitrual Edition, May 3-5, 2021
S. Fratini, J. Gorfer, N. Policella (2019) On Board Autonomy Operations for OPS-SAT Experiment. In: Wotawa F., Friedrich G., Pill I., Koitz-Hristov R., Ali M. (eds) Advances and Trends in Artificial Intelligence. From Theory to Practice. IEA/AIE 2019. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 11606. Springer, Cham
S. Fratini, N. Policella, N. Faerber, R. N. Neves Madeira, A. Donati and B. Sousa. Ground Station Pass Allocation in Operations using AI. In SpaceOps-18. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Space Operations, Marseille, France, May 28- June 1, 2018
N. Policella, S. Fratini, A. Donati, S. De La Fuente, M. Casale. AI Support for future mission operations: The case of BepiColombo On-board Memory Management. In SpaceOps-18. Proceedings of the 15th International Conference on Space Operations, Marseille, France, May 28- June 1, 2018
T. Nogueira, S. Fratini, K. Schilling. Autonomously Controlling Flexible Timelines: From Domain-independent Planning to Robust Execution. In proceedings of the 38th IEEE Aerospace Conference, Bik Sky, Montana, USA. March 4-11, 2017.
Faerber N., Fratini S., Policella N., Bartesaghi M., Costa T., Sousa B. and Donati, A. Cluster-II: Using Artificial Intelligence for Automated Ground Station Scheduling. In SpaceOps-16. Proceedings of the 14th International Conference on Space Operations, Daejeon, Korea, May 16-20, 2016
A. Orlandini, A. Finzi, A. Cesta, S. Fratini. TGA-Based Controllers for Flexible Plan Execution. In proc. of KI 2011: Advances in Artificial Intelligence, 34th Annual German Conference on AI, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Vol. 7006. pp 233-245. ISBN 978-3-642-24454-4. Springer. 2011.
A. Cesta, S. Fratini, A. Orlandini, R. Rasconi. A Planning and Scheduling Service for the ULISSE Platform. In SMC-IT 2011. The IEEE Fourth International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology, Palo Alto, CA, August 2-4, 2011 (pp 35 – 42)
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., Tronci, E. Analyzing Flexible Timeline-based Plans. In Proceedings of the 19th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI 2010, Lisbon, Portugal, August, pp. 471-476, 2010
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., Tronci, E., Flexible Timeline-Based Plan Verification. In B. Mertsching, M. Hund, and Z. Aziz (Eds.): KI 2009, Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) 5803, pp. 49–56, 2009.
Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Donati, A., Oliveira, H., Policella, N. Rapid Prototyping of Planning & Scheduling Tools. In SMC-IT 2009. Third IEEE International Conference on Space Mission Challenges for Information Technology. pp. 270-277. IEEE Press, Los Alamitos, CA. 2009.
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. and Oddi, A. Developing an End-to-End Planning Application from a imeline Representation Framework. In Proceedings of the 21st Innovative Applications of Artificial Intelligence, IAAI-09, Pasadena, California, July 14-16, 2009.
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Denis, M., Donati, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., Policella, N., Rabenau, E. and Schulster, J. Continuous Plan Management Support for Space Missions: the RAXEM Case. In Proceedings of the 18th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, PAIS/ECAI-08, Prestigious Applications on Intelligent Systems, Patras, Greece, pp.703-707,2008.
A. Cesta, S. Fratini and F. Pecora. Planning with Multiple-Components in Omps. In Nguyen et al. (Eds.) Proceedings of the Twenty First International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems IEA/AIE 2008, Wroclaw (Poland), June 18-20, 2008. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) N.5027, pp .435-445, 2008.
Donati, A., Policella, N., Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. Cortellessa, G., Pecora, F., Schulster, J., Rabenau, E., Niezette, M., Steel, R. Science Operations Pre-Planning & Optimization using AI constraint-resolution - the APSI Case Study 1. In SpaceOps-08. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Space Operations, Heidelberg, DE, May 12-16, 2008
Rabenau, E., Donati, A., Denis, M., Policella, N., Schulster, J., Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. and Oddi, A. The RAXEM Tool on Mars Express - Uplink Planning Optimization and Scheduling Using AI Constraint Resolution. In SpaceOps-08. Proceedings of the 10th International Conference on Space Operations. Heidelberg, Germany, May 12-16, 2008
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. and Policella. N. An Innovative Product for Space Mission Planning - an a posteriori evaluation. In ICAPS-07. Proceedings of the 17th International Conference on Automated Planning and Scheduling (Awarded as Best Application Paper),Providence, Rhode Island, U.S.A., 22-26 September, 2007.
A. Cesta, G. Cortellessa, S. Fratini, A. Oddi, and N. Policella. Software Companion. The MEXAR2 Support to Space Mission Planners. In Proceedings of the 17th European Conference on Artificial Intelligence, ECAI-06, Riva del Garda, Italy / August 28th - September 1st, pp.622-626, 2006.
A. Cesta, G. Cortellessa, S. Fratini, A. Oddi, and N. Policella. From Demo to Practice: the MEXAR Path to Space Operations. In M.Ali and R.Dapoigny (Eds.), Proceedings of the nineteenth International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2006, Annecy, France, June 27-30. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) N.4031, pp. 421-431, 2006.
Cesta, A. , Oddi, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. and Policella, N. AI Based Tools for Continuous Support to Mission Planning. In SpaceOps-06. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Space Operations, Rome, Italy, (SpaceOps 06), June 19-23, 2006
Fratini, S. and Cesta, A. A Planning and Scheduling Tool to Automate and Support Mission Planning. In SpaceOps-06. Proceedings of the 9th International Conference on Space Operations, Rome, Italy, (SpaceOps 06), June 19-23, 2006
A. Cesta, and S. Fratini. Controlling Complex Physical Systems Through Planning and Scheduling Integration. In M.Ali and F .Esposito (Eds.), Proceedings of the 18th International Conference on Industrial, Engineering & Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2005, Bari, Italy, June 22-24. Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence (LNAI) N.3533, pp. 197-207, 2005.
Workshops, Simposia and Others with Reviewing Process
Marconcini M., Feliciotti A., Asaro F., Lemma L., Austoni A., Strano E., Fratini S., Altenkirch A., Stark J. Empowering Sustainable Urban Development through Digital Twin Technology: The CITYNEXUS project. In Proceedings of URBIS24, Urban Insights from Space, ESA-ESRIN, Italy. September 2024.
Patruno J., Romeo A., Vitolo C., Wiesmann A., Arthurs D., Fratini S., Papadopoulou T and Habib, T. Destination Earth Core Service Platform Use Cases: A Collaborative approach for DestinE validation and evolution. In Proceedings of EGU 2024, the 2024 European Geoscience Union General Assembly, Vienna, Austria. April 2024.
Patruno J., Romeo A., Wiesman D., Arthurs D., Fratini S., Papadopoulou T and Habib, T. Destination Earth core service platform initial set of use cases. In Proceedings of IGARSS 2024, the 2024 IEEE International Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, Athens, Greece. April 2024.
Fratini S., Fleith P., Policella N., Griggio A., Tonetta S., Goyal S., Thieu Hoa Le T., Kimblad J., Tian C., Kapellos K., Tranoris C and Wijnands Q. Verification and Validation of Autonomous Systems with embedded AI: the VIVAS approach. In Proceeding of the 17th symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics (ASTRA 2023). ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands. October 2023.
Silva R., Fratini S., Guerreiro J., Nogueira T. and Policella N. . A. Goal-oriented Onboard Autonomous Operations: an OPS-SAT Experiment. In Proceeding of the 71st International Astronautical Congess (IAC2020) - The CyberSpace Edition. October 2020.
Fratini S., Gorfer J., Policella N. and Donati. A. On board autonomous operations for OPS-SAT. In Proceeding of the 15th symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics (ASTRA 2019). ESA-ESTEC, The Netherlands. May 2019.
Fratini S. and Policella N. Challenges in Explainable Planning for Space Operations. In XAIP 2018. Proceedings of the ICAPS Workshop on EXplainable AI Planning at ICAPS, Delft, The Netherlands, 2018.
Fratini S., Nogueira T. and Policella N. Integrating Modeling and Knowledge Representation for Combined Task, Resource and Path Planning in Robotics. In KEPS 2017. Proceedings of the ICAPS Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling at ICAPS, Pittsburgh, 2017.
Nogueira T. and Fratini S. An Architecture for Integrated Timeline Planning and Model-based Execution. In IntEx 2017. Proceedings of the1st Workshop on Integrated Execution of Planning and Acting at ICAPS, Pittsburgh, 2017.
Fratini S., Faerber N., Policella N. and Sousa B.Ground Station Scheduling for Cluster-II with TIAGO – Tool for Intelligent Allocation of Ground Operations. In IWPSS-17. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. Pittsburgh, USA, 16-16 June 2017.
Nogueira, T., Fratini, S., Schilling, K. Planning and Execution to Support Goal-based Operations for NetSat: a Study. In IWPSS-17. Proceedings of the 10th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. Pittsburgh, USA, 16-16 June 2017.
Fratini S., Faerber N., Policella N. and Sousa B. TIAGO – Tool for Intelligent Allocation of Ground Operations on Cluster-II. In SPARK-16. Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop at ICAPS, London, UK, 2016.
Fratini S., Policella N., Faerber N., De Maio A., Donati A. and Sousa B. Resource Driven Timeline-Based Planning for Space Applications. In IWPSS-15. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 25-27 July 2015.
de La Fuente S., Policella N., Fratini S. and McAuliffe, J. BepiColombo Science Data Storage and Downlink Optimization Tool. In IWPSS-15. Proceedings of the 9th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. Buenos Aires, Argentina, 25-27 July 2015.
De Maio A., Fratini S., Policella N. and Donati, A. Resource Driven planning with PLASMA: the PLAn Space Multi-solver Application. In Proceeding of the 13th symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics (ASTRA 2015). ESA-ESTEC, May, 2015
Fratini S., Policella N. and Donati A. Pattern-Based Modeling for Timeline Planning in Space Domains. In Proceedings of the IJCAI Workshop “AI in Space”, Beijing, China, August 2013
Delfa Victoria, J., Fratini, S., Policella, N., Gao, Y., Stryk, O and Donati, A. Planning Mars Rovers with Hierarchical Timeline Networks. In Proceedings of the IJCAI Workshop “AI in Space”, Beijing, China, August 2013
Fratini S., Policella N. and Donati A. "A Service Oriented approach for the Interoperability of Space Mission Planning Systems". In Proceedings of KEPS-13. ICAPS Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling, Roma, Italy, June 2013.
Fratini S., Martin S., Policella N. and Donati A. "Planning-Based Controllers for Increased Levels of Autonomous Operations". In Proceeding of the 12th symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics (ASTRA 2013). ESA-ESTEC, May, 2013
Delfa Victoria, J., Fratini, S., Policella, N., Gao, Y. and Stryk, O. "QuijoteExpress - A Novel APSI Planning System for Future Space Robotic Missions". In Proceeding of the 12th symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Automation and Robotics (ASTRA 2013). ESA-ESTEC, May, 2013
Fratini S., Sarkarati M., Policella N., Donati A., Merri M., and Spada M. "Benefits for the standardization of Mission Planning Services from Advanced Planning Experiences". In IWPSS-13. Proceedings of the 8th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. NASA Ames Research Center, California, 25-27 March 2013.
Fratini, S. and Cesta, A. "The APSI Framework: A Platform for Timeline Synthesis". In Proceedings of the 1st Workshops on Planning and Scheduling with Timelines, Atibaia, Brazil, 2012
Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini A., Rasconi, R. Continuous planning and execution with timelines. In i-SAIRAS-12. Proceedings of the 11th International Symposium in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Turin, Italy, September 4-7, 2012
Fratini, S., Cesta, A.,De Benedictis, R., Orlandini, A. and Rasconi, R. APSI-Based Deliberation in Goal Oriented Autonomous Controllers. In Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, ESA-ESTEC, April 12-14, 2011
Cesta, A., Orlandini, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S. and Tronci, E. Enriching APSI with validation capabilities: the KEEN environment and its use in robotics. In Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Advanced SpaceTechnologies in Robotics and Automation, ESA-ESTEC, April 12-14, 2011
Ceballos, A., Ocoon, J., Rajan, K., Ingrand, F., De Silva, L., Bensalem, S., Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., Rasconi, R. and Van Winnendael, M. A Goal-Oriented Autonomous Controller for Space Exploration. In Proceedings of the 11th Symposium on Advanced Space Technologies in Robotics and Automation, ESA-ESTEC, April 12-14, 2011
Orlandini, A., Finzi, A., Cesta, A., Fratini, S. and Tronci, E. Formal Methods for Plan-based Robot Autonomy: A Case Study. In PlanSIG-10. Brescia, Italy, December 1-2, 2010
Cesta, A, Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., and Bernardi, G. Deploying Interactive Mission Planning Tools - Experiences and Lessons Learned. In i-SAIRAS-10. Proceedings of the 10th International Symposium in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, Sapporo, Japan, August 29-September 1, 2010
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., and Tronci, E. Validating Timeline-based Plans for Robots: Current Results. In DRHE-10. The Seventh IARP Workshop on Technical Challenges for Dependable Robots in Human Environments (Abstract Only), Toulouse, France, June 16-17,2010
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., and Tronci, E. How Hard is Verifying Flexible Temporal Plans for the Remote Space Agent?. In KEPS-10. ICAPS Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling, Toronto, Canada, May, 2010
A. Cesta, A. Finzi, S. Fratini, A. Orlandini, E. Tronci. Flexible Plan Verification: Feasibility Results. In Proc. of the 16th RCRA International Workshop on Experimental evaluation of algorithms for solving problems with combinatorial explosion (RCRA). ISBN 978-88-903581-1-1. 2009.
A. Cesta, A. Finzi, S. Fratini, A. Orlandini, E. Tronci. Verifying Flexible Timeline-based Plans. In Proc. of ICAPS Workshop on Validation and Verification of Planning and Scheduling Systems. Thessaloniki, Greece, September, 2009
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. Oddi, A., and Rasconi, R. The APSI Framework: a Planning and Scheduling Software Development Environment. In Working Notes of ICAPS-09 Application Showcase Program. Thessaloniki, Greece, September, 2009
Rabenau, E., Donati, A., Denis, M., Policella, N., Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Oddi, A., Fratini, S., and Bernardi, G. The RAXEM Tool on Mars Express - Uplink Planning Optimization and Scheduling Using AI Constraint Resolution. In IWPSS-09, 6th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space. Pasadena, CA, July, 2009.
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. and Oddi, A. MrSPOCK: a Longterm Planning Tool for Mars Express. In IWPSS-09. Proceedings of the 6th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space.Pasadena, California, July 19th - 21st, 2009.
Steel, R., Ni_ezette,M., Cesta, A., Fratini,S., Oddi, A., Cortellessa, G., Rasconi, R., Verfaillie, G., Pralet, C., Lavagna, M., Brambilla, A., Castellini, F., Donati, A. and Policella, N. Advanced Planning and Scheduling Initiative: MrSPOCK AIMS for XMAS. In IJCAI Workshop on AI for Space. Pasadena, CA, (also poster session at IWPSS-09, 6th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, and communication at ESAW-09, European Ground System Architecture Workshop), 2009
A. Cesta, A. Finzi, S. Fratini, A. Orlandini, E. Tronci. Validation and Verification Issues in a Timeline-based Planning System. In Proc. Of ICAPS Workshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling (KEPS-08). 2008.
Cesta, A and Fratini, S. The Timeline Representation Framework as a Planning and Scheduling Software Development Environment. In PlanSIG-08. Proceedings of the 27th Workshop of the UK Planning and Scheduling Special Interest Group. Edinburgh, UK, December 11-12, 2008
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., and Oddi, A. MrSPOCK: Generating a Planning System through a Timeline Representation Framework.In ASTRA-08. Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation, ESA-ESTEC, November, 2008
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., and Tronci, E. Merging Planning, Scheduling & Verification - A Preliminary Analysis. In ASTRA-08. Proceedings of the 10th Workshop on Advanced Space Technologies for Robotics and Automation, ESA-ESTEC, November, 2008
Cesta, A., Finzi, A., Fratini, S., Orlandini, A., Tronci, E. Validation and Verification Issues in a Timeline-based Planning System. In KEPS-08. ICAPSWorkshop on Knowledge Engineering for Planning and Scheduling, Sidney, Australia, 2008
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S. and Oddi, A. Looking for Mr-SPOCK: Issues in Deploying a Space Application. In SPARK-08. Scheduling and Planning Applications woRKshop at ICAPS, Sidney, Australia, 2008
Cortellessa, G., Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. and Policella, N. User interaction with an AI tool: The RAXEM experience. In Workshop on Usable Arti_cial Intelligence at CHI-09, Florence, Italy, April, 2008
Cesta, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. and Pecora, F. APSI Case#1: Preplanning Science Operations in Mars Express. In iSAIRAS-08, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium in Artificial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, 2008
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Denis, M., Donati, A., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., Policella, N., Rabenau, E. and Schulster, J.. RAXEM – Supporting Command Uplink in MARS EXPRESS. In iSAIRAS-08, Proceedings of the 9th International Symposium in Arti_cial Intelligence, Robotics and Automation in Space, 2008
Cesta, A., Fratini, S. and Pecora, F., A Multi-Component Framework for Planning and Scheduling Integration, in Proceedings of PlanSIG07, The 26th workshop of the UK Planning and scheduling Special Interest Group, Prague, Czech Reublic, December 17-18, 2007
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. and Policella. N. MEXAR2 : a software tool for MARS EXPRESS data dumping activities. In Working Notes of the ICAPS-07 Demo Program, Providence, RI, USA, September, 2007
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A., and Policella, N. RAXEM: Toward a Systematic Approach to Support Mission Planning. In Workshop on Arti_cial Intelligence for Space Applications at IJCAI-07, 2007
Cesta, A., Cortellessa, G., Fratini, S., Oddi, A. and Policella. N. MEXAR2 - An Operational Tool for Continuous Support to Mission Planning. In Proceedings of the 5th International Workshop on Planning and Scheduling for Space, IWPSS-06, 2006
Fratini, S. and Cesta, A. The Integration of Planning into Scheduling in OMP. In Proceedings of the 2nd Workshop on Integrating Planning into Scheduling (WIPIS) at AAAI-05, Pittsburgh, USA, 2005
Fratini, S. Integrating Resource and Causal Reasoning: a CSP Approach. Doctoral Consortium Proceedings of ICAPS-05, Monterey, California, USA, 2005
Fratini, S., Cesta, A. and Oddi, A. Extending a Scheduler with Causal Reasoning: a CSP Approach. In Proceedings of the ICAPS Workshop on Constraint Programming for Planning and Scheduling, at ICAPS-05, Monterey, California, USA, 2005.