Wellman Research Activities

[Some of the material linked here is a bit stale, but it is all still essentially accurate.]

Broadly speaking, my research group is concerned with the design and implementation of decision machines. We seek mechanisms that support rational decision making while taking into account computational and representational practicality. This objective leads to research in probabilistic reasoning, planning, and knowledge representation, as well as economics and distributed computation. My research statement explains this in somewhat greater detail.

Project descriptions

Some of my papers are available online (FTP directory).

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updated 29 Jan 98