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Sean Luke

Stochastic Optimization Metaheuristics Evolutionary Computation Multi-Agent Learning Autonomous Robot Swarms
George Mason University DEPARTMENT OF COMPUTER SCIENCE

About

Sean Luke is the head of the George Mason University Autonomous Robotics Laboratory. Luke has taught at George Mason University since 2000. His areas of interest and expertise include stochastic optimization and metaheuristics, evolutionary computation, multi-agent systems and multi-agent learning, autonomous robotics and robot swarms, and simulation development. He is the author of Essentials of Metaheuristics, and of several very widely used open-source software packages, including the MASON multi-agent simulator and the ECJ evolutionary computation toolkit.

Research Performance Summary

169
Total Papers
14261
Total Citations
55
H-Index
1995-2025
Active Research Span

First Recorded Paper

Parka Parallel Knowledge Representation System

Year: 1995

Citations: 1

Venue: Technical Report CS-TR-3485, Department of Computer Science, Institute for

Latest Recorded Paper

Planner-Guided Robot Swarm Demonstration with Natural Language Control

Year: 2025

Citations: 0

Venue: International Conference on Practical Applications of Agents and Multi-Agent

Last 10 Years Publication Activity

This timeline shows the professor's yearly publication activity.

2025
2
2024
2
2023
8
2022
3
2021
2
2020
6
2019
4
2018
8
2017
3
2016
6
2015
5

Publication Venues and Collaboration

Journal, Conference, and Book Publication Breakdown

Conference 88
Journal 7
Book 11

Top Coauthors

Luke Panait Sullivan

Research Impact by Period

2025-2026

Period Stats
Papers 2
Citations 0
Avg. Citations / Paper 0
H-Index 0

2020-2024

Period Stats
Papers 21
Citations 62
Avg. Citations / Paper 3
H-Index 5

2015-2019

Period Stats
Papers 26
Citations 706
Avg. Citations / Paper 27.2
H-Index 12

2010-2014

Period Stats
Papers 28
Citations 1139
Avg. Citations / Paper 40.7
H-Index 14

2005-2009

Period Stats
Papers 33
Citations 6816
Avg. Citations / Paper 206.5
H-Index 19

2000-2004

Period Stats
Papers 37
Citations 2883
Avg. Citations / Paper 77.9
H-Index 24

1995-1999

Period Stats
Papers 22
Citations 2655
Avg. Citations / Paper 120.7
H-Index 17

Contact and Professional Links

Contact Information

sean@gmu.edu
7039934169

Detected Research Keywords

Planner Guided Robot Guided Robot Swarms Following Reviewers Have Reviewers Have Helped Have Helped Us Helped Us Judge Us Judge Papers Genetic Programming Evolvable Programming Evolvable Machines Mason Agent Simulation