Anthony Dekker: Publications List

These are my work-related publications to date. Please email me at dekker@ACM.org for information on any of these publications. Unfortunately only some of these publications are available electronically at present.

My Erdös Number is currently 5.

For Google Scholar citations, most of these are mine. Currently my h-index is 7, and my g-index is 4 (excluding self-citations).

2010

Dekker, A.H. Average Distance as a Predictor of Synchronisability in Networks of Coupled Oscillators. To appear in ACSC 2010.
- Additional information for this paper is available.

2009

Dekker, A.H. Deriving Agent-Based Simulation Models from Textual Data. In Anderssen, R.S., R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham (eds) 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, pp 2936–2941, ISBN: 978-0-9758400-7-8. PDF file available. (R).
- The simulation described in this paper is available online.
Dekker, A.H. and Skvortsov, A.T. Topological Issues in Sensor Networks. In Anderssen, R.S., R.D. Braddock and L.T.H. Newham (eds) 18th World IMACS Congress and MODSIM09 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand and International Association for Mathematics and Computers in Simulation, July 2009, pp 952–958, ISBN: 978-0-9758400-7-8. PDF file available. (R).
Dekker, A.H. Evidence-Based C2 Metrics: A Survey. Proceedings of 14th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Washington, DC, June 2009. PDF file and and slides available.

2008

Dekker, A.H. Adaptivity in Networked Complex Systems. Proceedings of Systems Engineering/Test and Evaluation (SETE) 2008. PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. and Colbert, B. Scale-Free Networks and Robustness of Critical Infrastructure Networks. Complexity International, Volume 12, Paper ID: msid04, 2008, available here (reprint of paper from 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Complex Systems, 2004) (R).
Dekker, A.H. Network Effects in Epidemiology. Proceedings of SimTecT 2008, pp 39–44, ISBN: 0-9775257-4-0, Simulation Industry Association of Australia, 12–15 May, Melbourne, Australia (awarded best paper in conference). PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Centrality in Social Networks: Theoretical and Simulation Approaches. Proceedings of SimTecT 2008, pp 33–38, ISBN: 0-9775257-4-0, Simulation Industry Association of Australia, 12–15 May, Melbourne, Australia (runner-up for best paper). PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Experiments in Planning and the “ISLAND MISSION” Game. Proceedings of SimTecT 2008, pp 27–32, ISBN: 0-9775257-4-0, Simulation Industry Association of Australia, 12–15 May, Melbourne, Australia. PDF file available. 1+ Google Scholar citations (R).

2007

Dekker, A.H. Realistic Social Networks for Simulation using Network Rewiring. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp. 677-683. ISBN : 978-0-9758400-4-7. PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Predicting Periodic Phenomena with Self-Organising Maps. In Oxley, L. and Kulasiri, D. (eds) MODSIM 2007 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation. Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2007, pp. 2293-2298. ISBN : 978-0-9758400-4-7. PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Studying Organisational Topology with Simple Computational Models. Journal of Artificial Societies and Social Simulation, vol. 10, no. 4, 2007, available electronically (R).
- Additional information for this paper is available.
Dekker, A.H. Can Complex Systems Be Engineered? Lessons from Life. Proceedings of Systems Engineering/Test and Evaluation (SETE) 2007. PDF file available (R).
- This paper was reprinted in the Systems Engineering Society of Australia Newsletter, No. 45, March 2008.
Dekker, A.H. Using Tree Rewiring to Study “Edge” Organisations for C2. Proceedings of SimTecT 2007, pp 83-88, ISBN: 0-9775257-2-4, Simulation Industry Association of Australia, 4–7 June, Brisbane, Australia, PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Studying Multi-Agency Planning Using Team Games. Proceedings of SimTecT 2007, pp 451-454, ISBN: 0-9775257-2-4, Simulation Industry Association of Australia, 4–7 June, Brisbane, Australia, PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. The Eurovision Song Contest as a Friendship Network, Connections, the official journal of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, vol. 27, no. 3, 2007, pp 53–60. The paper is available electronically as a PDF file available in the electronic version of the journal (R).
de Silva, L., Dekker, A.H., and Harland, J. Planning with Time Limits in BDI Agent Programming Languages, in Proc. Thirteenth Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS2007), Ballarat, Australia. Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, vol 65, Gudmundsson, J. and Jay, B., Eds., ACS. pp 131-139. PDF file available (R).

2006

Dekker, A.H. and de Silva, L. Investigating Organisational Structures with Networks of Planning Agents, in International Conference on Intelligent Agents, Web Technologies and Internet Commerce (IAWTIC06), Sydney, Australia, 29 Nov - 1 Dec 2006. PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Collaborative Problem-Solving and Network Structure, presentation to Complex Adaptive Systems and Interacting Agents Workshop, Oxford, September 2006. Slides available.
- This presentation has been superseded by my paper “Studying Organisational Topology with Simple Computational Models.”
Dekker, A.H. Revisiting “SCUDHunt” and the Human Dimension of NCW, in 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Cambridge, September 2006. PDF file and slides available. 1+ Google Scholar citations.
Dekker, A.H. Centralisation vs Self-Synchronisation: An Agent-Based Investigation, in 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Cambridge, September 2006. PDF file and slides available.
Dekker, A.H. Agility in Networked Military Systems: A Simulation Experiment, in 11th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Cambridge, September 2006. PDF file and slides available.
Dekker, A.H. Lazy Functional Programming in Java. ACM SIGPLAN Notices, vol. 41, no. 3, March 2006, pp 30-39. PDF file available. 1+ Google Scholar citations.
Dekker, A.H. Simulating Agility for Networked Military Systems. Proceedings of SimTecT 2006, pp 101-106, ISBN: 0-9775257-0-8, 29 May to 1 June, Melbourne Convention Centre, Australia, pp 101-106. PDF file available (R).
Dekker, A.H. Revisiting “SCUDHunt” and the Human Dimension of NCW: Some Thoughts. Human Factor Issues in Network-Centric Warfare TTCP Symposium, Sydney, May 1-3, 2006. PDF file available.
Dekker, A.H. Measuring The Agility Of Networked Military Forces. In Journal of Battlefield Technology, Volume 9, Number 1, March 2006, pages 19-24. PDF file available. 1+ Google Scholar citations and 3+ CCRP citations (R).

2005

Dekker, A.H. Conceptual Distance in Social Network Analysis. Journal of Social Structure, Vol. 6, No. 3, 2005 Online HTML. 4+ Google Scholar citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Network Topology and Military Performance. In Zerger, A. and Argent, R.M. (eds), MODSIM 2005 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Modelling and Simulation Society of Australia and New Zealand, December 2005, pp 2174-2180, ISBN: 0-9758400-2-9. PDF file available. 3+ Google Scholar citations and 1+ CCRP citations (R).
- The above paper refers to the paper “The structural phase transition among fixed cardinal networks” by Yuumi Kawachi et al.
Dekker, A.H. A Taxonomy of Network Centric Warfare Architectures. In SETE 2005 – Systems Engineering / Test and Evaluation Conference, Brisbane, Australia, November 2005 (awarded Best Paper in Systems Engineering). PDF file available. 5+ Google Scholar citations and 1+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. and Colbert, B. Network Robustness for Critical Infrastructure Networks. In Applications of Information Systems to Homeland Security and Defense, Hussein Abbass and Daryl Essam, eds., Idea Group Inc., 2005, and reprinted here (R).
Dekker, A.H. C4ISR, The FINC Methodology, and Operations in Urban Terrain. In Journal of Battlefield Technology, Volume 8, Number 1, March 2005, pages 25-28. PDF file available. 1+ Google Scholar citations and 1+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Simulating Network Robustness for Critical Infrastructure Networks. Proceedings of 28th Australasian Computer Science Conference, Newcastle, Australia, January 2005. PDF file available in Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol 38. 2+ Google Scholar citations and 1+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. and Colbert, B. The Symmetry Ratio of a Network. Proceedings of Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS2005), Newcastle, Australia, January 2005. PDF file available in Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol 41. 2+ Google Scholar citations (R).

2004

Dekker, A.H. and Colbert, B. Scale-Free Networks and Robustness of Critical Infrastructure Networks. Proceedings of the 7th Asia-Pacific Conference on Complex Systems, 6-10 December 2004, Cairns, Australia, pp 685-699. PDF file available. 2+ Google Scholar citations (R).
- This paper also appeared in the electronic journal Complexity International, Volume 12, Paper ID: msid04, 2008.
Dekker, A.H. Possible Worlds, Belief, and Modal Logic: a Tutorial. Web tutorial, October 2004.
Dekker, A.H. Network Farming for the Analysis of Complex Network Systems. Proceedings of Complex Adaptive Systems in Defence Workshop, 22-23 July 2004, Adelaide University, Adelaide, Australia. Extended Abstract (PDF) available.
Dekker, A.H. Simulating Network Robustness: Two Perspectives on Reality. Proceedings of SimTecT 2004, pp 125–130, ISBN: 0-9578879-3-0, 24-27 May 2004, National Convention Centre, Canberra, Australia (runner-up for best paper). PDF file available. 2+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. and Colbert B. Network Robustness and Graph Topology. Proceedings of ACSC04, the 27th Australasian Computer Science Conference, 18-22 January 2004, Dunedin, New Zealand. PDF file available in Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol 26. 44+ Google Scholar citations and 4+ misspelled Google Scholar citations (R).

2003

Dekker, A.H. Using Agent-Based Modelling to Study Organisational Performance and Cultural Differences. Proceedings of the MODSIM 2003 International Congress on Modelling and Simulation, Townsville, Queensland, July 2003, Volume 4, pages 1793-1798. PDF file available. 1+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Centralisation and Decentralisation in Network Centric Warfare. In Journal of Battlefield Technology, Volume 6, Number 2, July 2003, pages 23-28. PDF file available. 5+ Google Scholar citations (R).

2002

Dekker, A.H. Applying the FINC Methodology to the Land Environment. DSTO report DSTO-GD-0341, 2002. HTML version available.
Dekker, A.H. Agent-Based Modelling And Organisational Structure. The First Lake Arrowhead Conference On Computational Social Science And Social Complexity: Agent-Based Modeling In The Social Sciences, May 9-12, 2002. Abstract available.
Dekker, A.H. C4ISR Architectures, Social Network Analysis and the FINC Methodology: An Experiment in Military Organisational Structure. DSTO report DSTO-GD-0313, Jan 2002. HTML version available. 15+ Google Scholar citations and 10+ misspelled Google Scholar citations and 4+ CCRP citations.
Dekker, A.H. A Category-Theoretic Approach to Social Network Analysis. Proceedings of Computing: The Australasian Theory Symposium (CATS) 2002, Melbourne, Australia, 28 Jan to 1 Feb 2002. PDF file available in Electronic Notes in Theoretical Computer Science Vol 61. 10+ Google Scholar citations (R).

2001

Dekker, A.H. Applying Social Network Analysis Concepts to Military C4ISR Architectures. Connections, the official journal of the International Network for Social Network Analysis, vol. 24, no. 3, 2001, pp 93–103. The paper is available electronically as a PDF file available in the electronic version of the journal. 25+ Google Scholar citations and 3+ CCRP citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Visualisation of Social Networks using CAVALIER. Proceedings of InVis.AU, the Australian Symposium on Information Visualisation, Sydney, Australia, 3-4 December 2001. PDF file available in Conferences in Research and Practice in Information Technology, Vol 9. 11+ Google Scholar citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Is Warfare an Art or a Science? Implications for Command and Control Information Technology. In Journal of Battlefield Technology, Volume 4, Number 3, November 2001, pages 13-17. PDF file available. This article is copyright © The University of New South Wales. Please respect the copyright holder and subscribe to the journal or order a copy of the article (R).

2000

Dekker, A.H. Social Network Analysis in Military Headquarters using CAVALIER. Proceedings of 5th International Command and Control Research and Technology Symposium, Australian War Memorial, Canberra ACT, Australia, 24-26 October 2000. PDF file available in electronic proceedings. 1+ Google Scholar citations.
Dekker, A.H. C3PO: a Tool for Automatic Sound Cryptographic Protocol Analysis. Proceedings of 13th IEEE Computer Security Foundations Workshop, Cambridge, England, July 3-5, 2000. PDF file available. Citations or 22+ Google Scholar citations or 4+ Amazon citations (R).

1990s

Dekker, A.H. How to Defeat a Firewall: An Introduction to Internet Vulnerabilities and Firewall Evaluation. Internal Report, May 1996.
Dekker, A.H. and Piggott P.K. Robot Learning with Neural Self-Organization. In Proceedings of Robots for Australian Industries, National Conference of the Australian Robot Association, Melbourne, 5-7 July 1995 (pages 369-381). PDF file available. Citations or 3+ Google Scholar citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. The Lazy Lambda Calculus with Constants: A Böhm Tree Model (Extended Abstract). In Proceedings of Computing: the Australian Theory Seminar, University of Technology, Sydney, 17-19 December 1994, Sydney, Australia, edited by C. Barry Jay (pages 36-47) (R).
Dekker, A.H. and Farrow, P. Creativity, Chaos, and Artificial Intelligence. In Dartnall, T. H. (ed.) Artificial Intelligence and Creativity: An Interdisciplinary Approach, Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, Holland, 1994 (pages 217-231). [An older version of this paper was published as an extended abstract in Preprints of the Symposium on AI, Reasoning and Creativity, 20-23 August 1991, Lamington National Park, Queensland, Australia, edited by Terry Dartnall, pages 19-23]. 2+ Google Scholar citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. Kohonen Neural Networks for Optimal Colour Quantization. In Network: Computation in Neural Systems, Volume 5, Institute of Physics Publishing, 1994 (pages 351-367). PDF file available. A WWW page and download site is also available. Citations and more citations and even more citations or 80+ Google Scholar citations (R).
Dekker, A.H. The Game of Life: A CLEAN Programming Tutorial and Case Study. In ACM SIGPLAN Notices, Volume 29, No. 9, September 1994 (pages 91-104). A Macintosh SEA/HQX file (110K) or a Unix tar file (80K) containing literate LaTeX/CLEAN programs are available on request, and a WWW Tutorial is available on-line. Citations or 1+ Google Scholar citations.
Dekker, A.H. Böhm Trees for the Lazy Lambda Calculus with Constants. Technical Report TRA8/94, Department of ISCS, National University of Singapore, 1994.
Dekker, A.H. The Lazy Lambda Calculus with Constants. Technical Report TRA7/94, Department of ISCS, National University of Singapore, 1994.
Dekker, A.H. The Game of Life: A CLEAN Programming Tutorial and Case Study. Technical Report TRB5/94, Department of ISCS, National University of Singapore, 1994.
Dekker, A.H. Optimal Colour Quantization using Kohonen Neural Networks. Technical Report TR10/93, Department of ISCS, National University of Singapore, 1993. Please note that this is an older and incomplete version of the work on the NeuQuant web site. 2+ Google Scholar citations.

1980s

Partridge A.S. and Dekker A.H. Speculative Parallelism in a distributed graph reduction machine. In Proceedings of the 22nd Hawaii International Conference on Systems Sciences, 3-6 January 1989, Kailua-Kona, Hawaii, USA. Vol II, SOFTWARE Track, edited by Bruce D. Shriver, IEEE Computer Society Press, 1989 (pages 771-779). Citations or 6+ Google Scholar citations (R)
Dekker, A.H. Subtype Inference in Functional Languages. Ph.D. thesis, Department of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, University of Tasmania, 1989.
Dekker A.H. Output as Reduction in Functional Programming Languages. Technical Report R88-11, Department of EE & CS, University of Tasmania, 1988.
Wright D.A. and Dekker A.H. Strictness Analysis and Type Inference for the lambda-calculus (Summary). Technical Report R88-9, Department of EE&CS, University of Tasmania, 1988.
Dekker A.H. and Partridge A.S. Implementing Functional Languages on the PCM-1. Technical Report R88-8, Department of EE & CS, University of Tasmania, 1988.
Sale A.H.J., Partridge A.S., Parry J.S. and Dekker A.H. PCM-1 architecture definition and project overview. Technical Report R88-4, Department of EE & CS, University of Tasmania, 1988.
Dekker A.H. A Type Inference System for Subtype Hierarchies. Technical Report R87-8, Department of Information Science, University of Tasmania, 1987.
Dekker A.H. and Partridge A.S. Constrained-Cycle Reference Counting for Combinator Graph Reduction. Technical Report R87-6, Department of Information Science, University of Tasmania, 1987.
Dekker A.H. A Generalised Combinator Reduction System and Abstract Machine. Technical Report R87-3, Department of Information Science, University of Tasmania, 1987.
Dekker, A.H. Implementation of a Backus FP System. B.Sc. (Hons) thesis, Department of Information Science, University of Tasmania, 1983.

Refereed publications are denoted by (R).