Andrew .L. Nelson, �Embodied Artificial Life at an Impasse: Can Evolutionary Robotics Methods Be Scaled?� Proceedings of the 2014 IEEE Symposium Series on Computational Intelligence (IEEE SSCI�14), Orlando, FL, Dec. 9-12, 2014.  

Andrew L. Nelson and Brenae L. Bailey, �Evolution as a Random Walk on a High-Dimensional Manifold Defined by Physical Law: Implications for Open-Ended Artificial Life,� Proceedings of the: The Fourteenth Conference on the Synthesis and Simulation of Living Systems (ALIFE 14), New York, NY, July, 2014, pp 847-848, The MIT Press.

A.L. Nelson, �Artificial Life and Machine Consciousness,� Proceedings of the AAAI Fall Symposium Series 2013, Arlington, Virginia, USA; Nov, 2013 

A.L. Nelson and E. Grant,  �Aggregate selection and direct competition in evolutionary robotics,� Cell Adhesion and Stress Fibers: A Symposium in honor of Keith Burridge, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA; Aug. 2010 

A.L. Nelson, G.J. Barlow, and L. Doitsidis, �Fitness functions in evolutionary robotics: A survey and analysis,� Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 57, no. 4, pp. 345-370, Apr. 2009.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, �Aggregate selection in evolutionary robotics,� in Mobile Robots: The Evolutionary Approach, eds. N. Nedjah, L. Coelho, L. Mourelle, Studies in Computational Intelligence , vol. 50, pp. 63-88, Springer, 2007.  (publisher link)

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, �Using direct competition to select for competent controllers in evolutionary robotics,� Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 54, no. 10, pp. 840-857, Oct. 2006.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, �Developmental analysis in evolutionary robotics,� in Proceedings of the 2006 IEEE SMC Mountain Workshop on Adaptive and Learning Systems (SMCals�06), July 2006, pp. 201-206.

N.B. Almutairi, M.T. Alrifai, A.L. Nelson �Position Control of an Axial Flux Variable Reluctance PM Motor Using Fuzzy Logic,� ACSE International Journal on Automatic Control and Systems Engineering, vol. 5, no. 4, Dec., 2005.

L. Doitsidis, A. Nelson, M. Long, K. Valavanis, R. Murphy, �Experimental validation of a Matlab based control architecture for multiple robot outdoor navigation,� in Proceedings of the Joint 2005 International Symposium on Intelligent Control & 13th Mediterranean Conference on Control and Automation (2005 ISIC-MED), Limassol, Cyprus , June 27-29, 2005.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, J.M. Galeotti, S. Rhody, �Maze exploration behaviors using an integrated evolutionary robotics environment,�  Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 159-173, Mar. 2004.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, T.C. Henderson, �Evolution of neural controllers for competitive game playing with teams of mobile robots,� Journal of Robotics and Autonomous Systems, vol. 46, no. 3, pp. 135-150, Mar. 2004.

G.J. Barlow, T.C. Henderson, A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, �Dynamic leadership protocol for S-nets,� Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA�04), New Orleans LA, Apr. 26-May 1, 2004, vol. 2, pp. 1091-1096.

A.L. Nelson, L. Doitsidis, M.T. Long, K.P. Valavanis, R.R. Murphy, �Incorporation of MATLAB into a distributed behavioral robotics architecture,�  Proceedings of the 2004 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS�04), Sendai, Japan, Sept. 28-Oct. 2, 2004, pp. 2028-2035.

Grant, E.   Mattos, L.   Barlow, G.   Nelson, A.L.   Luthy, K.   Levedahl, B.   Lee, G.  �Evolutionary neural controllers for mobile robot colonies,� in Proceedings of the World Automation Congress, June 28 - July 1, 2004, vol. 17,  pp.  37-42.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, G.J. Barlow, T.C. Henderson, �A colony of robots using vision sensing and evolved neural controllers,� Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE/RSJ International Conference on Intelligent Robots and Systems (IROS�03), Las Vegas NV, vol. 3, Oct. 27-31, 2003, pp. 2273-2278.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, G.J. Barlow, M. White, �Evolution of autonomous robot behaviors using relative competitive fitness,� Proceedings of the 2003 International Conference, Integration of Knowledge Intensive Multi-Agent Systems (KIMAS�03) Modeling, Exploration, and Engineering Systems, Boston MA, Oct. 1-3, 2003, pp. 145-150.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, G. Lee, �Developing evolutionary neural controllers for teams of mobile robots playing a complex game,� Proceedings of the 2003 IEEE International Conference on Information Reuse and Integration (IRI 2003), Las Vegas NV, Oct. 27-29, 2003, pp. 212-218.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, G. Lee, �Using genetic algorithms to capture behavioral traits exhibited by knowledge based robot agents,� Proceedings of the ISCA 15th International Conference: Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-2002), San Diego CA, Nov. 7-9, 2002, pp. 92-97.

J. Galeotti, S. Rhody, A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, G. Lee, �EvBots � the design and construction of a mobile robot colony for conducting evolutionary robotic experiments,� Proceedings of the ISCA 15th International Conference: Computer Applications in Industry and Engineering (CAINE-2002), San Diego CA, Nov. 7-9, 2002, pp. 86-91.

A.L. Nelson, E. Grant, T.C. Henderson, �Competitive relative performance evaluation of neural controllers for competitive game playing with teams of real mobile robots,� Measuring the Performance and Intelligence of Systems: Proceedings of the 2002 PerMIS Workshop, NIST Special Publication 990, Gaithersburg MD, Aug. 13-15, 2002, pp. 43-50.

A.L. Nelson, M. Chow, �Characterization of coil faults in an axial flux variable reluctance PM motor,� IEEE Transactions on Energy Conversion, vol. 17, no. 3, pp. 340-348, Sept. 2002.

S.H. Bernacki, A.L. Nelson, L. Abdullah, J.K. Sheehan, A. Harris, C. William Davis, S.H. Randell, �Mucin gene expression during differentiation of human airway epithelia in vitro. Muc4 and muc5b are strongly induced,� American Journal of Respiratory Cell and Molecular Biology, vol. 20, no. 4, pp. 595-604, Apr. 1999.

K. Burridge, A. Nelson, �An in-gel assay for protein tyrosine phosphatase activity: detection of widespread distribution in cells and tissues,� Analytical Biochemistry, vol. 232, no. 1, pp. 56-64, Nov. 1995.

A. Nelson, M. Chow, �Electric vehicles and axial flux permanent magnet motor propulsion systems,� IEEE Industrial Electronics Society Newsletter, vol. 46, no.4, pp.3-6, Dec. 1999.

Andrew L Nelson, �Competitive Relative Performance and Fitness Selection for Evolutionary Robotics,� Doctoral Dissertation, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2000.

Andrew L. Nelson,  �Characterization of Winding Faults in Axial Flux Reluctance Motors in the Context of Electric Vehicle Propulsion Systems,� Master's Thesis, Electrical Engineering, North Carolina State University, Raleigh, North Carolina, May 2000.

Lecture Presentation:  Introduction to Fuzzy Logic

Lecture Presentation:  Introduction to Genetic Algorithms

Lecture Presentation:  Introduction to Neural Networks

Lecture Presentation:  Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

Presentations:

Dissertation Presentation:  Competitive Relative Performance and Fitness Selection for Evolutionary Robotics

IROS 2004 Presentation:  Incorporation of MATLAB into a Distributed Behavioral Robotics Architecture

IROS 2003 Presentation:  A Colony of Robots Using Vision Sensing and Evolved Neural Controllers