Publications

Journals

Preview of paper: AsaFG: A Human-in-the-Loop Integration Module for Air Combat Simulations
Samara R. Silva, Vitor C. F. Gomes, Alessandro O. Arantes, Andre F. M. Caetano, Victor L. D. B. Costa, Adrisson R. Samersla, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Yuri D. Ferreira, Marcia R. C. Aquino, Joao P. A. Dantas
IEEE Access, 2025
Preview of paper: Deep Reinforcement Learning Agents With Collective Situational Awareness for Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
Joao P. A. Dantas*, Felipe L. L. Medeiros*, Adrisson R. Samersla*, Pedro L. R. Botelho, Vitor C. F. Gomes, Samara R. Silva, Yuri D. Ferreira, Alessandro O. Arantes, Marcia R. C. Aquino, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo
* Equal contribution
IEEE Access, 2025
Preview of paper: Autonomous Aircraft Tactical Pop-Up Attack Using Imitation and Generative Learning
Joao P. A. Dantas, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
IEEE Access, 2025
Preview of paper: Simulation and Machine Learning in Beyond Visual Range Air Combat: A Survey
Andre N. Costa*, Joao P. A. Dantas*, Edvards Scukins, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Petter Ögren
* Equal contribution
IEEE Access, 2025
Preview of paper: ASA-SimaaS: Advancing Digital Transformation through Simulation Services in the Brazilian Air Force
Joao P. A. Dantas, Diego Geraldo, Andre N. Costa, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Spectrum: The Journal of Operational Applications in Defense Areas, 2025
Preview of paper: Open Machine Learning Models for Actual Takeoff Weight Prediction
Mayara C. R. Murca, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Joao P. A. Dantas, Joao B. T. Szenczuk, Carolina R. Lima, Lucas O. Carvalho, Gabriel A. Melo
Journal of Open Aviation Science, 2025
Preview of paper: Image, speech, and ADS-B trajectory datasets for terminal airspace operations (TartanAviation)
Jay Patrikar, Joao Dantas, Brady Moon, Milad Hamidi, Sourish Ghosh, Nikhil Keetha, Ian Higgins, Atharva Chandak, Takashi Yoneyama, Sebastian Scherer
Nature Scientific Data, 2025
Preview of paper: PoKER: a probability of kill estimation rate model for air-to-air missiles
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
The Journal of Defense Modeling and Simulation, 2025
Preview of paper: SoRTS: Learned Tree Search for Long Horizon Social Robot Navigation
Ingrid Navarro*, Jay Patrikar*, Joao P. A. Dantas, Rohan Baijal, Ian Higgins, Sebastian Scherer, Jean Oh
* Equal contribution
IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2024
Preview of paper: Advanced Defensive Tactics: Integrating Simulation and Machine Learning in Aerial Warfare
Mario Viscardi, João P. A. Dantas, Diego Geraldo, Angelo Passaro
Spectrum: The Journal of Operational Applications in Defense Areas, 2024
Preview of paper: Machine Learning for Beyond Visual Range Air Combat
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
IEEE Latin America Transactions, 2022
Formation control paper
Andre N. Costa, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Joao P. A. Dantas, Diego Geraldo, Nei Y. Soma
Simulation: Transactions of the Society for Modeling and Simulation International, 2021
Transport missions paper
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas, Caio Augusto de Melo Silvestre
Spectrum: The Journal of Operational Applications in Defense Areas, 2020
BVR Game theory paper
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Spectrum: The Journal of Operational Applications in Defense Areas, 2017

Conferences

SIGE paper
Francisco Henrique Figueiredo Araujo, Murillo Santilli Szvaticsek, Marco Antonio Pacheco da Silva, João P. A. Dantas, Christopher Shneider Cerqueira, Cesar A. C. Marcondes
Simpósio de Aplicações Operacionais em Áreas de Defesa (SIGE), 2025
Drone swarm paper
Lucas Silva Lima, João Paulo de Andrade Dantas, Paulo Marcelo Tasinaffo
Simpósio de Aplicações Operacionais em Áreas de Defesa (SIGE), 2025
DroneSwarm2D paper
Lucas Silva Lima, Rafael Duarte Rocha, Rafael Hoffmann Giannico, Denys Derlian Carvalho Brito, João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Congresso Acadêmico sobre Defesa Nacional (CADN), 2025
ASA paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Vitor C. F. Gomes, Andre R. Kuroswiski, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Diego Geraldo, Adrisson R. Samersla, Samara R. Silva, Andre F. M. Caetano, Yuri D. Ferreira, Alessandro O. Arantes, Davison S. Santos, Marcia R. C. Aquino
Computational Science and Computational Intelligence (CSCI), 2024
AsaPy paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Samara R. Silva, Vitor C. F. Gomes, Andre N. Costa, Adrisson R. Samersla, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (PADS), 2024
WSC paper
Joao P. A. Dantas
Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), PhD Colloquium, 2024
PADS paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (PADS), PhD Colloquium, 2024
Manobra Winding paper
Mario Viscardi, João P. A. Dantas, Diego Geraldo, Angelo Passaro
Simpósio de Aplicações Operacionais em Áreas de Defesa (SIGE), 2024
Aprendizado de Máquina paper
Lucas Silva Lima, Rafael Hoffmann Giannico, Denys Derlian Carvalho Brito, Antonio Gustavo Silveira Dantas, João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Congresso Acadêmico sobre Defesa Nacional (CADN), 2024
SAM-EZ paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Diego Geraldo, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference (I/ITSEC), 2023
Ambiente de Simulação paper
Gabriel Henrique Gobi, Pedro Lustosa Rege Botelho, Thiago Lobo Ferreira, Thiago Lopes de Araujo, João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Congresso Acadêmico sobre Defesa Nacional (CADN), 2023
Autonomous agent BVR paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Conference on Principles of Advanced Discrete Simulation (PADS), PhD Colloquium, 2023
WSC paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Felipe L. L. Medeiros, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Winter Simulation Conference (WSC), 2022
ICRA paper
Jay Patrikar, Joao P. A. Dantas, Sourish Ghosh, et al.
International Conference on Robotics and Automation (ICRA), Aerial Robotics Workshop, 2022
BRACIS paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Brazilian Conference on Intelligent Systems (BRACIS), 2021
LARS paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Diego Geraldo, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
Latin American Robotics Symposium (LARS), 2021
ENIAC paper
Joao P. A. Dantas, Andre N. Costa, Marcos R. O. A. Maximo, Takashi Yoneyama
National Meeting on Artificial and Computational Intelligence (ENIAC), 2021
Exploratory Analysis paper
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas, Jelton Alexandre da Cunha, Jamesson Lira Silva, Alessandro Oliveira Arantes, Vitor Conrado Faria Gomes
Simpósio de Segurança de Voo (SSV), 2018
ENCITA 2013
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas, Gilberto Petraconi Filho
XIX Encontro de Iniciação Científica e Pós-Graduação do ITA (ENCITA), 2013
ENCITA 2012
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas, Gilberto Petraconi Filho
XVIII Encontro de Iniciação Científica e Pós-Graduação do ITA (ENCITA), 2012

Theses

PhD thesis
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
PhD Thesis, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, 2025
Master's thesis
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Master's Thesis, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, 2018
Hexacopter thesis
João Paulo de Andrade Dantas
Senior Thesis, Aeronautics Institute of Technology, 2015

Pre-Prints

Pre-print paper
Andre N. Costa, Joao P. A. Dantas
SSRN eLibrary, 2023