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Fairness Driven Multi-Agent Path Finding Problem

Multiagent Systems 2026-01-16 v1

Abstract

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims at finding non-conflicting paths for multiple agents from their respective sources to destinations. This problem arises in multiple real-life situations, including robot motion planning and airspace assignment for unmanned aerial vehicle movement. The problem is computationally expensive, and adding to it, the agents are rational and can misreport their private information. In this paper, we study both variants of the problem under the realm of fairness. For the non-rational agents, we propose a heuristic solution for this problem. Considering the agents are rational, we develop a mechanism and demonstrate that it is a dominant strategy, incentive compatible, and individually rational. We employ various solution methodologies to highlight the effectiveness and efficiency of the proposed solution approaches.

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@article{arxiv.2601.10123,
  title  = {Fairness Driven Multi-Agent Path Finding Problem},
  author = {Aditi Anand and Dildar Ali and Suman Banerjee},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.10123},
  year   = {2026}
}

Comments

This paper has been accepted in the 18th International Conference on Agents and Artificial Intelligence (ICCART 2026)