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LaCAM: Search-Based Algorithm for Quick Multi-Agent Pathfinding

Artificial Intelligence 2022-11-28 v1 Multiagent Systems Robotics

Abstract

We propose a novel complete algorithm for multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) called lazy constraints addition search for MAPF (LaCAM). MAPF is a problem of finding collision-free paths for multiple agents on graphs and is the foundation of multi-robot coordination. LaCAM uses a two-level search to find solutions quickly, even with hundreds of agents or more. At the low-level, it searches constraints about agents' locations. At the high-level, it searches a sequence of all agents' locations, following the constraints specified by the low-level. Our exhaustive experiments reveal that LaCAM is comparable to or outperforms state-of-the-art sub-optimal MAPF algorithms in a variety of scenarios, regarding success rate, planning time, and solution quality of sum-of-costs.

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@article{arxiv.2211.13432,
  title  = {LaCAM: Search-Based Algorithm for Quick Multi-Agent Pathfinding},
  author = {Keisuke Okumura},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2211.13432},
  year   = {2022}
}

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to be presented at AAAI-23