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We consider decentralized multi-antenna cognitive radio networks where secondary (cognitive) users are granted simultaneous spectrum access along with license-holding (primary) users. We treat the problem of distributed beamforming and rate…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-05-13 Ali Tajer , Narayan Prasad , Xiaodong Wang

To combat global warming and mitigate the risks associated with climate change, carbon capture and storage (CCS) has emerged as a crucial technology. However, safely sequestering CO2 in geological formations for long-term storage presents…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Yizheng Wang , Markus Zechner , Gege Wen , Anthony Louis Corso , John Michael Mern , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Jef Karel Caers

Spectrum sensing (SS) in cognitive radio (CR) systems is of paramount importance to approach the capacity limits for the Secondary Users (SU), while ensuring the undisturbed transmission of Primary Users (PU). In this paper, we formulate a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-04-01 Saeed Bagheri , Anna Scaglione

Robots often face challenges in domestic environments where visual feedback is ineffective, such as retrieving objects obstructed by occlusions or finding a light switch in the dark. In these cases, utilizing contacts to localize the target…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-30 Muhammad Suhail Saleem , Rishi Veerapaneni , Maxim Likhachev

Control problems with incomplete information and memory limitation appear in many practical situations. Although partially observable stochastic control (POSC) is a conventional theoretical framework that considers the optimal control…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-11-08 Takehiro Tottori , Tetsuya J. Kobayashi

A recent theory shows that a multi-player decentralized partially observable Markov decision process can be transformed into an equivalent single-player game, enabling the application of \citeauthor{bellman}'s principle of optimality to…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-03 Johan Peralez , Aurélien Delage , Olivier Buffet , Jilles S. Dibangoye

We are interested in enabling autonomous agents to learn and reason about systems with hidden states, such as locking mechanisms. We cast this problem as learning the parameters of a discrete Partially Observable Markov Decision Process…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-04 Seiji Shaw , Travis Manderson , Chad Kessens , Nicholas Roy

In Cognitive Radio (CR) ad hoc networks, secondary users (SU) attempt to utilize valuable spectral resources without causing significant interference to licensed primary users (PU). While there is a large body of research on spectrum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2012-10-31 Yuan Lu , Alexandra Duel-Hallen

The partial monitoring (PM) framework provides a theoretical formulation of sequential learning problems with incomplete feedback. On each round, a learning agent plays an action while the environment simultaneously chooses an outcome. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-17 Maxime Heuillet , Ola Ahmad , Audrey Durand

To assist humans in open-world environments, robots must interpret ambiguous instructions to locate desired objects. Foundation model-based approaches excel at multimodal grounding, but they lack a principled mechanism for modeling…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Ivy Xiao He , Stefanie Tellex , Jason Xinyu Liu

Powerful spectrum handover schemes enable cognitive radios (CRs) to use transmission opportunities in primary users' channels appropriately. In this paper, we consider the cognitive access of primary channels by a secondary user. We…

Performance · Computer Science 2012-01-04 Hossein Shokri-Ghadikolaei , Mohammad Mozaffari , Masoumeh Nasiri-Kenari

Cognitive radio (CR) is a key enabler realizing future networks to achieve higher spectral efficiency by allowing spectrum sharing between different wireless networks. It is important to explore whether spectrum access opportunities are…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2019-12-17 Seunghwan Kim , Han Cha , Jeemin Kim , Seung-Woo Ko , Seong-Lyun Kim

This paper studies a two-user state-dependent Gaussian multiple-access channel (MAC) with state noncausally known at one encoder. Two scenarios are considered: i) each user wishes to communicate an independent message to the common…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-05-05 Wei Yang , Yingbin Liang , Shlomo Shamai , H. Vincent Poor

In this paper, we propose a novel class of Nash problems for Cognitive Radio (CR) networks, modeled as Gaussian frequency-selective interference channels, wherein each secondary user (SU) competes against the others to maximize his own…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2013-01-01 Gesualdo Scutari , Jong-Shi Pang

In this paper, we study resource allocation for multiuser multiple-input single-output secondary communication systems with multiple system design objectives. We consider cognitive radio networks where the secondary receivers are able to…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-04-24 Derrick Wing Kwan Ng , Ernest S. Lo , Robert Schober

This paper proposes a multi-agent reinforcement learning based medium access framework for wireless networks. The access problem is formulated as a Markov Decision Process (MDP), and solved using reinforcement learning with every network…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Hrishikesh Dutta , Subir Biswas

Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) are a general framework for sequential decision-making under latent state uncertainty, yet learning in POMDPs is intractable in the worst case. Motivated by sensing and probing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Ming Shi , Yingbin Liang , Ness B. Shroff

We present a novel framework for {\epsilon}-optimally solving two-player zero-sum partially observable stochastic games (zs-POSGs). These games pose a major challenge due to the absence of a principled connection with dynamic programming…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-11-17 Erwan Christian Escudie , Matthia Sabatelli , Olivier Buffet , Jilles Steeve Dibangoye

A noncooperative game theoretical approach for analysing opportunistic spectrum access (OSA) in cognitive radio (CR) environments is proposed. New concepts from game theory are applied to spectrum access analysis in order to extract rules…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2012-10-19 Ligia Cremene , Dumitru Dumitrescu

In this paper we propose a novel adaptive scheme for full duplex communication of secondary users (SUs) in a cognitive radio network. The secondary network operates in three modes; Cooperative Sensing (CS), Full Duplex Transmit and Sensing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2017-10-17 Vahid Towhidlou , Mohammad Shikh Bahaei