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Swarm trajectory optimization problems are a well-recognized class of multi-agent optimal control problems with strong nonlinearity. However, the heuristic nature of needing to set the final time for agents beforehand and the time-consuming…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-10 Xiaobo Zheng , Pan Tang , Defu Lin , Shaoming He

We propose an asynchronous, decentralized algorithm for consensus optimization. The algorithm runs over a network in which the agents communicate with their neighbors and perform local computation. In the proposed algorithm, each agent can…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-03-06 Tianyu Wu , Kun Yuan , Qing Ling , Wotao Yin , Ali H. Sayed

To plan the trajectories of a large-scale heterogeneous swarm, sequentially or synchronously distributed methods usually become intractable due to the lack of global clock synchronization. To this end, we provide a novel asynchronous…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-30 Yuda Chen , Haoze Dong , Zhongkui Li

Avoiding collisions is the core problem in multi-agent navigation. In decentralized settings, when agents have limited communication and sensory capabilities, collisions are typically avoided in a reactive fashion, relying on local…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-07-02 Stepan Dergachev , Konstantin Yakovlev

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) in crowded environments presents a challenging problem in motion planning, aiming to find collision-free paths for all agents in the system. MAPF finds a wide range of applications in various domains,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-06 Phu Pham , Aniket Bera

Cooperative path planning, a crucial aspect of multi-agent systems research, serves a variety of sectors, including military, agriculture, and industry. Many existing algorithms, however, come with certain limitations, such as simplified…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yuchen Wu , Yifan Yang , Gang Xu , Junjie Cao , Yansong Chen , Licheng Wen , Yong Liu

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) requires collision-free trajectories for multiple agents on a shared graph, often with the objective of minimizing the sum-of-costs (SOC). Many optimal and bounded-suboptimal solvers rely on time-expanded…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Fernando Salanova , Eduardo Montijano , Cristian Mahulea

When multiple self-adaptive systems share the same environment and have common goals, they may coordinate their adaptations at runtime to avoid conflicts and to satisfy their goals. There are two approaches to coordination. (1) Logically…

Software Engineering · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Paul-Andrei Dragan , Andreas Metzger , Klaus Pohl

In this paper, we propose two novel decentralized optimization frameworks for multi-agent nonlinear optimal control problems in robotics. The aim of this work is to suggest architectures that inherit the computational efficiency and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-08-09 Augustinos D. Saravanos , Yuichiro Aoyama , Hongchang Zhu , Evangelos A. Theodorou

Asymmetric distributed constraint optimization problems (ADCOPs) are an emerging model for coordinating agents with personal preferences. However, the existing inference-based complete algorithms which use local eliminations cannot be…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-06-05 Yanchen Deng , Ziyu Chen , Dingding Chen , Wenxin Zhang , Xingqiong Jiang

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) in large networks is computationally challenging. An approach for MAPF is prioritized planning (PP), in which agents plan sequentially according to their priority. Albeit a computationally efficient approach…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Patrick Scheffe , Julius Kahle , Bassam Alrifaee

Many high-level multi-agent planning problems, including multi-robot navigation and path planning, can be effectively modeled using deterministic actions and observations. In this work, we focus on such domains and introduce the class of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-09-01 Yang You , Alex Schutz , Zhikun Li , Bruno Lacerda , Robert Skilton , Nick Hawes

This paper investigates the cooperative planning and control problem for multiple connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs) in different scenarios. In the existing literature, most of the methods suffer from significant problems in computational…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-01-05 Xiaoxue Zhang , Zilong Cheng , Jun Ma , Sunan Huang , Frank L. Lewis , Tong Heng Lee

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) remains a critical problem in robotics and autonomous systems, where agents must navigate shared spaces efficiently while avoiding conflicts. Traditional centralized algorithms with global information provide…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Bharath Muppasani , Ritirupa Dey , Biplav Srivastava , Vignesh Narayanan

In this paper, we study the shortest path problem (SPP) with multiple source-destination pairs (MSD), namely MSD-SPP, to minimize average travel time of all shortest paths. The inherent traffic capacity limits within a road network…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Jiaming Yin , Weixiong Rao , Yu Xiao , Keshuang Tang

We introduce a decentralized and online path planning technique for a network of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in the presence of weather disturbances. In our problem setting, the group of UAVs are required to collaboratively visit a set…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-07-16 Wei Zhao , Borzoo Bonakdarpour

The problem of finding conflict-free trajectories for multiple agents of identical circular shape, operating in shared 2D workspace, is addressed in the paper and decoupled, e.g., prioritized, approach is used to solve this problem. Agents'…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-03-16 Konstantin Yakovlev , Anton Andreychuk

Distributed Constraint Optimization (DCOP) is a powerful framework for representing and solving distributed combinatorial problems, where the variables of the problem are owned by different agents. Many multi-agent problems include…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Tal Grinshpoun , Alon Grubshtein , Roie Zivan , Arnon Netzer , Amnon Meisels

This paper presents a parallelizable variant of the well-known Hierarchical Cooperative A* algorithm (HCA*) for the multi-agent path finding (MAPF) problem. In this variant, all agents initially find their shortest paths disregarding the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-02-03 Sreenivasan Ganti , Visnu Srinivasan , Pallavi Ramicetty , Shravan Mohan , Milind Savagaonkar , Shubhashis Sengupta

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) seeks collision-free paths for multiple agents from their respective starting locations to their respective goal locations while minimizing path costs. Although many MAPF algorithms were developed and can…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Shuai Zhou , Shizhe Zhao , Zhongqiang Ren