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We study a class of cooperative multi-agent optimization problems, where each agent is associated with a local action vector and a local cost, and the goal is to cooperatively find the joint action profile that minimizes the average of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-02-24 Yujie Tang , Zhaolin Ren , Na Li

In this paper consensus in second-order multi-agent systems with a non-periodic sampled-data exchange among agents is investigated. The sampling is random with bounded inter-sampling intervals. It is assumed that each agent has exact…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-11-17 Mehran Zareh , Dimos V. Dimarogonas , Mauro Franceschelli , Karl Henrik Johansson , Carla Seatzu

In this paper, we consider the cooperative output regulation problem for heterogeneous linear multi-agent systems in the presence of communication constraints. Under standard assumptions on the agents dynamics, we propose a distributed…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-10-06 Abdelkader Abdessameud , Abdelhamid Tayebi

We propose an active inference agent to identify and control a mechanical system with multiple bodies connected by joints. This agent is constructed from multiple scalar autoregressive model-based agents, coupled together by virtue of…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2024-10-15 Tim N. Nisslbeck , Wouter M. Kouw

In cooperative multi-agent robotic systems, coordination is necessary in order to complete a given task. Important examples include search and rescue, operations in hazardous environments, and environmental monitoring. Coordination, in…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-03-14 Andrea Carron , Danilo Saccani , Lorenzo Fagiano , Melanie N. Zeilinger

This paper studies the problem of multi-agent cooperative localization of a common reference coordinate frame in $\mathbb{R}^3$. Each agent in a system maintains a body-fixed coordinate frame and its actual \textit{frame transformation}…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-07-11 Quoc Van Tran , Hyo-Sung Ahn

Many real-world scenarios involve teams of agents that have to coordinate their actions to reach a shared goal. We focus on the setting in which a team of agents faces an opponent in a zero-sum, imperfect-information game. Team members can…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Federico Cacciamani , Andrea Celli , Marco Ciccone , Nicola Gatti

Accurate motion prediction of pedestrians, cyclists, and other surrounding vehicles (all called agents) is very important for autonomous driving. Most existing works capture map information through an one-stage interaction with map by…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-26 Yinke Dong , Haifeng Yuan , Hongkun Liu , Wei Jing , Fangzhen Li , Hongmin Liu , Bin Fan

Random pairwise encounters often occur in large populations, or groups of mobile agents, and various types of local interactions that happen at encounters account for emergent global phenomena. In particular, in the fields of swarm…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-03-16 Thomas Dagès , Alfred M. Bruckstein

This paper presents a novel approach for resilient distributed consensus in multiagent networks when dealing with adversarial agents imprecision in states observed by normal agents. Traditional resilient distributed consensus algorithms…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-15 Christopher A. Lee , Waseem Abbas

Many real-world problems require the coordination of multiple autonomous agents. Recent work has shown the promise of Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) to learn explicit communication strategies that enable complex multi-agent coordination.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-05 Jan Blumenkamp , Amanda Prorok

This paper introduces a decentralized multi-agent reinforcement learning framework enabling structurally heterogeneous teams of agents to jointly discover and acquire randomly located targets in environments characterized by partial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Gabriele Calzolari , Vidya Sumathy , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos

Deep reinforcement learning has been applied successfully to solve various real-world problems and the number of its applications in the multi-agent settings has been increasing. Multi-agent learning distinctly poses significant challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-24 Ngoc Duy Nguyen , Thanh Thi Nguyen , Doug Creighton , Saeid Nahavandi

In this paper, we consider the consensus problem of dynamical multiple agents that communicate via a directed moving neighborhood random network. Each agent performs random walk on a weighted directed network. Agents interact with each…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-05-14 Yilun Shang

Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning faces significant challenges in effectively organizing agent relationships and facilitating information exchange, particularly when agents need to adapt their coordination patterns dynamically.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-26 Chiqiang Liu , Dazi Li

In this paper, we deal with first and second-order alignment models with non-universal interaction, time delay and possible lack of connection between the agents. More precisely, we analyze the situation in which the system's agents do not…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-08-26 Chiara Cicolani , Elisa Continelli , Cristina Pignotti

This note studies resilient coordination of networked multiagent systems in the presence of misbehaving agents, i.e., agents that are subject to adversaries modeled as exogenous disturbances. Apart from the existing relevant literature that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-03-18 Tansel Yucelen , Gerardo De La Torre

This report surveys results on distributed systems comprising mobile agents that are identical and anonymous, oblivious and interact solely by adjusting their motion according to the relative location of their neighbours. The agents are…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2019-02-06 Ariel Barel , Rotem Manor , Alfred M. Bruckstein

This paper introduces a novel approach of clustering, which is based on group consensus of dynamic linear high-order multi-agent systems. The graph topology is associated with a selected multi-agent system, with each agent corresponding to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-06-13 Ning Cai , Chen Diao , M. Junaid Khan

In this paper, we propose several consensus protocols of the first and second order for networked multi-agent systems and provide explicit representations for their asymptotic states. These representations involve the eigenprojection of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-27 Rafig Agaev , Pavel Chebotarev