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We propose a formalism to model and reason about multi-agent systems. We allow agents to interact and communicate in different modes so that they can pursue joint tasks; agents may dynamically synchronize, exchange data, adapt their…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2020-02-20 Yehia Abd Alrahman , Giuseppe Perelli , Nir Piterman

We propose a formalism to model and reason about reconfigurable multi-agent systems. In our formalism, agents interact and communicate in different modes so that they can pursue joint tasks; agents may dynamically synchronize, exchange…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2021-04-29 Yehia Abd Alrahman , Nir Piterman

In important applications involving multi-task networks with multiple objectives, agents in the network need to decide between these multiple objectives and reach an agreement about which single objective to follow for the network. In this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Sahar Khawatmi , Abdelhak M. Zoubir , Ali H. Sayed

In this paper a decentralized control algorithm for systems composed of $N$ dynamically decoupled agents, coupled by feasibility constraints, is presented. The control problem is divided into $N$ optimal control sub-problems and a…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-02-28 Ugo Rosolia , Francesco Braghin , Andrew G. Alleyne , Stijn De Bruyne , Edoardo Sabbioni

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

We propose a distributed control, in which many identical control agents are deployed for controlling a linear time-invariant plant that has multiple input-output channels. Each control agent can join or leave the control loop during the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-20 Taekyoo Kim , Donggil Lee , Hyungbo Shim

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

Several methods have been proposed recently to learn neural network (NN) controllers for autonomous agents, with unknown and stochastic dynamics, tasked with complex missions captured by Linear Temporal Logic (LTL). Due to the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Jun Wang , Haojun Chen , Zihe Sun , Yiannis Kantaros

Decentralized cooperative multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MARL) can be a versatile learning framework, particularly in scenarios where centralized training is either not possible or not practical. One of the critical challenges in…

This paper proposes a distributed event-triggered control method that not only guarantees consensus of multi-agent systems but also satisfies a given LQ performance constraint. Taking the standard distributed control scheme with all-time…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-31 Shumpei Nishida , Kunihisa Okano

In this paper, we present a control framework that allows magnetic microrobot teams to accomplish complex micromanipulation tasks captured by global Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formulas. To address this problem, we propose an optimal…

A multi-agent coverage problem is considered with energy-constrained agents. The objective of this paper is to compare the coverage performance between centralized and decentralized approaches. To this end, a near-optimal centralized…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-27 Xiangyu Meng , Xinmiao Sun , Christos G. Cassandras , Kaiyuan Xu

Self-organization is a process where a stable pattern is formed by the cooperative behavior between parts of an initially disordered system without external control or influence. It has been introduced to multi-agent systems as an internal…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-27 Jieting Luo , Beishui Liao , John-Jules Meyer

Existing methods for safe multi-agent control using logic specifications like Signal Temporal Logic (STL) often face scalability issues. This is because they rely either on single-agent perspectives or on Mixed Integer Linear Programming…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Joe Eappen , Zikang Xiong , Dipam Patel , Aniket Bera , Suresh Jagannathan

We consider the problem of \emph{fully decentralized} multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), where the agents are located at the nodes of a time-varying communication network. Specifically, we assume that the reward functions of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-02-28 Kaiqing Zhang , Zhuoran Yang , Han Liu , Tong Zhang , Tamer Başar

AI agents are increasingly deployed to execute tasks and make decisions within agentic workflows, introducing new requirements for safe and controlled autonomy. Prior work has established the importance of human oversight for ensuring…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Edward Cheng , Jeshua Cheng

This paper addresses the problem of navigation control of a general class of 2nd order uncertain nonlinear multi-agent systems in a bounded workspace, which is a subset of $R^3$ , with static obstacles. In particular, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-04-25 Alexandros Filotheou , Alexandros Nikou , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Linear temporal logic (LTL) has recently been adopted as a powerful formalism for specifying complex, temporally extended tasks in multi-task reinforcement learning (RL). However, learning policies that efficiently satisfy arbitrary…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-04-01 Mathias Jackermeier , Alessandro Abate

This paper addresses the planning and control problem for nonlinear systems under Signal Temporal Logic (STL) specifications. We first decompose an STL task into finite local tasks. A sampling-based method generates sequences of local…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-28 Zuodong Pan , Xu Fang , Wei Ren

In this paper, we investigate the fixed-time behavioral control problem for a team of second-order nonlinear agents, aiming to achieve a desired formation with collision/obstacle~avoidance. In the proposed approach, the two behaviors(tasks)…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-03-12 Ning Zhou , Xiaodong Cheng , Zhongqi Sun , Yuanqing Xia