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The Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) formulation is a powerful tool to model cooperative multi-agent problems that need to be solved distributively. A core assumption of existing approaches is that DCOP solutions can be…
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Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) are a frequently used framework in which a set of independent agents choose values from their respective discrete domains to maximize their utility. Although this formulation is typically…
Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) are an important subclass of combinatorial optimization problems, where information and controls are distributed among multiple autonomous agents. Previously, Machine Learning (ML) has…
In this work, the novel Distributed Bayesian (D-Bay) algorithm is presented for solving multi-agent problems within the continuous Distributed Constraint Optimization Problem (DCOP) framework. This framework extends the classical DCOP…
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Real life problems such as scheduling meeting between people at different locations can be modelled as distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (CSPs). Suitable and satisfactory solutions can then be found using constraint satisfaction…
Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) offer a powerful framework for multi-agent coordination but often rely on labor-intensive, manual problem construction. To address this, we introduce VL-DCOPs, a framework that takes…
In this paper, we present an event-triggered distributed optimization approach including a distributed controller to solve a class of distributed time-varying optimization problems (DTOP). The proposed approach is developed within a…
In this paper, a novel distributed control strategy addressing a (feasible) psycho-social-physical welfare problem in islanded Direct Current (DC) smart grids is proposed. Firstly, we formulate a (convex) optimization problem that allows…
Distributed Constraint Optimization Problems (DCOPs) are an important framework for modeling coordinated decision-making problems in multi-agent systems with a set of discrete variables. Later works have extended DCOPs to model problems…
In this paper we describe an original computational model for solving different types of Distributed Constraint Satisfaction Problems (DCSP). The proposed model is called Controller-Agents for Constraints Solving (CACS). This model is…
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