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Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has been used to learn effective heuristics for solving complex combinatorial optimisation problem via policy networks and have demonstrated promising performance. Existing works have focused on solving…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-25 Nasrin Sultana , Jeffrey Chan , A. K. Qin , Tabinda Sarwar

This paper introduces a novel reinforcement learning (RL) framework, termed Reward-Guided Conservative Q-learning (RG-CQL), to enhance coordination between ride-pooling and public transit within a multimodal transportation network. We model…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-27 Yulong Hu , Tingting Dong , Sen Li

Designing efficient transit route networks is an NP-hard problem with exponentially large solution spaces that traditionally relies on manual planning processes. We present an end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) framework based on graph…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-24 Bibek Poudel , Weizi Li

Reinforcement Learning (RL) has been widely used for packet routing in communication networks, but traditional RL methods rely on the Markov assumption that the current state contains all necessary information for decision-making. In…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Molly Wang , Kin. K Leung

With the continuous growth in communication network complexity and traffic volume, communication load balancing solutions are receiving increasing attention. Specifically, reinforcement learning (RL)-based methods have shown impressive…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-03-30 Yi Tian Xu , Jimmy Li , Di Wu , Michael Jenkin , Seowoo Jang , Xue Liu , Gregory Dudek

We propose a novel algorithm for offline reinforcement learning using optimal transport. Typically, in offline reinforcement learning, the data is provided by various experts and some of them can be sub-optimal. To extract an efficient…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-21 Arip Asadulaev , Rostislav Korst , Alexander Korotin , Vage Egiazarian , Andrey Filchenkov , Evgeny Burnaev

Although deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has shown promising results for autonomous navigation in interactive traffic scenarios, existing work typically adopts a fixed behavior policy to control social vehicles in the training…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-07-20 Kanghoon Lee , Jiachen Li , David Isele , Jinkyoo Park , Kikuo Fujimura , Mykel J. Kochenderfer

Reinforcement Learning (RL) provides a powerful framework for decision-making in complex environments. However, implementing RL in hardware-efficient and bio-inspired ways remains a challenge. This paper presents a novel Spiking Neural…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2023-08-09 Sergio F. Chevtchenko , Yeshwanth Bethi , Teresa B. Ludermir , Saeed Afshar

Vehicle mobility optimization in urban areas is a long-standing problem in smart city and spatial data analysis. Given the complex urban scenario and unpredictable social events, our work focuses on developing a mobile sequential…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-18 Pengzhan Guo , Keli Xiao , Zeyang Ye , Wei Zhu

Efficient traffic signal control (TSC) is crucial for reducing congestion, travel delays, pollution, and for ensuring road safety. Traditional approaches, such as fixed signal control and actuated control, often struggle to handle dynamic…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-29 Anirud Nandakumar , Chayan Banerjee , Lelitha Devi Vanajakshi

Extensive research has been devoted to the field of multi-agent navigation. Recently, there has been remarkable progress attributed to the emergence of learning-based techniques with substantially elevated intelligence and realism.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Xuan Zhang , Xifeng Gao , Kui Wu , Zherong Pan

Collisions, crashes, and other incidents on road networks, if left unmitigated, can potentially cause cascading failures that can affect large parts of the system. Timely handling such extreme congestion scenarios is imperative to reduce…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Ashutosh Dutta , Milan Jain , Arif Khan , Arun Sathanur

The success of modern ride-sharing platforms crucially depends on the profit of the ride-sharing fleet operating companies, and how efficiently the resources are managed. Further, ride-sharing allows sharing costs and, hence, reduces the…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2020-05-20 Abubakr Alabbasi , Arnob Ghosh , Vaneet Aggarwal

Eco-driving strategies have been shown to provide significant reductions in fuel consumption. This paper outlines an active driver assistance approach that uses a residual policy learning (RPL) agent trained to provide residual actions to…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-16 Lindsey Kerbel , Beshah Ayalew , Andrej Ivanco , Keith Loiselle

Significant development of ride-sharing services presents a plethora of opportunities to transform urban mobility by providing personalized and convenient transportation while ensuring efficiency of large-scale ride pooling. However, a core…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-06-15 Marina Haliem , Ganapathy Mani , Vaneet Aggarwal , Bharat Bhargava

This paper addresses the problem of learning optimal control policies for systems with uncertain dynamics and high-level control objectives specified as Linear Temporal Logic (LTL) formulas. Uncertainty is considered in the workspace…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Yiannis Kantaros , Jun Wang

Emerging data-driven approaches, such as deep reinforcement learning (DRL), aim at on-the-field learning of powertrain control policies that optimize fuel economy and other performance metrics. Indeed, they have shown great potential in…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-30 Lindsey Kerbel , Beshah Ayalew , Andrej Ivanco

We propose a novel approach to optimize fleet management by combining multi-agent reinforcement learning with graph neural network. To provide ride-hailing service, one needs to optimize dynamic resources and demands over spatial domain.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-08-09 Juhyeon Kim , Kihyun Kim

The growing demand for road use in urban areas has led to significant traffic congestion, posing challenges that are costly to mitigate through infrastructure expansion alone. As an alternative, optimizing existing traffic management…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Muhammad Tahir Rafique , Ahmed Mustafa , Hasan Sajid

In this paper, we present the Role Playing Learning (RPL) scheme for a mobile robot to navigate socially with its human companion in populated environments. Neural networks (NN) are constructed to parameterize a stochastic policy that…

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