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A variety of cooperative multi-agent control problems require agents to achieve individual goals while contributing to collective success. This multi-goal multi-agent setting poses difficulties for recent algorithms, which primarily target…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-01-28 Jiachen Yang , Alireza Nakhaei , David Isele , Kikuo Fujimura , Hongyuan Zha

We develop a new framework for multi-agent collision avoidance problem. The framework combined traditional pathfinding algorithm and reinforcement learning. In our approach, the agents learn whether to be navigated or to take simple actions…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-17 Hongda Qiu

Recent advancements in vehicle autonomy have drawn interest in understanding the impact of autonomous vehicles on traffic systems. In this paper, we study a traffic assignment problem in a mixed-autonomy setting where both human-driven and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Lihui Yi , Ermin Wei

Environment sensing and fusion via onboard sensors are envisioned to be widely applied in future autonomous driving networks. This paper considers a vehicular system with multiple self-driving vehicles that is assisted by multi-access edge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-03-26 Xueyao Zhang , Bo Yang , Xuelin Cao , Zhiwen Yu , George C. Alexandropoulos , Yan Zhang , Merouane Debbah , Chau Yuen

This paper introduces a comprehensive strategy that integrates traffic perimeter control with traffic signal control to alleviate congestion in an urban traffic network (UTN). The strategy is formulated as a lexicographic multi-objective…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-07 Viet Hoang Pham , Hyo-Sung Ahn

Adaptive traffic signal control is one key avenue for mitigating the growing consequences of traffic congestion. Incumbent solutions such as SCOOT and SCATS require regular and time-consuming calibration, can't optimise well for multiple…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-03 Alvaro Cabrejas-Egea , Shaun Howell , Maksis Knutins , Colm Connaughton

This paper proposes a novel approach by integrating sensor fusion with deep reinforcement learning, specifically the Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) algorithm, to develop an optimal control policy for self-driving cars. Our system employs a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-12-29 Amin Jalal Aghdasian , Amirhossein Heydarian Ardakani , Kianoush Aqabakee , Farzaneh Abdollahi

With the emerging connected-vehicle technologies and smart roads, the need for intelligent adaptive traffic signal controls is more than ever before. This paper proposes a novel Economic-driven Adaptive Traffic Signal Control (eATSC) model…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-10-04 Shan Jiang , Yufei Huang , Mohsen Jafari , Mohammad Jalayer

Inefficiencies in traffic flow through an intersection lead to stopping vehicles, unnecessary congestion, and increased accident risk. In this paper, we propose a traffic signal controller platform demonstrating the ability to increase…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-11-03 Frederik Baymler Mathiesen , Garey Fleeman

Many intelligent transportation systems are multi-agent systems, i.e., both the traffic participants and the subsystems within the transportation infrastructure can be modeled as interacting agents. The use of AI-based methods to achieve…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-09 Mingxi Cheng , Junyao Zhang , Shahin Nazarian , Jyotirmoy Deshmukh , Paul Bogdan

This research introduces an innovative method for adaptive traffic signal control (ATSC) through the utilization of multi-objective deep reinforcement learning (DRL) techniques. The proposed approach aims to enhance control strategies at…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-08-05 Shahin Mirbakhsh , Mahdi Azizi

In Formula 1, race strategies are adapted according to evolving race conditions and competitors' actions. This paper proposes a reinforcement learning approach for multi-agent race strategy optimization. Agents learn to balance energy…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Giona Fieni , Joschua Wüthrich , Marc-Philippe Neumann , Christopher H. Onder

In large-scale multi-agent systems, the large number of agents and complex game relationship cause great difficulty for policy learning. Therefore, simplifying the learning process is an important research issue. In many multi-agent…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-11-26 Yong Liu , Weixun Wang , Yujing Hu , Jianye Hao , Xingguo Chen , Yang Gao

Autonomous multi-agent systems are increasingly being deployed in environments where winds and ocean currents have a significant influence. Recent work has developed control policies for single agents that leverage flows to achieve their…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Nicolas Hoischen , Marius Wiggert , Claire J. Tomlin

Despite technological advancements, the significance of interdisciplinary subjects like complex networks has grown. Exploring communication within these networks is crucial, with traffic becoming a key concern due to the expanding…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-01-02 Seyed Hassan Yajadda , Farshad Safaei

Social robot navigation in crowded public spaces such as university campuses, restaurants, grocery stores, and hospitals, is an increasingly important area of research. One of the core strategies for achieving this goal is to understand…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Rohan Chandra , Haresh Karnan , Negar Mehr , Peter Stone , Joydeep Biswas

Autonomous driving is a multi-agent setting where the host vehicle must apply sophisticated negotiation skills with other road users when overtaking, giving way, merging, taking left and right turns and while pushing ahead in unstructured…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-10-12 Shai Shalev-Shwartz , Shaked Shammah , Amnon Shashua

This article outlines a new framework of traffic light optimization through a digital twin of the transport infrastructure, managed by agentic AI to ensure real-time autonomous decisions. The framework relies on physical sensors and edge…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Salman Jan , Toqeer Ali Syed , Shahid Kamal , Qamar Wali , Ali Akarma

We consider the problem of designing an algorithm to allow a car to autonomously merge on to a highway from an on-ramp. Two broad classes of techniques have been proposed to solve motion planning problems in autonomous driving: Model…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-29 Joseph Lubars , Harsh Gupta , Sandeep Chinchali , Liyun Li , Adnan Raja , R. Srikant , Xinzhou Wu

Recent work in multi-agent reinforcement learning has investigated inter agent communication which is learned simultaneously with the action policy in order to improve the team reward. In this paper, we investigate independent Q-learning…