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Information gathering in large-scale or time-critical scenarios (e.g., environmental monitoring, search and rescue) requires broad coverage within limited time budgets, motivating the use of multi-agent systems. These scenarios are commonly…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-01 Jeric Lew , Yuhong Cao , Derek Ming Siang Tan , Guillaume Sartoretti

We formalize Multi-Agent Path Finding with Deadlines (MAPF-DL). The objective is to maximize the number of agents that can reach their given goal vertices from their given start vertices within the deadline, without colliding with each…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-06-13 Hang Ma , Glenn Wagner , Ariel Felner , Jiaoyang Li , T. K. Satish Kumar , Sven Koenig

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the problem of moving a team of agents to their goal locations without collisions. In this paper, we study the lifelong variant of MAPF, where agents are constantly engaged with new goal locations, such as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-15 Jiaoyang Li , Andrew Tinka , Scott Kiesel , Joseph W. Durham , T. K. Satish Kumar , Sven Koenig

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) based Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) has recently gained attention due to its efficiency and scalability. Several MARL-MAPF methods choose to use communication to enrich the information one agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Huijie Tang , Federico Berto , Jinkyoo Park

Motion planning in environments with multiple agents is critical to many important autonomous applications such as autonomous vehicles and assistive robots. This paper considers the problem of motion planning, where the controlled agent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-30 Yuxiao Chen , Ugo Rosolia , Chuchu Fan , Aaron D. Ames , Richard Murray

The 2D Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims at finding collision-free paths for a number of agents, from a set of start locations to a set of goal positions in a known 2D environment. MAPF has been studied in theoretical computer…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Gleb Belov , Liron Cohen , Maria Garcia de la Banda , Daniel Harabor , Sven Koenig , Xinrui Wei

Efficient coordination and planning is essential for large-scale multi-agent systems that collaborate in a shared dynamic environment. Heuristic search methods or learning-based approaches often lack the guarantee on correctness and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-10 Zesen Liu , Meng Guo , Weimin Bao , Zhongkui Li

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) under one-shot planning is a core component of warehouse automation, yet classical formulations typically assume four-connected 2D grids with unit-time moves in four directions. To fill reality gaps while…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Hiroki Nagai , Keisuke Okumura

Effective agent shift scheduling is crucial for businesses, especially in the Contact Center as a Service (CCaaS) industry, to ensure seamless operations and fulfill employee needs. Most studies utilizing mathematical model-based solutions…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Sanalkumar K , Koushik Dey , Swati Meena

Finite-time motion planning with collision avoidance is a challenging issue in multi-agent systems. This paper proposes a novel distributed controller based on a new Lyapunov barrier function which guarantees finite-time stability for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-08-04 Yilei Jiang , Dongkun Han

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) attracts considerable attention in artificial intelligence community as well as in robotics, and other fields such as warehouse logistics. The task in the standard MAPF is to find paths through which agents…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-05-11 Pavel Surynek

Traditional approaches to the design of multi-agent navigation algorithms consider the environment as a fixed constraint, despite the obvious influence of spatial constraints on agents' performance. Yet hand-designing improved environment…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-09-26 Zhan Gao , Amanda Prorok

We propose a novel complete algorithm for multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) called lazy constraints addition search for MAPF (LaCAM). MAPF is a problem of finding collision-free paths for multiple agents on graphs and is the foundation of…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-28 Keisuke Okumura

We propose an efficient framework using Dynnikov coordinates for homotopy-aware multi-agent path planning in planar domains that may contain obstacles. We developed a method for generating multiple homotopically distinct solutions for the…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-19 Kazumi Kasaura

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) aims to compute collision-free paths for multiple agents and has a wide range of practical applications. LaCAM*, an anytime configuration-based solver, currently represents the state of the art. Recent work…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Bojie Shen , Yue Zhang , Zhe Chen , Daniel Harabor

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) in crowded environments presents a challenging problem in motion planning, aiming to find collision-free paths for all agents in the system. MAPF finds a wide range of applications in various domains,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-06 Phu Pham , Aniket Bera

In this paper the problem of cooperative task planning of multi-agent systems when timed constraints are imposed to the system is investigated. We consider timed constraints given by Metric Interval Temporal Logic (MITL). We propose a…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2015-10-01 Alexandros Nikou , Jana Tumova , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

In multi-agent path finding (MAPF), the task is to find non-conflicting paths for multiple agents from their initial positions to given individual goal positions. MAPF represents a classical artificial intelligence problem often addressed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-11-15 Martin Čapek , Pavel Surynek

Multi-agent trajectory planning requires ensuring both safety and efficiency, yet deadlocks remain a significant challenge, especially in obstacle-dense environments. Such deadlocks frequently occur when multiple agents attempt to traverse…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-07-29 Haoze Dong , Meng Guo , Chengyi He , Zhongkui Li

Understanding mobility, movement, and interaction in archaeological landscapes is essential for interpreting past human behavior, transport strategies, and spatial organization, yet such processes are difficult to reconstruct from static…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-05 Chairi Kiourt , Vassilis Evangelidis , Dimitris Grigoropoulos
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