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RouteRL is a novel framework that integrates multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) with a microscopic traffic simulation, facilitating the testing and development of efficient route choice strategies for autonomous vehicles (AVs). The…

In recent advancements in Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), its application has extended to various safety-critical scenarios. However, most methods focus on online learning, which presents substantial risks when deployed in…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-01 Jianuo Huang

Learning-based traffic signal control is typically optimized for average performance under a few nominal demand patterns, which can result in poor behavior under atypical traffic conditions. To address this, we develop a distributionally…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-23 Shuwei Pei , Joran Borger , Arda Kosay , Muhammed O. Sayin , Saeed Ahmed

Many real-world applications can be formulated as multi-agent cooperation problems, such as network packet routing and coordination of autonomous vehicles. The emergence of deep reinforcement learning (DRL) provides a promising approach for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-06-28 Zhixuan Liang , Jiannong Cao , Shan Jiang , Divya Saxena , Huafeng Xu

Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) methods allow for learning scalable multi-agent policies, but suffer from partial observability and induced non-stationarity. These challenges can be addressed by introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Tommaso Marzi , Cesare Alippi , Andrea Cini

Smart traffic lights in intelligent transportation systems (ITSs) are envisioned to greatly increase traffic efficiency and reduce congestion. Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) is a promising approach to adaptively control traffic lights…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-08 Ming Zhu , Xiao-Yang Liu , Sem Borst , Anwar Walid

Finding feasible, collision-free paths for multiagent systems can be challenging, particularly in non-communicating scenarios where each agent's intent (e.g. goal) is unobservable to the others. In particular, finding time efficient paths…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-09-29 Yu Fan Chen , Miao Liu , Michael Everett , Jonathan P. How

This project addresses the challenge of automated stock trading, where traditional methods and direct reinforcement learning (RL) struggle with market noise, complexity, and generalization. Our proposed solution is an integrated deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-08 John Christopher Tidwell , John Storm Tidwell

In-X Subnetworks are envisioned to meet the stringent demands of short-range communication in diverse 6G use cases. In the context of In-Factory scenarios, effective power control is critical to mitigating the impact of interference…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-12 Uyoata E. Uyoata , Gilberto Berardinelli , Ramoni Adeogun

Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have been widely applied in traffic signal studies. There are, however, several problems in jointly controlling traffic lights for a large transportation network. First, the action space exponentially…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-08-06 Gyeongjun Kim , Keemin Sohn

Many existing traffic signal controllers are either simple adaptive controllers based on sensors placed around traffic intersections, or optimized by traffic engineers on a fixed schedule. Optimizing traffic controllers is time consuming…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2019-11-15 Kai Liang Tan , Subhadipto Poddar , Anuj Sharma , Soumik Sarkar

We study multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) with centralized training and decentralized execution. During the training, new agents may join, and existing agents may unexpectedly leave the training. In such situations, a standard deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-08-05 Xuting Tang , Jia Xu , Shusen Wang

In this paper, a two-stage intelligent scheduler is proposed to minimize the packet-level delay jitter while guaranteeing delay bound. Firstly, Lyapunov technology is employed to transform the delay-violation constraint into a sequential…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2024-11-06 Cheng Zhang , Lan Wei , Ji Fan , Zening Liu , Yongming Huang

Centralized training with decentralized execution (CTDE) has been the dominant paradigm in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL), but its reliance on global state information during training introduces scalability, robustness, and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-27 Shahil Shaik , Jonathon M. Smereka , Yue Wang

Many recent works have turned to multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) for adaptive traffic signal control to optimize the travel time of vehicles over large urban networks. However, achieving effective and scalable cooperation among…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-26 Harsh Goel , Yifeng Zhang , Mehul Damani , Guillaume Sartoretti

Connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs) promise next-gen transportation systems with enhanced safety, energy efficiency, and sustainability. One typical control strategy for CAVs is the so-called cooperative adaptive cruise control (CACC)…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-02-20 Dong Chen , Kaixiang Zhang , Yongqiang Wang , Xunyuan Yin , Zhaojian Li , Dimitar Filev

This paper introduces a full solution for decentralized routing in Low Earth Orbit satellite constellations based on continual Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL). This requires addressing multiple challenges, including the partial knowledge…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-22 Federico Lozano-Cuadra , Beatriz Soret , Israel Leyva-Mayorga , Petar Popovski

In heterogeneous networks (HetNets), the overlap of small cells and the macro cell causes severe cross-tier interference. Although there exist some approaches to address this problem, they usually require global channel state information,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-12-16 Kaidi Xu , Nguyen Van Huynh , Geoffrey Ye Li

Traffic signal control aims to coordinate traffic signals across intersections to improve the traffic efficiency of a district or a city. Deep reinforcement learning (RL) has been applied to traffic signal control recently and demonstrated…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-02 Liwen Zhu , Peixi Peng , Zongqing Lu , Xiangqian Wang , Yonghong Tian

We propose a unified mechanism for achieving coordination and communication in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), through rewarding agents for having causal influence over other agents' actions. Causal influence is assessed using…