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Conflict-Based Search is one of the most popular methods for multi-agent path finding. Though it is complete and optimal, it does not scale well. Recent works have been proposed to accelerate it by introducing various heuristics. However,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-01-23 Chenning Yu , Qingbiao Li , Sicun Gao , Amanda Prorok

Multi-agent navigation in dynamic environments is of great industrial value when deploying a large scale fleet of robot to real-world applications. This paper proposes a decentralized partially observable multi-agent path planning with…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-08-03 Zuxin Liu , Baiming Chen , Hongyi Zhou , Guru Koushik , Martial Hebert , Ding Zhao

This paper addresses the challenge of multi-agent path planning for efficient data collection in dynamic, uncertain environments, exemplified by autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) navigating the Gulf of Mexico. Traditional greedy…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Ted Edward Holmberg , Elias Ioup , Mahdi Abdelguerfi

Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) have attracted more and more attention recently. The fast actuation time allows them having the potential to promote the efficiency and safety of the whole transportation system. Due to technical…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2021-10-26 Tianyu Shi , Jiawei Wang , Yuankai Wu , Luis Miranda-Moreno , Lijun Sun

Route planning for a fleet of vehicles is an important task in applications such as package delivery, surveillance, or transportation, often integrated within larger Intelligent Transportation Systems (ITS). This problem is commonly…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Daniel Fuertes , Carlos R. del-Blanco , Fernando Jaureguizar , Narciso García

We study the problem of online Multi-Agent Pickup and Delivery (MAPD), where a team of agents must repeatedly serve dynamically appearing tasks on a shared map. Existing online methods either rely on simple heuristics, which result in poor…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-11 Yue Zhang , Zhe Chen , Daniel Harabor , Pierre Le Bodic , Peter J. Stuckey

In a multi-agent setting, the optimal policy of a single agent is largely dependent on the behavior of other agents. We investigate the problem of multi-agent reinforcement learning, focusing on decentralized learning in non-stationary…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Anahita Mohseni-Kabir , David Isele , Kikuo Fujimura

This paper investigates multi-agent frequencybased patrolling of intersecting, circle graphs under conditions where graph nodes have non-uniform visitation requirements and agents have limited ability to communicate. The task is modeled as…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2014-02-10 Tao Mao , Laura Ray

Safety is the primary concern when it comes to air traffic. In-flight safety between Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles (UAVs) is ensured through pairwise separation minima, utilizing conflict detection and resolution methods. Existing methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-30 Ralvi Isufaj , Marsel Omeri , Miquel Angel Piera

Traditional methods plan feasible paths for multiple agents in the stochastic environment. However, the methods' iterations with the changes in the environment result in computation complexities, especially for the decentralized agents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-28 Qizhen Wu , Kexin Liu , Lei Chen , Jinhu Lü

Safe navigation is essential for autonomous systems operating in hazardous environments. Traditional planning methods excel at long-horizon tasks but rely on a predefined graph with fixed distance metrics. In contrast, safe Reinforcement…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-12 Meng Feng , Viraj Parimi , Brian Williams

Multiagent systems consist of agents that locally exchange information through a physical network subject to a graph topology. Current control methods for networked multiagent systems assume the knowledge of graph topologies in order to…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-01-15 Tansel Yucelen , John Daniel Peterson , Kevin L. Moore

Collaborative vehicle routing occurs when carriers collaborate through sharing their transportation requests and performing transportation requests on behalf of each other. This achieves economies of scale, thus reducing cost, greenhouse…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-10-27 Stephen Mak , Liming Xu , Tim Pearce , Michael Ostroumov , Alexandra Brintrup

Designing versatile graph learning approaches is important, considering the diverse graphs and tasks existing in real-world applications. Existing methods have attempted to achieve this target through automated machine learning techniques,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Lanning Wei , Huan Zhao , Xiaohan Zheng , Zhiqiang He , Quanming Yao

Navigating through intersections is one of the main challenging tasks for an autonomous vehicle. However, for the majority of intersections regulated by traffic lights, the problem could be solved by a simple rule-based method in which the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-05-04 Alessandro Paolo Capasso , Paolo Maramotti , Anthony Dell'Eva , Alberto Broggi

Graph-based environments pose unique challenges to multi-agent reinforcement learning. In decentralized approaches, agents operate within a given graph and make decisions based on partial or outdated observations. The size of the observed…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-06-05 Jannis Weil , Zhenghua Bao , Osama Abboud , Tobias Meuser

We built a multiagent simulation of urban traffic to model both ordinary traffic and emergency or crisis mode traffic. This simulation first builds a modeled road network based on detailed geographical information. On this network, the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2012-01-27 Pierrick Tranouez , Eric Daudé , Patrice Langlois

Transportation and traffic are currently undergoing a rapid increase in terms of both scale and complexity. At the same time, an increasing share of traffic participants are being transformed into agents driven or supported by artificial…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-10-24 Mark Schutera , Niklas Goby , Dirk Neumann , Markus Reischl

In visual semantic navigation, the robot navigates to a target object with egocentric visual observations and the class label of the target is given. It is a meaningful task inspiring a surge of relevant research. However, most of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-09-21 Xinzhu Liu , Di Guo , Huaping Liu , Fuchun Sun

Autonomous multi-agent systems such as hospital robots and package delivery drones often operate in highly uncertain environments and are expected to achieve complex temporal task objectives while ensuring safety. While learning-based…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Sheryl Paul , Anand Balakrishnan , Xin Qin , Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh