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Given a set of co-located mobile robots in an unknown anonymous graph, the robots must relocate themselves in distinct graph nodes to solve the dispersion problem. In this paper, we consider the dispersion problem for silent robots…
The aim of the dispersion problem is to place a set of $k(\leq n)$ mobile robots in the nodes of an unknown graph consisting of $n$ nodes such that in the final configuration each node contains at most one robot, starting from any arbitrary…
The dispersion problem on graphs requires $k$ robots placed arbitrarily at the $n$ nodes of an anonymous graph, where $k \leq n$, to coordinate with each other to reach a final configuration in which each robot is at a distinct node of the…
Consider a team of $k \leq n$ autonomous mobile robots initially placed at a node of an arbitrary graph $G$ with $n$ nodes. The dispersion problem asks for a distributed algorithm that allows the robots to reach a configuration in which…
The dispersion problem on graphs asks $k\leq n$ robots placed initially arbitrarily on the nodes of an $n$-node anonymous graph to reposition autonomously to reach a configuration in which each robot is on a distinct node of the graph. This…
We consider cooperation among insects, modeled as cooperation between mobile robots on a graph. Within this setting, we consider the problem of mobile robot dispersion on graphs. The study of mobile robots on a graph is an interesting…
The well-studied DISPERSION problem is a fundamental coordination problem in distributed robotics, where a set of mobile robots must relocate so that each occupies a distinct node of a network. DISPERSION assumes that a robot can settle at…
The mobile robot dispersion problem on graphs asks $k\leq n$ robots placed initially arbitrarily on the nodes of an $n$-node anonymous graph to reposition autonomously to reach a configuration in which each robot is on a distinct node of…
We consider the mobile robot dispersion problem in the presence of faulty robots (crash-fault). Mobile robot dispersion consists of $k\leq n$ robots in an $n$-node anonymous graph. The goal is to ensure that regardless of the initial…
In this work, we study the problem of dispersion of mobile robots on dynamic rings. The problem of dispersion of $n$ robots on an $n$ node graph, introduced by Augustine and Moses Jr. [1], requires robots to coordinate with each other and…
We introduce a new problem in the domain of mobile robots, which we term dispersion. In this problem, $n$ robots are placed in an $n$ node graph arbitrarily and must coordinate with each other to reach a final configuration such that…
The introduction and study of dispersing mobile robots across the nodes of an anonymous graph have recently gained traction and have been explored within various graph classes and settings. While optimal dispersion solution was established…
Given an undirected, anonymous, port-labeled graph of $n$ memory-less nodes, $m$ edges, and degree $\Delta$, we consider the problem of dispersing $k\leq n$ robots (or tokens) positioned initially arbitrarily on one or more nodes of the…
We study the dispersion problem in anonymous port-labeled graphs: $k \leq n$ mobile agents, each with a unique ID and initially located arbitrarily on the nodes of an $n$-node graph with maximum degree $\Delta$, must autonomously relocate…
We consider the following problem: a team of robots is deployed in an unknown environment and it has to collaboratively build a map of the area without a reliable infrastructure for communication. The backbone for modern mapping techniques…
Dispersion of mobile robots over the nodes of an anonymous graph is an important problem and turns out to be a crucial subroutine for designing efficient algorithms for many fundamental graph problems via mobile robots. In this problem,…
Consider that there are $k\le n$ agents in a simple, connected, and undirected graph $G=(V,E)$ with $n$ nodes and $m$ edges. The goal of the dispersion problem is to move these $k$ agents to mutually distinct nodes. Agents can communicate…
We study the problem of tracking multiple moving targets using a team of mobile robots. Each robot has a set of motion primitives to choose from in order to collectively maximize the number of targets tracked or the total quality of…
In this paper, we propose a distributed algorithm to uniformly scatter the robots along a grid, with robots on alternate nodes of this grid distribution. These homogeneous, autonomous mobile robots place themselves equidistant apart on the…
Dispersion by mobile agents is a well studied problem in the literature on computing by mobile robots. In this problem, $l$ robots placed arbitrarily on nodes of a network having $n$ nodes are asked to relocate themselves autonomously so…