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Databases · Computer Science 2017-10-17 Afroza Sultana , Chengkai Li

In barter exchanges agents enter seeking to swap their items for other items on their wishlist. We consider a centralized barter exchange with a set of agents and items where each item has a positive value. The goal is to compute a…

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The dichotomy conjecture for the parameterized embedding problem states that the problem of deciding whether a given graph $G$ from some class $K$ of "pattern graphs" can be embedded into a given graph $H$ (that is, is isomorphic to a…

Computational Complexity · Computer Science 2017-03-21 Yijia Chen , Martin Grohe , Bingkai Lin

As a generalization of the Edmonds arborescence packing theorem, Kamiyama--Katoh--Takizawa (2009) gave a good characterization of directed graphs that contain arc-disjoint arborescences spanning the set of vertices reachable from each root.…

Discrete Mathematics · Computer Science 2018-08-23 Tatsuya Matsuoka , Shin-ichi Tanigawa

We consider the problem of fair allocation of indivisible items to agents that have arbitrary entitlements to the items. Every agent $i$ has a valuation function $v_i$ and an entitlement $b_i$, where entitlements sum up to~1. Which…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2024-05-24 Moshe Babaioff , Uriel Feige

Since its introduction, envy-freeness up to any good (EFX) has become a fundamental solution concept in fair division of indivisible goods. Its existence remains elusive -- even for four agents with additive utility functions, it is unknown…

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In this paper, we study a distributed parameter estimation problem with an asynchronous communication protocol over multi-agent systems. Different from traditional time-driven communication schemes, in this work, data can be transmitted…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-03-04 Xingkang He , Qian Liu , Junfeng Wu , Karl Henrik Johansson

A principal must allocate a set of heterogeneous tasks (or objects) among multiple agents. The principal has preferences over the allocation. Each agent has preferences over which tasks they are assigned, which are their private…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2026-01-29 Quitzé Valenzuela-Stookey

AI agents are commonly trained with large datasets of demonstrations of human behavior. However, not all behaviors are equally safe or desirable. Desired characteristics for an AI agent can be expressed by assigning desirability scores,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-08 Tim Franzmeyer , Edith Elkind , Philip Torr , Jakob Foerster , Joao Henriques

We study the reachability problem for networks of timed communicating processes. Each process is a timed automaton communicating with other processes by exchanging messages over unbounded FIFO channels. Messages carry clocks which are…

Formal Languages and Automata Theory · Computer Science 2018-04-24 Lorenzo Clemente

We consider the problem of sharing a set of indivisible goods among agents in a fair manner, namely such that the allocation is envy-free up to any good (EFX). We focus on the problem of computing an EFX allocation in the two-agent case and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2023-07-18 Paul W. Goldberg , Kasper Høgh , Alexandros Hollender

Consensus problem of high-order integral multi-agent systems under switching directed topology is considered in this study. Depending on whether the agent's full state is available or not, two distributed protocols are proposed to ensure…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2013-04-16 Long Cheng , Zeng-Guang Hou , Min Tan

We study the problem of allocating indivisible items on a path among agents. The objective is to find a fair and efficient allocation in which each agent's bundle forms a contiguous block on the line. We say that an instance is \emph{$(a,…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2025-01-14 Yasushi Kawase , Bodhayan Roy , Mohammad Azharuddin Sanpui

We define and analyze a multi-agent multi-armed bandit problem in which decision-making agents can observe the choices and rewards of their neighbors. Neighbors are defined by a network graph with heterogeneous and stochastic…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-22 Udari Madhushani , Naomi Ehrich Leonard

Generalized from the concept of consensus, this paper considers a group of edge agreements, i.e. constraints defined for neighboring agents, in which each pair of neighboring agents is required to satisfy one edge agreement constraint. Edge…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-04 Zehui Lu , Shaoshuai Mou

A principal has $m$ identical objects to allocate among a group of $n$ agents. Objects are desirable and the principal's value of assigning an object to an agent is the agent's private information. The principal can verify up to $k$ agents,…

Theoretical Economics · Economics 2024-09-04 Albin Erlanson , Andreas Kleiner

In this paper, we plan missions for a fleet of agents in undirected graphs, such as grids, with multiple goals. In contrast to regular multi-agent path-finding, the solver finds and updates the assignment of goals to the agents on its own.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Stefan Edelkamp

We study how we can accelerate the spreading of information in temporal graphs via shifting operations; a problem that captures real-world applications varying from information flows to distribution schedules. In a temporal graph there is a…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2025-10-09 Argyrios Deligkas , Eduard Eiben , George Skretas

We consider the fair division problem of indivisible items. It is well-known that an envy-free allocation may not exist, and a relaxed version of envy-freeness, envy-freeness up to one item (EF1), has been widely considered. In an EF1…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-11-30 Xiaolin Bu , Zihao Li , Shengxin Liu , Jiaxin Song , Biaoshuai Tao

We study the computational complexity of fairly allocating a set of indivisible items under externalities. In this recently-proposed setting, in addition to the utility the agent gets from their bundle, they also receive utility from items…

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