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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 propose to demonstrate a network slice placement optimization solution based on Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), referred to as Heuristically-controlled DRL, which uses a heuristic to control the DRL algorithm convergence. The solution…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-28 José Jurandir Alves Esteves , Amina Boubendir , Fabrice Guillemin , Pierre Sens

Reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS) technology has the potential to significantly enhance the spectral efficiency (SE) of 6G wireless networks. However, practical deployment remains constrained by challenges in accurate channel…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-11 Mohammad Ghassemi , Han Zhang , Ali Afana , Akram Bin Sediq , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Recent advances in Reinforcement Learning (RL) combined with Deep Learning (DL) have demonstrated impressive performance in complex tasks, including autonomous driving. The use of RL agents in autonomous driving leads to a smooth human-like…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-07-30 Briti Gangopadhyay , Harshit Soora , Pallab Dasgupta

The high-dimensional or sparse reward task of a reinforcement learning (RL) environment requires a superior potential controller such as hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) rather than an atomic RL because it absorbs the complexity of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-07-20 JaeYoon Kim , Junyu Xuan , Christy Liang , Farookh Hussain

Efficient spectrum allocation has become crucial as the surge in wireless-connected devices demands seamless support for more users and applications, a trend expected to grow with 6G. Innovations in satellite technologies such as SpaceX's…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-01-17 Muhammad Ahmed Mohsin , Hassan Rizwan , Muhammad Umer , Sagnik Bhattacharya , Ahsan Bilal , John M. Cioffi

Cooperative communication is an effective approach to improve spectrum utilization. In order to reduce outage probability of communication system, most studies propose various schemes for relay selection and power allocation, which are…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-01-29 Yuanzhe Geng , Erwu Liu , Rui Wang , Yiming Liu

Accurate and robust trajectory prediction of neighboring agents is critical for autonomous vehicles traversing in complex scenes. Most methods proposed in recent years are deep learning-based due to their strength in encoding complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-27 Yujun Jiao , Mingze Miao , Zhishuai Yin , Chunyuan Lei , Xu Zhu , Linzhen Nie , Bo Tao

Edge computing faces unprecedented resource orchestration challenges from multi-dimensional heterogeneity across device architectures, diverse task requirements in CPU-intensive, GPU-intensive, I/O-intensive, and dynamic network conditions.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Jianyong Zhu , Hao Chen , Juan Zhang , Fangda Guo , Albert Y. Zomaya , Renyu Yang

rApps and xApps need to be controlled and orchestrated well in the open radio access network (O-RAN) so that they can deliver a guaranteed network performance in a complex multi-vendor environment. This paper proposes a novel intent-driven…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2023-07-07 Md Arafat Habib , Hao Zhou , Pedro Enrique Iturria-Rivera , Medhat Elsayed , Majid Bavand , Raimundas Gaigalas , Yigit Ozcan , Melike Erol-Kantarci

Today, human operators primarily perform voltage control of the electric transmission system. As the complexity of the grid increases, so does its operation, suggesting additional automation could be beneficial. A subset of machine learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-10-19 Brandon L. Thayer , Thomas J. Overbye

Autonomous driving is a promising technology to reduce traffic accidents and improve driving efficiency. In this work, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL)-enabled decision-making policy is constructed for autonomous vehicles to address the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-20 Jiangdong Liao , Teng Liu , Xiaolin Tang , Xingyu Mu , Bing Huang , Dongpu Cao

Urban Traffic Control (UTC) plays an essential role in Intelligent Transportation System (ITS) but remains difficult. Since model-based UTC methods may not accurately describe the complex nature of traffic dynamics in all situations,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-08-27 Yilun Lin , Xingyuan Dai , Li Li , Fei-Yue Wang

In typical wireless cellular systems, the handover mechanism involves reassigning an ongoing session handled by one cell into another. In order to support increased capacity requirement and to enable newer use cases, the next generation…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2020-10-20 Vijaya Yajnanarayana , Henrik Rydén , László Hévizi

Routing in multi-hop wireless networks is a complex problem, especially in heterogeneous networks where multiple wireless communication technologies coexist. Reinforcement learning (RL) methods, such as Q-learning, have been introduced for…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-08-21 Brian Kim , Justin H. Kong , Terrence J. Moore , Fikadu T. Dagefu

Compared with IP multicast, Overlay Multicast (OM) offers better compatibility and flexible deployment in heterogeneous, cross-domain networks. However, traditional OM struggles to adapt to dynamic traffic due to unawareness of physical…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-04-24 Miao Ye , Yanye Chen , Yong Wang , Cheng Zhu , Qiuxiang Jiang , Gai Huang , Feng Ding

Lane change decision-making for autonomous vehicles is a complex but high-reward behavior. In this paper, we propose a hybrid input based deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithm, which realizes abstract lane change decisions and lane…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Ziteng Gao , Jiaqi Qu , Chaoyu Chen

Large language model (LLM) agents have demonstrated strong capabilities in complex interactive decision-making tasks. However, existing LLM agents typically rely on increasingly long interaction histories, resulting in high computational…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Shuai Zhen , Yanhua Yu , Ruopei Guo , Nan Cheng , Yang Deng

Traffic routing is vital for the proper functioning of the Internet. As users and network traffic increase, researchers try to develop adaptive and intelligent routing algorithms that can fulfill various QoS requirements. Reinforcement…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Wang Wumian , Sajal Saha , Anwar Haque , Greg Sidebottom

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL) exploits temporal abstraction to solve large Markov Decision Processes (MDP) and provide transferable subtask policies. In this paper, we introduce an off-policy HRL algorithm: Hierarchical Q-value…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-03-30 Tiancheng Zhao , Mohammad Gowayyed