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One of the main challenges of multi-agent learning lies in establishing convergence of the algorithms, as, in general, a collection of individual, self-serving agents is not guaranteed to converge with their joint policy, when learning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Aleksander Czechowski , Frans A. Oliehoek

This paper considers centralized mission-planning for a heterogeneous multi-agent system with the aim of locating a hidden target. We propose a mixed observable setting, consisting of a fully observable state-space and a partially…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-11-15 Kasper Johansson , Ugo Rosolia , Wyatt Ubellacker , Andrew Singletary , Aaron D. Ames

We theoretically address minimal search strategies of active, self-propelled particles towards hidden targets in three-dimensional space. The particles can sense if a target is close, e.g., by detecting signaling molecules released by a…

Soft Condensed Matter · Physics 2021-03-22 Justus A. Kromer , Andrea Auconi , Benjamin M. Friedrich

Heterogeneous multi-robot systems feature significant adaptability for complex environments. However, effective collaboration that fully exploits the robots' potential remains a core challenge. This paper proposes a decentralized…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Yuxiang Li , Kun Chen , Jiancheng Wang , Shihao Fang , Haoyao Chen , Yunhui Liu

This paper presents Density-based Predictive Control (DPC), a novel multi-agent control strategy for efficient non-uniform area coverage, grounded in optimal transport theory. In large-scale scenarios such as search and rescue or…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-03 Sungjun Seo , Kooktae Lee

Most modern multi-object tracking (MOT) systems follow the tracking-by-detection paradigm. It first localizes the objects of interest, then extracting their individual appearance features to make data association. The individual features,…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2020-07-02 Tianyi Liang , Long Lan , Zhigang Luo

Over the last few years, we have witnessed tremendous progress on many subtasks of autonomous driving, including perception, motion forecasting, and motion planning. However, these systems often assume that the car is accurately localized…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-04-13 John Phillips , Julieta Martinez , Ioan Andrei Bârsan , Sergio Casas , Abbas Sadat , Raquel Urtasun

This paper focuses on the problem of decentralized pedestrian tracking using a sensor network. Traditional works on pedestrian tracking usually use a centralized framework, which becomes less practical for robotic applications due to…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2022-03-01 Vikram Shree , Carlos Diaz-Ruiz , Chang Liu , Bharath Hariharan , Mark Campbell

Addressing complex cooperative tasks in safety-critical environments poses significant challenges for multi-agent systems, especially under conditions of partial observability. We focus on a dynamic network bridging task, where agents must…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-04 Raffaele Galliera , Konstantinos Mitsopoulos , Niranjan Suri , Raffaele Romagnoli

The process of association and tracking of sensor detections is a key element in providing situational awareness. When the targets in the scenario are dense and exhibit high maneuverability, Multi-Target Tracking (MTT) becomes a challenging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-11-20 Rishabh Verma , R Rajesh , MS Easwaran

This research investigates decentralized control of mobile robots specifically for coverage problems. There are different approaches associated with decentralized control strategy for coverage control problems. We perform a comparative…

Robotics · Computer Science 2016-09-30 Waqqas Ahmad

The research addresses sensor task management for radar systems, focusing on efficiently searching and tracking multiple targets using reinforcement learning. The approach develops a 3D simulation environment with an active electronically…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-20 Jan-Hendrik Ewers , David Cormack , Joe Gibbs , David Anderson

A simple multi-agent system can be effectively utilized in disaster response applications, such as firefighting. Such a swarm is required to operate in complex environments with limited local sensing and no reliable inter-agent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-03 Yigal Koifman , Erez Koifman , Eran Iceland , Ariel Barel , Alfred M. Bruckstein

We introduce PRISM (Pathfinding with Rapid Information Sharing using Motion Constraints), a decentralized algorithm designed to address the multi-task multi-agent pathfinding (MT-MAPF) problem. PRISM enables large teams of agents to…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-05-14 Hannah Lee , Zachary Serlin , James Motes , Brendan Long , Marco Morales , Nancy M. Amato

The question tackled here is the time allocation of radars in a multitarget environment. At a given time radars can only observe a limited part of the space; it is therefore necessary to move their axis with respect to time, in order to be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2009-03-19 Emmanuel Duflos , Marie De Vilmorin , Philippe Vanheeghe

Extracting the rules of real-world multi-agent behaviors is a current challenge in various scientific and engineering fields. Biological agents independently have limited observation and mechanical constraints; however, most of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-04 Keisuke Fujii , Naoya Takeishi , Yoshinobu Kawahara , Kazuya Takeda

Active traffic management with autonomous vehicles offers the potential for reduced congestion and improved traffic flow. However, developing effective algorithms for real-world scenarios requires overcoming challenges related to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-04 Shengchao Yan , Lukas König , Wolfram Burgard

In this paper we study a challenging variant of the multi-agent pathfinding problem (MAPF), when a set of agents must reach a set of goal locations, but it does not matter which agent reaches a specific goal - Anonymous MAPF (AMAPF).…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-28 Stepan Dergachev , Konstantin Yakovlev

We consider the problem of decentralized clustering and estimation over multi-task networks, where agents infer and track different models of interest. The agents do not know beforehand which model is generating their own data. They also do…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-24 Sahar Khawatmi , Ali H. Sayed , Abdelhak M. Zoubir

In this paper, we investigate the distributed state estimation problem for a continuous-time linear multi-agent system (MAS) composed of $\mathit{m}$ agents and monitored by the agents themselves. To address this problem, we propose a…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-24 Shuaiting Huang , Haodong Jiang , Chengcheng Zhao , Peng Cheng , Junfeng Wu