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Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a long-standing problem in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in which one needs to find a set of collision-free paths for a group of mobile agents (robots) operating in the shared workspace. Due to its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Zain Alabedeen Ali , Konstantin Yakovlev

Sampling-based path planning is a widely used method in robotics, particularly in high-dimensional state space. Among the whole process of the path planning, collision detection is the most time-consuming operation. In this paper, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-11-23 Xingrong Diao , Wenzheng Chi , Jiankun Wang

We study the computational complexity of optimally solving multi-robot path planning problems on planar graphs. For four common time- and distance-based objectives, we show that the associated path optimization problems for multiple robots…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-12-08 Jingjin Yu

With the increasing need for multi-robot for exploring the unknown region in a challenging environment, efficient collaborative exploration strategies are needed for achieving such feat. A frontier-based Rapidly-Exploring Random Tree (RRT)…

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) plays a pivotal role in addressing multi-criteria decision-making problems in the real world. The multi-policy (MP) based methods are widely used to obtain high-quality Pareto front…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Zeyu Zhao , Yueling Che , Kaichen Liu , Jian Li , Junmei Yao

Graph plays a vital role in representing entities and their relationships in a variety of fields, such as e-commerce networks, social networks and biological networks. Given two vertices s and t, one of the fundamental problems in graph…

Databases · Computer Science 2021-02-25 Zhengmin Lai , You Peng , Shiyu Yang , Xuemin Lin , Wenjie Zhang

Multi-Agent Path finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding paths for a set of agents such that each agent reaches its desired destination while avoiding collisions with the other agents. This problem arises in many robotics applications,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Raz Beck , Roni Stern

Standard planners for sequential decision making (including Monte Carlo planning, tree search, dynamic programming, etc.) are constrained by an implicit sequential planning assumption: The order in which a plan is constructed is the same in…

Multiquery planning algorithms find paths between various different starts and goals in a single search space. They are designed to do so efficiently by reusing information across planning queries. This information may be computed before or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-04-20 Valentin N. Hartmann , Marlin P. Strub , Marc Toussaint , Jonathan D. Gammell

This article presents a novel approach, named MCMP (Monte Carlo Motion Planning), to the problem of motion planning under uncertainty, i.e., to the problem of computing a low-cost path that fulfills probabilistic collision avoidance…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-06-01 Lucas Janson , Edward Schmerling , Marco Pavone

Cooperative pathfinding is a problem of finding a set of non-conflicting trajectories for a number of mobile agents. Its applications include planning for teams of mobile robots, such as autonomous aircrafts, cars, or underwater vehicles.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2013-02-13 Michal Čáp , Peter Novák , Jiří Vokřínek , Michal Pěchouček

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) has been widely used to solve large-scale real-world problems, e.g., automation warehouses. The learning-based, fully decentralized framework has been introduced to alleviate real-time problems and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-11 Wenhao Li , Hongjun Chen , Bo Jin , Wenzhe Tan , Hongyuan Zha , Xiangfeng Wang

The problem of Multi-agent Path Finding (MAPF) consists in providing agents with efficient paths while preventing collisions. Numerous solvers have been developed so far since MAPF is critical for practical applications such as automated…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Keisuke Okumura , Yasumasa Tamura , Xavier Défago

The facility location problems (FLPs) are a typical class of NP-hard combinatorial optimization problems, which are widely seen in the supply chain and logistics. Many mathematical and heuristic algorithms have been developed for optimizing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-28 Shiqing Liu , Xueming Yan , Yaochu Jin

The green vehicle routing problem with private capacitated alternative fuel stations (GrVRP-PCAFS) extends the traditional green vehicle routing problem by considering capacitated refueling stations, where a limited number of vehicles can…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-12-02 Rui Xu , Xing Fan , Shengcai Liu , Wenjie Chen , Ke Tang

We study the problem of optimal multi-robot path planning on graphs MPP over four distinct minimization objectives: the makespan (last arrival time), the maximum (single-robot traveled) distance, the total arrival time, and the total…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-07-14 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

Motion planning is still an open problem for many disciplines, e.g., robotics, autonomous driving, due to their need for high computational resources that hinder real-time, efficient decision-making. A class of methods striving to provide…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-10-31 An T. Le , Georgia Chalvatzaki , Armin Biess , Jan Peters

In collective tree exploration, a team of $k$ mobile agents is tasked to go through all edges of an unknown tree as fast as possible. An edge of the tree is revealed to the team when one agent becomes adjacent to that edge. The agents start…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2023-11-01 Romain Cosson

Real-time dynamic path planning in complex traffic environments presents challenges, such as varying traffic volumes and signal wait times. Traditional static routing algorithms like Dijkstra and A* compute shortest paths but often fail…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-27 Ziai Zhou , Bin Zhou , Hao Liu

In robot planning, tasks can often be achieved through multiple options, each consisting of several actions. This work specifically addresses deadline constraints in task and motion planning, aiming to find a plan that can be executed…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-10-10 Yoonchang Sung , Shahaf S. Shperberg , Qi Wang , Peter Stone