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Coordinating multiple autonomous agents to reach a target region while avoiding collisions and maintaining communication connectivity is a core problem in multi-agent systems. In practice, agents have a limited communication range. Thus,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-14 Shiyu Cheng , Luyao Niu , Bhaskar Ramasubramanian , Andrew Clark , Radha Poovendran

In this work, we consider solving a distributed optimization problem (DOP) in a multi-agent network with multiple agent clusters. In each cluster, the agents manage separable cost functions composed of possibly non-smooth components and aim…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-09-15 Jianzheng Wang , Guoqiang Hu

Efficient collaborative decision making is an important challenge for multiagent systems. Finding optimal joint actions is especially challenging when each agent has only imperfect information about the state of its environment. Such…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-04-28 Frans A. Oliehoek , Shimon Whiteson , Matthijs T. J. Spaan

In this paper we consider the problem of distributed Nash equilibrium (NE) seeking over networks, a setting in which players have limited local information. We start from a continuous-time gradient-play dynamics that converges to an NE…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-30 Dian Gadjov , Lacra Pavel

Distributed algorithms of multi-agent coordination have attracted substantial attention from the research community; the simplest and most thoroughly studied of them are consensus protocols in the form of differential or difference…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-10-16 Anton V. Proskurnikov , Ming Cao

The main goal of this paper is to investigate continuous-time distributed dynamic programming (DP) algorithms for networked multi-agent Markov decision problems (MAMDPs). In our study, we adopt a distributed multi-agent framework where…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-06-14 Donghwan Lee , Han-Dong Lim , Do Wan Kim

Coordinated optimization and control of distribution-level assets can enable a reliable and optimal integration of massive amount of distributed energy resources (DERs) and facilitate distribution system management (DSM). Accordingly, the…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2018-08-15 Kaiqing Zhang , Wei Shi , Hao Zhu , Emiliano Dall'Anese , Tamer Başar

We consider a decentralized optimization problem for networks affected by communication delays. Examples of such networks include collaborative machine learning, sensor networks, and multi-agent systems. To mimic communication delays, we…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-10-03 Tomas Ortega , Hamid Jafarkhani

This paper investigates the output synchronization problem for discrete-time heterogeneous multi-agent systems (MASs) subject to distinct communication delays. The presence of such delays prevents the instantaneous delivery of information…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Qin Fang , Mamadou Diagne , Yang Zhu

In this paper, we consider game problems played by (multi)-integrator agents, subject to external disturbances. We propose Nash equilibrium seeking dynamics based on gradient-play, augmented with a dynamic internal-model based component,…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-04-10 Andrew R Romano , Lacra Pavel

In this work, we introduce decentralized network interdiction games, which model the interactions among multiple interdictors with differing objectives operating on a common network. As a starting point, we focus on decentralized shortest…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-07-29 Harikrishnan Sreekumaran , Ashish R. Hota , Andrew L. Liu , Nelson A. Uhan , Shreyas Sundaram

The distributed convex optimization problem over the multi-agent system is considered in this paper, and it is assumed that each agent possesses its own cost function and communicates with its neighbours over a sequence of time-varying…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-02-03 Cong Wang , Shengyuan Xu , Deming Yuan , Baoyong Zhang , Zhengqiang Zhang

In this paper, we consider the problem of finding a Nash equilibrium in a multi-player game over generally connected networks. This model differs from a conventional setting in that players have partial information on the actions of their…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Farzad Salehisadaghiani , Wei Shi , Lacra Pavel

This paper presents a distributed position synchronization strategy that also preserves the initial communication links for single-integrator multi-agent systems with time-varying delays. The strategy employs a coordinating proportional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-03-23 Yuan Yang , Yang Shi , Daniela Constantinescu

In this paper, we study the cooperative robust output regulation problem for discrete-time linear multi-agent systems with both communication and input delays by distributed internal model approach. We first introduce the distributed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-16 Yamin Yan , Jie Huang

We propose Directed-Distributed Projected Subgradient (D-DPS) to solve a constrained optimization problem over a multi-agent network, where the goal of agents is to collectively minimize the sum of locally known convex functions. Each agent…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-26 Ran Xin , Chenguang Xi , Usman A. Khan

This letter investigates the problem of distributed spectrum access for cognitive small cell networks. Compared with existing work, two inherent features are considered: i) the transmission of a cognitive small cell base station only…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2015-02-25 Yuhua Xu , Yuli Zhang , Qihui Wu , Liang Shen , Jinlong Wang

In this study, we propose a design methodology of distributed controllers for multi-agent systems on a class of directed interaction networks by extending the gradient-flow method. Although the gradient-flow method is a common design tool…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-03-05 Yuto Watanabe , Kazunori Sakurama , Hyo-Sung Ahn

In this paper, we show the equivalence between a constrained, multi-agent control problem, modeled within the port-Hamiltonian framework, and an exact potential game. Specifically, critical distance-based constraints determine a network of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-20 Filippo Fabiani , Andrea Caiti

A distributed Nash equilibrium seeking algorithm is presented for networked games. We assume an incomplete information available to each player about the other players' actions. The players communicate over a strongly connected digraph to…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2019-12-10 Farzad Salehisadaghiani , Lacra Pavel