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In this paper we introduce and study a new concept of parametrised topological complexity, a topological invariant motivated by the motion planning problem of robotics. In the parametrised setting, a motion planning algorithm has high…

Algebraic Topology · Mathematics 2021-09-10 Daniel C. Cohen , Michael Farber , Shmuel Weinberger

We consider a natural generalization of classical scheduling problems in which using a time unit for processing a job causes some time-dependent cost which must be paid in addition to the standard scheduling cost. We study the scheduling…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2018-12-03 Lin Chen , Nicole Megow , Roman Rischke , Leen Stougie , José Verschae

In this paper we present a method for automatically planning robust optimal paths for a group of robots that satisfy a common high level mission specification. Each robot's motion in the environment is modeled as a weighted transition…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Alphan Ulusoy , Stephen L. Smith , Xu Chu Ding , Calin Belta

We propose a generic multi-robot planning mechanism that combines an optimal task planner and an optimal path planner to provide a scalable solution for complex multi-robot planning problems. The Integrated planner, through the interaction…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-05 Aman Aryan , Manan Modi , Indranil Saha , Rupak Majumdar , Swarup Mohalik

According to the published papers and books since the turn of the century, Pareto optimization is the dominating assessment method for multi-objective nonlinear optimization problems treated by population-based optimizers like Evolutionary…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Wilfried Jakob , Christian Blume

We present a differentiable, decision-oriented learning framework for cost prediction in a class of multi-robot decision-making problems, in which the robots need to trade off the task performance with the costs of taking actions when they…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Guangyao Shi , Chak Lam Shek , Nare Karapetyan , Pratap Tokekar

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

The performance of industrial robotic work cells depends on optimizing various hyperparameters referring to the cell layout, such as robot base placement, tool placement, and kinematic design. Achieving this requires a bilevel optimization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-09-03 G. de Mathelin , C. Hartl-Nesic , A. Kugi

Solutions to multi-objective optimization problems can generally not be compared or ordered, due to the lack of orderability of the single objectives. Furthermore, decision-makers are often made to believe that scaled objectives can be…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-05-31 Sebastian Hönel , Welf Löwe

Multi-robot decision-making is the process where multiple robots coordinate actions. In this paper, we aim for efficient and effective multi-robot decision-making despite the robots' limited on-board resources and the often…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Zirui Xu , Vasileios Tzoumas

In many robotics applications, multiple robots are working in a shared workspace to complete a set of tasks as fast as possible. Such settings can be treated as multi-modal multi-robot multi-goal path planning problems, where each robot has…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-20 Valentin N. Hartmann , Tirza Heinle , Yijiang Huang , Stelian Coros

In this paper, we consider the automated planning of optimal paths for a robotic team satisfying a high level mission specification. Each robot in the team is modeled as a weighted transition system where the weights have associated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-03-13 Alphan Ulusoy , Stephen L. Smith , Calin Belta

Multi-objective optimisation problems involve finding solutions with varying trade-offs between multiple and often conflicting objectives. Ising machines are physical devices that aim to find the absolute or approximate ground states of an…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-22 Mayowa Ayodele , Richard Allmendinger , Manuel López-Ibáñez , Arnaud Liefooghe , Matthieu Parizy

Sequential decision-making problems with multiple objectives arise naturally in practice and pose unique challenges for research in decision-theoretic planning and learning, which has largely focused on single-objective settings. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-05 Diederik Marijn Roijers , Peter Vamplew , Shimon Whiteson , Richard Dazeley

During the past two decades, multi-agent optimization problems have drawn increased attention from the research community. When multiple objective functions are present among agents, many works optimize the sum of these objective functions.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-10-13 M. J. Blondin , M. T. Hale

This paper tackles the multi-objective optimization of the cost functional of a path-following model predictive control for vehicle longitudinal and lateral control. While the inherent optimal character of the model predictive control and…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-04-09 Ali Gharib , David Stenger , Robert Ritschel , Rick Voßwinkel

In multi-task learning, multiple tasks are solved jointly, sharing inductive bias between them. Multi-task learning is inherently a multi-objective problem because different tasks may conflict, necessitating a trade-off. A common compromise…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-01-14 Ozan Sener , Vladlen Koltun

Motion planning with simple objectives, such as collision-avoidance and goal-reaching, can be solved efficiently using modern planners. However, the complexity of the allowed tasks for these planners is limited. On the other hand, signal…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-05 Wenliang Liu , Nathalie Majcherczyk , Federico Pecora

In this paper, a robot navigating an environment shared with humans is considered, and a cost function that can be exploited in $\text{RRT}^\text{X}$, a randomized sampling-based replanning algorithm that guarantees asymptotic optimality,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-16 Basak Sakcak , Luca Bascetta

The goal of multi-objective optimisation is to identify a collection of points which describe the best possible trade-offs between the multiple objectives. In order to solve this vector-valued optimisation problem, practitioners often…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-05-09 Ben Tu , Nikolas Kantas , Robert M. Lee , Behrang Shafei