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In this work, it is presented the development of a novel distributed algorithm performing robotic coverage, clustering and dispatch around an event in static-obstacle structured environments without relying on metric information.…

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In this paper, we propose a new framework for multi-agent collaborative exploration of unknown environments. The proposed method combines state-of-the-art algorithms in mapping, safe corridor generation and multi-agent planning. It first…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-17 Charbel Toumieh , Alain Lambert

We study non-convex distributed optimization problems where a set of agents collaboratively solve a separable optimization problem that is distributed over a time-varying network. The existing methods to solve these problems rely on (at…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-04-26 Hadi Reisizadeh , Behrouz Touri , Soheil Mohajer

A general nonlinear $1$st-order consensus-based solution for distributed constrained convex optimization is proposed with network resource allocation applications. The solution is used to optimize continuously-differentiable strictly convex…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-22 Mohammadreza Doostmohammadian , Alireza Aghasi , Maria Vrakopoulou , Themistoklis Charalambous

This paper focuses on a distributed coupled constrained convex optimization problem over directed unbalanced and time-varying multi-agent networks, where the global objective function is the sum of all agents' private local objective…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-10-25 Kai Gong , Liwei Zhang

This paper addresses the problem of collaboratively satisfying long-term spatial constraints in multi-agent systems. Each agent is subject to spatial constraints, expressed as inequalities, which may depend on the positions of other agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Farhad Mehdifar , Mani H. Dhullipalla , Charalampos P. Bechlioulis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

The distributed non-smooth resource allocation problem over multi-agent networks is studied in this paper, where each agent is subject to globally coupled network resource constraints and local feasibility constraints described in terms of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2022-03-11 Xiaohong Nian , Fan Li , Dongxin Liu

Traditional task assignment approaches for multi-agent motion control do not take the possibility of collisions into account. This can lead to challenging requirements for path planning. We derive an assignment method that not only…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Tony A. Wood , Mitchell Khoo , Elad Michael , Chris Manzie , Iman Shames

We address the problem of planning collision-free paths for multiple agents using optimization methods known as proximal algorithms. Recently this approach was explored in Bento et al. 2013, which demonstrated its ease of parallelization…

Robotics · Computer Science 2015-04-14 José Bento , Nate Derbinsky , Charles Mathy , Jonathan S. Yedidia

We study nonconvex distributed optimization in multiagent networks where the communications between nodes is modeled as a time-varying sequence of arbitrary digraphs. We introduce a novel broadcast-based distributed algorithmic framework…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-12-16 Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari , Daniel Palomar

We propose an online iterative algorithm to optimize a convex cover to under-approximate the free space for autonomous navigation to delineate Safe Flight Corridors (SFC). The convex cover consists of a set of polytopes such that the union…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-03-28 Yuwei Wu , Igor Spasojevic , Pratik Chaudhari , Vijay Kumar

We introduce and develop the concept of dispersion formation control, bridging a gap between shape-assembly studies in physics and biology and formation control theory. In current formation control studies, the control objectives typically…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-25 Jin Chen , Jesus Bautista Villar , Bayu Jayawardhana , Hector Garcia de Marina

We propose a distributed solution for a constrained convex optimization problem over a network of clustered agents each consisted of a set of subagents. The communication range of the clustered agents is such that they can form a connected…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-04-06 Hossein Moradian , Solmaz S. Kia

In this paper, we focus on solving a distributed convex optimization problem in a network, where each agent has its own convex cost function and the goal is to minimize the sum of the agents' cost functions while obeying the network…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-02-11 Shi Pu , Wei Shi , Jinming Xu , Angelia Nedić

In this paper, distributed convex optimization problem over non-directed dynamical networks is studied. Here, networked agents with single-integrator dynamics are supposed to rendezvous at a point that is the solution of a global convex…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-18 Amir Adibzadeh , Mohsen Zamani , Amir A. Suratgar , Mohammad B. Menhaj

This paper considers convex games involving multiple agents that aim to minimize their own cost functions using locally available information. A common assumption in the study of such games is that the agents are symmetric, meaning that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-09-25 Zifan Wang , Xinlei Yi , Yi Shen , Michael M. Zavlanos , Karl H. Johansson

This paper considers the problem of localization and circumnavigation of an unknown stationary target by a group of autonomous agents using only local bearing measurements. We assume that no direct communication or exchange of information…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-12-07 Donglin Sui , Mohammad Deghat

This paper considers the problem of autonomous multi-agent cooperative target search in an unknown environment using a decentralized framework under a no-communication scenario. The targets are considered as static targets and the agents…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-13 Titas Bera , Rajarshi Bardhan , Sundaram Suresh

We address a problem of area protection in graph-based scenarios with multiple agents. The problem consists of two adversarial teams of agents that move in an undirected graph shared by both teams. Agents are placed in vertices of the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-08-25 Marika Ivanová , Pavel Surynek