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The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem entails finding collision-free paths for a set of agents, guiding them from their start to goal locations. However, MAPF does not account for several practical task-related constraints. For…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Yu Quan Chong , Jiaoyang Li , Katia Sycara

Multi-Agent Motion Planning (MAMP) is the problem of computing feasible paths for a set of agents given individual start and goal states. Given the hardness of MAMP, most of the research related to multi-agent systems has focused on…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-03-05 Irving Solis , Read Sandström , James Motes , Nancy M. Amato

Existing multi-agent path finding (MAPF) solvers do not account for uncertain behavior of uncontrollable agents. We present a novel variant of Enhanced Conflict-Based Search (ECBS), for both one-shot and lifelong MAPF in dynamic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-07-31 Kegan J. Strawn , Thomy Phan , Eric Wang , Nora Ayanian , Sven Koenig , Lars Lindemann

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is the problem of moving agents to the goal vertex without collision. In the online MAPF problem, new agents may be added to the environment at any time, and the current agents have no information about…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Mingkai Tang , Boyi Liu , Yuanhang Li , Hongji Liu , Ming Liu , Lujia Wang

Conflict-Based Search (CBS) is a widely used algorithm for solving multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) problems optimally. The core idea of CBS is to run hierarchical search, when, on the high level the tree of solutions candidates is explored,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-09-21 Ilya Ivanashev , Anton Andreychuk , Konstantin Yakovlev

The task of the multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) problem is to navigate a team of agents from their start point to the goal points. However, this setup is unsuitable in the assembly line scenario, which is periodic with a long working hour.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-15 Mingkai Tang , Lu Gan , Kaichen Zhang

The Multi-Objective Multi-Agent Path Finding (MO-MAPF) problem is the problem of finding the Pareto-optimal frontier of collision-free paths for a team of agents while minimizing multiple cost metrics. Examples of such cost metrics include…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-11-24 Cheng Ge , Han Zhang , Jiaoyang Li , Sven Koenig

Multi-agent path finding in continuous space and time with geometric agents MAPF$^\mathcal{R}$ is addressed in this paper. The task is to navigate agents that move smoothly between predefined positions to their individual goals so that they…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-04-29 Pavel Surynek

Conflict-Based Search (CBS) is a powerful algorithmic framework for optimally solving classical multi-agent path finding (MAPF) problems, where time is discretized into the time steps. Continuous-time CBS (CCBS) is a recently proposed…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-03-03 Anton Andreychuk , Konstantin Yakovlev , Eli Boyarski , Roni Stern

The Meta-Agent Conflict-Based Search~(MA-CBS) is a recently proposed algorithm for the multi-agent path finding problem. The algorithm is an extension of Conflict-Based Search~(CBS), which automatically merges conflicting agents into…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-10-27 David Tolpin

This paper addresses a variant of multi-agent path finding (MAPF) in continuous space and time. We present a new solving approach based on satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) to obtain makespan optimal solutions. The standard MAPF is a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Pavel Surynek

Multi-Agent Combinatorial Path Finding (MCPF) seeks collision-free paths for multiple agents from their initial locations to destinations, visiting a set of intermediate target locations in the middle of the paths, while minimizing the sum…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-09-17 Yuanhang Zhang , Xuemian Wu , Hesheng Wang , Zhongqiang Ren

In the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem, the goal is to find non-colliding paths for agents in an environment, such that each agent reaches its goal from its initial location. In safety-critical applications, a human supervisor may…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Justin Kottinger , Shaull Almagor , Morteza Lahijanian

We present an algorithm for finding optimal paths for multiple stochastic agents in a graph to reach their destinations with a user-specified maximum pairwise collision probability. Our algorithm, called STT-CBS, uses Conflict-Based Search…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-09-01 Oriana Peltzer , Kyle Brown , Mac Schwager , Mykel J. Kochenderfer , Martin Sehr

We address a variant of multi-agent path finding in continuous environment (CE-MAPF), where agents move along sets of smooth curves. Collisions between agents are resolved via avoidance in the space domain. A new Continuous Environment…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Kristýna Janovská , Pavel Surynek

The fundamental goal assignment problem for a multi-robot application aims to assign a unique goal to each robot while ensuring collision-free paths, minimizing the total movement cost. A plausible algorithmic solution to this NP-hard…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-22 Aakash , Indranil Saha

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding a set of collision-free paths, one for each agent in a shared environment. Its objective is to minimize the sum of path costs (SOC), where the path cost of each agent is defined as…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-24 Shao-Hung Chan , Thomy Phan , Jiaoyang Li , Sven Koenig

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a problem of finding a sequence of movements for agents to reach their assigned location without collision. Centralized algorithms usually give optimal solutions, but have difficulties to scale without…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-09-20 Poom Pianpak , Tran Cao Son

Conflict-Based Search (CBS) is a popular framework for solving the Multi-Agent Path Finding problem. Some of the conflicts incur a foreseeable conflict in one or both of the children nodes when splitting on them. This paper introduces a new…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-07-08 Lun Yang

In this article, we address the problem of collaborative task assignment, sequencing, and multi-agent pathfinding (TSPF), where a team of agents must visit a set of task locations without collisions while minimizing flowtime. TSPF…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-28 Yifan Bai , Shruti Kotpalliwar , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos