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Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-01-08 Haoran Sun , Mingyi Hong

We study optimal distributed first-order optimization algorithms when the network (i.e., communication constraints between the agents) changes with time. This problem is motivated by scenarios where agents experience network malfunctions.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-12-02 Alexander Rogozin , César A. Uribe , Alexander Gasnikov , Nikolay Malkovsky , Angelia Nedić

Space-time adaptive processing (STAP) is one of the most effective approaches to suppressing ground clutters in airborne radar systems. It basically takes two forms, i.e., full-dimension STAP (FD-STAP) and reduced-dimension STAP (RD-STAP).…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2022-02-11 Di Song , Shengyao Chen , Feng Xi , Zhong Liu

In modern fulfillment warehouses, agents traverse the map to complete endless tasks that arrive on the fly, which is formulated as a lifelong Multi-Agent Path Finding (lifelong MAPF) problem. The goal of tackling this challenging problem is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-11 Ming-Feng Li , Min Sun

We call matrix algorithms superfast if they use much fewer flops and memory cells than the input matrix has entries. Using such algorithms is indispensable for Big Data Mining and Analysis, where the input matrices are so immense that one…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-17 Victor Y. Pan , John Svadlenka

In many safety-critical settings, probabilistic ML systems have to make predictions subject to algebraic constraints, e.g., predicting the most likely trajectory that does not cross obstacles. These real-world constraints are rarely convex,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-02-11 Leander Kurscheidt , Gabriele Masina , Roberto Sebastiani , Antonio Vergari

Avoiding collisions is one of the vital tasks for systems of autonomous mobile agents. We focus on the problem of finding continuous coordinated paths for multiple mobile disc agents in a 2-d environment with polygonal obstacles. The…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-02-18 Pavel Janovský , Michal Čáp , Jiří Vokřínek

Scalable high-quality MAP inference in arbitrary-order Markov Random Fields (MRFs) remains challenging. Approximate message-passing methods are often efficient but can degrade on dense or high-order instances, while exact solvers such as…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-08 Yaomin Wang , Chaolong Ying , Xiaodong Luo , Tianshu Yu

Designing the topology of three-dimensional structures is a challenging problem due to its memory and time consumption. In this paper, we present a robust and efficient algorithm for solving large-scale 3D topology optimization problems.…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-03-01 Alfredo Vitorino , Francisco A. M. Gomes

We study the TAPF (combined target-assignment and path-finding) problem for teams of agents in known terrain, which generalizes both the anonymous and non-anonymous multi-agent path-finding problems. Each of the teams is given the same…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-12-20 Hang Ma , Sven Koenig

In the Asymmetric Traveling Salesperson Problem (ATSP) the goal is to find a closed walk of minimum cost in a directed graph visiting every vertex. We consider the approximability of ATSP on topologically restricted graphs. It has been…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2016-01-08 Daniel Marx , Ario Salmasi , Anastasios Sidiropoulos

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) poses a significant and challenging problem critical for applications in robotics and logistics, particularly due to its combinatorial complexity and the partial observability inherent in realistic…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Merve Atasever , Matthew Hong , Mihir Nitin Kulkarni , Qingpei Li , Jyotirmoy V. Deshmukh

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

Planning collision-free paths for a large group of agents is a challenging problem in many real-world applications. While recent advances in Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) have shown promising progress, standard MAPF planners continue to…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Jingtian Yan , Stephen F. Smith , Jiaoyang Li

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) aims to compute collision-free paths for multiple agents and has a wide range of practical applications. LaCAM*, an anytime configuration-based solver, currently represents the state of the art. Recent work…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-10 Bojie Shen , Yue Zhang , Zhe Chen , Daniel Harabor

In this paper, we consider the problem of scheduling an application on a parallel computational platform. The application is a particular task graph, either a linear chain of tasks, or a set of independent tasks. The platform is made of…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2012-10-18 Guillaume Aupy , Anne Benoit

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding a set of collision-free paths for multiple agents in a shared environment while minimizing the sum of travel time. Since solving the MAPF problem optimally is NP-hard, anytime…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-02-06 Shao-Hung Chan , Zhe Chen , Dian-Lun Lin , Yue Zhang , Daniel Harabor , Tsung-Wei Huang , Sven Koenig , Thomy Phan

Trading off performance guarantees in favor of scalability, the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) community has recently started to embrace Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL), where agents learn to collaboratively generate individual,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-01 Yutong Wang , Bairan Xiang , Shinan Huang , Guillaume Sartoretti

We consider a Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) setting where agents have been assigned a plan, but during its execution some agents are delayed. Instead of replanning from scratch when such a delay occurs, we propose delay introduction,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Justin Kottinger , Tzvika Geft , Shaull Almagor , Oren Salzman , Morteza Lahijanian

Multi-Agent Path-Finding (MAPF) focuses on the collaborative planning of paths for multiple agents within shared spaces, aiming for collision-free navigation. Conventional planning methods often overlook the presence of other agents, which…

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