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In operations of multi-agent teams ranging from homogeneous robot swarms to heterogeneous human-autonomy teams, unexpected events might occur. While efficiency of operation for multi-agent task allocation problems is the primary objective,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Haochen Wu , Amin Ghadami , Alparslan Emrah Bayrak , Jonathon M. Smereka , Bogdan I. Epureanu

Adaptive multi-agent formation control, which requires the formation to flexibly adjust along with the quantity variations of agents in a decentralized manner, belongs to one of the most challenging issues in multi-agent systems, especially…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-07-25 Yuming Xiang , Sizhao Li , Rongpeng Li , Zhifeng Zhao , Honggang Zhang

A flurry of recent work has demonstrated that pre-trained large language models (LLMs) can be effective task planners for a variety of single-robot tasks. The planning performance of LLMs is significantly improved via prompting techniques,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-25 Yongchao Chen , Jacob Arkin , Yang Zhang , Nicholas Roy , Chuchu Fan

Traditional centralized multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) algorithms are sometimes unpractical in complicated applications, due to non-interactivity between agents, curse of dimensionality and computation complexity. Hence, several…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-10 Wenhao Li , Bo Jin , Xiangfeng Wang , Junchi Yan , Hongyuan Zha

We consider the problem of decentralized clustering and estimation over multi-task networks, where agents infer and track different models of interest. The agents do not know beforehand which model is generating their own data. They also do…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-05-24 Sahar Khawatmi , Ali H. Sayed , Abdelhak M. Zoubir

One of the main challenges in Grid systems is designing an adaptive, scalable, and model-independent method for job scheduling to achieve a desirable degree of load balancing and system efficiency. Centralized job scheduling methods have…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2016-09-13 Milad Moradi

We present a framework combining hierarchical and multi-agent deep reinforcement learning approaches to solve coordination problems among a multitude of agents using a semi-decentralized model. The framework extends the multi-agent learning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2017-12-25 Saurabh Kumar , Pararth Shah , Dilek Hakkani-Tur , Larry Heck

Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning often requires decentralised policies, which severely limit the agents' ability to coordinate their behaviour. In this paper, we show that common knowledge between agents allows for complex…

In cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning, a collection of agents learns to interact in a shared environment to achieve a common goal. We propose the use of reward machines (RM) -- Mealy machines used as structured representations…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-06-16 Cyrus Neary , Zhe Xu , Bo Wu , Ufuk Topcu

Tackling complex team problems requires understanding each team member's skills in order to devise a task assignment maximizing the team performance. This paper proposes a novel quantitative model describing the decentralized process by…

Social and Information Networks · Computer Science 2020-08-25 Elizabeth Y. Huang , Dario Paccagnan , Wenjun Mei , Francesco Bullo

Consensus planning is a method for coordinating decision making across complex systems and organizations, including complex supply chain optimization pipelines. It arises when large interdependent distributed agents (systems) share common…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Alvaro Maggiar , Lee Dicker , Michael Mahoney

Synchronizing decisions across multiple agents in realistic settings is problematic since it requires agents to wait for other agents to terminate and communicate about termination reliably. Ideally, agents should learn and execute…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-12 Yuchen Xiao , Weihao Tan , Christopher Amato

Recent advances in agent and multi-agent systems have shown strong performance on tool use, reasoning, and collaborative tasks. However, existing benchmarks mostly evaluate task completion in weakly coupled environments, and provide limited…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-05-14 Ziqi Wang , Yuhao Yang , Zhiwei Ling , Wenzhuo Qian , Hailiang Zhao

This paper addresses the limitations of a single agent in task decomposition and collaboration during complex task execution, and proposes a multi-agent architecture for modular task decomposition and dynamic collaboration based on large…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Shuaidong Pan , Di Wu

In important applications involving multi-task networks with multiple objectives, agents in the network need to decide between these multiple objectives and reach an agreement about which single objective to follow for the network. In this…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-12-27 Sahar Khawatmi , Abdelhak M. Zoubir , Ali H. Sayed

This paper addresses the problem of composite synchronization and learning control in a network of multi-agent robotic manipulator systems with heterogeneous nonlinear uncertainties under a leader-follower framework. A novel two-layer…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-05-10 Emadodin Jandaghi , Dalton L. Stein , Adam Hoburg , Paolo Stegagno , Mingxi Zhou , Chengzhi Yuan

When multiple agents learn in a decentralized manner, the environment appears non-stationary from the perspective of an individual agent due to the exploration and learning of the other agents. Recently proposed deep multi-agent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-16 Xueguang Lyu , Christopher Amato

Persistent monitoring of dynamic targets is essential in real-world applications such as disaster response, environmental sensing, and wildlife conservation, where mobile agents must continuously gather information under uncertainty. We…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-10-21 Xingjian Zhang , Yizhuo Wang , Guillaume Sartoretti

In real-world environments, autonomous agents rely on their egocentric observations. They must learn adaptive strategies to interact with others who possess mixed motivations, discernible only through visible cues. Several Multi-Agent…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-12-15 Violet Xiang , Logan Cross , Jan-Philipp Fränken , Nick Haber

Decentralized Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) methods allow for learning scalable multi-agent policies, but suffer from partial observability and induced non-stationarity. These challenges can be addressed by introducing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-01 Tommaso Marzi , Cesare Alippi , Andrea Cini