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Autonomous vehicles (AVs), possibly using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) for simultaneous route optimization, may destabilize traffic networks, with human drivers potentially experiencing longer travel times. We study this…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Anastasia Psarou , Ahmet Onur Akman , Łukasz Gorczyca , Michał Hoffmann , Grzegorz Jamróz , Rafał Kucharski

System optimal traffic routing can mitigate congestion by assigning routes for a portion of vehicles so that the total travel time of all vehicles in the transportation system can be reduced. However, achieving real-time optimal routing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-11 Zemian Ke , Qiling Zou , Jiachao Liu , Sean Qian

Video Recognition has drawn great research interest and great progress has been made. A suitable frame sampling strategy can improve the accuracy and efficiency of recognition. However, mainstream solutions generally adopt hand-crafted…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2019-08-05 Wenhao Wu , Dongliang He , Xiao Tan , Shifeng Chen , Shilei Wen

Efficient traffic signal control is essential for managing urban transportation, minimizing congestion, and improving safety and sustainability. Reinforcement Learning (RL) has emerged as a promising approach to enhancing adaptive traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Xiaoyu Wang , Ayal Taitler , Scott Sanner , Baher Abdulhai

Extensive research has been devoted to the field of multi-agent navigation. Recently, there has been remarkable progress attributed to the emergence of learning-based techniques with substantially elevated intelligence and realism.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-05 Xuan Zhang , Xifeng Gao , Kui Wu , Zherong Pan

Significant advances have recently been achieved in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) which tackles sequential decision-making problems involving multiple participants. However, MARL requires a tremendous number of samples for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-30 Xihuai Wang , Zhicheng Zhang , Weinan Zhang

Automated driving at unsignalized intersections is challenging due to complex multi-vehicle interactions and the need to balance safety and efficiency. Model Predictive Control (MPC) offers structured constraint handling through…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-16 Saeed Rahmani , Gözde Körpe , Zhenlin , Xu , Bruno Brito , Simeon Craig Calvert , Bart van Arem

Recent years have witnessed significant advances in reinforcement learning (RL), which has registered great success in solving various sequential decision-making problems in machine learning. Most of the successful RL applications, e.g.,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-30 Kaiqing Zhang , Zhuoran Yang , Tamer Başar

Traffic signal control has long been considered as a critical topic in intelligent transportation systems. Most existing learning methods mainly focus on isolated intersections and suffer from inefficient training. This paper aims at the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-10-01 Yusen Huo , Qinghua Tao , Jianming Hu

Numerous solutions are proposed for the Traffic Signal Control (TSC) tasks aiming to provide efficient transportation and mitigate congestion waste. In recent, promising results have been attained by Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-24 Longchao Da , Minquan Gao , Hao Mei , Hua Wei

The development of intelligent traffic light control systems is essential for smart transportation management. While some efforts have been made to optimize the use of individual traffic lights in an isolated way, related studies have…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-01 Yanan Wang , Tong Xu , Xin Niu , Chang Tan , Enhong Chen , Hui Xiong

Emerging vehicular systems with increasing proportions of automated components present opportunities for optimal control to mitigate congestion and increase efficiency. There has been a recent interest in applying deep reinforcement…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-08-02 Zhongxia Yan , Abdul Rahman Kreidieh , Eugene Vinitsky , Alexandre M. Bayen , Cathy Wu

Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as a promising solution for addressing traffic signal control (TSC) challenges. While most RL-based TSC systems typically employ an online approach, facilitating frequent active interaction with the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-05-03 Liang Zhang , Yutong Zhang , Jianming Deng , Chen Li

Traffic signal control is a critical task in intelligent transportation systems, yet conventional fixed-time and rule-based methods often struggle to adapt to dynamic traffic demand and provide limited decision interpretability. This study…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-28 Jiazhao Shi

Efficient traffic signal control is critical for reducing traffic congestion and improving overall transportation efficiency. The dynamic nature of traffic flow has prompted researchers to explore Reinforcement Learning (RL) for traffic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-12-14 Xingshuai Huang , Di Wu , Benoit Boulet

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) encompasses a powerful class of methodologies that have been applied in a wide range of fields. An effective way to further empower these methodologies is to develop libraries and tools that could…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-04-20 Dmitry Kazhdan , Zohreh Shams , Pietro Liò

Multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) has attracted considerable attention due to its potential in addressing complex cooperative tasks. However, existing MARL approaches often rely on frequent exchanges of action or state information…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Zhenglong Luo , Zhiyong Chen , Aoxiang Liu , Ke Pan

In this report, we delve into two critical research inquiries. Firstly, we explore the extent to which Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents exhibit multimodal distributions in the context of stop-and-go traffic scenarios. Secondly, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-12 Supriya Sarker

Autonomous intersection management (AIM) poses significant challenges due to the intricate nature of real-world traffic scenarios and the need for a highly expensive centralised server in charge of simultaneously controlling all the…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-19 Matteo Cederle , Marco Fabris , Gian Antonio Susto

Effective agent coordination is crucial in cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL). While agent cooperation can be represented by graph structures, prevailing graph learning methods in MARL are limited. They rely solely on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Wei Duan , Jie Lu , Junyu Xuan