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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

Among sub-optimal Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) solvers, rule-based algorithms are particularly appealing since they are complete. Even in crowded scenarios, they allow finding a feasible solution that brings each agent to its target,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-10-11 Irene Saccani , Stefano Ardizzoni , Luca Consolini , Marco Locatelli

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

Recent work on the multi-agent pathfinding problem (MAPF) has begun to study agents with motion that is more complex, for example, with non-unit action durations and kinematic constraints. An important aspect of MAPF is collision detection.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2019-11-18 Thayne T. Walker , Nathan R. Sturtevant

In Multiagent Path Finding (MAPF), the goal is to compute efficient, collision-free paths for multiple agents navigating a network from their sources to targets, minimizing the schedule's makespan-the total time until all agents reach their…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Foivos Fioravantes , Dušan Knop , Nikolaos Melissinos , Michal Opler

MAPF problem aims to find plans for multiple agents in an environment within a given time, such that the agents do not collide with each other or obstacles. Motivated by the execution and monitoring of these plans, we study Dynamic MAPF…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Aysu Bogatarkan , Esra Erdem

We present a novel framework for addressing the challenges of multi-Agent planning and formation control within intricate and dynamic environments. This framework transforms the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem into a Multi-Agent…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-05-14 Zong Chen , Songyuan Fa , Yiqun Li

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a representative multi-agent coordination problem, where multiple agents are required to navigate to their respective goals without collisions. Solving MAPF optimally is known to be NP-hard, leading to the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Rishabh Jain , Keisuke Okumura , Michael Amir , Pietro Lio , Amanda Prorok

This paper investigates a problem called Multi-Agent Path Finding with Elevators (MAPF-E), which seeks conflict-free paths for multiple agents from their start to goal locations that may locate on different floors, and the agents can use…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-25 Haitong He , Xuemian Wu , Shizhe Zhao , Zhongqiang Ren

In this paper, we propose the Multi-Agent Corridor Generating Algorithm (MACGA) for solving the Multi-agent Pathfinding (MAPF) problem, where a group of agents need to find non-colliding paths to their target locations. Existing approaches…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-05-23 Arseniy Pertzovsky , Roni Stern , Roie Zivan , Ariel Felner

We study the computational complexity of multi-agent path finding (MAPF). Given a graph $G$ and a set of agents, each having a start and target vertex, the goal is to find collision-free paths minimizing the total distance traveled. To…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2022-03-16 Tzvika Geft , Dan Halperin

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the problem of effectively finding efficient collision-free paths for a group of agents in a shared workspace. The MAPF community has largely focused on developing high-performance heuristic search…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-24 Rishi Veerapaneni , Arthur Jakobsson , Kevin Ren , Samuel Kim , Jiaoyang Li , Maxim Likhachev

As industries increasingly adopt large robotic fleets, there is a pressing need for computationally efficient, practical, and optimal conflict-free path planning for multiple robots. Conflict-Based Search (CBS) is a popular method for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-01-30 Scott Fredriksson , Yifan Bai , Akshit Saradagi , George Nikolakopoulos

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a long-standing problem in Robotics and Artificial Intelligence in which one needs to find a set of collision-free paths for a group of mobile agents (robots) operating in the shared workspace. Due to its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-08-12 Zain Alabedeen Ali , Konstantin Yakovlev

Multi-agent path planning is a challenging problem with numerous real-life applications. Running a centralized search such as A* in the combined state space of all units is complete and cost-optimal, but scales poorly, as the state space…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2014-01-17 Ko-Hsin Cindy Wang , Adi Botea

Multi-Agent Path Finding has been widely studied in the past few years due to its broad application in the field of robotics and AI. However, previous solvers rely on several simplifying assumptions. They limit their applicability in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Licheng Wen , Zhen Zhang , Zhe Chen , Xiangrui Zhao , Yong Liu

Purpose of Review Planning collision-free paths for multiple robots is important for real-world multi-robot systems and has been studied as an optimization problem on graphs, called Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF). This review surveys…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-06-24 Hang Ma

The development and application of large language models (LLM) have demonstrated that foundational models can be utilized to solve a wide array of tasks. However, their performance in multi-agent path finding (MAPF) tasks has been less than…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-08-26 Pu Feng , Size Wang , Yuhong Cao , Junkang Liang , Rongye Shi , Wenjun Wu

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) in large networks is computationally challenging. An approach for MAPF is prioritized planning (PP), in which agents plan sequentially according to their priority. Albeit a computationally efficient approach…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Patrick Scheffe , Julius Kahle , Bassam Alrifaee

The 2D Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims at finding collision-free paths for a number of agents, from a set of start locations to a set of goal positions in a known 2D environment. MAPF has been studied in theoretical computer…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-05-22 Gleb Belov , Liron Cohen , Maria Garcia de la Banda , Daniel Harabor , Sven Koenig , Xinrui Wei
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