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This paper provides a novel solution to a task allocation problem, by which a group of agents decides on the assignment of a discrete set of tasks in a distributed manner. In this setting, heterogeneous agents have individual preferences…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-02 Nirabhra Mandal , Mohammad Khajenejad , Sonia Martínez

In modern distributed systems, efficient resource allocation is a vital aspect to maintain scalability, reduce operational costs, and ensure fast execution even across heterogeneous workloads. Predictive models for resource usage are…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Jonathan Bader , Edgar Blumenthal , Marten Eckardt , Justus Krebs , Joel Witzke , Xemena Wysokinska , Haci Ismail Aslan , Odej Kao

In this letter, we investigate the resource allocation for downlink multi-cell coordinated OFDMA wireless networks, in which power allocation and subcarrier scheduling are jointly optimized. Aiming at maximizing the weighted sum of the…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2012-09-18 Zesong Fei , Shuo Li , Chengwen Xing , Yiqing Zhou , Jingming Kuang

Recent breakthroughs in generative artificial intelligence have triggered a surge in demand for machine learning training, which poses significant cost burdens and environmental challenges due to its substantial energy consumption.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-04-18 Siyue Zhang , Minrui Xu , Wei Yang Bryan Lim , Dusit Niyato

Spatial Crowdsourcing (SC) is gaining traction in both academia and industry, with tasks on SC platforms becoming increasingly complex and requiring collaboration among workers with diverse skills. Recent research works address complex…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-10-22 Yong Zhao , Zhengqiu Zhu , Chen Gao , En Wang , Jincai Huang , Fei-Yue Wang

This paper presents the overall design of a multi-agent framework for tuning the performance of an application executing in a distributed environment. The multi-agent framework provides services like resource brokering, analyzing…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2010-05-13 Sarbani Roy , Saikat Halder , Nandini Mukherjee

Small cell enchantment is emerging as the key technique for wireless network evolution. One challenging problem for small cell enhancement is how to achieve high data rate with as-low-as-possible control and computation overheads. As a…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-02-12 Shuqin Li , Liyu Cai

Robotic systems, working together as a team, are becoming valuable players in different real-world applications, from disaster response to warehouse fulfillment services. Centralized solutions for coordinating multi-robot teams often suffer…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2018-07-23 Payam Ghassemi , Souma Chowdhury

Distributed algorithms for both discrete-time and continuous-time linearly solvable optimal control (LSOC) problems of networked multi-agent systems (MASs) are investigated in this paper. A distributed framework is proposed to partition the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-19 Neng Wan , Aditya Gahlawat , Naira Hovakimyan , Evangelos A. Theodorou , Petros G. Voulgaris

We study dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertain task completion, time-window constraints, and incomplete information. Tasks arrive online over a finite horizon and must be completed within specified deadlines, while agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-04-15 Maria G. Mendoza , Pan-Yang Su , Bryce L. Ferguson , S. Shankar Sastry

This paper introduces a novel approach to radio resource allocation in multi-cell wireless networks using a fully scalable multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) framework. A distributed method is developed where agents control…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-19 Yiming Zhang , Dongning Guo

This paper addresses the challenge of decentralized task allocation within heterogeneous multi-agent systems operating under communication constraints. We introduce a novel framework that integrates graph neural networks (GNNs) with a…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-21 Lavanya Ratnabala , Aleksey Fedoseev , Robinroy Peter , Dzmitry Tsetserukou

Scheduling applications on wide-area distributed systems is useful for obtaining quick and reliable results in an efficient manner. Optimized scheduling algorithms are fundamentally important in order to achieve optimized resources…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-06-28 Diana Moise , Eliza Moise , Florin Pop , Valentin Cristea

The 5G cellular wireless systems will have a multi-tier architecture consisting of macrocells, different types of licensed small cells and D2D networks to serve users with different quality-of-service (QoS) requirements in a spectrum…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2014-09-09 Monowar Hasan , Ekram Hossain

Multiple robotic systems, working together, can provide important solutions to different real-world applications (e.g., disaster response), among which task allocation problems feature prominently. Very few existing decentralized…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-07-28 Payam Ghassemi , David DePauw , Souma Chowdhury

We study distributed optimization in a cooperative multi-agent setting, where agents have to agree on the usage of shared resources and can communicate via a time-varying network to this purpose. Each agent has its own decision variables…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-20 Alessandro Falsone , Kostas Margellos , Simone Garatti , Maria Prandini

The paper presents a solution to the dynamic DAG scheduling problem in Grid environments. It presents a distributed, scalable, efficient and fault-tolerant algorithm for optimizing tasks assignment. The scheduler algorithm for tasks with…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2011-06-28 Florin Pop , Valentin Cristea

This paper presents a distributed resource selection mechanism for diverse cloud-edge environments, enabling dynamic and context-aware allocation of resources to meet the demands of complex distributed applications. By distributing the…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-10 Quentin Renau , Amjad Ullah , Emma Hart

Multi-agent systems are designed to concurrently accomplish a diverse set of tasks at unprecedented scale. Here, the central problems faced by a system operator are to decide (i) how to divide available resources amongst the agents assigned…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-01 Keith Paarporn , Rahul Chandan , Mahnoosh Alizadeh , Jason R. Marden

We provide theoretical bounds on the worst case performance of the greedy algorithm in seeking to maximize a normalized, monotone, but not necessarily submodular objective function under a simple partition matroid constraint. We also…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-10-19 Benjamin Biggs , James McMahon , Philip Baldoni , Daniel J. Stilwell