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This study explores the problem of Multi-Agent Path Finding with continuous and stochastic travel times whose probability distribution is unknown. Our purpose is to manage a group of automated robots that provide package delivery services…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-02-06 Atsuyoshi Kita , Nobuhiro Suenari , Masashi Okada , Tadahiro Taniguchi

This paper addresses a variant of multi-agent path finding (MAPF) in continuous space and time. We present a new solving approach based on satisfiability modulo theories (SMT) to obtain makespan optimal solutions. The standard MAPF is a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-03-26 Pavel Surynek

Teaming is the process of establishing connections among agents within a system to enable collaboration toward achieving a collective goal. This paper examines teaming in the context of a network of agents learning to coordinate with…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-04-08 Zhewei Wang , Olugbenga Moses Anubi , Marcos M. Vasconcelos

This paper connects multi-agent path planning on graphs (roadmaps) to network flow problems, showing that the former can be reduced to the latter, therefore enabling the application of combinatorial network flow algorithms, as well as…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Jingjin Yu , Steven M. LaValle

Expressing attack-defence trees in a multi-agent setting allows for studying a new aspect of security scenarios, namely how the number of agents and their task assignment impact the performance, e.g. attack time, of strategies executed by…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-10-20 Jaime Arias , Carlos Olarte , Laure Petrucci , Łukasz Maśko , Wojciech Penczek , Teofil Sidoruk

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) comprises a broad area of research within the field of multi-agent systems. Several recent works have focused specifically on the study of communication approaches in MARL. While multiple…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-03-27 Rafael Pina , Varuna De Silva , Corentin Artaud , Xiaolan Liu

In multi-agent navigation, agents need to move towards their goal locations while avoiding collisions with other agents and static obstacles, often without communication with each other. Existing methods compute motions that are optimal…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2017-10-13 Julio Godoy , Tiannan Chen , Stephen J. Guy , Ioannis Karamouzas , Maria Gini

The fast development of Artificial Intelligence (AI) agents provides a promising way for the realization of intelligent and customized wireless networks. In this paper, we propose a Wireless Multi-Agent System (WMAS), which can provide…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-04 Jingchen Peng , Dingli Yuan , Boxiang Ren , Jie Fan , Hao Wu , Lu Yang

Minimum Spanning Tree (MST) and Breadth-First Search (BFS) tree constructions are classical problems in distributed computing, traditionally studied in the message-passing model, where static nodes communicate via messages. This paper…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-06-25 Prabhat Kumar Chand , Manish Kumar , Anisur Rahaman Molla

Man-made and natural disruptions such as planned constructions on roads, suspensions of bridges, and blocked roads by trees/mudslides/floods can often create obstacles that separate two connected regions. As a result, the traveling and…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2026-05-19 Hau Chan , Jianan Lin , Zining Qin , Chenhao Wang

In multi-agent search planning for a randomly moving and camouflaging target, we examine heterogeneous searchers that differ in terms of their endurance level, travel speed, and detection ability. This leads to a convex mixed-integer…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2023-11-03 Miguel Lejeune , Johannes O. Royset , Wenbo Ma

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

We consider cooperative multi-agent consensus optimization problems over both static and time-varying communication networks, where only local communications are allowed. The objective is to minimize the sum of agent-specific possibly…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-06-27 Erfan Yazdandoost Hamedani , Necdet Serhat Aybat

Given a connected graph on whose edges we can build roads to connect the nodes, a number of agents hold possibly different perspectives on which edges should be selected by assigning different edge weights. Our task is to build a minimum…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2022-12-02 Bo Li , Xiaowei Wu , Chenyang Xu , Ruilong Zhang

Two mobile agents, starting from different nodes of an $n$-node network at possibly different times, have to meet at the same node. This problem is known as rendezvous. Agents move in synchronous rounds using a deterministic algorithm. In…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2014-10-07 Avery Miller , Andrzej Pelc

We study an extensive class of movement minimization problems which arise from many practical scenarios but so far have little theoretical study. In general, these problems involve planning the coordinated motion of a collection of agents…

Data Structures and Algorithms · Computer Science 2015-03-20 Erik D. Demaine , MohammadTaghi Hajiaghayi , Dániel Marx

Recent advances in large language model-powered multi-agent systems have demonstrated remarkable collective intelligence through effective communication. However, existing approaches face two primary challenges: (i) \textit{Ineffective…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-27 Heng Zhang , Yuling Shi , Xiaodong Gu , Zijian Zhang , Haochen You , Lubin Gan , Yilei Yuan , Jin Huang

We are given an equal number of mobile robotic agents, and distinct target locations. Each agent has simple integrator dynamics, a limited communication range, and knowledge of the position of every target. We address the problem of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2007-05-23 Stephen L. Smith , Francesco Bullo

In this paper, we consider the consensus problem of dynamical multiple agents that communicate via a directed moving neighborhood random network. Each agent performs random walk on a weighted directed network. Agents interact with each…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2015-05-14 Yilun Shang

We consider a problem where autonomous agents enter a dynamic and unknown environment described by a network of weighted arcs. These agents move within the network from node to node according to a decentralized policy using only local…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-10-28 Francesca Rosset , Raffaele Pesenti , Franco Blanchini