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This paper introduces an information-theoretic constraint on learned policy complexity in the Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) reinforcement learning algorithm. Previous research with a related approach in continuous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-05-16 Tailia Malloy , Tim Klinger , Miao Liu , Matthew Riemer , Gerald Tesauro , Chris R. Sims

In many domains such as transportation and logistics, search and rescue, or cooperative surveillance, tasks are pending to be allocated with the consideration of possible execution uncertainties. Existing task coordination algorithms either…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-08-03 Ruifan Liu , Hyo-Sang Shin , Binbin Yan , Antonios Tsourdos

The sixth generation (6G) wireless networks are envisioned to deliver ultra-low latency, massive connectivity, and high data rates, enabling advanced applications such as autonomous {unmaned aerial vehicles (UAV)} swarms and aerial edge…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-11-03 Luis Antonio L. F. da Costa , Rodrigo C. de Lamare , Rafael Kunst , Edison Pignaton de Freitas

Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) have emerged as a key enabler for next-generation wireless networks due to their on-demand deployment, high mobility, and ability to provide Line-of-Sight (LoS) connectivity. These features make UAVs…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-01-30 Kamran Shafafi , Alaa Awad Abdellatif , Manuel Ricardo , Rui Campos

Today, modern unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) are equipped with increasingly advanced capabilities that can run applications enabled by machine learning techniques, which require computationally intensive operations such as matrix…

Computer Science and Game Theory · Computer Science 2021-10-29 Wei Chong Ng , Wei Yang Bryan Lim , Jer Shyuan Ng , Suttinee Sawadsitang , Zehui Xiong , Dusit Niyato

As spatial intelligence continues to evolve, heterogeneous multi-agent systems-particularly the collaboration between Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) and Unmanned Ground Vehicles (UGVs), have demonstrated strong potential in complex…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-25 Yangjie Cui , Xin Dong , Boyang Gao , Jinwu Xiang , Daochun Li , Zhan Tu

In this paper, we propose a novel dependency-aware task scheduling strategy for dynamic unmanned aerial vehicle-assisted connected autonomous vehicles (CAVs). Specifically, different computation tasks of CAVs consisting of multiple…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-11-28 Xiang Cheng , Zhi Mao , Ying Wang , Wen Wu

Software-defined satellite-terrestrial integrated networks (SDSTNs) are seen as a promising paradigm for achieving high resource flexibility and global communication coverage. However, low latency service provisioning is still challenging…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-11-01 Shuo Yuan , Yaohua Sun , Mugen Peng

Space-air-ground integrated networks (SAGIN) provide great strengths in extending the capability of ground wireless networks. On the other hand, with rich spectrum and computing resources, the ground networks can also assist space-air…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2019-02-12 Sheng Zhou , Guangchao Wang , Shan Zhang , Zhisheng Niu , Xuemin , Shen

Driven by the unceasing development of maritime services, tasks of unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV)-assisted maritime data collection (MDC) are becoming increasingly diverse, complex and personalized. As a result, effective task allocation for…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-11-04 Xiaoling Han , Bin Lin , Zhenyu Na , Bowen Li , Chaoyue Zhang , Ran Zhang

In this paper, a machine learning based deployment framework of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) is studied. In the considered model, UAVs are deployed as flying base stations (BS) to offload heavy traffic from ground BSs. Due to…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-07-31 Linyan Lu , Zhaohui Yang , Mingzhe Chen , Zelin Zang , Mohammad Shikh-Bahaei

Deployment of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) as aerial base stations can deliver a fast and flexible solution for serving varying traffic demand. In order to adequately benefit of UAVs deployment, their efficient placement is of utmost…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-03-06 Atefeh Hajijamali Arani , M. Mahdi Azari , William Melek , Safieddin Safavi-Naeini

We propose MADDPG-K, a scalable extension to Multi-Agent Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (MADDPG) that addresses the computational limitations of centralized critic approaches. Centralized critics, which condition on the observations and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Tim Goppelsroeder , Rasmus Jensen

This paper addresses a novel multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL)-based positioning algorithm for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) collaboration (i.e., UAVs work as mobile base stations). The primary objective of the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-07-03 Chanyoung Park , Soohyun Park , Soyi Jung , Carlos Cordeiro , Joongheon Kim

In an edge-cloud system, mobile devices can offload their computation intensive tasks to an edge or cloud server to guarantee the quality of service or satisfy task deadline requirements. However, it is challenging to determine where tasks…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Chuanchao Gao , Aryaman Shaan , Arvind Easwaran

In this paper, we consider unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) equipped with a visible light communication (VLC) access point and coordinated multipoint (CoMP) capability that allows users to connect to more than one UAV. UAVs can move in…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-12-06 Mohammad Reza Maleki , Mohammad Robat Mili , Mohammad Reza Javan , Nader Mokari , Eduard A. Jorswieck

Devices located in remote regions often lack coverage from well-developed terrestrial communication infrastructure. This not only prevents them from experiencing high quality communication services but also hinders the delivery of machine…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-08-20 Dong-Jun Han , Wenzhi Fang , Seyyedali Hosseinalipour , Mung Chiang , Christopher G. Brinton

In this paper, we tackle the problem of Unmanned Aerial (UA V) path planning in complex and uncertain environments by designing a Model Predictive Control (MPC), based on a Long-Short-Term Memory (LSTM) network integrated into the Deep…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-03-08 Mahya Ramezani , Hamed Habibi , Jose luis Sanchez Lopez , Holger Voos

This paper proposes a novel centralized training and distributed execution (CTDE)-based multi-agent deep reinforcement learning (MADRL) method for multiple unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) control in autonomous mobile access applications.…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-04-19 Chanyoung Park , Haemin Lee , Won Joon Yun , Soyi Jung , Joongheon Kim

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