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In this paper, we discuss the methodology of generalizing the optimal control law from learned component tasks to unlearned composite tasks on Multi-Agent Systems (MASs), by using the linearity composition principle of linearly solvable…

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Autonomous marine environmental monitoring problem traditionally encompasses an area coverage problem which can only be effectively carried out by a multi-robot system. In this paper, we focus on robotic swarms that are typically operated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-07-19 Maryam Kouzehgar , Malika Meghjani , Roland Bouffanais

Fault-tolerant coverage control involves determining a trajectory that enables an autonomous agent to cover specific points of interest, even in the presence of actuation and/or sensing faults. In this work, the agent encounters control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-20 Savvas Papaioannou , Christian Vitale , Panayiotis Kolios , Christos G. Panayiotou , Marios M. Polycarpou

This article presents a distributed algorithm for a group of robotic agents with omnidirectional vision to deploy into nonconvex polygonal environments with holes. Agents begin deployment from a common point, possess no prior knowledge of…

Robotics · Computer Science 2010-12-03 Karl J. Obermeyer , Anurag Ganguli , Francesco Bullo

Movable antenna (MA) has emerged as a promising technology to enhance wireless communication performance by exploiting the new degree of freedom (DoF) via antenna position optimization. In this letter, we investigate the MA-enhanced wide…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-01-01 Dong Wang , Weidong Mei , Zhi Chen , Boyu Ning

The area coverage problem is the task of efficiently servicing a given two-dimensional surface using sensors mounted on robots such as unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) and unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs). We present a novel formulation for…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-08-23 Saurav Agarwal , Srinivas Akella

This work proposes a novel location-based multi-group multicast framework which is termed as non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) assisted multi-region geocast. This novel spectrum sharing framework exploits the NOMA technology to realize…

Information Theory · Computer Science 2017-11-30 Yi Zhang , Hui-Ming Wang , Zhiguo Ding , Moon Ho Lee

This article examines the problem of visual area coverage by a network of Mobile Aerial Agents (MAAs). Each MAA is assumed to be equipped with a downwards facing camera with a conical field of view which covers all points within a circle on…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2017-11-27 Sotiris Papatheodorou , Anthony Tzes , Yiannis Stergiopoulos

Planning coverage path for multiple robots in a decentralized way enhances robustness to coverage tasks handling uncertain malfunctions. To achieve high efficiency in a distributed manner for each single robot, a comprehensive understanding…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-10-17 Yongkai Liu , Jiawei Hu , Wei Dong

The problem of coverage control, i.e., of coordinating multiple agents to optimally cover an area, arises in various applications. However, coverage applications face two major challenges: (1) dealing with nonlinear dynamics while…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-04-01 Rahel Rickenbach , Johannes Köhler , Anna Scampicchio , Melanie N. Zeilinger , Andrea Carron

In this paper, the communication effort required in a multi-agent system (MAS) is minimized via an explicit optimization formulation. The paper considers a MAS of single-integrator agents with bounded inputs and a time-invariant…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-05-05 Vishal Sawant , Debraj Chakraborty , Debasattam Pal

Non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) enables multiple users to share the same frequency band, and simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) provides 360-degree full-space coverage, optimizing…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2025-03-21 Yu Min Park , Sheikh Salman Hassan , Yan Kyaw Tun , Eui-Nam Huh , Walid Saad , Choong Seon Hong

This papers studies multi-agent (convex and \emph{nonconvex}) optimization over static digraphs. We propose a general distributed \emph{asynchronous} algorithmic framework whereby i) agents can update their local variables as well as…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-09-12 Ye Tian , Ying Sun , Gesualdo Scutari

In this paper, we tackle the problem of planning an optimal coverage path for a robot operating indoors. Many existing approaches attempt to discourage turns in the path by covering the environment along the least number of coverage lines,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-05-30 Megnath Ramesh , Frank Imeson , Baris Fidan , Stephen L. Smith

This paper addresses the problem of collaboratively satisfying long-term spatial constraints in multi-agent systems. Each agent is subject to spatial constraints, expressed as inequalities, which may depend on the positions of other agents…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-03-23 Farhad Mehdifar , Mani H. Dhullipalla , Charalampos P. Bechlioulis , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) has emerged as a powerfulparadigm for cooperative decision-making in connected autonomous vehicles(CAVs); however, existing approaches often fail to guarantee stability, optimality,and…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-11-25 Mazyar Taghavi , Javad Vahidi

This paper studies the multi-agent coverage control (MAC) problem where agents must dynamically learn an unknown density function while performing coverage tasks. Unlike many current theoretical frameworks that concentrate solely on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-04-10 Runyu Zhang , Haitong Ma , Na Li

This paper presents coordination algorithms for groups of mobile agents performing deployment and coverage tasks. As an important modeling constraint, we assume that each mobile agent has a limited sensing/communication radius. Based on the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Jorge Cortes , Sonia Martinez , Francesco Bullo

Centralized training with decentralized execution (CTDE) is a standard framework for cooperative multi-agent policy-gradient reinforcement learning, allowing agents to learn from joint information while acting from local observations.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Chulabhaya Wijesundara , Andrea Baisero , Zhongheng Li , Gregory Castañón , Alan Carlin , Christopher Amato

The novel concept of simultaneously transmitting and reflecting reconfigurable intelligent surface (STAR-RIS) is investigated, where incident signals can be transmitted and reflected to users located at different sides of the surface. In…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-21 Chenyu Wu , Yuanwei Liu , Xidong Mu , Xuemai Gu , Octavia A. Dobre