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Vehicular traffic is a classical example of a multi-agent system in which autonomous drivers operate in a shared environment. The article provides an overview of the state-of-the-art in microscopic traffic modeling and the implications for…

Physics and Society · Physics 2009-10-26 Arne Kesting , Martin Treiber , Dirk Helbing

Constrained multi-agent reinforcement learning offers the framework to design scalable and almost surely feasible solutions for teams of agents operating in dynamic environments to carry out conflicting tasks. We address the challenges of…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-03-03 Leopoldo Agorio , Sean Van Alen , Santiago Paternain , Miguel Calvo-Fullana , Juan Andres Bazerque

A group behavior of a heterogeneous multi-agent system is studied which obeys an "average of individual vector fields" under strong couplings among the agents. Under stability of the averaged dynamics (not asking stability of individual…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-09-21 Jin Gyu Lee , Hyungbo Shim

This paper advances a methodological proposal for safety research in agentic AI. As systems acquire planning, memory, tool use, persistent identity, and sustained interaction, safety can no longer be analysed primarily at the level of the…

Computers and Society · Computer Science 2026-04-17 Federico Pierucci , Matteo Prandi , Marcantonio Bracale Syrnikov , Marcello Galisai , Piercosma Bisconti

This paper proposes a fully data-driven motion-planning framework for homogeneous linear multi-agent systems that operate in shared, obstacle-filled workspaces without access to explicit system models. Each agent independently learns its…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-09-05 Babak Esmaeili , Hamidreza Modares

One of the main challenges of multi-agent learning lies in establishing convergence of the algorithms, as, in general, a collection of individual, self-serving agents is not guaranteed to converge with their joint policy, when learning…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-05-18 Aleksander Czechowski , Frans A. Oliehoek

Safe control methods are often intended to behave safely even in worst-case human uncertainties. However, humans may exploit such safety-first systems, which results in greater risk for everyone. Despite their significance, no prior work…

Human-Computer Interaction · Computer Science 2023-02-13 Zixuan Zhang , Maitham AL-Sunni , Haoming Jing , Hirokazu Shirado , Yorie Nakahira

Warning: This paper contains content that may be inappropriate or offensive. AI agents have gained significant recent attention due to their autonomous tool usage capabilities and their integration in various real-world applications. This…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-06-24 Ninareh Mehrabi , Tharindu Kumarage , Kai-Wei Chang , Aram Galstyan , Rahul Gupta

This paper introduces an approach to address the target enclosing problem using non-holonomic multiagent systems, where agents self-organize on the enclosing shape around a fixed target. In our approach, agents independently move toward the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-08-19 Praveen Kumar Ranjan , Abhinav Sinha , Yongcan Cao

LLM agents in markets present algorithmic collusion risks. While prior work shows LLM agents reach supracompetitive prices through tacit coordination, existing research focuses on hand-crafted prompts. The emerging paradigm of prompt…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-04-21 Yingtao Tian

Current validation methods often rely on recorded data and basic functional checks, which may not be sufficient to encompass the scenarios an autonomous vehicle might encounter. In addition, there is a growing need for complex scenarios…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-02-08 Marc Kaufeld , Rainer Trauth , Johannes Betz

Multiagent systems can use commitments as the core of a general coordination infrastructure, supporting both cooperative and non-cooperative interactions. Agents whose objectives are aligned, and where one agent can help another achieve…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Qi Zhang , Edmund H. Durfee , Satinder Singh

Communication technologies enable coordination among connected and autonomous vehicles (CAVs). However, it remains unclear how to utilize shared information to improve the safety and efficiency of the CAV system in dynamic and complicated…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-03-15 Zhili Zhang , Songyang Han , Jiangwei Wang , Fei Miao

Autonomous multi-agent systems are increasingly being deployed in environments where winds and ocean currents have a significant influence. Recent work has developed control policies for single agents that leverage flows to achieve their…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-06-05 Nicolas Hoischen , Marius Wiggert , Claire J. Tomlin

Platooning has been exploited as a method for vehicles to minimize energy consumption. In this article, we present a constraint-driven optimal control framework that yields emergent platooning behavior for connected and automated vehicles…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-12-20 Logan E. Beaver , Andreas A. Malikopoulos

The recent revolution of intelligent systems made it possible for robots and autonomous systems to work alongside humans, collaborating with them and supporting them in many domains. It is undeniable that this interaction can have huge…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-11-03 Basel Alhaji , Andreas Rausch , Michael Prilla

This paper presents a fully automated procedure for controller synthesis for multi-agent systems under coupled constraints. Each agent has dynamics consisting of two terms: the first one models the coupled constraints and the other one is…

Systems and Control · Computer Science 2016-09-20 Alexandros Nikou , Dimitris Boskos , Jana Tumova , Dimos V. Dimarogonas

This paper proposes a dynamic game formulation for cooperative human-robot navigation in shared workspaces with obstacles, where the human and robot jointly satisfy shared safety constraints while pursuing a common task. A key contribution…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Mark Pustilnik , Francesco Borrelli

The intent of control argumentation frameworks is to specifically model strategic scenarios from the perspective of an agent by extending the standard model of argumentation framework in a way that takes unquantified uncertainty regarding…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-10-24 Minal Suresh Patil

Cooperative transport and manipulation of heavy or bulky payloads by multiple manipulators requires coordinated formation tracking, while simultaneously enforcing strict safety constraints in varying environments with limited communication…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-09 Simiao Zhuang , Bingkun Huang , Zewen Yang