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The goal of Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is to find a set of paths for a fleet of agents moving in a shared environment such that the agents reach their goals without colliding with each other. In practice, some of the robots executing…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-15 David Zahrádka , Denisa Mužíková , David Woller , Miroslav Kulich , Jiří Švancara , Roman Barták

In this paper we consider multiple Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) navigating a common workspace to fulfill various intralogistics tasks, typically formulated as the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem. To keep plan execution…

Robotics · Computer Science 2020-10-13 Alexander Berndt , Niels Van Duijkeren , Luigi Palmieri , Tamas Keviczky

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims to find collision-free paths for multiple agents while optimizing objectives such as the sum of costs or makespan. MAPF has wide applications in domains like automated warehouses,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-12-01 Jingtian Yan , Shuai Zhou , Stephen F. Smith , Jiaoyang Li

The trajectory planning for a fleet of Automated Guided Vehicles (AGVs) on a roadmap is commonly referred to as the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem, the solution to which dictates each AGV's spatial and temporal location until it…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-12-08 Alexander Berndt , Niels van Duijkeren , Luigi Palmieri , Alexander Kleiner , Tamás Keviczky

Multi Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is critical for coordinating multiple robots in shared environments, yet robust execution of generated plans remains challenging due to operational uncertainties. The Action Dependency Graph (ADG) framework…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-03 Joachim Dunkel

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) seeks collision-free paths for multiple agents from their respective starting locations to their respective goal locations while minimizing path costs. Although many MAPF algorithms were developed and can…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-12-24 Shuai Zhou , Shizhe Zhao , Zhongqiang Ren

Multi-Agent Path finding (MAPF) is the problem of finding paths for a set of agents such that each agent reaches its desired destination while avoiding collisions with the other agents. This problem arises in many robotics applications,…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-02-24 Raz Beck , Roni Stern

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) algorithms are increasingly deployed in industrial warehouses and automated manufacturing facilities, where robots must operate reliably under real-world physical constraints. However, existing MAPF…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-03-18 Jingtian Yan , Zhifei Li , William Kang , Stephen F. Smith , Jiaoyang Li

We consider a Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) setting where agents have been assigned a plan, but during its execution some agents are delayed. Instead of replanning from scratch when such a delay occurs, we propose delay introduction,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-23 Justin Kottinger , Tzvika Geft , Shaull Almagor , Oren Salzman , Morteza Lahijanian

In Multiagent Path Finding (MAPF), the goal is to compute efficient, collision-free paths for multiple agents navigating a network from their sources to targets, minimizing the schedule's makespan-the total time until all agents reach their…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-07 Foivos Fioravantes , Dušan Knop , Nikolaos Melissinos , Michal Opler

Multi-Agent Pathfinding (MAPF) is the problem of finding paths for multiple agents such that every agent reaches its goal and the agents do not collide. Most prior work on MAPF was on grids, assumed agents' actions have uniform duration,…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-06-17 Anton Andreychuk , Konstantin Yakovlev , Dor Atzmon , Roni Stern

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem involves planning collision-free paths for multiple agents in a shared environment. The majority of MAPF solvers rely on the assumption that an agent can arrive at a specific location at a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-01-09 Yifan Su , Rishi Veerapaneni , Jiaoyang Li

Typical Multi-agent Path Finding (MAPF) solvers assume that agents move synchronously, thus neglecting the reality gap in timing assumptions, e.g., delays caused by an imperfect execution of asynchronous moves. So far, two policies enforce…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-12-15 Keisuke Okumura , Yasumasa Tamura , Xavier Défago

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) focuses on planning collision-free paths for multiple agents. However, during the execution of a MAPF plan, agents may encounter unexpected delays, which can lead to inefficiencies, deadlocks, or even…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-14 He Jiang , Muhan Lin , Jiaoyang Li

We study the iterative refinement of path planning for multiple robots, known as multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF). Given a graph, agents, their initial locations, and destinations, a solution of MAPF is a set of paths without collisions.…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-02-15 Keisuke Okumura , Yasumasa Tamura , Xavier Defago

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) in large networks is computationally challenging. An approach for MAPF is prioritized planning (PP), in which agents plan sequentially according to their priority. Albeit a computationally efficient approach…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-01-22 Patrick Scheffe , Julius Kahle , Bassam Alrifaee

Multi-agent Pathfinding (MAPF) problem generally asks to find a set of conflict-free paths for a set of agents confined to a graph and is typically solved in a centralized fashion. Conversely, in this work, we investigate the decentralized…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2023-10-03 Alexey Skrynnik , Anton Andreychuk , Maria Nesterova , Konstantin Yakovlev , Aleksandr Panov

We propose a distributed planning method with asynchronous execution for multi-agent pickup and delivery (MAPD) problems for environments with occasional delays in agents' activities and flexible endpoints. MAPD is a crucial problem…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-02-21 Yuki Miyashita , Tomoki Yamauchi , Toshiharu Sugawara

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a fundamental problem in robotics that asks us to compute collision-free paths for a team of agents, all moving across a shared map. Although many works appear on this topic, all current algorithms…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-02-01 Zhe Chen , Daniel Harabor , Jiaoyang Li , Peter J. Stuckey

Multi-Agent Path-Finding (MAPF) focuses on the collaborative planning of paths for multiple agents within shared spaces, aiming for collision-free navigation. Conventional planning methods often overlook the presence of other agents, which…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-11-04 S Nordström , Y Bai , B Lindqvist , G Nikolakopoulos
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