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Network Slice placement with the problem of allocation of resources from a virtualized substrate network is an optimization problem which can be formulated as a multiobjective Integer Linear Programming (ILP) problem. However, to cope with…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-05-17 Jose Jurandir Alves Esteves , Amina Boubendir , Fabrice Guillemin , Pierre Sens

This paper extends the paradigm of "mobile edge learning (MEL)" by designing an optimal task allocation scheme for training a machine learning model in an asynchronous manner across mutiple edge nodes or learners connected via a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-12-07 Umair Mohammad , Sameh Sorour , Mohamed Hefeida

Due to the significant variations in unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) altitude and horizontal mobility, it becomes difficult for any single network to ensure continuous and reliable threedimensional coverage. Towards that end, the…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-18 Jiayang Wan , Ke He , Yafei Wang , Fan Liu , Wenjin Wang , Shi Jin

We study the problem of distributed training of neural networks (NNs) on devices with heterogeneous, limited, and time-varying availability of computational resources. We present an adaptive, resource-aware, on-device learning mechanism,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-04-05 Martin Rapp , Ramin Khalili , Kilian Pfeiffer , Jörg Henkel

The quantum cloud computing paradigm presents unique challenges in task placement due to the dynamic and heterogeneous nature of quantum computation resources. Traditional heuristic approaches fall short in adapting to the rapidly evolving…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-07-04 Hoa T. Nguyen , Muhammad Usman , Rajkumar Buyya

Multi-access-Mobile Edge Computing (MEC) is a promising solution for computationally demanding rigorous applications, that can meet 6G network service requirements. However, edge servers incur high computation costs during task processing.…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2024-02-05 Asad Aftab , Semeen Rehman

We introduce Hierarchical Transformers for Meta-Reinforcement Learning (HTrMRL), a powerful online meta-reinforcement learning approach. HTrMRL aims to address the challenge of enabling reinforcement learning agents to perform effectively…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-02-12 Gresa Shala , André Biedenkapp , Josif Grabocka

Mobile Edge Learning (MEL) is a collaborative learning paradigm that features distributed training of Machine Learning (ML) models over edge devices (e.g., IoT devices). In MEL, possible coexistence of multiple learning tasks with different…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2021-09-03 Mhd Saria Allahham , Sameh Sorour , Amr Mohamed , Aiman Erbad , Mohsen Guizani

The world needs diverse and unbiased data to train deep learning models. Currently data comes from a variety of sources that are unmoderated to a large extent. The outcomes of training neural networks with unverified data yields biased…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-11-27 Vaibhav Mathur , Karanbir Chahal

The growing demand for computational resources in machine learning has made efficient resource allocation a critical challenge, especially in heterogeneous hardware clusters where devices vary in capability, age, and energy efficiency.…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2025-10-20 Ahmad Raeisi , Mahdi Dolati , Sina Darabi , Sadegh Talebi , Patrick Eugster , Ahmad Khonsari

As single-center computing approaches power constraints, decentralized training becomes essential. However, traditional Reinforcement Learning (RL) methods, crucial for enhancing large model post-training, cannot adapt to decentralized…

The widespread adoption of photovoltaic (PV), electric vehicles (EVs), and stationary energy storage systems (ESS) in households increases system complexity while simultaneously offering new opportunities for energy regulation. However,…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2026-02-05 Meng Yuan , Ye Wang , Xinghuo Yu , Torsten Wik , Changfu Zou

Solving long-horizon goal-conditioned tasks remains a significant challenge in reinforcement learning (RL). Hierarchical reinforcement learning (HRL) addresses this by decomposing tasks into more manageable sub-tasks, but the automatic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-09 Yang Yu

A large variety of real-world Reinforcement Learning (RL) tasks is characterized by a complex and heterogeneous structure that makes end-to-end (or flat) approaches hardly applicable or even infeasible. Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-12 Gianluca Drappo , Alberto Maria Metelli , Marcello Restelli

This paper investigates the multi-UAV multi-task coordination problem in infrastructure-less emergency scenarios, where UAVs collaboratively are required to jointly perform aerial image acquisition and ground-user communication. To tackle…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Xindi Wang , Haining Li , Tao Ding , Bolin Cai

Deep Learning (DL) model-based AI services are increasingly offered in a variety of predictive analytics services such as computer vision, natural language processing, speech recognition. However, the quality of the DL models can degrade…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2020-11-04 Anirban Bhattacharjee , Ajay Dev Chhokra , Hongyang Sun , Shashank Shekhar , Aniruddha Gokhale , Gabor Karsai , Abhishek Dubey

Hierarchical agents have the potential to solve sequential decision making tasks with greater sample efficiency than their non-hierarchical counterparts because hierarchical agents can break down tasks into sets of subtasks that only…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2019-09-05 Andrew Levy , George Konidaris , Robert Platt , Kate Saenko

In this paper, we introduce HDPlanner, a deep reinforcement learning (DRL) based framework designed to tackle two core and challenging tasks for mobile robots: autonomous exploration and navigation, where the robot must optimize its…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-08-08 Jingsong Liang , Yuhong Cao , Yixiao Ma , Hanqi Zhao , Guillaume Sartoretti

The prevalence of the Internet of things (IoT) and smart meters devices in smart grids is providing key support for measuring and analyzing the power consumption patterns. This approach enables end-user to play the role of prosumers in the…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2022-11-08 Farhad Rezazadeh , Nikolaos Bartzoudis

Industrial systems increasingly depend on Machine Learning (ML), and operate on heterogeneous nodes that must satisfy tight latency, energy, and memory constraints. Dynamic ML models, which reconfigure their computational footprint at…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-30 Francesco Daghero , Mahyar Tourchi Moghaddam , Mikkel Baun Kjærgaard