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Many multi-robot applications require tasks to be completed efficiently and in the correct order, so that downstream operations can proceed at the right time. Multi-agent path finding with precedence constraints (MAPF-PC) is a well-studied…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-04-01 Viraj Parimi , Brian C. Williams

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the problem of moving multiple agents from starts to goals without collisions. Lifelong MAPF (LMAPF) extends MAPF by continuously assigning new goals to agents. We present our winning approach to the 2023…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-03-02 He Jiang , Yulun Zhang , Rishi Veerapaneni , Jiaoyang Li

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is a critical component of logistics and warehouse management, which focuses on planning collision-free paths for a team of robots in a known environment. Recent work introduced a novel MAPF approach, LNS2,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2025-02-03 Yutong Wang , Tanishq Duhan , Jiaoyang Li , Guillaume Sartoretti

We introduce multi-goal multi agent path finding (MAPF$^{MG}$) which generalizes the standard discrete multi-agent path finding (MAPF) problem. While the task in MAPF is to navigate agents in an undirected graph from their starting vertices…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2020-09-14 Pavel Surynek

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) focuses on determining conflict-free paths for multiple agents navigating through a shared space to reach specified goal locations. This problem becomes computationally challenging, particularly when handling…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2025-07-10 Thore Gerlach , Loong Kuan Lee , Frédéric Barbaresco , Nico Piatkowski

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) is a widely used abstraction for multi-robot trajectory planning problems, where multiple homogeneous agents move simultaneously within a shared environment. Although solving MAPF optimally is NP-hard,…

The problem of Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) calls for finding a set of conflict-free paths for a fleet of agents operating in a given environment. Arguably, the state-of-the-art approach to computing optimal solutions is Conflict-Based…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2021-04-20 Ofir Gordon , Yuval Filmus , Oren Salzman

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF), which involves finding collision-free paths for multiple robots, is crucial in various applications. Lifelong MAPF, where targets are reassigned to agents as soon as they complete their initial targets,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-04-09 Yimin Tang , Zhenghong Yu , Yi Zheng , T. K. Satish Kumar , Jiaoyang Li , Sven Koenig

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) traditionally focuses on collision avoidance, but many real-world applications require active coordination between agents to improve team performance. This paper introduces Team Coordination on Graphs with…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-09-10 Yanlin Zhou , Manshi Limbu , Xuesu Xiao

Multi-agent path finding (MAPF) is the problem of moving agents to the goal vertex without collision. In the online MAPF problem, new agents may be added to the environment at any time, and the current agents have no information about…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-01-12 Mingkai Tang , Boyi Liu , Yuanhang Li , Hongji Liu , Ming Liu , Lujia Wang

We address a variant of multi-agent path finding in continuous environment (CE-MAPF), where agents move along sets of smooth curves. Collisions between agents are resolved via avoidance in the space domain. A new Continuous Environment…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-09-18 Kristýna Janovská , Pavel Surynek

Multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) is a problem that generally requires finding collision-free paths for multiple agents in a shared environment. Solving MAPF optimally, even under restrictive assumptions, is NP-hard, yet efficient solutions…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-04-09 Anton Andreychuk , Konstantin Yakovlev , Aleksandr Panov , Alexey Skrynnik

The Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem aims at finding non-conflicting paths for multiple agents from their respective sources to destinations. This problem arises in multiple real-life situations, including robot motion planning and…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-01-16 Aditi Anand , Dildar Ali , Suman Banerjee

Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) finds conflict-free paths for multiple agents from their respective start to goal locations. MAPF is challenging as the joint configuration space grows exponentially with respect to the number of agents.…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2021-10-01 Lakshay Virmani , Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Howie Choset

This paper addresses a generalization of the well known multi-agent path finding (MAPF) problem that optimizes multiple conflicting objectives simultaneously such as travel time and path risk. This generalization, referred to as…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-03-08 Zhongqiang Ren , Sivakumar Rathinam , Maxim Likhachev , Howie Choset

The problem of makespan optimal solving of cooperative path finding (CPF) is addressed in this paper. The task in CPF is to relocate a group of agents in a non-colliding way so that each agent eventually reaches its goal location from the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-10-19 Pavel Surynek

We introduce the concept of continuous transportation task to the context of multi-agent systems. A continuous transportation task is one in which a multi-agent team visits a number of fixed locations, picks up objects, and delivers them to…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2016-07-29 Chao Wang , Somchaya Liemhetcharat , Kian Hsiang Low

Multi-Agent Path Finding has been widely studied in the past few years due to its broad application in the field of robotics and AI. However, previous solvers rely on several simplifying assumptions. They limit their applicability in…

Robotics · Computer Science 2022-01-06 Licheng Wen , Zhen Zhang , Zhe Chen , Xiangrui Zhao , Yong Liu

MAPF is a core coordination problem for large robot fleets in automated warehouses and logistics. Existing approaches are typically either open-loop planners, which generate fixed trajectories and struggle to handle disturbances, or…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-02-13 Jiarui Li , Federico Pecora , Runyu Zhang , Gioele Zardini

This paper systematically studies the cooperative area coverage and target tracking problem of multiple-unmanned aerial vehicles (multi-UAVs). The problem is solved by decomposing into three sub-problems: information fusion, task…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2023-03-17 Mengge Zhang , Jie Li , Xiangke Wang