Balancing collective exploration and exploitation in multi-agent and multi-robot systems: A review

HL Kwa, J Leong Kit, R Bouffanais - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2022 - frontiersin.org
Multi-agent systems and multi-robot systems have been recognized as unique solutions to
complex dynamic tasks distributed in space. Their effectiveness in accomplishing these …

Effect of swarm density on collective tracking performance

HL Kwa, J Philippot, R Bouffanais - Swarm Intelligence, 2023 - Springer
How does the size of a swarm affect its collective action? Despite being arguably a key
parameter, no systematic and satisfactory guiding principles exist to select the number of …

A collective adaptive approach to decentralised k-coverage in multi-robot systems

D Pianini, F Pettinari, R Casadei, L Esterle - ACM Transactions on …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
We focus on the online multi-object k-coverage problem (OMOkC), where mobile robots are
required to sense a mobile target from k diverse points of view, coordinating themselves in a …

Adapting the Exploration–Exploitation Balance in Heterogeneous Swarms: Tracking Evasive Targets

HL Kwa, V Babineau, J Philippot, R Bouffanais - Artificial Life, 2023 - direct.mit.edu
There has been growing interest in the use of multi-robot systems in various tasks and
scenarios. The main attractiveness of such systems is their flexibility, robustness, and …

Loosening control—a hybrid approach to controlling heterogeneous swarms

L Esterle, DW King - ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive …, 2022 - dl.acm.org
Large pervasive systems, deployed in dynamic environments, require flexible control
mechanisms to meet the demands of chaotic state changes while accomplishing system …

Investigation of Fundamental Algorithms for Cooperative Exploration of Mobile Agents in Search and Rescue Scenarios

NA Sánchez O - … Conference on Autonomic Computing and Self …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this project, we present the framework and methodology for developing a control
algorithm for small mobile robots with limited range of communication in the context of …

Cooperative Multi-agent Systems for the Multi-target -Coverage Problem

M Frasheri, L Esterle, AV Papadopoulos - International Conference on …, 2020 - Springer
When multiple robots are required to collaborate in order to accomplish a specific task, they
need to be coordinated in order to operate efficiently. To allow for scalability and robustness …

[PDF][PDF] Modeling the Willingness to Interact in Cooperative Multi-robot Systems.

M Frasheri, L Esterle, AV Papadopoulos - ICAART (1), 2020 - scitepress.org
When multiple robots are required to collaborate in order to accomplish a specific task, they
need to be coordinated in order to operate efficiently. To allow for scalability and robustness …

[PDF][PDF] The Exploration and Exploitation Dynamics of Target Tracking Swarms

HL KWA - 2022 - researchgate.net
Nature has always served as a good source of inspiration for solutions to the problems faced
by mankind. The field of swarm intelligence is no exception. Swarm intelligence is the …

Creating Evaluation Function of Two Camera Positions for Feature-rich Deer Photography

K Yamazaki, R Katsuma - 2022 IEEE Asia Pacific Conference …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In recent years, farmland has become a problem in mountainous areas where vermin such
as deer and wild boars have been destroying farmland. Since the ropeway camera …