Dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertainty and temporal constraints

S Choudhury, JK Gupta, MJ Kochenderfer, D Sadigh… - Autonomous …, 2022 - Springer
We consider the problem of dynamically allocating tasks to multiple agents under time
window constraints and task completion uncertainty. Our objective is to minimize the number …

[HTML][HTML] Priority inheritance with backtracking for iterative multi-agent path finding

K Okumura, M Machida, X Défago, Y Tamura - Artificial Intelligence, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract In the Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) problem, a set of agents moving on a graph
must reach their own respective destinations without inter-agent collisions. In practical MAPF …

Multi-agent path finding with payload transfers and the package-exchange robot-routing problem

H Ma, C Tovey, G Sharon, TK Kumar… - Proceedings of the AAAI …, 2016 - ojs.aaai.org
We study transportation problems where robots have to deliver packages and can transfer
the packages among each other. Specifically, we study the package-exchange robot-routing …

Multi-agent path finding with delay probabilities

H Ma, TKS Kumar, S Koenig - Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on …, 2017 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract Several recently developed Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) solvers scale to large
MAPF instances by searching for MAPF plans on 2 levels: The high-level search resolves …

Conflict-based search with optimal task assignment

W Hönig, S Kiesel, A Tinka, J Durham… - Proceedings of the …, 2018 - par.nsf.gov
We consider a variant of the Multi-Agent Path-Finding problem that seeks both task
assignments and collision-free paths for a set of agents navigating on a graph, while …

Learning selective communication for multi-agent path finding

Z Ma, Y Luo, J Pan - IEEE Robotics and Automation Letters, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning communication via deep reinforcement learning (RL) or imitation learning (IL) has
recently been shown to be an effective way to solve Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) …

Scalable rail planning and replanning: Winning the 2020 flatland challenge

J Li, Z Chen, Y Zheng, SH Chan, D Harabor… - Proceedings of the …, 2021 - ojs.aaai.org
Abstract Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF) is the combinatorial problem of finding collision-
free paths for multiple agents on a graph. This paper describes MAPF-based software for …

New techniques for pairwise symmetry breaking in multi-agent path finding

J Li, G Gange, D Harabor, PJ Stuckey, H Ma… - Proceedings of the …, 2020 - aaai.org
We consider two new classes of pairwise path symmetries which appear in the context of
Multi-Agent Path Finding (MAPF). The first of them, corridor symmetry, arises when two …

Lazy CBS: implicit conflict-based search using lazy clause generation

G Gange, D Harabor, PJ Stuckey - Proceedings of the international …, 2019 - ojs.aaai.org
Conflict-based Search (CBS) is a effective approach to optimal multi-agent path finding.
However, performance of CBS approaches degrade rapidly in highly-contended graphs with …

Multi-goal multi-agent pickup and delivery

Q Xu, J Li, S Koenig, H Ma - 2022 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we consider the Multi-Agent Pickup-and-Delivery (MAPD) problem, where
agents constantly engage with new tasks and need to plan collision-free paths to execute …