A neural network approach for high-dimensional optimal control applied to multiagent path finding

D Onken, L Nurbekyan, X Li, SW Fung… - … on Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a neural network (NN) approach that yields approximate solutions for high-
dimensional optimal control (OC) problems and demonstrate its effectiveness using …

A neural network approach applied to multi-agent optimal control

D Onken, L Nurbekyan, X Li, SW Fung… - 2021 European …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a neural network approach for solving high-dimensional optimal control
problems. In particular, we focus on multi-agent control problems with obstacle and collision …

Neural graph control barrier functions guided distributed collision-avoidance multi-agent control

S Zhang, K Garg, C Fan - Conference on robot learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
We consider the problem of designing distributed collision-avoidance multi-agent control in
large-scale environments with potentially moving obstacles, where a large number of agents …

Distributed nonlinear trajectory optimization for multi-robot motion planning

L Ferranti, L Lyons, RR Negenborn… - … on Control Systems …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This work presents a method for multi-robot coordination based on a novel distributed
nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) formulation for trajectory optimization and its …

Learning control admissibility models with graph neural networks for multi-agent navigation

C Yu, H Yu, S Gao - Conference on robot learning, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Deep reinforcement learning in continuous domains focuses on learning control policies that
map states to distributions over actions that ideally concentrate on the optimal choices in …

Distributed potential ilqr: Scalable game-theoretic trajectory planning for multi-agent interactions

Z Williams, J Chen, N Mehr - 2023 IEEE International …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this work, we develop a scalable, local tra-jectory optimization algorithm that enables
robots to interact with other robots. It has been shown that agents' interactions can be …

Graph policy gradients for large scale robot control

A Khan, E Tolstaya, A Ribeiro… - Conference on robot …, 2020 - proceedings.mlr.press
In this paper, the problem of learning policies to control a large number of homogeneous
robots is considered. To this end, we propose a new algorithm we call Graph Policy …

Distributed multi-robot collision avoidance via deep reinforcement learning for navigation in complex scenarios

T Fan, P Long, W Liu, J Pan - The International Journal of …, 2020 - journals.sagepub.com
Developing a safe and efficient collision-avoidance policy for multiple robots is challenging
in the decentralized scenarios where each robot generates its paths with limited observation …

Random coordinate descent algorithms for multi-agent convex optimization over networks

I Necoara - IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control, 2013 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we develop randomized block-coordinate descent methods for minimizing
multi-agent convex optimization problems with linearly coupled constraints over networks …

Decentralized nonlinear model predictive control of multiple flying robots

DH Shim, HJ Kim, S Sastry - … on Decision and Control (IEEE Cat …, 2003 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present a nonlinear model predictive control (NMPC) for multiple
autonomous helicopters in a complex environment. The NMPC provides a framework to …