Lifelong multi-agent path finding for online pickup and delivery tasks

H Ma, J Li, TK Kumar, S Koenig - arXiv preprint arXiv:1705.10868, 2017 - arxiv.org
The multi-agent path-finding (MAPF) problem has recently received a lot of attention.
However, it does not capture important characteristics of many real-world domains, such as …

Consensus-based decentralized auctions for robust task allocation

HL Choi, L Brunet, JP How - IEEE transactions on robotics, 2009 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper addresses task allocation to coordinate a fleet of autonomous vehicles by
presenting two decentralized algorithms: the consensus-based auction algorithm (CBAA) …

Market-based multirobot coordination: A survey and analysis

MB Dias, R Zlot, N Kalra, A Stentz - Proceedings of the IEEE, 2006 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Market-based multirobot coordination approaches have received significant attention and
are growing in popularity within the robotics research community. They have been …

A heuristic distributed task allocation method for multivehicle multitask problems and its application to search and rescue scenario

W Zhao, Q Meng, PWH Chung - IEEE transactions on …, 2015 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Using distributed task allocation methods for cooperating multivehicle systems is becoming
increasingly attractive. However, most effort is placed on various specific experimental work …

Optimal target assignment and path finding for teams of agents

H Ma, S Koenig - arXiv preprint arXiv:1612.05693, 2016 - arxiv.org
We study the TAPF (combined target-assignment and path-finding) problem for teams of
agents in known terrain, which generalizes both the anonymous and non-anonymous multi …

[PDF][PDF] Auction-Based Multi-Robot Routing.

MG Lagoudakis, E Markakis, D Kempe… - Robotics: Science and …, 2005 - academia.edu
Recently, auction methods have been investigated as effective, decentralized methods for
multi-robot coordination. Experimental research has shown great potential, but has not been …

Market-based multirobot coordination for complex tasks

R Zlot, A Stentz - The International Journal of Robotics …, 2006 - journals.sagepub.com
Current technological developments and application-driven demands are bringing us closer
to the realization of autonomous multi-robot systems performing increasingly complex …

Distributed on-line dynamic task assignment for multi-robot patrolling

A Farinelli, L Iocchi, D Nardi - Autonomous Robots, 2017 - Springer
Multi-robot patrolling is a key feature for various applications related to surveillance and
security, and it has been studied from several different perspectives, ranging from …

Resource-based task allocation for multi-robot systems

DH Lee - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper proposes a resource-based task allocation algorithm for multi-robot systems.
During mission operations, robots continuously consume their resources which must be …

Advanced approaches for multi-robot coordination in logistic scenarios

A Farinelli, E Zanotto, E Pagello - Robotics and Autonomous Systems, 2017 - Elsevier
Robotics technology has recently matured sufficiently to deploy autonomous robotic systems
for daily use in several applications: from disaster response to environmental monitoring and …