Distributed optimization for smart cyber-physical networks

G Notarstefano, I Notarnicola… - Foundations and Trends …, 2019 - nowpublishers.com
The presence of embedded electronics and communication capabilities as well as sensing
and control in smart devices has given rise to the novel concept of cyber-physical networks …

A cooperative-control-based underwater target escorting mechanism with multiple autonomous underwater vehicles for underwater Internet of Things

J Zhang, J Sha, G Han, J Liu… - IEEE Internet of Things …, 2020 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Escorting a moving object in a subsea environment with cooperative autonomous
underwater vehicles (AUVs) is a typical subject in Underwater Internet of Things (UIoT) …

A Tutorial on Distributed Optimization for Cooperative Robotics: from Setups and Algorithms to Toolboxes and Research Directions

A Testa, G Carnevale, G Notarstefano - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.04257, 2023 - arxiv.org
Several interesting problems in multi-robot systems can be cast in the framework of
distributed optimization. Examples include multi-robot task allocation, vehicle routing, target …

Distributed optimization methods for multi-robot systems: Part 2—A survey

O Shorinwa, T Halsted, J Yu… - IEEE Robotics & …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Although the field of distributed optimization is well developed, relevant literature focused on
the application of distributed optimization to multi-robot problems is limited. This survey …

A hierarchical method for robust SCUC of multi-area power systems with novel uncertainty sets

X Zheng, H Chen, Y Xu, Z Liang… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2019 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper focuses on the interchange and generation scheduling problem of multi-area
power systems, where decentralized decision procedure is preferred and the uncertainties …

Multi-robot pickup and delivery via distributed resource allocation

A Camisa, A Testa… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this article, we consider a large-scale instance of the classical pickup-and-delivery vehicle
routing problem that must be solved by a network of mobile cooperating robots. Robots must …

Distributed primal decomposition for large-scale MILPs

A Camisa, I Notarnicola… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article deals with a distributed Mixed-Integer Linear Programming (MILP) setup arising
in several control applications. Agents of a network aim to minimize the sum of local linear …

[HTML][HTML] A distributed task scheduling method based on conflict prediction for ad hoc uav swarms

J Li, R Chen - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
UAV swarms have attracted great attention, and are expected to be used in scenarios, such
as search and rescue, that require many urgent jobs to be completed in a minimum time by …

A performance-impact based multi-task distributed scheduling algorithm with task removal inference and deadlock avoidance

J Li, R Chen, C Wang, Y Chen, Y Huang… - Autonomous Agents and …, 2023 - Springer
Multi-task distributed scheduling (MTDS) remains a challenging problem for multi-agent
systems used for uncertain and dynamic real-world tasks such as search-and-rescue. The …

[HTML][HTML] A distributed task rescheduling method for UAV swarms using local task reordering and deadlock-free task exchange

J Li, R Chen, T Peng - Drones, 2022 - mdpi.com
Distributed task scheduling is an ongoing concern in the field of multi-vehicles, especially in
recent years; UAV swarm performing complex tasks endows it with new characteristics, such …