Sample and communication-efficient decentralized actor-critic algorithms with finite-time analysis

Z Chen, Y Zhou, RR Chen… - … Conference on Machine …, 2022 - proceedings.mlr.press
Actor-critic (AC) algorithms have been widely used in decentralized multi-agent systems to
learn the optimal joint control policy. However, existing decentralized AC algorithms either …

A research and educational robotic testbed for real-time control of emerging mobility systems: From theory to scaled experiments [applications of control]

B Chalaki, LE Beaver, AMI Mahbub… - IEEE Control …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging mobility systems, for example, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), shared
mobility, and electric vehicles, mark a paradigm shift in which myriad opportunities exist for …

Mechanism design theory in control engineering: A tutorial and overview of applications in communication, power grid, transportation, and security systems

IV Chremos, AA Malikopoulos - IEEE Control Systems …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This article provides an introduction to the theory of mechanism design and its application to
engineering problems. Our aim is to provide the fundamental principles of mechanism …

A multi-agent deep reinforcement learning coordination framework for connected and automated vehicles at merging roadways

SKS Nakka, B Chalaki… - 2022 American Control …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
The steady increase in the number of vehicles operating on the highways continues to
exacerbate congestion, accidents, energy consumption, and greenhouse gas emissions …

[PDF][PDF] A Research and Educational Robotic Testbed for Real-Time Control of Emerging Mobility Systems

B Chalaki, LE Beaver, AMI Mahbub, H Bang… - 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Emerging mobility systems, for example, connected and automated vehicles (CAVs), shared
mobility, and electric vehicles, mark a paradigm shift in which a myriad of opportunities exist …

Mechanism Design Theory in Control Engineering: A Tutorial and Overview of Applications in Communication, Power Grid, Transportation, and Security Systems

IV Chremos, AA Malikopoulos - arXiv preprint arXiv:2212.00756, 2022 - arxiv.org
This article provides an introduction to the theory of mechanism design and its application to
engineering problems. Our aim is to provide the fundamental principles of the theory of …

Addressing Mixed Traffic Through Platooning of Vehicles

AA Malikopoulos - arXiv preprint arXiv:2309.10241, 2023 - arxiv.org
Connected and automated vehicles (CAVs) provide the most intriguing opportunity for
enabling users to better monitor transportation network conditions and make better …

Reinforcement Learning for Encouraging Cooperation in a Multiagent System

WC Jiang, HH Huang, YT Wang - Information Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Success in cooperative tasks may be compromised if cooperative stagnation and failure
from information sharing occur. However, information sharing may require excessive …

Coordination for Connected Automated Vehicles at Merging Roadways in Mixed Traffic Environment

VA Le, HM Wang, G Orosz… - 2023 62nd IEEE …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
In this paper, we present an optimal control framework to address motion coordination of
connected automated vehicles (CAVs) in the presence of human-driven vehicles (HDVs) in …

Multi-agent off-policy td learning: Finite-time analysis with near-optimal sample complexity and communication complexity

Z Chen, Y Zhou, R Chen - arXiv preprint arXiv:2103.13147, 2021 - arxiv.org
The finite-time convergence of off-policy TD learning has been comprehensively studied
recently. However, such a type of convergence has not been well established for off-policy …