Graph soft actor–critic reinforcement learning for large-scale distributed multirobot coordination

Y Hu, J Fu, G Wen - IEEE transactions on neural networks and …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Learning distributed cooperative policies for large-scale multirobot systems remains a
challenging task in the multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) context. In this work, we …

Reinforcement learning-based formation pinning and shape transformation for swarms

Z Dong, Q Wu, L Chen - Drones, 2023 - mdpi.com
Swarm models hold significant importance as they provide the collective behavior of self-
organized systems. Boids model is a fundamental framework for studying emergent …

Reinforcement learning for joint detection and mapping using dynamic UAV networks

A Guerra, F Guidi, D Dardari… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Dynamic radar networks (DRNs), usually composed of flying unmanned aerial vehicles
(UAVs), have recently attracted great interest for time-critical applications, such as search …

Safe multi-agent reinforcement learning for formation control without individual reference targets

M Dawood, S Pan, N Dengler, S Zhou… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2023 - arxiv.org
In recent years, formation control of unmanned vehicles has received considerable interest,
driven by the progress in autonomous systems and the imperative for multiple vehicles to …

Time-aware MADDPG with LSTM for multi-agent obstacle avoidance: a comparative study

E Zhao, N Zhou, C Liu, H Su, Y Liu, J Cong - Complex & Intelligent …, 2024 - Springer
Intelligent agents and multi-agent systems are increasingly used in complex scenarios, such
as controlling groups of drones and non-player characters in video games. In these …

Flexible formation control using hausdorff distance: A multi-agent reinforcement learning approach

C Pan, Y Yan, Z Zhang, Y Shen - 2022 30th European Signal …, 2022 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
While fixed topology formation control with a cen-tralized controller has been studied for
multi-agent systems, it remains challenging to develop robust distributed control policies that …

Practical time‐varying formation cooperative control for high‐order nonlinear multi‐agent systems avoiding spatial resource conflict via safety constraints

X Ma, T Chou - International Journal of Robust and Nonlinear …, 2024 - Wiley Online Library
The operation of multi‐agent systems (MAS) in space necessitates considerations for
obstacle avoidance, collision prevention, and connectivity among agents. This coupling …

End-to-end decentralized formation control using a graph neural network-based learning method

C Jiang, X Huang, Y Guo - Frontiers in Robotics and AI, 2023 - frontiersin.org
Multi-robot cooperative control has been extensively studied using model-based distributed
control methods. However, such control methods rely on sensing and perception modules in …

HMA-SAR: Multi-Agent Search and Rescue for Unknown Located Dynamic Targets in Completely Unknown Environments

X Cao, M Li, Y Tao, P Lu - IEEE Robotics and Automation …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Multi-Agent Search and Rescue (MASAR) tasks, challenged by unknown environments and
the unpredictable movements of unknown dynamic targets, suffer from inefficiencies in …

Distributed Policy Gradient for Linear Quadratic Networked Control with Limited Communication Range

Y Yan, Y Shen - IEEE Transactions on Signal Processing, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
This paper proposes a scalable distributed policy gradient method and proves its
convergence to near-optimal solution in multi-agent linear quadratic networked systems …