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  • Theoretical and implementation improvements for difference evaluation functions

    Creator:
    Colby, Mitchell Kataichi
    Abstract:
    Multiagent learning with cooperative coevolutionary algorithms is a critical area of research, and is relevant to many real-world applications including air traffic control, distributed sensor network control, and game-theoretic applications such as border patrol. A key difficulty in multiagent learning is the credit assignment problem, where the impact of each...
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    Dissertation
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    thank all of my fellow students in the Autonomous Agents and Distributed Intelligence laboratory, as

  • Modeling Land Use with Multi-agent Systems: Perspectives for the Analyis of Agricultural Policies

    Creator:
    Balmann, Alfons
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    This paper addresses the adequacy and perspectives of multi-agent system (MAS) models in the context of policy sup-port for agricultural policy makers. The paper starts illustrating what MAS are and how they may be used. The general presenta-tion is followed by the description of an exemplary spatial dynamic model of...
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    Conference Proceeding
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    Abstract. This paper addresses the adequacy and perspectives of multi-agent system (MAS) models in the

  • Fair Trajectory Planning of Autonomous Systems

    Creator:
    Kurtz, Connor
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    Current research into path planning for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAVs) has placed a major focus on accomplishing the goals of various agents while avoiding collisions between each other. However, there has been little focus on whether the planned trajectories are fair for each agent. This work provides an answer to...
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    Masters Thesis
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    multiagent approach to managing air traffic flow. Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems, 24:1–25, 2010

  • Multi-Robot Coordination : Applications in Orchard Bin Management and Informative Path Planning

    Creator:
    Zhang, Yawei
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    Efficient coordination is desired for multi-robot systems in many scenarios. In this research, we first provide a multi-robot system to help human workers during tree fruit harvest. We present an auction-based method to coordinate a team of self-propelled bin carriers to retrieve fruit bins. Second, we propose a more general...
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    Masters Thesis
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    scenarios multi-robot system designers also need to consider interactions between robots and humans, in

  • Networked Multi-agent Modeling of Connected Vehicles in Mixed Traffic Environment: A Decentralized Consensus Approach

    Creator:
    Wahid, Merih
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    Transportation systems are facing safety and operational challenges with a cost of billions of dollars annually in lost production time and wasted fuel. Infrastructure expansion, previously held as a panacea to most transportation challenges has lost its appeal due to financial, land-use and environmental constraints. Interest is surging in intelligent...
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    Dissertation
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    . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 6 Decentralized Consensus 126 6.1 Constrained Consensus in Multi-agent Systems

  • Adaptive Multiagent Traffic Management for Autonomous Robotic Systems

    Creator:
    Rebhuhn, Carrie
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    There is growing commercial interest in the use of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) in urban environments, specifically for package delivery applications. However, the size, complexity and sheer numbers of expected UAVs makes conventional air traffic management that relies on human air traffic controllers infeasible. To enable UAVs to safely and...
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    Dissertation
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    learning, single agent exclusion, and a sliding number of agents learning in the system. c©Copyright by

  • Counterfactual thinking applied to multiagent systems

    Creator:
    Zerbel, Nicholas
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    Multiagent approaches are well suited to designing autonomous solutions for systems that feature complex interactions between many individuals such as in autonomous traffic systems and multi-robot exploration systems. However, creating autonomous agents that function effectively in these systems is a challenging task. In these complex environments, agents need informative reward...
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    Dissertation
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    many individuals such as in autonomous traf- fic systems and multi-robot exploration systems. However

  • Navigation and coordination of autonomous mobile robots with limited resources

    Creator:
    Knudson, Matthew D.
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    The use of autonomous robots in complex exploration tasks is rapidly increasing. Indeed, robots can provide speed and cost effectiveness in many tasks, as well as allow operation in environments that are hostile to humans. In this dissertation we: 1) provide two adaptive navigation algorithms; 2) develop a coordination mechanism;...
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    Dissertation
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    represents the Autonomous Systems re- search lab. Obstacles are solid black squares and are 14” on each side

  • Integrating Driving Simulator Experiment Data with Multi-Agent Connected Automated Vehicle Simulation (Ma-Cavs) Platform to Quantify Improved Capacity

    Creator:
    Chand, Cadell Y.
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    Autonomous vehicles (AVs) at varying market penetrations will change traffic flow and highway performance. At AV market penetrations between 0% and 100%, human driven vehicles (HVs) will be interacting with AVs. However, little is known about how HVs interact with AVs. This study attempts to quantify HV headways when following...
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    Masters Thesis
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    integrates that data into a multi-agent simulation to quantify new highway travel time and flow predictions

  • Learning-based control and coordination of autonomous UAVs

    Creator:
    Bell, Adam R.
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    Uninhabited aerial vehicles, also called UAVs are currently controller by a combination of a human pilot at a remote location, and autopilot systems similar to those found on commercial aircraft. As UAVs transition from remote piloting to fully autonomous operation, control laws must be developed for the tasks to be...
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    Masters Thesis
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    for other agents in the system and a second for the POIs. Each sensor value is just a sum over all of