Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks

James Parker; Alessandro Farinelli; Maria Gini

doi:10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_46

Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks

James Parker, Alessandro Farinelli, Maria Gini

Computer Science and Engineering

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Abstract

We present a novel decentralized approach to allocate agents to tasks whose costs increase over time. Our model accounts for both the natural growth of the tasks and the effort of the agents at containing such growth. The objective is to minimize the increase in task costs. We show how a distributed coordination algorithm, which is based on max-sum, can be formulated to include costs of tasks that grow over time. Considering growing costs enables our approach to solve a wider range of problems than existing methods. We compare our approach against state-of-the-art methods in both a simple simulation and RoboCup Rescue simulation.

Original language	English (US)
Title of host publication	Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14
Editors	Weidong Chen, Hesheng Wang, Koh Hosoda, Emanuele Menegatti, Masahiro Shimizu
Publisher	Springer Verlag
Pages	629-642
Number of pages	14
ISBN (Print)	9783319480350
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_46
State	Published - 2017
Event	14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, IAS 2016 - Shanghai, China Duration: Jul 3 2016 → Jul 7 2016

Publication series

Name	Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing
Volume	531
ISSN (Print)	2194-5357

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Other	14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, IAS 2016
Country/Territory	China
City	Shanghai
Period	7/3/16 → 7/7/16

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Keywords

Binary max-sum
Multi-robot systems
Task allocation

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Parker, J., Farinelli, A., & Gini, M. (2017). Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks. In W. Chen, H. Wang, K. Hosoda, E. Menegatti, & M. Shimizu (Eds.), Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14 (pp. 629-642). (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 531). Springer Verlag. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_46

Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks. / Parker, James; Farinelli, Alessandro; Gini, Maria.
Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14. ed. / Weidong Chen; Hesheng Wang; Koh Hosoda; Emanuele Menegatti; Masahiro Shimizu. Springer Verlag, 2017. p. 629-642 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing; Vol. 531).

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Parker, J, Farinelli, A & Gini, M 2017, Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks. in W Chen, H Wang, K Hosoda, E Menegatti & M Shimizu (eds), Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14. Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing, vol. 531, Springer Verlag, pp. 629-642, 14th International Conference on Intelligent Autonomous Systems, IAS 2016, Shanghai, China, 7/3/16. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-48036-7_46

Parker, James ; Farinelli, Alessandro ; Gini, Maria. / Max-sum for allocation of changing cost tasks. Intelligent Autonomous Systems 14 - Proceedings of the 14th International Conference IAS-14. editor / Weidong Chen ; Hesheng Wang ; Koh Hosoda ; Emanuele Menegatti ; Masahiro Shimizu. Springer Verlag, 2017. pp. 629-642 (Advances in Intelligent Systems and Computing).

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