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An Analysis of Constraint-Based Multiagent Pathfinding Algorithms

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Hannah Lee
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James Motes
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Marco Morales
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Nancy M. Amato
DOI:10.1109/TRO.2025.3641865delete
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Abstract

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This study informs the design of future multiagent pathfinding and multirobot motion planning (MRMP) algorithms by guiding choices based on constraint classification for constraint-based search algorithms. We categorize constraints as conservative or aggressive and provide insights into their search behavior, focusing specifically on vanilla conflict-based search and conflict-based search with priorities. Under a hybrid grid-roadmap representation with varying resolution, we observe that aggressive (priority constraint) formulations tend to solve more instances as agent count or resolution increases, whereas conservative (motion constraint) formulations yield stronger solution quality when both succeed. Findings are synthesized in a decision flowchart, aiding users in selecting suitable constraints. Recommendations extend to MRMP, emphasizing the importance of considering topological features alongside problem, solution, and representation features. A comprehensive exploration of the study, including raw data and map performance, is available in our public GitHub Repository.
Keywords:
Motion and path planning
path planning for multiple mobile robots or agents

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IEEE Transactions on Robotics cover
IEEE Transactions on Robotics
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University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign
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106
Papers: 45
Citations: 2