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Solving the Multiagent Pathfinding Problem with Time-Expanded Networks

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Tommaso Adamo
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Roberto Baldacci *
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Gianpaolo Ghiani
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Emanuela Guerriero
DOI:10.1287/ijoc.2024.0951delete
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Abstract

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The Multiagent Pathfinding Problem involves determining optimal, collision-free routes for a fleet of multiple autonomous vehicles from current positions to prescribed (goal) positions within a transportation or logistics facility such as a port terminal or a warehouse. This paper describes an exact algorithm for the problem, in which a sequence of reduced Mixed Integer Programming problems is solved iteratively on suitably defined time-expanded networks until an optimal solution is found. Computational results show that our approach outperforms a state-of-the-art solution algorithm on various mediumand large-sized instances. Additionally, we provide several managerial insights.
Keywords:
multiagent pathfinding problem
conflict-free vehicle routing and scheduling
time-expanded networks
exact algorithms

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INFORMS Journal on Computing
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2.1
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university of salento
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qatar foundation (qf)
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