Distributed route planning and scheduling via hybrid conflict resolution

• Main Authors: THANGARAJOO, Ramesh, LAU, Hoong Chuin
• Format: text
• Language: English
• Published: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2010
• Subjects: conflict resolution; coalition formation; distributed problem solving; logistics; Artificial Intelligence and Robotics; Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
• Online Access: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/1015; https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sis_research/article/2014/viewcontent/DistributedRoutePlanningHybrid_2010_WI_IAT.pdf
• Institution: Singapore Management University

In this paper, we discuss the problem of route planning and scheduling by a group of agents. Each agent is responsible for designing a route plan and schedule over a geographical network, and the goal is to obtain a conflict-free plan/schedule that optimizes a global objective. We present a hybrid conflict resolution method that involves coalition formation and distributed constraint satisfaction depending on the level of coupling between agents. We show how this approach can be effectively applied to solve a distributed convoy movement planning problem.