A* variants for optimal multi-agent pathfinding

Meir Goldenberg; Ariel Felner; Roni Stern; Guni Sharon; Jonathan Schaeffer

A* variants for optimal multi-agent pathfinding

Meir Goldenberg, Ariel Felner, Roni Stern, Guni Sharon, Jonathan Schaeffer

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Abstract

Several variants of A* have been recently proposed for finding optimal solutions for the multi-agent pathfinding (MAPF) problem. However, these variants have not been deeply compared either quantitatively or qualitatively. In this paper we aim to fill this gap. In addition to obtaining a deeper understanding of the existing algorithms, we describe in detail the application of the new enhanced partial-expansion technique to MAPF and show how pattern databases can be applied on top of this technique.

Original language	English
Pages	19-25
Number of pages	7
State	Published - 2012
Externally published	Yes
Event	2012 AAAI Workshop - Toronto, ON, Canada Duration: 22 Jul 2012 → 22 Jul 2012

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Conference	2012 AAAI Workshop
Country/Territory	Canada
City	Toronto, ON
Period	22/07/12 → 22/07/12

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General Engineering

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A* variants for optimal multi-agent pathfinding

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