{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4388262692","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.2023.3327622","title":"Optimal Transmission Scheduling Over Multihop Networks: Structural Results and Reinforcement Learning","display_name":"Optimal Transmission Scheduling Over Multihop Networks: Structural Results and Reinforcement Learning","publication_year":2023,"publication_date":"2023-10-25","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4388262692","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.2023.3327622"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1109/tac.2023.3327622","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.2023.3327622","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S184954342","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control","issn_l":"0018-9286","issn":["0018-9286","1558-2523","2334-3303"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control","raw_type":"journal-article"},"type":"article","indexed_in":["crossref"],"open_access":{"is_oa":false,"oa_status":"closed","oa_url":null,"any_repository_has_fulltext":false},"authorships":[{"author_position":"first","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5034027393","display_name":"Lixin Yang","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-3272"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139024713","display_name":"Guangdong University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04azbjn80","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Lixin Yang","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6972-3272","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5044552537","display_name":"Yong Xu","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-7732"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139024713","display_name":"Guangdong University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04azbjn80","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Yong Xu","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2219-7732","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5006590755","display_name":"Weijun Lv","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7748-7267"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139024713","display_name":"Guangdong University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04azbjn80","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Weijun Lv","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0003-7748-7267","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5100363202","display_name":"Junyi Li","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-490X"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I139024713","display_name":"Guangdong University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/04azbjn80","country_code":"CN","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}],"countries":["CN"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Jun-Yi Li","raw_affiliation_strings":["Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7830-490X","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Intelligent Decision and Cooperative Control, School of Automation, Guangdong University of Technology, Guangzhou, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I139024713"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5007329669","display_name":"Ling Shi","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6771-8258"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I200769079","display_name":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/00q4vv597","country_code":"HK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}],"countries":["HK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Ling Shi","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6771-8258","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Electronic and Computer Engineering, Hong Kong University of Science and Technology, Hong Kong, China","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":2,"institutions_distinct_count":5,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":5.5001,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":29,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.96278233,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":97,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"69","issue":"3","first_page":"1826","last_page":"1833"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10080","display_name":"Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10080","display_name":"Energy Efficient Wireless Sensor Networks","score":0.9993000030517578,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.9991999864578247,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12879","display_name":"Distributed Sensor Networks and Detection Algorithms","score":0.9980999827384949,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1705","display_name":"Computer Networks and Communications"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/17","display_name":"Computer Science"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/reinforcement-learning","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","score":0.8199399709701538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-decision-process","display_name":"Markov decision process","score":0.7663662433624268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.731689453125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/network-packet","display_name":"Network packet","score":0.5805194973945618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scheduling","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","score":0.5765573382377625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/relay","display_name":"Relay","score":0.5116503834724426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/wireless-sensor-network","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","score":0.4768832325935364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/energy-consumption","display_name":"Energy consumption","score":0.47025930881500244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-process","display_name":"Markov process","score":0.45136570930480957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/mathematical-optimization","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","score":0.4372827410697937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/dynamic-priority-scheduling","display_name":"Dynamic priority scheduling","score":0.4137924313545227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.372725248336792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/real-time-computing","display_name":"Real-time computing","score":0.3417970538139343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-network","display_name":"Computer network","score":0.30556416511535645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/power","display_name":"Power (physics)","score":0.16349616646766663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/engineering","display_name":"Engineering","score":0.16106829047203064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.11812710762023926}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C97541855","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q830687","display_name":"Reinforcement learning","level":2,"score":0.8199399709701538},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106189395","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176789","display_name":"Markov decision process","level":3,"score":0.7663662433624268},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.731689453125},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C158379750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q214111","display_name":"Network packet","level":2,"score":0.5805194973945618},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C206729178","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2271896","display_name":"Scheduling (production processes)","level":2,"score":0.5765573382377625},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2778156585","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q174053","display_name":"Relay","level":3,"score":0.5116503834724426},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C24590314","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q336038","display_name":"Wireless sensor network","level":2,"score":0.4768832325935364},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780165032","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q16869822","display_name":"Energy consumption","level":2,"score":0.47025930881500244},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159886148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov process","level":2,"score":0.45136570930480957},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C126255220","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q141495","display_name":"Mathematical optimization","level":1,"score":0.4372827410697937},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107568181","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5319000","display_name":"Dynamic priority scheduling","level":3,"score":0.4137924313545227},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.372725248336792},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C79403827","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3988","display_name":"Real-time computing","level":1,"score":0.3417970538139343},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C31258907","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1301371","display_name":"Computer network","level":1,"score":0.30556416511535645},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163258240","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q25342","display_name":"Power (physics)","level":2,"score":0.16349616646766663},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C127413603","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11023","display_name":"Engineering","level":0,"score":0.16106829047203064},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.11812710762023926},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C62520636","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q944","display_name":"Quantum mechanics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119599485","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q43035","display_name":"Electrical engineering","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C121332964","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q413","display_name":"Physics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C33923547","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q395","display_name":"Mathematics","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C5119721","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q220501","display_name":"Quality of service","level":2,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":2,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1109/tac.2023.3327622","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1109/tac.2023.3327622","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S184954342","display_name":"IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control","issn_l":"0018-9286","issn":["0018-9286","1558-2523","2334-3303"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319808","host_organization_name":"Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319808"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"IEEE Transactions on Automatic Control","raw_type":"journal-article"},{"id":"pmh:oai:repository.hkust.edu.hk:1783.1-135135","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"http://repository.hkust.edu.hk/ir/Record/1783.1-135135","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S4306401796","display_name":"Rare & Special e-Zone (The Hong Kong University of Science and Technology)","issn_l":null,"issn":null,"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":false,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/I200769079","host_organization_name":"Hong Kong University of Science and Technology","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/I200769079"],"host_organization_lineage_names":[],"type":"repository"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"submittedVersion","is_accepted":false,"is_published":false,"raw_source_name":"","raw_type":"Article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[],"awards":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/G246606981","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2021B0101410005","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336405","funder_display_name":"Special Project for Research and Development in Key areas of Guangdong Province"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G6597000392","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62006043","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7037757187","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"62121004","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","funder_display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/G7674149673","display_name":null,"funder_award_id":"2021B1515420008","funder_id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","funder_display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province"}],"funders":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321001","display_name":"National Natural Science Foundation of China","ror":"https://ror.org/01h0zpd94"},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320321921","display_name":"Natural Science Foundation of Guangdong Province","ror":null},{"id":"https://openalex.org/F4320336405","display_name":"Special Project for Research and Development in Key areas of Guangdong Province","ror":null}],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":29,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W595252221","https://openalex.org/W1976691309","https://openalex.org/W1996384036","https://openalex.org/W2040182770","https://openalex.org/W2042545035","https://openalex.org/W2127949150","https://openalex.org/W2145339207","https://openalex.org/W2146554256","https://openalex.org/W2153188087","https://openalex.org/W2159883393","https://openalex.org/W2165519686","https://openalex.org/W2170239483","https://openalex.org/W2339130236","https://openalex.org/W2345065911","https://openalex.org/W2599297659","https://openalex.org/W2746553466","https://openalex.org/W2791652493","https://openalex.org/W2851543567","https://openalex.org/W2962710862","https://openalex.org/W2962909029","https://openalex.org/W2994803162","https://openalex.org/W3000486967","https://openalex.org/W3016268025","https://openalex.org/W3088089491","https://openalex.org/W3128965347","https://openalex.org/W4226110370","https://openalex.org/W4236076921","https://openalex.org/W4253201987","https://openalex.org/W4285033689"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4400868993","https://openalex.org/W3096874164","https://openalex.org/W1985560493","https://openalex.org/W2386410636","https://openalex.org/W2357975469","https://openalex.org/W2145363145","https://openalex.org/W1626977535","https://openalex.org/W2341346307","https://openalex.org/W3168977894","https://openalex.org/W2315999538"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"This":[0],"paper":[1],"studies":[2],"the":[3,44,48,56,61,70,74,77,94,104,122,151],"optimal":[4,108,114],"transmission":[5,66,78],"scheduling":[6,79],"for":[7],"remote":[8,29],"state":[9,25],"estimation":[10,71],"over":[11],"multi-hop":[12,35],"networks.":[13],"A":[14,96,125],"smart":[15,45,51],"sensor":[16,46,52],"observes":[17],"a":[18,28,83,140,144],"dynamic":[19],"system,":[20],"and":[21,73,110],"sends":[22],"its":[23,65],"local":[24],"estimate":[26],"to":[27,39,47,54,101,120,138,149],"estimator":[30],"(RE).":[31],"To":[32,68],"save":[33],"energy,":[34],"networks":[36],"are":[37],"deployed":[38],"relay":[40],"data":[41],"packets":[42],"from":[43],"RE.":[49],"The":[50,113],"needs":[53],"decide":[55],"hop":[57],"number":[58],"communicating":[59],"with":[60],"RE":[62],"by":[63,89],"adjusting":[64],"power.":[67],"minimize":[69],"error":[72],"energy":[75],"consumption,":[76],"is":[80,99,117,136,147],"formulated":[81],"as":[82],"modified":[84],"Markov":[85],"decision":[86],"process":[87],"(MDP)":[88],"incorporating":[90],"historical":[91],"actions":[92],"into":[93],"state.":[95],"sufficient":[97],"condition":[98],"constructed":[100],"guarantee":[102],"that":[103],"MDP":[105],"has":[106],"an":[107],"deterministic":[109],"stationary":[111],"policy.":[112,142],"policy's":[115],"structure":[116],"further":[118],"obtained":[119],"reduce":[121],"computation":[123],"complexity.":[124],"deep":[126],"reinforcement":[127],"learning":[128],"(DRL)":[129],"algorithm,":[130],"i.e.,":[131],"dueling":[132],"double":[133],"Q-network":[134],"(D3QN),":[135],"introduced":[137],"obtain":[139],"near-optimal":[141],"Finally,":[143],"simulation":[145],"example":[146],"provided":[148],"illustrate":[150],"developed":[152],"results.":[153]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":19},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-06-11T09:08:48.828518","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}