{"id":"https://openalex.org/W4206927074","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3502200","title":"A Flexible Framework for Diverse Multi-Robot Task Allocation Scenarios Including Multi-Tasking","display_name":"A Flexible Framework for Diverse Multi-Robot Task Allocation Scenarios Including Multi-Tasking","publication_year":2021,"publication_date":"2021-03-31","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W4206927074","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3502200"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1145/3502200","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3502200","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S16632050","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems","issn_l":"1556-4665","issn":["1556-4665","1556-4703"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems","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/A5085066738","display_name":"Muhammad Usman Arif","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-8535"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I4387155729","display_name":"Usman Institute of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/036z4mp18","country_code":null,"type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I4387155729"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Muhammad Usman Arif","raw_affiliation_strings":["Department of Computer Science, Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7810-8535","affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Department of Computer Science, Usman Institute of Technology, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I4387155729"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5026418367","display_name":"Sajjad Haider","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4458-1594"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I134784518","display_name":"Institute of Business Administration Karachi","ror":"https://ror.org/03egfpm06","country_code":"PK","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I134784518"]}],"countries":["PK"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Sajjad Haider","raw_affiliation_strings":["Artificial Intelligence Lab, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan"],"raw_orcid":null,"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Artificial Intelligence Lab, School of Mathematics and Computer Science, Institute of Business Administration, Karachi, Sindh, Pakistan","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I134784518"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":1,"institutions_distinct_count":2,"corresponding_author_ids":[],"corresponding_institution_ids":[],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":1.0202,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":12,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.81053316,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":false},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":98},"biblio":{"volume":"16","issue":"1","first_page":"1","last_page":"23"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10551","display_name":"Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10551","display_name":"Scheduling and Optimization Algorithms","score":0.9961000084877014,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T12288","display_name":"Optimization and Search Problems","score":0.9952999949455261,"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/T11814","display_name":"Advanced Manufacturing and Logistics Optimization","score":0.994700014591217,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/2209","display_name":"Industrial and Manufacturing Engineering"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/22","display_name":"Engineering"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/3","display_name":"Physical Sciences"}}],"keywords":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.8777031898498535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human-multitasking","display_name":"Human multitasking","score":0.7193892002105713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.7190159559249878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/task","display_name":"Task (project management)","score":0.7055498957633972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.5848181843757629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/cluster-analysis","display_name":"Cluster analysis","score":0.570464551448822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.5634520649909973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/human\u2013computer-interaction","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","score":0.3478948771953583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.28893887996673584}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.8777031898498535},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107418235","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q1520565","display_name":"Human multitasking","level":2,"score":0.7193892002105713},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.7190159559249878},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780451532","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q759676","display_name":"Task (project management)","level":2,"score":0.7055498957633972},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.5848181843757629},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C73555534","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q622825","display_name":"Cluster analysis","level":2,"score":0.570464551448822},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5634520649909973},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C107457646","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q207434","display_name":"Human\u2013computer interaction","level":1,"score":0.3478948771953583},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.28893887996673584},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C187736073","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2920921","display_name":"Management","level":1,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C15744967","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q9418","display_name":"Psychology","level":0,"score":0.0},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C162324750","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8134","display_name":"Economics","level":0,"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/C180747234","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q23373","display_name":"Cognitive psychology","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1145/3502200","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1145/3502200","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S16632050","display_name":"ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems","issn_l":"1556-4665","issn":["1556-4665","1556-4703"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310319798","host_organization_name":"Association for Computing Machinery","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310319798"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["Association for Computing Machinery"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"ACM Transactions on Autonomous and Adaptive Systems","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"score":0.6600000262260437,"display_name":"Affordable and clean energy","id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/7"}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"grobid_xml":false,"pdf":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":41,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W56648943","https://openalex.org/W145376279","https://openalex.org/W1594393406","https://openalex.org/W1972391046","https://openalex.org/W1983961745","https://openalex.org/W1987926710","https://openalex.org/W1992868085","https://openalex.org/W1998001670","https://openalex.org/W2040850786","https://openalex.org/W2061514991","https://openalex.org/W2069457154","https://openalex.org/W2088668112","https://openalex.org/W2100903798","https://openalex.org/W2104087708","https://openalex.org/W2110988848","https://openalex.org/W2130595645","https://openalex.org/W2136613778","https://openalex.org/W2138104929","https://openalex.org/W2141056154","https://openalex.org/W2152324823","https://openalex.org/W2157488300","https://openalex.org/W2167637024","https://openalex.org/W2305148090","https://openalex.org/W2403700331","https://openalex.org/W2411650265","https://openalex.org/W2581348104","https://openalex.org/W2582693844","https://openalex.org/W2602612673","https://openalex.org/W2621525206","https://openalex.org/W2621719205","https://openalex.org/W2737197182","https://openalex.org/W2768783889","https://openalex.org/W2774251702","https://openalex.org/W2885139938","https://openalex.org/W2908261091","https://openalex.org/W2908633097","https://openalex.org/W2944925622","https://openalex.org/W2972650779","https://openalex.org/W3093727152","https://openalex.org/W3123096356","https://openalex.org/W3195219454"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W4388263628","https://openalex.org/W4242930893","https://openalex.org/W1988895983","https://openalex.org/W3140336604","https://openalex.org/W2488058330","https://openalex.org/W4237084280","https://openalex.org/W4242426637","https://openalex.org/W2940047422","https://openalex.org/W2110944602","https://openalex.org/W3213722473"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"In":[0],"a":[1,25,39,100,131,137],"multi-robot":[2],"operation,":[3],"multi-tasking":[4,34,122],"resources":[5],"are":[6],"expected":[7],"to":[8,43,79,98],"simultaneously":[9],"perform":[10],"multiple":[11],"tasks,":[12],"thus,":[13],"reducing":[14],"the":[15,20,76,115],"overall":[16],"time/energy":[17],"requirement":[18],"of":[19,88,102,121,133],"operation.":[21],"This":[22],"paper":[23,125],"presents":[24],"task":[26,40,47,82,103],"allocation":[27,104],"framework":[28,68],"named":[29],"Rostam":[30,37],"that":[31,54],"efficiently":[32],"utilizes":[33],"capable":[35],"robots.":[36,123],"uses":[38,70],"clustering":[41],"mechanism":[42],"form":[44],"robot":[45],"specific":[46],"maps.":[48],"The":[49,67,84,124],"customized":[50,77],"maps":[51,78],"identify":[52],"tasks":[53],"can":[55],"be":[56],"multi-tasked":[57],"by":[58],"individual":[59],"robots":[60],"and":[61],"mark":[62],"them":[63],"for":[64],"simultaneous":[65],"execution.":[66],"then":[69],"an":[71,112],"Evolutionary":[72],"Algorithm":[73],"along":[74],"with":[75],"make":[80],"quality":[81],"allocations.":[83],"most":[85],"prominent":[86],"contribution":[87],"this":[89],"work":[90],"is":[91,109],"Rostam's":[92,107,128],"flexible":[93],"design":[94],"which":[95],"enables":[96],"it":[97],"handle":[99],"range":[101],"scenarios":[105,135],"seamlessly.":[106],"performance":[108],"evaluated":[110],"against":[111],"auction-based":[113],"scheme;":[114],"results":[116],"demonstrate":[117],"its":[118],"effective":[119],"use":[120],"also":[126],"demonstrates":[127],"flexibility":[129],"towards":[130],"number":[132],"MRTA":[134],"through":[136],"case":[138],"study.":[139]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2026,"cited_by_count":1},{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":4}],"updated_date":"2026-05-21T06:26:12.895304","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}