{"id":"https://openalex.org/W2164819104","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364913483345","title":"Decentralized multi-robot cooperation with auctioned POMDPs","display_name":"Decentralized multi-robot cooperation with auctioned POMDPs","publication_year":2013,"publication_date":"2013-05-01","ids":{"openalex":"https://openalex.org/W2164819104","doi":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364913483345","mag":"2164819104"},"language":"en","primary_location":{"id":"doi:10.1177/0278364913483345","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364913483345","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S73484101","display_name":"The International Journal of Robotics Research","issn_l":"0278-3649","issn":["0278-3649","1741-3176"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The International Journal of Robotics Research","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/A5082605313","display_name":"Jes\u00fas Capit\u00e1n","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0002-7534-0187"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I62318514","display_name":"University of Duisburg-Essen","ror":"https://ror.org/04mz5ra38","country_code":"DE","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}],"countries":["DE"],"is_corresponding":true,"raw_author_name":"Jesus Capitan","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Duisburg-Essen, Duisburg, Germany","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5075395956","display_name":"Matthijs T. J. Spaan","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0009-0002-2858-8611"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I98358874","display_name":"Delft University of Technology","ror":"https://ror.org/02e2c7k09","country_code":"NL","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}],"countries":["NL"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Matthijs T.J. Spaan","raw_affiliation_strings":["Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Delft University of Technology, Delft, The Netherlands","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I98358874"]}]},{"author_position":"middle","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5042031541","display_name":"Lu\u00eds Merino","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-4927-8647"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I95013407","display_name":"Universidad Pablo de Olavide","ror":"https://ror.org/02z749649","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I95013407"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Luis Merino","raw_affiliation_strings":["Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"Pablo de Olavide University, Seville, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I95013407"]}]},{"author_position":"last","author":{"id":"https://openalex.org/A5057947815","display_name":"An\u0131\u0301bal Ollero","orcid":"https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2155-2472"},"institutions":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/I79238269","display_name":"Universidad de Sevilla","ror":"https://ror.org/03yxnpp24","country_code":"ES","type":"education","lineage":["https://openalex.org/I79238269"]}],"countries":["ES"],"is_corresponding":false,"raw_author_name":"Anibal Ollero","raw_affiliation_strings":["University of Seville, Seville, Spain"],"affiliations":[{"raw_affiliation_string":"University of Seville, Seville, Spain","institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I79238269"]}]}],"institutions":[],"countries_distinct_count":3,"institutions_distinct_count":4,"corresponding_author_ids":["https://openalex.org/A5082605313"],"corresponding_institution_ids":["https://openalex.org/I62318514"],"apc_list":null,"apc_paid":null,"fwci":12.3782,"has_fulltext":false,"cited_by_count":115,"citation_normalized_percentile":{"value":0.98766203,"is_in_top_1_percent":false,"is_in_top_10_percent":true},"cited_by_percentile_year":{"min":94,"max":100},"biblio":{"volume":"32","issue":"6","first_page":"650","last_page":"671"},"is_retracted":false,"is_paratext":false,"is_xpac":false,"primary_topic":{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11182","display_name":"Auction Theory and Applications","score":0.9840999841690063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},"topics":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/T11182","display_name":"Auction Theory and Applications","score":0.9840999841690063,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1803","display_name":"Management Science and Operations Research"},"field":{"id":"https://openalex.org/fields/18","display_name":"Decision Sciences"},"domain":{"id":"https://openalex.org/domains/2","display_name":"Social Sciences"}},{"id":"https://openalex.org/T10249","display_name":"Distributed Control Multi-Agent Systems","score":0.9661999940872192,"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/T10462","display_name":"Reinforcement Learning in Robotics","score":0.957099974155426,"subfield":{"id":"https://openalex.org/subfields/1702","display_name":"Artificial Intelligence"},"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/partially-observable-markov-decision-process","display_name":"Partially observable Markov decision process","score":0.7957159280776978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/robot","display_name":"Robot","score":0.7826952934265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/computer-science","display_name":"Computer science","score":0.7535558938980103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/common-value-auction","display_name":"Common value auction","score":0.6975401043891907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/scalability","display_name":"Scalability","score":0.6637232303619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-decision-process","display_name":"Markov decision process","score":0.6100236177444458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/flexibility","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","score":0.5768827795982361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/artificial-intelligence","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","score":0.4504871070384979},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/distributed-computing","display_name":"Distributed computing","score":0.4500355124473572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-process","display_name":"Markov process","score":0.31840506196022034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-chain","display_name":"Markov chain","score":0.30950045585632324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/markov-model","display_name":"Markov model","score":0.177409827709198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/keywords/machine-learning","display_name":"Machine learning","score":0.1622391939163208}],"concepts":[{"id":"https://openalex.org/C17098449","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176814","display_name":"Partially observable Markov decision process","level":4,"score":0.7957159280776978},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C90509273","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11012","display_name":"Robot","level":2,"score":0.7826952934265137},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C41008148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q21198","display_name":"Computer science","level":0,"score":0.7535558938980103},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163239763","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q5153637","display_name":"Common value auction","level":2,"score":0.6975401043891907},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C48044578","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q727490","display_name":"Scalability","level":2,"score":0.6637232303619385},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C106189395","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176789","display_name":"Markov decision process","level":3,"score":0.6100236177444458},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C2780598303","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q65921492","display_name":"Flexibility (engineering)","level":2,"score":0.5768827795982361},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C154945302","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q11660","display_name":"Artificial intelligence","level":1,"score":0.4504871070384979},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C120314980","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q180634","display_name":"Distributed computing","level":1,"score":0.4500355124473572},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C159886148","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov process","level":2,"score":0.31840506196022034},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C98763669","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q176645","display_name":"Markov chain","level":2,"score":0.30950045585632324},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C163836022","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q6771326","display_name":"Markov model","level":3,"score":0.177409827709198},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C119857082","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q2539","display_name":"Machine learning","level":1,"score":0.1622391939163208},{"id":"https://openalex.org/C77088390","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q8513","display_name":"Database","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/C105795698","wikidata":"https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q12483","display_name":"Statistics","level":1,"score":0.0}],"mesh":[],"locations_count":1,"locations":[{"id":"doi:10.1177/0278364913483345","is_oa":false,"landing_page_url":"https://doi.org/10.1177/0278364913483345","pdf_url":null,"source":{"id":"https://openalex.org/S73484101","display_name":"The International Journal of Robotics Research","issn_l":"0278-3649","issn":["0278-3649","1741-3176"],"is_oa":false,"is_in_doaj":false,"is_core":true,"host_organization":"https://openalex.org/P4310320017","host_organization_name":"SAGE Publishing","host_organization_lineage":["https://openalex.org/P4310320017"],"host_organization_lineage_names":["SAGE Publishing"],"type":"journal"},"license":null,"license_id":null,"version":"publishedVersion","is_accepted":true,"is_published":true,"raw_source_name":"The International Journal of Robotics Research","raw_type":"journal-article"}],"best_oa_location":null,"sustainable_development_goals":[{"id":"https://metadata.un.org/sdg/17","display_name":"Partnerships for the goals","score":0.49000000953674316}],"awards":[],"funders":[],"has_content":{"pdf":false,"grobid_xml":false},"content_urls":null,"referenced_works_count":59,"referenced_works":["https://openalex.org/W6231096","https://openalex.org/W18074934","https://openalex.org/W68215201","https://openalex.org/W73143588","https://openalex.org/W137519037","https://openalex.org/W1484113995","https://openalex.org/W1521003796","https://openalex.org/W1536258751","https://openalex.org/W1557156380","https://openalex.org/W1588304026","https://openalex.org/W1898859622","https://openalex.org/W1967850904","https://openalex.org/W1984747682","https://openalex.org/W1988314515","https://openalex.org/W1990822420","https://openalex.org/W1993428444","https://openalex.org/W2002489438","https://openalex.org/W2004391169","https://openalex.org/W2016316334","https://openalex.org/W2029280655","https://openalex.org/W2030131362","https://openalex.org/W2032100464","https://openalex.org/W2037082722","https://openalex.org/W2082058270","https://openalex.org/W2088956500","https://openalex.org/W2090899743","https://openalex.org/W2099317334","https://openalex.org/W2099430963","https://openalex.org/W2101421095","https://openalex.org/W2103047651","https://openalex.org/W2103614073","https://openalex.org/W2106353989","https://openalex.org/W2107133386","https://openalex.org/W2110962519","https://openalex.org/W2114425086","https://openalex.org/W2115502112","https://openalex.org/W2116328523","https://openalex.org/W2116753650","https://openalex.org/W2118656144","https://openalex.org/W2122015500","https://openalex.org/W2135761505","https://openalex.org/W2142544818","https://openalex.org/W2144276534","https://openalex.org/W2145366282","https://openalex.org/W2149551746","https://openalex.org/W2156676156","https://openalex.org/W2157261706","https://openalex.org/W2157488300","https://openalex.org/W2163827199","https://openalex.org/W2168359464","https://openalex.org/W2294827575","https://openalex.org/W2295605012","https://openalex.org/W2296475330","https://openalex.org/W2336416123","https://openalex.org/W2396783599","https://openalex.org/W2502609170","https://openalex.org/W2602753196","https://openalex.org/W2912424121","https://openalex.org/W4285719527"],"related_works":["https://openalex.org/W2096013579","https://openalex.org/W52153049","https://openalex.org/W1760611253","https://openalex.org/W1515117609","https://openalex.org/W1589140671","https://openalex.org/W4323315247","https://openalex.org/W2294884454","https://openalex.org/W3169161914","https://openalex.org/W4321379664","https://openalex.org/W2211790881"],"abstract_inverted_index":{"Planning":[0],"under":[1],"uncertainty":[2],"faces":[3],"a":[4,50,86,96,127,138],"scalability":[5],"problem":[6],"when":[7],"considering":[8],"multi-robot":[9,31,155],"teams,":[10],"as":[11,137],"the":[12,18,70,101,144,158],"information":[13],"space":[14],"scales":[15],"exponentially":[16],"with":[17,76,111],"number":[19],"of":[20,53,130,140],"robots.":[21,102],"To":[22],"address":[23,81],"this":[24,26,82],"issue,":[25],"paper":[27,104],"proposes":[28],"to":[29,93,124],"decentralize":[30],"partially":[32],"observable":[33],"Markov":[34],"decision":[35],"processes":[36],"(POMDPs)":[37],"while":[38],"maintaining":[39],"cooperation":[40],"between":[41],"robots":[42,122],"by":[43,58,84],"using":[44],"POMDP":[45,72],"policy":[46],"auctions.":[47],"Auctions":[48],"provide":[49],"flexible":[51],"way":[52],"coordinating":[54],"individual":[55],"policies":[56],"modeled":[57],"POMDPs":[59],"and":[60,116,142,160],"have":[61,123],"low":[62],"communication":[63,67],"requirements.":[64],"In":[65],"addition,":[66],"models":[68],"in":[69,91,119],"multi-agent":[71],"literature":[73],"severely":[74],"mismatch":[75],"real":[77,154],"inter-robot":[78],"communication.":[79],"We":[80],"issue":[83],"exploiting":[85],"decentralized":[87],"data":[88],"fusion":[89],"method":[90],"order":[92],"efficiently":[94],"maintain":[95],"joint":[97],"belief":[98],"state":[99],"among":[100],"The":[103,132,150],"presents":[105],"two":[106],"different":[107,148],"applications:":[108],"environmental":[109],"monitoring":[110],"unmanned":[112],"aerial":[113],"vehicles":[114],"(UAVs);":[115],"cooperative":[117],"tracking,":[118],"which":[120],"several":[121],"jointly":[125],"track":[126],"moving":[128],"target":[129],"interest.":[131],"first":[133],"one":[134,152],"is":[135],"used":[136],"proof":[139],"concept":[141],"illustrates":[143],"proposed":[145],"ideas":[146],"through":[147],"simulations.":[149],"second":[151],"adds":[153],"experiments,":[156],"showcasing":[157],"flexibility":[159],"robust":[161],"coordination":[162],"that":[163],"our":[164],"techniques":[165],"can":[166],"provide.":[167]},"counts_by_year":[{"year":2025,"cited_by_count":7},{"year":2024,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2023,"cited_by_count":6},{"year":2022,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2021,"cited_by_count":11},{"year":2020,"cited_by_count":14},{"year":2019,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2018,"cited_by_count":13},{"year":2017,"cited_by_count":9},{"year":2016,"cited_by_count":10},{"year":2015,"cited_by_count":12},{"year":2014,"cited_by_count":4},{"year":2013,"cited_by_count":3},{"year":2012,"cited_by_count":2}],"updated_date":"2026-04-09T08:11:56.329763","created_date":"2025-10-10T00:00:00"}