4 accepted papers
Coalition structure generation (CSG), i.e. the problem of optimally partitioning a set of agents into coalitions to maximize social welfare, is a fundamental computational problem in multiagent systems. This problem is important for many applications where small run times are necessary, including tr…
Coalition formation is a key capability in multi-agent systems. An important problem in coalition formation is coalition structure generation: partitioning agents into coalitions to optimize the social welfare. This is a challenging problem that has been the subject of active research for the past t…
Coalition formation is a central approach for multiagent coordination. A crucial part of coalition formation that is extensively studied in AI is coalition structure generation: partitioning agents into coalitions to maximize overall value. In this paper, we propose a novel method for coalition st…
In this paper, we propose a novel algorithm to address the Coalition Structure Generation (CSG) problem. Specifically, we use a novel representation of the search space that enables it to be explored in a new way. We introduce an index-based exact algorithm. Our algorithm is anytime, produces optima…