5 papers
Hierarchical Generative Agents for Simulating Sequential Human Behavior
Maria G. Mendoza, Lucas Waldburger, Jin Lee +1
Complex cognitive, emotional, and social processes shape human evacuations during natural disasters. Accurate modeling and understanding of human behavior in disasters or emergenci…
Dynamic Multi-Robot Task Allocation under Uncertainty and Communication Constraints: A Game-Theoretic Approach
Maria G. Mendoza, Pan-Yang Su, Bryce L. Ferguson +1
We study dynamic multi-robot task allocation under uncertain task completion, time-window constraints, and incomplete information. Tasks arrive online over a finite horizon and mus…
Coordinated Autonomous Drones for Human-Centered Fire Evacuation in Partially Observable Urban Environments
Maria G. Mendoza, Addison Kalanther, Daniel Bostwick +3
Autonomous drone technology holds significant promise for enhancing search and rescue operations during evacuations by guiding humans toward safety and supporting broader emergency…
Resolving Conflicting Constraints in Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning with Layered Safety
Jason J. Choi, Jasmine Jerry Aloor, Jingqi Li +3
Preventing collisions in multi-robot navigation is crucial for deployment. This requirement hinders the use of learning-based approaches, such as multi-agent reinforcement learning…
Privacy Preserving Mechanisms for Coordinating Airspace Usage in Advanced Air Mobility
Chinmay Maheshwari, Maria G. Mendoza, Victoria Marie Tuck +5
Advanced Air Mobility (AAM) operations are expected to transform air transportation while challenging current air traffic management practices. By introducing a novel market-based…