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Multi-Agent Path Finding with Tasks Under Time Uncertainty

Authors: Alexandre Albore, Christophe Grand, Noëlie Ramuzat, and Ajdin Sumic

Published in: OASIcs, Volume 146, 33rd International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2026)


Abstract
Multi-Agent Path Finding under Time Uncertainty (MAPF-TU) extends classical MAPF by considering uncertain traversal duration. However, existing approaches, such as the Conflict Based Search with Time Uncertainty (CBS_TU) method, assume that uncertainty only arises while agents move between locations, overlooking uncertainty induced by executing tasks. In many real-world applications, agents must not only navigate but also perform tasks of uncertain duration at specific locations, leading to additional temporal dependencies. In this paper, we introduce Multi-Agent Path Finding with Tasks under Time Uncertainty (MAPF-TTU), a new extension of MAPF-TU in which agents must execute tasks of uncertain duration at intermediate goals. We first analyze the computational complexity of MAPF-TU and MAPF-TTU. We then propose two complementary solution approaches. The first extends CBS_TU to explicitly reason about uncertain task execution during planning. The second transforms an MAPF-TU solution into a Simple Temporal Network with Uncertainty (STNU) and computes a robust execution schedule through Strong Controllability. Finally, we experimentally evaluate both approaches under varying levels of traversal and task time uncertainty, highlighting the tradeoff between solution quality and scalability.

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Alexandre Albore, Christophe Grand, Noëlie Ramuzat, and Ajdin Sumic. Multi-Agent Path Finding with Tasks Under Time Uncertainty. In 33rd International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2026). Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs), Volume 146, pp. 13:1-13:21, Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik (2026)


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@InProceedings{albore_et_al:OASIcs.TIME.2026.13,
  author =	{Albore, Alexandre and Grand, Christophe and Ramuzat, No\"{e}lie and Sumic, Ajdin},
  title =	{{Multi-Agent Path Finding with Tasks Under Time Uncertainty}},
  booktitle =	{33rd International Symposium on Temporal Representation and Reasoning (TIME 2026)},
  pages =	{13:1--13:21},
  series =	{Open Access Series in Informatics (OASIcs)},
  ISBN =	{978-3-95977-448-2},
  ISSN =	{2190-6807},
  year =	{2026},
  volume =	{146},
  editor =	{Orlandini, AndreA and Pinchinat, Sophie},
  publisher =	{Schloss Dagstuhl -- Leibniz-Zentrum f{\"u}r Informatik},
  address =	{Dagstuhl, Germany},
  URL =		{https://drops.dagstuhl.de/entities/document/10.4230/OASIcs.TIME.2026.13},
  URN =		{urn:nbn:de:0030-drops-277090},
  doi =		{10.4230/OASIcs.TIME.2026.13},
  annote =	{Keywords: Multi-Agent Path Finding, Temporal Uncertainty, Conflict Based Search, Simple Temporal Network}
}

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