SDHN: Skewness-Driven Hypergraph Networks for Enhanced Localized Multi-Robot Coordination
Zhao, Delin, Shan, Yanbo, Liu, Chang, Lin, Shenghang, Shou, Yingxin, Xu, Bin
–arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning is widely used for multi-robot coordination, where simple graphs typically model pairwise interactions. However, such representations fail to capture higher-order collaborations, limiting effectiveness in complex tasks. While hypergraph-based approaches enhance cooperation, existing methods often generate arbitrary hypergraph structures and lack adaptability to environmental uncertainties. To address these challenges, we propose the Skewness-Driven Hypergraph Network (SDHN), which employs stochastic Bernoulli hy-peredges to explicitly model higher-order multi-robot interactions. By introducing a skewness loss, SDHN promotes an efficient structure with Small-Hyperedge Dominant Hypergraph, allowing robots to prioritize localized synchronization while still adhering to the overall information, similar to human coordination.
arXiv.org Artificial Intelligence
Aug-1-2025