A Convex Formulation of Game-theoretic Hierarchical Routing

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Main Authors: Lee, Dong Ho, Donnel, Kaitlyn, Li, Max Z., Fridovich-Keil, David
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Published: 2025
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author Lee, Dong Ho
Donnel, Kaitlyn
Li, Max Z.
Fridovich-Keil, David
author_facet Lee, Dong Ho
Donnel, Kaitlyn
Li, Max Z.
Fridovich-Keil, David
contents Hierarchical decision-making is a natural paradigm for coordinating multi-agent systems in complex environments such as air traffic management. In this paper, we present a bilevel framework for game-theoretic hierarchical routing, where a high-level router assigns discrete routes to multiple vehicles who seek to optimize potentially noncooperative objectives that depend upon the assigned routes. To address computational challenges, we propose a reformulation that preserves the convexity of each agent's feasible set. This convex reformulation enables a solution to be identified efficiently via a customized branch-and-bound algorithm. Our approach ensures global optimality while capturing strategic interactions between agents at the lower level. We demonstrate the solution concept of our framework in two-vehicle and three-vehicle routing scenarios.
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spellingShingle A Convex Formulation of Game-theoretic Hierarchical Routing
Lee, Dong Ho
Donnel, Kaitlyn
Li, Max Z.
Fridovich-Keil, David
Multiagent Systems
Computer Science and Game Theory
Hierarchical decision-making is a natural paradigm for coordinating multi-agent systems in complex environments such as air traffic management. In this paper, we present a bilevel framework for game-theoretic hierarchical routing, where a high-level router assigns discrete routes to multiple vehicles who seek to optimize potentially noncooperative objectives that depend upon the assigned routes. To address computational challenges, we propose a reformulation that preserves the convexity of each agent's feasible set. This convex reformulation enables a solution to be identified efficiently via a customized branch-and-bound algorithm. Our approach ensures global optimality while capturing strategic interactions between agents at the lower level. We demonstrate the solution concept of our framework in two-vehicle and three-vehicle routing scenarios.
title A Convex Formulation of Game-theoretic Hierarchical Routing
topic Multiagent Systems
Computer Science and Game Theory
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.13790