... allocations. Design/methodology/approach This paper presents an evolutionary algorithm (EA)-based task allocation framework for improved, deadlock-free solutions against time-extended MRCF. The framework simultaneously allocates multiple tasks, allowing the robots to participate in multiple coalitions...

... evolutionary algorithms applied to automatic swarm design. Finally, this article shows that a regeneration process that embeds an epigenetic layer in the inheritance process performs better than a traditional crossover operator in a swarm system. Originality/value This paper proposes a novel method...

... into evolutionary swarm using epigenetic function. 18 06 2018 16 08 2018 05 09 2018 © Emerald Publishing Limited 2018 Emerald Publishing Limited Licensed re-use rights only Reinforcement learning Evolutionary algorithm Epigenetics Multi-agent learning Swarm robotics...