arXiv AI

GPEvac: GNN-Based PPO for Adaptive Evacuation Routing During Shooting Events

arXiv Machine Learning
Oct 8

Shared-Roadmap Generation and Evaluator for Multi-Agent Path Planning Using Heterogeneous Graph Neural Network

The paper introduces a scalable heterogeneous Graph Neural Network framework that automatically generates and evaluates shared roadmaps for multi‑agent path planning in continuous environments. By representing waypoints, agent locations, and task locations as distinct nodes, the GNN learns from expert solver trajectories to identify critical points and prune redundant connections, producing a compact, coordination‑aware roadmap. Experiments show the approach can reduce planning effort, achieving at least a 40% reduction in runtime and graph size for dense roadmaps.

By Brandon Ho, Nikola Rogers, Seung-Kyum Choi
arXiv Machine Learning
Sep 22

SiST-GNN: Simultaneous Spatial-Temporal Message Passing for Dynamic Graph Representation Learning

SiST‑GNN introduces a simultaneous spatial‑temporal message‑passing framework for dynamic graph neural networks, fusing per‑node temporal embeddings with spatial aggregation in a single operation. By maintaining a recurrent hidden state per node and treating it as a cross‑time edge, the model jointly reasons over topology and evolution. Experiments on link‑prediction and node‑classification benchmarks show significant improvements over prior methods, achieving up to 158% gains in live‑update link prediction and outperforming discrete‑time baselines by 7–23% in dynamic node classification.

By Shubhajit Roy, Anirban Dasgupta
arXiv Computer Vision
Oct 8

Efficient Dense Crowd Trajectory Prediction Via Dynamic Clustering

The paper introduces a cluster-based method for predicting dense crowd trajectories, grouping individuals with similar attributes over time to accelerate processing. By replacing individual pedestrian inputs with cluster centroids, the approach reduces computational cost and memory usage while preserving accuracy. Extensive evaluations on challenging dense crowd scenes confirm these benefits compared to state‑of‑the‑art methods.

By Antonius Bima Murti Wijaya, Paul Henderson, Marwa Mahmoud
arXiv AI
Aug 17

Overcoming Shortcut Learning in Graph Neural Networks through Active Explanation Guidance

arXiv:2608. 14121v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) can solve prediction tasks by unintentionally exploiting shortcuts---that is, edges, nodes, and features that correlate with but are not causal for the prediction---which compromise their reliability in out-of-distribution tasks.

By Taraneh Younesian, Steve Azzolin, Antonio Longa, Francesco Ferrini, Vincenzo Marco De Luca, Stefano Teso
arXiv AI
Jun 6

DisasterBench: A Multimodal Benchmark for UAV-Based Disaster Response in Complex Environments

arXiv:2606. 06217v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: When a disaster unfolds, responders must answer not only what is happening, but also why it is happening, what will happen next, and what to do now, often from noisy low-altitude UAV views and under tight on-site compute constraints.

By Tan Zhang, Quanyou Li, Lu Zhang, Jun Liu, Xiaofeng Zhu, Ping Hu