# Resource Allocation with Multi-Team Collaboration Based on Hamilton's Rule

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.09016 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/2505.09016/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 13 May 2025.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Learning Altruistic Collaboration in Heterogeneous Multi-Team Systems](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2605.21723/) (2026)

## Abstract (arXiv)

This paper presents a multi-team collaboration strategy based on Hamilton's rule from ecology that facilitates resource allocation among multiple teams, where agents are considered as shared resource among all teams that must be allocated appropriately. We construct an algorithmic framework that allows teams to make bids for agents that consider the costs and benefits of transferring agents while also considering relative mission importance for each team. This framework is applied to a multi-team coverage control mission to demonstrate its effectiveness. It is shown that the necessary criteria of a mission evaluation function are met by framing it as a function of the locational coverage cost of each team with respect to agent gain and loss, and these results are illustrated through simulations.