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48 results for Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning

PettingZoo library accelerates multi-agent reinforcement learning research.

problem Challenges in multi-agent reinforcement learning, especially conceptual models of games.
method Developed PettingZoo library with AEC games model to address multi-agent reinforcement learning challenges.
result AEC games model addresses conceptual issues in multi-agent reinforcement learning environments.

CODA resolves coordination issues in offline multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Coordination failure in offline multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Diffusion-based multi-agent trajectory generator for data augmentation.
result CODA resolves coordination pathologies in continuous polynomial games and complex benchmarks.

PPO algorithm converges to global optimality in multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Designing statistical guarantees for policy optimization methods in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Leveraging a multi-agent performance difference lemma, a localized action value function is used as a descent direction for each local policy, leading to a multi-agent PPO algorithm.
result The multi-agent PPO algorithm converges to the globally optimal policy at a sublinear rate under standard regularity conditions.

Paper tackles delays in multi-agent reinforcement learning, improving performance.

problem Challenges in reinforcement learning due to delays in real-world systems.
method Proposes a novel framework for multi-agent reinforcement learning with delays, using Delay-Aware Markov Games and centralized-decentralized training.
result Demonstrates significant improvement in performance with delay-aware multi-agent reinforcement learning.

MARL algorithm uses regularization to avoid explicit structures, improving performance.

problem Lack of effective reinforcement learning methods for multi-agent systems.
method MARQ uses regularization to promote structured exploration without explicit centralized structures.
result MARQ outperforms existing methods in multi-agent environments.

This work benchmarks MARL algorithms in cooperative tasks.

problem Lack of evaluation tasks and criteria for comparing MARL algorithms.
method Systematic evaluation of three MARL algorithm classes in diverse cooperative tasks.
result Insights into the effectiveness of different learning approaches.

Improved exploration in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Limited expressiveness of Gaussian policies in DecSPG hinders effective exploration.
method Proposes decentralized diffusion policy learning (DDPL) with denoising diffusion probabilistic models.
result Consistently improved performance on various MARL benchmarks.

The paper tackles cooperative RL with function approximation, achieving near-optimal learning with limited communication.

problem Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with function approximation.
method Careful message-passing and cooperative value iteration.
result Achieving near-optimal no-regret learning with limited communication in cooperative multi-agent settings.

Generative thermal design learns optimal shapes using multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Complex thermal design challenges due to convection-diffusion equation and boundary interactions.
method Cooperative multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with continuous geometric representation.
result Framework learns optimal design strategies without shape derivation or differentiable objectives.

New method combines value function decomposition and policy gradients for cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Challenges in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning, especially credit assignment and large action spaces.
method Decomposed Soft Actor-Critic (mSAC) method with Q network architecture, discrete probabilistic policy, and counterfactual advantage function.
result Significantly outperforms policy-based approach COMA and achieves competitive results with SOTA value-based approach Qmix.

Deep learning has enabled traditional reinforcement learning methods to deal with high-dimensional problems. However, one of the disadvantages of deep reinforcement learning methods is the limited exploration capacity of learning agents. In this paper, we introduce an approach that integrates human strategies to increa…

2018-06-12abs ↗pdf ↗

Framework for multi-agent RL with human feedback in a Snake game.

problem Improving multi-agent reinforcement learning with human feedback.
method Developed a simulated game environment for offline model training and online competitions. Introduced HILL methods and reward manipulation heuristics.
result Agents with HILL methods outperform those without in online competitions.

QTRAN++ improves MARL performance in complex environments.

problem Poor empirical performance of QTRAN in complex environments.
method Stabilizing training objective, removing role separation, and introducing a multi-head mixing network.
result QTRAN++ achieves state-of-the-art performance in the Starcraft Multi-Agent Challenge (SMAC).

VPP learns joint policies for multi-agent RL through interactions.

problem Learning effective joint policies for multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method VPP integrates variational inference into policy layers for efficient sampling and differentiability.
result VPP outperforms previous methods on large-scale multi-agent tasks.

Reinforcement learning agents are prone to undesired behaviors due to reward mis-specification. Finding a set of reward functions to properly guide agent behaviors is particularly challenging in multi-agent scenarios. Inverse reinforcement learning provides a framework to automatically acquire suitable reward functions…

2019-07-30abs ↗pdf ↗

REFIL learns from imagined sub-group interactions to improve multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Learning efficiency in multi-agent reinforcement learning settings.
method Randomized Entity-wise Factorization (REFIL) approach.
result REFIL outperforms all strong baselines in challenging multi-task StarCraft settings.

New methods improve multi-agent reinforcement learning by addressing rotational dynamics.

problem Reproducibility crisis in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Reframing MARL approaches using Variational Inequalities (VIs) and proposing gradient-based VI methods.
result Significant performance improvements across benchmarks, including better convergence to equilibrium strategies in zero-sum games.

MaxMax Q-Learning improves coordination in multi-agent reinforcement learning by refining action selection.

problem Relative over-generalization in decentralized multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method MaxMax Q-Learning employs iterative sampling and evaluation of potential next states to refine approximations of ideal state transitions.
result MaxMax Q-Learning frequently outperforms existing baselines, demonstrating enhanced convergence and sample efficiency.

FACMAC combines deep policy gradients with factored critic for multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning in discrete and continuous action spaces.
method FACMAC uses a centralised but factored critic, combining per-agent utilities into a joint action-value function.
result FACMAC outperforms MADDPG and other baselines on multi-agent particle environments and StarCraft II tasks.

New algorithm reduces complexity in multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem High computational complexity in exact computations for multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Design of a scalable algorithm based on Natural Policy Gradient, using local information and limited communication.
result Converges to globally optimal policy with dimension-free complexity and localization error.

Efficient algorithms for planning in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with combinatorial action spaces.

problem Planning in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning with a combinatorial action space.
method Efficient algorithms using local access to a simulator and linear function approximation, with improvements for additive feature decomposition and kernelized settings.
result Polynomial compute and query complexity in relevant problem parameters.

The paper reviews MARL and its causal challenges, advocating for a 'causality first' approach.

problem Challenges in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) and lack of theoretical guarantees for emergent behavior.
method Discussion of how causal methods can improve safety, interpretability, and robustness in MARL.
result Causal methods can provide strong theoretical guarantees for emergent behavior in MARL.

A scalable MARL algorithm using local rewards for cooperative multi-agent learning.

problem Scalability issues in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning due to large state and action spaces.
method LOMAQ algorithm incorporating local rewards in centralized training and decentralized execution.
result LOMAQ scales well compared to other methods, improving performance and convergence speed.

New method uses LP to achieve optimal sample complexity in multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Achieving global optimality in multi-agent reinforcement learning with average-cost criterion.
method Randomized Linear Programming and Stochastic Primal-Dual Methods for multi-agent saddle point problems.
result Sample complexity matches tight dependencies on state and action spaces, and scales with network size.

Attackers can significantly reduce team rewards in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Robustness of cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning to adversaries.
method Novel attack method involving training a policy network and using targeted adversarial examples.
result Reduces team reward from 20 to 9.4 by attacking a single agent, reducing winning rate from 98.9% to 0%.

The paper formalizes and analyzes multi-agent Q-learning with value factorization.

problem Understanding and improving the convergence of multi-agent Q-learning with value factorization.
method Formalized a multi-agent fitted Q-iteration framework for analyzing factorized multi-agent Q-learning.
result Multi-agent Q-learning with linear value factorization can converge under certain conditions.

MARLA uses deep reinforcement learning for multi-agent AHT, reducing Bayes risk.

problem Decentralized active hypothesis testing among multiple agents.
method MARLA algorithm using deep multi-agent reinforcement learning.
result MARLA outperforms single-agent learning in AHT problems.

A new multi-agent learning method improves performance in complex games.

problem Performance gap between MAPG and value-based multi-agent approaches.
method Introduces value function decomposition into multi-agent actor-critic framework for off-policy learning.
result DOP significantly outperforms state-of-the-art multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms.

Policy-gradient method controls multiple non-cohesive targets.

problem Controlling multiple non-cohesive targets in a decentralized manner.
method Proximal Policy Optimization for target selection and driving.
result Effective control of non-cohesive targets without prior dynamics knowledge.

Study differential privacy in multi-agent RL, achieving efficient and private learning.

problem Protecting sensitive data in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Extending DP definitions to two-player games, designing an efficient algorithm with privatized bonuses.
result Achieved trajectory-wise differential privacy in multi-agent RL, improving regret bounds.

NeuroMAS treats multi-agent systems as neural networks for scalable, trainable coordination.

problem Designing multi-agent systems as hand-designed workflows is inefficient and inflexible.
method NeuroMAS treats multi-agent systems as a neural network architecture with reinforcement learning for scalable coordination.
result NeuroMAS improves significantly over multi-agent baselines and can be scaled progressively.

This paper proposes a decentralized reinforcement learning method for multi-agent resource allocation.

problem Allocating heterogeneous resources among multiple agents in a decentralized manner.
method Liquid-Graph-Time Clustering-IPPO, integrating dynamic cluster consensus.
result LGTC-IPPO achieves more stable rewards, better coordination, and robust performance.

Reinforcement learning in multi-agent scenarios is important for real-world applications but presents challenges beyond those seen in single-agent settings. We present an actor-critic algorithm that trains decentralized policies in multi-agent settings, using centrally computed critics that share an attention mechanism…

2018-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

Deep Reinforcement Learning has made significant progress in multi-agent systems in recent years. In this review article, we have focused on presenting recent approaches on Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) algorithms. In particular, we have focused on five common approaches on modeling and solving cooperative …

2019-08-11abs ↗pdf ↗

Study uses multi-agent reinforcement learning to control self-assembly with high-resolution external control.

problem Designing effective external control protocols for self-assembly with high-resolution control.
method Investigated a multi-agent reinforcement learning approach, comparing fully decentralized and partially decentralized strategies.
result Partially decentralized approach outperforms fully decentralized in controlling self-assembly towards target structures.

MASA framework uses RL to balance portfolio returns and risks.

problem Managing portfolio risk in turbulent financial markets.
method Multi-agent reinforcement learning with a market observer.
result MASA framework outperforms RL approaches in balancing returns and risks.

Proposes three decentralized multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms to reduce network congestion.

problem Finding a joint policy maximizing long-term return in a decentralized multi-agent system.
method Three fully decentralized multi-agent natural actor-critic (MAN) algorithms using linear function approximations.
result The proposed algorithms achieve performance comparable to or better than standard methods in reducing network congestion.

EMIX minimizes surprise in multi-agent reinforcement learning.

problem Surprise and approximation bias in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Energy-based MIXer (EMIX) for minimizing surprise across multiple agents.
result EMIX demonstrates consistent stable performance in challenging StarCraft II scenarios.

This work uses reinforcement learning to optimize task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent warehouse environment.

problem Optimizing task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent warehouse environment with limited observability.
method Deep reinforcement learning to solve both high-level scheduling and low-level multi-agent execution problems.
result Demonstrates the effectiveness of reinforcement learning in optimizing task scheduling and execution in a dynamic multi-agent environment.

Flexible decentralized MARL framework for cooperative multi-agent learning.

problem Complexity and impracticality of centralized MARL in complicated applications.
method Flexible fully-decentralized actor-critic MARL framework using primal-dual hybrid gradient descent.
result Competitive performance in large-scale cooperative multi-agent environments.