Develops methods for cooperative Bayesian inference.
problem Cooperation between learning agents.
method Sequential Bayesian inference approaches.
result Theoretical foundation for cooperative inference.
New theory relaxes assumptions for optimal cooperative inference.
problem Achieving optimal cooperative inference under strong assumptions.
method Relaxing restrictive assumptions, demonstrating convergence, robustness, and stability.
result Generalized cooperative inference for any discrete joint distribution.
I2C enables agents to learn efficient communication without redundancy.
problem Redundant broadcast communication in multi-agent cooperation.
method I2C learns a prior for agent-agent communication via causal inference and reinforcement learning.
result I2C reduces communication overhead and improves multi-agent cooperative performance.
The cooperative hierarchical structure is a common and significant data structure observed in, or adopted by, many research areas, such as: text mining (author-paper-word) and multi-label classification (label-instance-feature). Renowned Bayesian approaches for cooperative hierarchical structure modeling are mostly bas…
New method combines heuristics and search techniques to speed up cooperative planning for autonomous vehicles.
problem Efficient cooperative planning for autonomous vehicles in complex traffic scenarios.
method Combining learned heuristics with Monte Carlo Tree Search (MCTS) to guide search towards promising actions.
result Better solutions at lower computational costs achieved through accelerated planning.
We propose a framework for the derivation and evaluation of distributed iterative algorithms for receiver cooperation in interference-limited wireless systems. Our approach views the processing within and collaboration between receivers as the solution to an inference problem in the probabilistic model of the whole sys…
We study the problem of cooperative inference where a group of agents interact over a network and seek to estimate a joint parameter that best explains a set of observations. Agents do not know the network topology or the observations of other agents. We explore a variational interpretation of the Bayesian posterior de…
AI agents learn to cooperate with users of unknown type.
problem Designing AI agents that can cooperate with new users effectively.
method Modeling user behavior as parameters, observing user actions to infer type, and adapting policies.
result Adaptive AI agents perform significantly better than non-adaptive ones in real scenarios.
Cooperative model disentangles data uncertainties.
problem Disentangling aleatoric and epistemic uncertainties in real-world data.
method Cooperatively trains a variance estimation network with a Bayesian neural network.
result Improves mean estimation and disentangles uncertainties.
Multi-cell cooperative processing with limited backhaul traffic is studied for cellular uplinks. Aiming at reduced backhaul overhead, a sparsity-regularized multi-cell receive-filter design problem is formulated. Both unstructured distributed cooperation as well as clustered cooperation, in which base station groups ar…
Develops an equilibrium model for securities pricing in a mixed cooperative and non-cooperative market.
problem Equilibrium pricing of securities in a market with cooperative and non-cooperative agents.
method Conditional extended mean-field control for cooperative agents, mean-field model for both cooperative and non-cooperative agents.
result Existence of a unique equilibrium for both finite-agent and mean-field models under certain conditions.
Stable cooperation emerges in fluctuating environments.
problem Evolutionary stability of cooperation in fluctuating conditions.
method Agents with fluctuating wealth share public goods, leading to cooperation.
result Agents with cooperation produce an advantage in fluctuating environments.
Mathematical framework for cooperative communication explains belief transmission.
problem Lack of understanding why cooperation enables effective belief transmission.
method Connection to optimal transport theory, deriving prior models, statistical interpretations, proofs of robustness and instability.
result Cooperative communication provably enables effective, robust belief transmission.
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.
We study the explore-exploit tradeoff in distributed cooperative decision-making using the context of the multiarmed bandit (MAB) problem. For the distributed cooperative MAB problem, we design the cooperative UCB algorithm that comprises two interleaved distributed processes: (i) running consensus algorithms for estim…
Proposes a method to cluster tasks for constructive cooperative multi-tasking.
problem Destructive cooperation in cooperative multi-tasking.
method Semantic clustering followed by end-to-end joint training within clusters.
result Effective mitigation of destructive cooperation and negative transfer.
Paper proves Shapley value convergence in Bayesian learning games.
problem Measuring contributions in cooperative games using Bayesian inference.
method Established convergence of Shapley value in parametric Bayesian learning games.
result Shapley value differences converge in probability to a limiting game.
CSAC enables cooperative reinforcement learning for multi-stage tasks.
problem Coordinating consecutive reinforcement learning agents for long-term multi-stage tasks.
method CSAC modifies each agent's policy to maximize both current and next agent's critic.
result CSAC outperforms uncooperative policies and single-agent training in multi-room maze domain.
Cooperation is a persistent behavioral pattern of entities pooling and sharing resources. Its ubiquity in nature poses a conundrum. Whenever two entities cooperate, one must willingly relinquish something of value to the other. Why is this apparent altruism favored in evolution? Classical solutions assume a net fitness…
CM3 learns multi-agent cooperation by first achieving individual goals.
problem Cooperative multi-agent control with multiple goals and interactions.
method Two-stage curriculum: first learn individual goals, then cooperation; new policy gradient with credit function.
result CM3 learns faster on multi-goal multi-agent problems than existing algorithms.
Facing a heavy task, any single person can only make a limited contribution and team cooperation is needed. As one enjoys the benefit of the public goods, the potential benefits of the project are not always maximized and may be partly wasted. By incorporating individual ability and project benefit into the original pu…
Kernel method improves cooperative decision-making among agents.
problem Cooperative multi-agent decision making with contextual information.
method Proposed extsc{Coop-KernelUCB} algorithm for near-optimal per-agent regret.
result Near-optimal bounds on per-agent regret with efficient computation and communication.
Graph Convolutional Reinforcement Learning improves cooperation in dynamic multi-agent environments.
problem Learning cooperation in dynamic multi-agent environments is challenging.
method Graph Convolutional Reinforcement Learning adapts to dynamic graphs and captures interplay between agents.
result Our method substantially outperforms existing methods in cooperative scenarios.
Improved cooperation between levels boosts reinforcement learning performance.
problem Training multi-level policies in hierarchical reinforcement learning.
method Modeling policy optimization as a multi-agent process and inducing cooperation between sub-policies.
result Inducing cooperation between sub-policies leads to stronger and more sample-efficient policies.
We consider in a market model the cooperative emergence of value due to a positive feedback between perception of needs and demand. Here we consider also a negative feedback from production of the traded products, and find that this cooperativity is robust, provided that the production rate is slow. Cooperativity is fo…
Proposes a new Gaussian factor for probabilistic inference with degenerate settings.
problem Handling linear dependencies among random variables in Gaussian networks.
method Introduces a parametrised factor that relaxes the positive-definite constraint of the covariance matrix.
result Accurately accommodates degeneracies in probabilistic inference without significant computational overhead.
A new algorithm reduces regret in cooperative multi-agent bandits with heavy-tailed data.
problem Cooperative multi-agent bandits with heavy-tailed data.
method MP-UCB algorithm incorporating robust estimation with message-passing protocol.
result Optimal regret bounds for MP-UCB in various settings.
New algorithm reduces individual regret and communication costs in cooperative bandits.
problem Optimal individual and group regret in cooperative multi-agent bandits.
method Integrates a new communication policy into a learning algorithm.
result Achieves optimal individual regret and constant communication costs.
Asynchronous cooperative learning rules ensure all agents converge to correct hypothesis.
problem Cooperative learning in networks with unreliable communication.
method Proposed robust cooperative learning rule for weak communication networks.
result All agents' beliefs exponentially decay to the correct hypothesis.
Study shows cooperation can improve everyone's market efficiency.
problem Understanding when collective cooperation improves market efficiency.
method General semimartingale framework, deriving necessary and sufficient conditions.
result Strict improvement in each agent's indirect utility when cooperation is beneficial.
Enhances cooperative multi-task SemCom for distributed users.
problem Performance degradation in cooperative multi-tasking due to negative information transfer.
method Federated learning (FL) with semantic-aware task clustering.
result Constructive cooperation across distributed users with semantic-aware task clustering.
CoNN uses cooperative neural networks to leverage prior independence structure for improved text classification.
problem Improving text classification accuracy by exploiting prior independence structure.
method CoNN employs a set of cooperatively trained neural networks to capture latent representations based on prior independence structure.
result Demonstrated a 23% reduction in error on the MultiSent dataset compared to state-of-the-art methods.
Paper proposes federated learning for SNNs to enable low-power, online training.
problem Limited data at each device for on-device SNN training.
method Federated Learning (FL) for cooperative SNN training, leveraging local and global feedback.
result FL-SNN achieves significant advantages over separate training and offers a flexible trade-off between accuracy and communication load.
Maker-taker fees can prevent algorithmic cooperation in market making, but not always.
problem Unexpected cooperation among independent algorithms in market making.
method Modeling market making as a repeated game, experimental analysis of transaction costs and rebates.
result Maker-taker fee models can destabilize cooperation, but not always with a specific relationship between costs and rebates.
ComEx protocol reduces communication costs in cooperative bandits.
problem Minimizing communication costs in cooperative bandits while maintaining optimal performance.
method Developed ComEx protocol to reduce communication from Θ(T) to O(logT) messages. result Achieves state-of-the-art performance with significantly reduced communication cost.
The paper develops statistical inference methods for SHAP values.
problem Lack of statistical inference for SHAP values in model-agnostic feature importance.
method Semi-parametric approach using U-statistics and Neyman orthogonal scores for functionals of nested regressions.
result Asymptotically normal estimates of the pth powers of SHAP values for various p.
A new method for combining multiple data views in supervised learning.
problem Combining multiple data views in supervised learning, especially in biology and medicine.
method Cooperative learning combines squared error loss with an agreement penalty to encourage predictions from different data views to agree.
result Cooperative learning achieves higher predictive accuracy on simulated and real multiomics data.
Analyzes gaming in federated learning systems and provides design principles.
problem Gaming and cooperation in federated learning systems under partial observability.
method Developed an analytical framework to separate welfare-improving behavior from metric gaming.
result Derived threshold conditions for deterring harmful gaming and preserving cooperation.
Paper introduces a structured prediction approach for multi-agent reinforcement learning.
problem Scaling and generalization in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Structured prediction approach using learned scoring models for task assignment.
result The approach can generalize to larger problems with more agents and tasks.
Study how communication and feedback graphs affect learning outcomes.
problem Understanding the impact of feedback graphs on cooperative online learning.
method Analyzed network regret in terms of the independence number of the strong product of communication and feedback graphs.
result Proved bounds for network regret and demonstrated the non-improvable nature of positive results in pathological cases.
IDAS approach for autonomous vehicles to make decisions under merging scenarios.
problem Decision making for autonomous vehicles in merging scenarios with varying driver cooperativeness.
method IDAS approach using multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) with curriculum learning and masking mechanism.
result IDAS approach can handle uncertainties in real-world scenarios and make strategic decisions.
New cooperative dynamics enhances retrieval performance in neural networks.
problem Understanding emergent computational capabilities in disordered systems.
method Leveraging statistical mechanics, extended neural network architecture for hetero-associative memory.
result Layers trained with less informative datasets develop retrieval regions of the same amplitude, leading to optimal performance.
Study shows market makers can cooperate without communication.
problem Concerns of collusion in AI-driven market-making.
method Formulated as a repeated game, studied with Q-learning.
result Market makers can learn cooperative strategies without communication.
Cooperative perception improves 3D object detection in autonomous vehicles.
problem Limited field-of-view and occlusion in single sensor data.
method Early fusion of point clouds from multiple sensors, late fusion of independently detected bounding boxes, and hybrid combination.
result Early fusion approach outperforms late fusion by significantly higher recall (95%) compared to single-point sensing (30%).
Paper explores alternative cooperative game theory methods for machine learning feature attribution.
problem Debate over Shapley values' relevance in feature attribution.
method Introduces Weber and Harsanyi sets as alternative allocation schemes.
result Provides a coherent framework for designing robust feature attributions.
Paper develops a private algorithm for multi-agent learning in bandits.
problem Private cooperative learning in decentralized systems.
method Developed extsc{FedUCB} algorithm for multi-agent learning.
result Improves pseudoregret bounds and empirical performance.
The paper extends collective arbitrage concepts to multi-agent markets with cooperation.
problem Understanding collective market completeness and pricing in multi-agent systems.
method Develops new techniques and theorems to establish collective pricing-hedging duality and collective replication.
result Established a Second Fundamental Theorem of Asset Pricing in cooperative multi-agent settings.
Hierarchical MARL learns complementary skills for team coordination.
problem Creating intelligent agents that coordinate like human sports teams.
method Two-level hierarchical MARL with unsupervised skill discovery.
result Emergence of useful and complementary skills in team games.