Transportation and traffic are currently undergoing a rapid increase in terms of both scale and complexity. At the same time, an increasing share of traffic participants are being transformed into agents driven or supported by artificial intelligence resulting in mixed-intelligence traffic. This work explores the impli…
We are working to develop automated intelligent agents, which can act and react as learning machines with minimal human intervention. To accomplish this, an intelligent agent is viewed as a question-asking machine, which is designed by coupling the processes of inference and inquiry to form a model-based learning unit.…
People who design, use, and are affected by autonomous artificially intelligent agents want to be able to \emph{trust} such agents -- that is, to know that these agents will perform correctly, to understand the reasoning behind their actions, and to know how to use them appropriately. Many techniques have been devised …
VERAFI improves financial AI by verifying calculations and compliance.
problem Financial AI systems generate errors and violations during reasoning.
method VERAFI combines dense retrieval, reranking, and automated reasoning policies.
result VERAFI achieves 94.7% factual correctness, 81% relative improvement.
New method makes deep RL agents more understandable.
problem Incomprehensible decision-making in NN-based RL agents limits their applications.
method Derives a secondary comprehensible agent from a NN-based RL agent.
result Empirical evaluation supports the possibility of building a comprehensible agent.
RL agent learns to avoid market spoofing.
problem Avoiding subtle non-normative behavior in trading agents.
method Learned recognizer incorporated into RL agent's reward function.
result RL agent avoids spoofing while remaining profitable.
The ability to generalize is an important feature of any intelligent agent. Not only because it may allow the agent to cope with large amounts of data, but also because in some environments, an agent with no generalization capabilities cannot learn. In this work we outline several criteria for generalization, and prese…
We obtain the conditions for the emergence of the swarm intelligence effect in an interactive game of restless multi-armed bandit (rMAB). A player competes with multiple agents. Each bandit has a payoff that changes with a probability pc per round. The agents and player choose one of three options: (1) Exploit (a …
Survey examines agentic AI in finance, highlighting its autonomy and challenges.
problem Autonomous AI systems in finance and their implications.
method Systematic review of research, technical architectures, market applications, and governance frameworks.
result Agentic AI offers enhanced market efficiency but introduces new risks.
New approach uses text generation to boost AI agent development.
problem Lack of training data hinders AI agent development.
method Used encoder-decoder generative models, focusing on conditional variational auto-encoders.
result Significantly improved AI agent performance in low-resource cases.
A game environment simulates competition among many agents for resources.
problem Understanding large-scale multiagent interactions and resource competition.
method Developed a persistent, massively multiplayer AI environment.
result Population size affects the development of skillful behaviors and niche differentiation.
Deep active inference agents learn complex environments using Monte-Carlo methods.
problem Understanding and modeling biological intelligence in complex, continuous state-spaces.
method Neural architecture for deep active inference agents using multiple forms of Monte-Carlo sampling.
result Deep active inference agents can learn environmental dynamics and plan future actions.
Recent advances in artificial intelligence have been driven by the presence of increasingly realistic and complex simulated environments. However, many of the existing environments provide either unrealistic visuals, inaccurate physics, low task complexity, restricted agent perspective, or a limited capacity for intera…
Many learning agents impact a financial market model, showing complex dynamics.
problem Understanding the dynamics of financial markets with multiple learning agents.
method Agent-based model of financial market with multiple reinforcement learning agents interacting.
result Inclusion of learning agents changes market dynamics to match empirical data.
Standard models in economics stress the role of intelligent agents who maximize utility. However, there may be situations where, for some purposes, constraints imposed by market institutions dominate intelligent agent behavior. We use data from the London Stock Exchange to test a simple model in which zero intelligence…
Integrates deep learning and logic reasoning for intelligent agents.
problem Combining deep learning and logic reasoning for robust decision-making.
method Deep Logic Models integrating deep learners and logic reasoning.
result Proposed models outperform other approaches in joint learning and inference.
ReF-ER algorithm improved performance in multi-agent reinforcement learning.
problem Improving performance in multi-agent reinforcement learning environments.
method Extended ReF-ER algorithm to include dependencies between agents and modeled environment dynamics.
result ReF-ER MARL outperforms state-of-the-art algorithms in collaborative environments.
Recent progress in artificial intelligence through reinforcement learning (RL) has shown great success on increasingly complex single-agent environments and two-player turn-based games. However, the real-world contains multiple agents, each learning and acting independently to cooperate and compete with other agents, a…
Explains financial market simulation mechanisms and agent behaviors.
problem Necessity of including fundamental value in multiagent financial market simulations.
method Discusses three methods for generating fundamental value and illustrates one Bayesian agent's estimation process.
result Presentation of two widely examined agents: Zero Intelligence and Heuristic Belief Learning.
Computational Intelligence (CI) is a sub-branch of Artificial Intelligence paradigm focusing on the study of adaptive mechanisms to enable or facilitate intelligent behavior in complex and changing environments. There are several paradigms of CI [like artificial neural networks, evolutionary computations, swarm intelli…
The ABC algorithm's social interactions are characterized through a novel interaction network.
problem Understanding complex behavior in swarm intelligence systems.
method Definition and analysis of the interaction network for the ABC algorithm.
result ABC exhibits dynamic information flow but lacks continuous coordination.
AgentNet is a graph neural network that learns to walk graphs intelligently, outperforming traditional methods.
problem Graph-level tasks, especially distinguishing and classifying graphs.
method AgentNet uses a computational model inspired by sublinear algorithms, where neural agents walk the graph and collectively decide the output.
result AgentNet can distinguish and separate graphs that are hard to distinguish, outperforming traditional graph neural networks.
We are increasingly surrounded by artificially intelligent technology that takes decisions and executes actions on our behalf. This creates a pressing need for general means to communicate with, instruct and guide artificial agents, with human language the most compelling means for such communication. To achieve this i…
Minimal learning agents can infer unobserved variables in complex environments.
problem How to infer unobserved variables in complex environments using minimal learning agents.
method Concrete operational definition of abstract concepts, minimal architecture supporting abstraction, reinforcement learning.
result Minimal learning agents can infer the existence of unobserved variables.
Real world markets display power-law features in variables such as price fluctuations in stocks. To further understand market behavior, we have conducted a series of market experiments on our web-based prediction market platform which allows us to reconstruct transaction networks among traders. From these networks, we …
The enactive approach to cognition is typically proposed as a viable alternative to traditional cognitive science. Enactive cognition displaces the explanatory focus from the internal representations of the agent to the direct sensorimotor interaction with its environment. In this paper, we investigate enactive learnin…
AGI modifies utility function to cooperate, conflicting with orthogonality thesis.
problem AGI modifying utility function to improve cooperation, conflicting with orthogonality thesis.
method Observing and influencing interactions, converging to similar utility functions.
result AGIs in competitive environments may optimize for favorable influence.
Dreamer 4 learns Minecraft tasks from videos alone.
problem Accurately predicting object interactions in complex environments.
method Reinforcement learning inside a fast, accurate world model.
result Dreamer 4 outperforms previous models in Minecraft, learning from only offline data.
Study uses AI agents to improve equity portfolio management.
problem Improving stock selection and portfolio management efficiency.
method Role-based multi-agent systems for equity research.
result Multi-agent approach outperforms benchmarks in stock selection.
This thesis explores the tradeoff between model complexity and performance in machine learning.
problem Improving machine learning models' flexibility and efficiency for quick learning with fewer examples.
method Using physics and information theory, the thesis introduces AI Physicist agents, phase transitions in learning, and algorithms for representation learning, causal discovery, and robustness to label noise.
result Theoretical insights into phase transitions and their implications for learning models.
Survey examines LLMs in financial trading.
problem Using LLMs to outperform professional traders in finance.
method Comprehensive review of current research on LLMs in financial trading.
result LLMs can potentially outperform professional traders in backtesting.
PackIt creates a virtual space for testing geometric planning skills.
problem Evaluating geometric planning abilities in virtual environments.
method Developed a virtual environment, PackIt, for geometric planning tasks.
result Demonstrated the effectiveness of various methods for geometric planning.
The paper addresses human-like decision-making in multi-agent systems using bounded risk-sensitive Markov Games.
problem Modeling human-like decision-making in multi-agent systems with risk-seeking and loss-aversion behaviors.
method Forward policy design and inverse reward learning with iterative reasoning and cumulative prospect theory.
result The proposed algorithms demonstrate both risk-averse and risk-seeking behaviors in multi-agent systems.
Jelly Bean World tests never-ending learning in complex environments.
problem Current machine learning systems are specialized and limited in adaptability.
method Developed Jelly Bean World testbed for complex, non-stationary environments.
result Demonstrates the need for more adaptable machine learning systems.
Survey reviews code-switched speech and language processing.
problem Processing code-switched text and speech for multilingual communities.
method Reviews computational approaches and lists available resources.
result Essential for building intelligent agents that interact in multilingual settings.
Hierarchical RL system for robotic manipulation with explainable decision-making.
problem Interpretability of robot decision-making for human operators.
method Dot-to-Dot: Hierarchical Deep Reinforcement Learning.
result Efficient learning of complex actions/states by low-level agent and interpretable high-level representation.
Generative AI agents improve ERP systems by automating complex financial tasks.
problem Static, rule-based workflows limit adaptability and intelligence in ERP systems.
method Introducing Generative Business Process AI Agents (GBPAs) that integrate generative AI with business process modeling and multi-agent orchestration.
result GBPAs achieve up to 40% reduction in processing time and 94% drop in error rate.
Selection mechanisms impact market volatility in evolving markets.
problem Determining how selection mechanisms affect market volatility in evolving markets.
method Used a population of evolving zero-intelligence agents and a frequent batch auction price-discovery mechanism to analyze the role of selection mechanisms.
result Local fitness-proportionate selection mechanisms correlate with high correlation between risk-aversion and volatility, while quantile-based selection mechanisms show less correlation.
New model simulates stock market microstructure with learning agents.
problem Lack of realistic agent learning in past financial models.
method Designed a next-generation MAS stock market simulator with model-free reinforcement learning.
result Model can faithfully reproduce market microstructure metrics.
Agents learn sophisticated tool use and coordination in hide-and-seek.
problem Training agents to perform complex tasks in multi-agent environments.
method Multi-agent competition with hide-and-seek as a simple objective.
result Agents develop emergent strategies requiring sophisticated tool use and coordination.
Agents learn social skills from each other, improving performance.
problem Independent RL agents fail to use social learning.
method Imposed constraints, model-based auxiliary loss, mixed training.
result Agents trained with social learning outperform solo-trained agents.
This paper presents a novel approach to the technical analysis of wireheading in intelligent agents. Inspired by the natural analogues of wireheading and their prevalent manifestations, we propose the modeling of such phenomenon in Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents as psychological disorders. In a preliminary step tow…
Improves AI agents' 3D navigation by learning from failures and 3D spatial relationships.
problem Challenges in data efficiency, obstacle avoidance, and generalization in 3D visual navigation.
method Incorporates attention on 3D spatial relationships and a target skill extension module into DRL framework.
result Significantly improves navigation performance and generalization across targets and scenes.
Develops methods to create consistent surrogate models for agent-based simulators.
problem High computational costs and misjudgment of interventions in agent-based models.
method Causal abstractions to learn interventionally consistent surrogate models.
result Surrogates trained for interventional consistency closely mimic the agent-based model's behavior under interventions.
FinAgent tackles financial trading with multimodal data and advanced AI.
problem Challenges in handling multimodal financial data and limited generalizability.
method Multimodal foundational agent with tool augmentation, dual-level reflection, and diversified memory retrieval.
result Significantly outperforms state-of-the-art baselines in financial trading tasks.
Developed scalable ABM for complex financial markets.
problem Simulating large-scale agent-based financial markets.
method Agent-based modeling, distributed computing, continuous double auction.
result Captures statistical properties of real financial markets.
Observational learning is a type of learning that occurs as a function of observing, retaining and possibly replicating or imitating the behaviour of another agent. It is a core mechanism appearing in various instances of social learning and has been found to be employed in several intelligent species, including humans…
Enhances financial analysis with multi-agent collaboration.
problem Limited use of AI-agent collaboration in financial research.
method Proposes a multi-agent system for financial investment research.
result Multi-agent system outperforms single-agent models.