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48 results for networked agents

Study ruin probabilities in risk processes on stochastic networks.

problem Ruin probabilities in risk processes on stochastic networks.
method Classification of agents by types, Poisson process for loss propagation, explicit ruin probabilities for infinite network size.
result Explicit ruin probabilities for agents of any type in infinite network size.

Multi-agent models have been used in many contexts to study generic collective behavior. Similarly, complex networks have become very popular because of the diversity of growth rules giving rise to scale-free behavior. Here we study adaptive networks where the agents trade ``wealth'' when they are linked together while…

2008-04-25abs ↗pdf ↗

New strategies improve multi-agent decision-making on irregular networks.

problem Maximizing group reward in multi-agent settings with heterogeneous strategies.
method Design and analysis of heterogeneous explore-exploit strategies for multi-star networks.
result Group performance improves under heterogeneous strategies compared to homogeneous strategies.

We study a networked version of the minority game in which agents can choose to follow the choices made by a neighbouring agent in a social network. We show that for a wide variety of networks a leadership structure always emerges, with most agents following the choice made by a few agents. We find a suitable parameter…

2011-06-02abs ↗pdf ↗

Most previous studies on multi-agent reinforcement learning focus on deriving decentralized and cooperative policies to maximize a common reward and rarely consider the transferability of trained policies to new tasks. This prevents such policies from being applied to more complex multi-agent tasks. To resolve these li…

2019-09-27abs ↗pdf ↗

We study an asynchronous online learning setting with a network of agents. At each time step, some of the agents are activated, requested to make a prediction, and pay the corresponding loss. The loss function is then revealed to these agents and also to their neighbors in the network. Our results characterize how much…

2019-01-23abs ↗pdf ↗

We revisit a recently introduced agent model[ACS {\bf 11}, 99 (2008)], where economic growth is a consequence of education (human capital formation) and innovation, and investigate the influence of the agents' social network, both on an agent's decision to pursue education and on the output of new ideas. Regular and ra…

2008-09-19abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper develops an active sensing method to estimate the relative weight (or trust) agents place on their neighbors' information in a social network. The model used for the regression is based on the steady state equation in the linear DeGroot model under the influence of stubborn agents, i.e., agents whose opinion…

2016-01-21abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

Model shows how traders' interactions can create market patterns.

problem Explaining stylized facts in high-frequency trading markets.
method Agent-based model of limit order book trading with zero-intelligence agents.
result Scale-free connectivity between traders reproduces market patterns, while no interaction does not.

A deep RL framework optimizes resource allocation in wireless networks.

problem Optimizing resource allocation and interference in wireless networks.
method Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning for distributed decision-making.
result Our approach outperforms decentralized and centralized baselines in terms of user rates.

Bayesian network approach for efficient cooperative MARL.

problem Leveraging inter-agent coupling information for scalable MARL algorithms.
method Modeling cooperative MARL via Bayesian networks, identifying value dependency sets, proposing P-DTDE paradigm.
result P-DTDE policy gradient estimator has lower total variance than CTDE.

MPLP learns neural network weights by treating operations as message-passing agents.

problem Training neural networks using gradient-based methods.
method MPLP abstracts neural network operations as message-passing agents, updating internal states and passing messages.
result MPLP outperforms traditional gradient-based methods on simple feed-forward neural networks.

We consider a collaborative online learning paradigm, wherein a group of agents connected through a social network are engaged in playing a stochastic multi-armed bandit game. Each time an agent takes an action, the corresponding reward is instantaneously observed by the agent, as well as its neighbours in the social n…

2016-02-29abs ↗pdf ↗

Efficiently models agent dependencies in large social networks.

problem Challenges in incorporating inter-agent dependencies in social reinforcement learning models.
method Clusters users based on payoff and contribution, combines cluster-level policies with personalized agent-level policies, and uses dynamic clustering.
result Our approach learns more accurate policy estimates and converges more quickly than existing methods.

In order to scale transaction rates for deployment across the global web, many cryptocurrencies have deployed so-called "Layer-2" networks of private payment channels. An idealized payment network behaves like a Credit Network, a model for transactions across a network of bilateral trust relationships. Credit Networks …

2019-10-05abs ↗pdf ↗

This paper improves MARL for networked systems through new protocols and discount factors.

problem Improving control in networked systems using multi-agent reinforcement learning.
method Formulated as a spatiotemporal Markov decision process, introduced a spatial discount factor, and proposed NeurComm.
result Appropriate spatial discount factor enhances learning curves of non-communicative MARL algorithms.

We consider several estimation and learning problems that networked agents face when making decisions given their uncertainty about an unknown variable. Our methods are designed to efficiently deal with heterogeneity in both size and quality of the observed data, as well as heterogeneity over time (intermittence). The …

2016-11-10abs ↗pdf ↗

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.

In this paper, we consider distributed optimization problems over a multi-agent network, where each agent can only partially evaluate the objective function, and it is allowed to exchange messages with its immediate neighbors. Differently from all existing works on distributed optimization, our focus is given to optimi…

2017-10-27abs ↗pdf ↗

Paper addresses Byzantine attacks in decentralized optimization over networks.

problem Byzantine attacks in decentralized stochastic optimization over static and time-varying networks.
method Formulate a TV norm-penalized approximation of the problem, solve using stochastic subgradient method.
result Proposed method reaches a neighborhood of the Byzantine-free optimal solution.

Predicts traffic flow using reinforcement learning and sensor data.

problem Accurately predict expanding and evolving long-term streaming traffic networks.
method Formulates the problem as a continuous reinforcement learning task, where the agent predicts future traffic based on sensor data.
result The approach improves accuracy in predicting traffic flow by updating the agent's state representation over time.

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.

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.

One-shot path planning for multiple agents using neural networks.

problem Efficiently generating optimal or near-optimal paths for multiple agents in robotics.
method Utilizes fully convolutional neural networks for one-shot multi-agent path planning.
result Demonstrates successful generation of optimal or near-optimal paths in over 85% of cases for multi-path planning.

Bayesian algorithms minimize cumulative regret in decentralized multi-agent bandits.

problem Minimizing cumulative regret in a decentralized multi-agent multi-armed bandit problem.
method Proposed decentralized Bayesian multi-armed bandit framework, including Thompson Sampling and Bayes-UCB algorithms.
result Regret scales logarithmically with constants matching those of an optimal centralized agent.

A novel method for efficient CDRL over wireless networks.

problem Challenges in collaborative deep reinforcement learning over wireless networks.
method Semantic-aware heterogeneous federated deep reinforcement learning (HFDRL) algorithm.
result Superior performance compared to state-of-the-art baselines.

In important applications involving multi-task networks with multiple objectives, agents in the network need to decide between these multiple objectives and reach an agreement about which single objective to follow for the network. In this work we propose a distributed decision-making algorithm. The agents are assumed …

2018-12-20abs ↗pdf ↗

Generative Adversarial Networks simulate realistic market interactions.

problem Lack of agent-level historical data limits market simulation realism.
method Conditional Generative Adversarial Networks (CGANs) trained on real data.
result CGAN-based synthetic market generator outperforms previous methods in market responsiveness and realism.

Distributed processing over networks relies on in-network processing and cooperation among neighboring agents. Cooperation is beneficial when agents share a common objective. However, in many applications agents may belong to different clusters that pursue different objectives. Then, indiscriminate cooperation will lea…

2014-09-22abs ↗pdf ↗

We investigate the problem of truth discovery based on opinions from multiple agents who may be unreliable or biased. We consider the case where agents' reliabilities or biases are correlated if they belong to the same community, which defines a group of agents with similar opinions regarding a particular event. An age…

2018-06-08abs ↗pdf ↗