 Coordinated Learning by Model Difference Identification in Multiagent Systems with Sparse InteractionsQi Zhang, Peng Jiao, Quanjun Yin and Lin Sun Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society, 2016, vol. 2016, 1-17 Abstract: Multiagent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) is a promising technique for agents learning effective coordinated policy in Multiagent Systems (MASs). In many MASs, interactions between agents are usually sparse, and then a lot of MARL methods were devised for them. These methods divide learning process into independent learning and joint learning in coordinated states to improve traditional joint state-action space learning. However, most of those methods identify coordinated states based on assumptions about domain structure (e.g., dependencies) or agent (e.g., prior individual optimal policy and agent homogeneity). Moreover, situations that current methods cannot deal with still exist. In this paper, a modified approach is proposed to learn where and how to coordinate agents’ behaviors in more general MASs with sparse interactions. Our approach introduces sample grouping and a more accurate metric of model difference degree to identify which states of other agents should be considered in coordinated states, without strong additional assumptions. Experimental results show that the proposed approach outperforms its competitors by improving the average agent reward per step and works well in some broader scenarios. Date: 2016 Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:hin:jnddns:3207460 DOI: 10.1155/2016/3207460 Access Statistics for this article More articles in Discrete Dynamics in Nature and Society from Hindawi |
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