Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning
OA Location
Author(s)
Dutta, Partha S
Dasmahapatra, Srinandan
Gunn, Steve R
Jennings, NR
Moreau, Luc
Type
Conference Paper
Abstract
Effective coordination in partially observable MAS requires agent actions to be based on reliable estimates of non-local states. One way of generating such estimates is to allow the agents to share state information that is not directly observable. To this end, we propose a novel strategy of delayed distribution of state estimates. Our empirical studies of this mechanism demonstrate that individual reinforcement-learning agents in a simulated network routing problem achieve a significant improvement in the overall success, robustness, and efficiency of routing compared with the standard Q-routing algorithm.
Date Issued
2004
Citation
2004, pp.18-23
Start Page
18
End Page
23
Identifier
http://eprints.soton.ac.uk/259497/
Source
The AAMAS 2004 workshop on Learning and Evolution in Agent-Based Systems
Notes
Event Dates: July 19 – 24 keywords: Q-learning, cooperative communication, cooperative multi-agent resource allocation
Publication Status
Unpublished