Multi Agent Reinforcement Learning
Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) focuses on developing algorithms that enable multiple independent agents to learn optimal strategies within a shared environment, often to achieve a common goal. Current research emphasizes improving sample efficiency and generalization, exploring novel architectures like equivariant graph neural networks and specialized network structures (e.g., Bottom-Up Networks), and addressing challenges posed by non-stationarity and partial observability through techniques such as auxiliary prioritization and global state inference with diffusion models. MARL's significance lies in its potential to solve complex real-world problems across diverse domains, including robotics, traffic control, and healthcare, by enabling effective coordination and collaboration among multiple agents.
Papers
Generalization of Heterogeneous Multi-Robot Policies via Awareness and Communication of Capabilities
Pierce Howell, Max Rudolph, Reza Torbati, Kevin Fu, Harish Ravichandar
Emergent Communication Protocol Learning for Task Offloading in Industrial Internet of Things
Salwa Mostafa, Mateus P. Mota, Alvaro Valcarce, Mehdi Bennis
Learning Mean Field Games on Sparse Graphs: A Hybrid Graphex Approach
Christian Fabian, Kai Cui, Heinz Koeppl
Backpropagation Through Agents
Zhiyuan Li, Wenshuai Zhao, Lijun Wu, Joni Pajarinen
The Synergy Between Optimal Transport Theory and Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
Ali Baheri, Mykel J. Kochenderfer
Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning for Maritime Operational Technology Cyber Security
Alec Wilson, Ryan Menzies, Neela Morarji, David Foster, Marco Casassa Mont, Esin Turkbeyler, Lisa Gralewski