Title :
Addition of learning to critic agent as a solution to the multi-agent credit assignment problem
Author :
Rahaie, Zahra ; Beigy, Hamid
Author_Institution :
Comput. Eng. Dept., Sharif Univ. of Technol., Tehran, Iran
Abstract :
Multi-agent systems (MAS) is a solution to the nowadays encountered problems, which have the characteristics such as distributiveness, dynamism and the need to adaptation, robustness, efficiency, and reusability. This paper proposed a solution to multi-agent credit assignment problem. The contribution is to equip the critic agent (who is responsible for distributing reinforcements among agents) with learning capability. Some criteria are used to propose an inner feedback to the critic. Results of simulation show the applicability of the method to a task, which has the characteristic that the agent has to decide from a large set of actions. The research is a preliminary step to more in-depth thinking for a solution to multi-agent critic assignment.
Keywords :
learning (artificial intelligence); multi-agent systems; critic agent; in-depth thinking; learning capability; multiagent credit assignment problem; multiagent critic assignment; multiagent systems; Distributed computing; Feedback; Genetic algorithms; History; Learning systems; Multiagent systems; Psychology; Robustness; Uncertainty; Working environment noise; cooperative learning; credit assignment problem; multi-agent systems;
Conference_Titel :
Soft Computing, Computing with Words and Perceptions in System Analysis, Decision and Control, 2009. ICSCCW 2009. Fifth International Conference on
Conference_Location :
Famagusta
Print_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3429-9
Electronic_ISBN :
978-1-4244-3428-2
DOI :
10.1109/ICSCCW.2009.5379439