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Graph Exploration for Effective Multiagent Q-Learning

Zhaikhan, Ainur  
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Sayed, Ali H.  
April 9, 2024
Ieee Transactions On Neural Networks And Learning Systems

This article proposes an exploration technique for multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL) with graph-based communication among agents. We assume that the individual rewards received by the agents are independent of the actions by the other agents, while their policies are coupled. In the proposed framework, neighboring agents collaborate to estimate the uncertainty about the state-action space in order to execute more efficient explorative behavior. Different from existing works, the proposed algorithm does not require counting mechanisms and can be applied to continuous-state environments without requiring complex conversion techniques. Moreover, the proposed scheme allows agents to communicate in a fully decentralized manner with minimal information exchange. And for continuous-state scenarios, each agent needs to exchange only a single parameter vector. The performance of the algorithm is verified with theoretical results for discrete-state scenarios and with experiments for the continuous ones.

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research article
DOI
10.1109/TNNLS.2024.3382480
Web of Science ID

WOS:001201958600001

Author(s)
Zhaikhan, Ainur  
Sayed, Ali H.  
Date Issued

2024-04-09

Publisher

Ieee-Inst Electrical Electronics Engineers Inc

Published in
Ieee Transactions On Neural Networks And Learning Systems
Subjects

Technology

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Continuous State Space

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Exploration

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Multiagent Reinforcement Learning (Marl)

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Parallel Markov Decision Process (Mdp)

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REVIEWED

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EPFL

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ASL  
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May 1, 2024
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