Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning

Dutta, Partha S., Dasmahapatra, Srinandan, Gunn, Steve R., Jennings, N. R. and Moreau, Luc (2004) Cooperative Information Sharing to Improve Distributed Learning. The AAMAS 2004 workshop on Learning and Evolution in Agent-Based Systems, New York. 19 - 24 Jul 2004. pp. 18-23 .

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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.

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