An approach to the pursuit problem on a heterogeneous multiagent system using reinforcement learning

Robotics and Autonomous Systems

Volumn 43, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 245-256

  Ishiwaka, Yuko ^a   Sato, Takamasa ^b   Kakazu, Yukinori ^c  

^a HAKODATE NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b FUTURE UNIVERSITY HAKODATE   (Japan)

^c HOKKAIDO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Emergence; Heterogeneous multiagent system; Prediction; Pursuit problem; Q learning

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; LEARNING ALGORITHMS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; PROBLEM SOLVING;

PURSUIT PROBLEMS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 0037843409     PISSN: 09218890     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-8890(03)00040-X     Document Type: Article

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