Learning of communication codes in multi-agent reinforcement learning problem

SMCia/08 - Proceedings of the 2008 IEEE Conference on Soft Computing on Industrial Applications

Volumn , Issue , 2008, Pages 1-6

  Kasai, Tatsuya ^a   Tenmoto, Hiroshi ^a   Kamiya, Akimoto ^a  

^a KUSHIRO NATIONAL COLLEGE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Agents communication; Index Terms multi agent systems; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

AGENTS COMMUNICATION; CO-OPERATIVE BEHAVIORS; COMMUNICATION CODES; INDEX TERMS-MULTI-AGENT SYSTEMS; LEARNING METHODS; MULTI-AGENT REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; PERFORMANCE COMPARISON; PURSUIT PROBLEMS; SIGNAL LENGTH;

COMMUNICATION; COMPUTER SCIENCE; EDUCATION; INDUSTRIAL APPLICATIONS; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; SOFT COMPUTING;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 70349288184     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SMCIA.2008.5045926     Document Type: Conference Paper

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