A unified framework for reinforcement learning, co-learning and meta-learning how to coordinate in collaborative multi-agent systems

Procedia Computer Science

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 2217-2226

  Tošić, Predrag T ^a   Vilalta, Ricardo ^a  

^a University of Houston   (United States)

Author keywords

Agent coordination; Autonomous agents; Co learning; Coalition formation; Distributed problem solving; Distributed task allocation; Meta learning; Multi agent systems; Multi level learning; Reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; COGNITIVE SYSTEMS; COORDINATION REACTIONS; HIERARCHICAL SYSTEMS; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; PROBLEM SOLVING; REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; UNMANNED VEHICLES;

AGENT COORDINATION; CO-LEARNING; COALITION FORMATIONS; DISTRIBUTED PROBLEM SOLVING; DISTRIBUTED TASK ALLOCATION; METALEARNING; MULTILEVELS;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 78650301548     PISSN: None     EISSN: 18770509     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.procs.2010.04.248     Document Type: Conference Paper

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