Mixed Cooperative-Competitive Communication Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2110.15762v1
• Date: Fri, 29 Oct 2021 13:25:07 GMT
• Title: Mixed Cooperative-Competitive Communication Using Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning
• Authors: Astrid Vanneste, Wesley Van Wijnsberghe, Simon Vanneste, Kevin Mets, Siegfried Mercelis, Steven Latr\'e, Peter Hellinckx
• Abstract summary: We apply differentiable inter-agent learning (DIAL) to a mixed cooperative-competitive setting. We look at the difference in performance between communication that is private for a team and communication that can be overheard by the other team.
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• Abstract: By using communication between multiple agents in multi-agent environments, one can reduce the effects of partial observability by combining one agent's observation with that of others in the same dynamic environment. While a lot of successful research has been done towards communication learning in cooperative settings, communication learning in mixed cooperative-competitive settings is also important and brings its own complexities such as the opposing team overhearing the communication. In this paper, we apply differentiable inter-agent learning (DIAL), designed for cooperative settings, to a mixed cooperative-competitive setting. We look at the difference in performance between communication that is private for a team and communication that can be overheard by the other team. Our research shows that communicating agents are able to achieve similar performance to fully observable agents after a given training period in our chosen environment. Overall, we find that sharing communication across teams results in decreased performance for the communicating team in comparison to results achieved with private communication.

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