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Multi-agent deep reinforcement learning with human strategies

conference contribution
posted on 2019-02-01, 00:00 authored by Thanh Thi NguyenThanh Thi Nguyen, Ngoc Duy Nguyen, Saeid Nahavandi
Deep learning has enabled traditional reinforcement learning methods to deal with high-dimensional problems. However, one of the disadvantages of deep reinforcement learning methods is the limited exploration capacity of learning agents. In this paper, we introduce an approach that integrates human strategies to increase the exploration capacity of multiple deep reinforcement learning agents. We also report the development of our own multi-agent environment called Multiple Tank Defence to simulate the proposed approach. The results show the significant performance improvement of multiple agents that have learned cooperatively with human strategies. This implies that there is a critical need for human intellect teamed with machines to solve complex problems. In addition, the success of this simulation indicates that our multi-agent environment can be used as a testbed platform to develop and validate other multi-agent control algorithms.

History

Volume

2019-February

Pagination

1357 - 1362

ISBN-13

9781538663769

Publication classification

E1 Full written paper - refereed

Title of proceedings

Proceedings of the IEEE International Conference on Industrial Technology