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This paper studies the problem of modeling multi-agent dynamical systems, where agents could interact mutually to influence their behaviors. Recent research predominantly uses geometric graphs to depict these mutual interactions, which are…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-06-28 Xiao Luo , Yiyang Gu , Huiyu Jiang , Hang Zhou , Jinsheng Huang , Wei Ju , Zhiping Xiao , Ming Zhang , Yizhou Sun

This paper tackles a multi-agent bandit setting where $M$ agents cooperate together to solve the same instance of a $K$-armed stochastic bandit problem. The agents are \textit{heterogeneous}: each agent has limited access to a local subset…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-02-18 Lin Yang , Yu-zhen Janice Chen , Mohammad Hajiesmaili , John CS Lui , Don Towsley

Autonomous reinforcement learning agents, like children, do not have access to predefined goals and reward functions. They must discover potential goals, learn their own reward functions and engage in their own learning trajectory.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-11-11 Nicolas Lair , Cédric Colas , Rémy Portelas , Jean-Michel Dussoux , Peter Ford Dominey , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

In numerous artificial intelligence applications, the collaborative efforts of multiple intelligent agents are imperative for the successful attainment of target objectives. To enhance coordination among these agents, a distributed…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-04 Shengchao Hu , Li Shen , Ya Zhang , Dacheng Tao

In this extended abstract we discuss the opportunities and challenges of studying intrinsically-motivated agents for exploration in textual environments. We argue that there is important synergy between text environments and autonomous…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2022-07-12 Laetitia Teodorescu , Eric Yuan , Marc-Alexandre Côté , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

Previous research on organizations often focuses on either the individual, team, or organizational level. There is a lack of multidimensional research on emergent phenomena and interactions between the mechanisms at different levels. This…

General Economics · Economics 2022-03-18 Dario Blanco-Fernandez , Stephan Leitner , Alexandra Rausch

Active visual exploration aims to assist an agent with a limited field of view to understand its environment based on partial observations made by choosing the best viewing directions in the scene. Recent methods have tried to address this…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2021-08-27 Soroush Seifi , Abhishek Jha , Tinne Tuytelaars

Open-ended self-improving agents can autonomously modify their own structural designs to advance their capabilities and overcome the limits of pre-defined architectures, thus reducing reliance on human intervention. We introduce…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-02-05 Zhaotian Weng , Antonis Antoniades , Deepak Nathani , Zhen Zhang , Xiao Pu , Xin Eric Wang

We study a symmetric collaborative dialogue setting in which two agents, each with private knowledge, must strategically communicate to achieve a common goal. The open-ended dialogue state in this setting poses new challenges for existing…

Computation and Language · Computer Science 2017-04-25 He He , Anusha Balakrishnan , Mihail Eric , Percy Liang

Understanding group-level social interactions in public spaces is crucial for urban planning, informing the design of socially vibrant and inclusive environments. Detecting such interactions from images involves interpreting subtle visual…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2026-05-12 Liu Liu , Alexandra Kudaeva , Marco Cipriano , Fatimeh Al Ghannam , Freya Tan , Gerard de Melo , Andres Sevtsuk

Autonomous exploration in structured and complex indoor environments remains a challenging task, as existing methods often struggle to appropriately model unobserved space and plan globally efficient paths. To address these limitations, we…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-06 Zijun Che , Yinghong Zhang , Shengyi Liang , Boyu Zhou , Jun Ma , Jinni Zhou

Many challenges remain before AI agents can be deployed in real-world environments. However, one virtue of such environments is that they are inherently multi-agent and contain human experts. Using advanced social intelligence in such an…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-22 Eric Ye , Ren Tao , Natasha Jaques

One effective approach for equipping artificial agents with sensorimotor skills is to use self-exploration. To do this efficiently is critical, as time and data collection are costly. In this study, we propose an exploration mechanism that…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Melisa Sener , Yukie Nagai , Erhan Oztop , Emre Ugur

Building agents that can explore their environments intelligently is a challenging open problem. In this paper, we make a step towards understanding how a hierarchical design of the agent's policy can affect its exploration capabilities.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-11-19 Maruan Al-Shedivat , Lisa Lee , Ruslan Salakhutdinov , Eric Xing

Social learning algorithms provide models for the formation of opinions over social networks resulting from local reasoning and peer-to-peer exchanges. Interactions occur over an underlying graph topology, which describes the flow of…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2023-03-15 Valentina Shumovskaia , Konstantinos Ntemos , Stefan Vlaski , Ali H. Sayed

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning (HRL) allows interactive agents to decompose complex problems into a hierarchy of sub-tasks. Higher-level tasks can invoke the solutions of lower-level tasks as if they were primitive actions. In this…

In networked multi-agent reinforcement learning (Networked-MARL), decentralized agents must act under local observability and constrained communication over fixed physical graphs. Existing methods often assume static neighborhoods, limiting…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2026-04-13 Wei Duan , Jie Lu , Junyu Xuan

In cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning (CMARL), it is critical for agents to achieve a balance between self-exploration and team collaboration. However, agents can hardly accomplish the team task without coordination and they…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-09-28 Shaowei Zhang , Jiahan Cao , Lei Yuan , Yang Yu , De-Chuan Zhan

In multi-agent cooperative tasks, the presence of heterogeneous agents is familiar. Compared to cooperation among homogeneous agents, collaboration requires considering the best-suited sub-tasks for each agent. However, the operation of…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2024-08-15 Songchen Fu , Shaojing Zhao , Ta Li , YongHong Yan

In cooperation, the workers must know how co-workers behave. However, an agent's policy, which is embedded in a statistical machine learning model, is hard to understand, and requires much time and knowledge to comprehend. Therefore, it is…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-10-23 Yosuke Fukuchi , Masahiko Osawa , Hiroshi Yamakawa , Michita Imai