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In multi-agent systems, complex interacting behaviors arise due to the high correlations among agents. However, previous work on modeling multi-agent interactions from demonstrations is primarily constrained by assuming the independence…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2020-06-12 Minghuan Liu , Ming Zhou , Weinan Zhang , Yuzheng Zhuang , Jun Wang , Wulong Liu , Yong Yu

Multi-agent learning faces a fundamental tension: leveraging distributed collaboration without sacrificing the personalization needed for diverse agents. This tension intensifies when aiming for full personalization while adapting to…

Machine Learning · Statistics 2026-03-11 Chenyu Zhang , Navid Azizan

This article reviews recent advances in multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms for large-scale control systems and communication networks, which learn to communicate and cooperate. We provide an overview of this emerging field, with…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-06-24 Donghwan Lee , Niao He , Parameswaran Kamalaruban , Volkan Cevher

With the advances in sensors and computer networks an increased number of Mixed Reality (MR) applications require large amounts of information from the real world. Such information is collected through sensors (e.g. position and orientation…

Networking and Internet Architecture · Computer Science 2018-11-30 Felix G. Hamza-Lup , Charles Hughes , Jannick P. Rolland

Imitation learning powered by generative models has proven effective for modeling complex single-agent behaviors. However, teaching multi-agent systems, like multiple arms or vehicles, to coordinate through imitation learning is hindered by…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-05-18 Lasse Peters , Laura Ferranti , Andrea Bajcsy , Javier Alonso-Mora

Wearable data serves various health monitoring purposes, such as determining activity states based on user behavior and providing tailored exercise recommendations. However, the individual data perception and computational capabilities of…

Cryptography and Security · Computer Science 2024-06-21 Kongyang Chen , Dongping Zhang , Sijia Guan , Bing Mi , Jiaxing Shen , Guoqing Wang

Due to the pervasive diffusion of personal mobile and IoT devices, many ``smart environments'' (e.g., smart cities and smart factories) will be, among others, generators of huge amounts of data. Currently, this is typically achieved through…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2021-09-28 Lorenzo Valerio , Andrea Passarella , Marco Conti

Sensor-based human activity recognition (HAR), i.e., the ability to discover human daily activity patterns from wearable or embedded sensors, is a key enabler for many real-world applications in smart homes, personal healthcare, and urban…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-04-20 Saurav Jha , Martin Schiemer , Franco Zambonelli , Juan Ye

In conventional distributed learning over a network, multiple agents collaboratively build a common machine learning model. However, due to the underlying non-i.i.d. data distribution among agents, the unified learning model becomes…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2023-06-28 Zhuojun Tian , Zhaoyang Zhang , Zhaohui Yang , Richeng Jin , Huaiyu Dai

Reinforcement learning algorithms require a large amount of samples; this often limits their real-world applications on even simple tasks. Such a challenge is more outstanding in multi-agent tasks, as each step of operation is more costly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-09-05 Yali Du , Chengdong Ma , Yuchen Liu , Runji Lin , Hao Dong , Jun Wang , Yaodong Yang

This paper proposes a novel scalable type of multi-agent reinforcement learning-based coordination for distributed residential energy. Cooperating agents learn to control the flexibility offered by electric vehicles, space heating and…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2022-03-29 Flora Charbonnier , Thomas Morstyn , Malcolm D. McCulloch

We consider the problem of function estimation by a multi-agent system comprising of two agents and a fusion center. Each agent receives data comprising of samples of an independent variable (input) and the corresponding values of the…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2024-01-09 Aneesh Raghavan , Karl Henrik Johansson

Most works on multi-agent reinforcement learning focus on scenarios where the state of the environment is fully observable. In this work, we consider a cooperative policy evaluation task in which agents are not assumed to observe the…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-05-17 Mert Kayaalp , Fatima Ghadieh , Ali H. Sayed

Machine learning models have achieved, and in some cases surpassed, human-level performance in various tasks, mainly through centralized training of static models and the use of large models stored in centralized clouds for inference.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-02 Hesham G. Moussa , Arashmid Akhavain , S. Maryam Hosseini , Bill McCormick

This paper introduces a decentralized multi-agent reinforcement learning framework enabling structurally heterogeneous teams of agents to jointly discover and acquire randomly located targets in environments characterized by partial…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-01-14 Gabriele Calzolari , Vidya Sumathy , Christoforos Kanellakis , George Nikolakopoulos

We present a novel multi-agent RL approach, Selective Multi-Agent Prioritized Experience Relay, in which agents share with other agents a limited number of transitions they observe during training. The intuition behind this is that even a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-25 Matthias Gerstgrasser , Tom Danino , Sarah Keren

Multi-Armed Bandit (MAB) systems are witnessing an upswing in applications within multi-agent distributed environments, leading to the advancement of collaborative MAB algorithms. In such settings, communication between agents executing…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-04-30 Osama A. Hanna , Merve Karakas , Lin F. Yang , Christina Fragouli

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

We consider human activity recognition (HAR) from wearable sensor data in manual-work processes, like warehouse order-picking. Such structured domains can often be partitioned into distinct process steps, e.g., packaging or transporting.…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2021-11-09 Stefan Lüdtke , Fernando Moya Rueda , Waqas Ahmed , Gernot A. Fink , Thomas Kirste

In this study, a novel method to obtain user-dependent human activity recognition models unobtrusively by exploiting the sensors of a smartphone is presented. The recognition consists of two models: sensor fusion-based user-independent…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-30 Pekka Siirtola , Heli Koskimäki , Juha Röning