Publication - Learning Quantitative Knowledge for Multiagent Coordination

Authors: Jensen, David; Atighetchi, Michael; Vincent, Régis; and Lesser, Victor
Title: Learning Quantitative Knowledge for Multiagent Coordination
Abstract: A central challenge of multiagent coordination is reasoning about how the actions of one agent affect the actions of another. Knowledge of these interrelationships can help coordinate agents -- preventing conflicts and exploiting beneficial relationships among actions. We explore three interlocking methods that learn quantitative knowledge of such non-local effects in TÆMS, a well-developed framework for multiagent coordination. The surprising simplicity and effectiveness of these methods demonstrates how agents can learn domain-specific knowledge quickly, extending the utility of coordination frameworks that explicitly represent coordination knowledge.
Keywords: Diagnosis, JAF, Learning, Survivability, TAEMS
Publication: 16th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-99), pp. 24 - 31
Location: Orlando, FL.
Publisher: American Association for Artificial Intelligence
Date: August 1999
Sources: PS: http://mas.cs.umass.edu/~vincent/papers/AAAI-99/1999-04.ps.gz
HTML: http://mas.cs.umass.edu/~vincent/papers/AAAI-99/index.html
PDF: /Documents/1999-04.pdf
Reference: Jensen, David; Atighetchi, Michael; Vincent, Régis; and Lesser, Victor. Learning Quantitative Knowledge for Multiagent Coordination. 16th National Conference on Artificial Intelligence (AAAI-99), American Association for Artificial Intelligence, pp. 24-31. August 1999.
bibtex:
@article{Jensen-124,
  author    = "David Jensen and Michael Atighetchi and Régis
               Vincent and Victor Lesser",
  title     = "{Learning Quantitative Knowledge for Multiagent
               Coordination}",
  journal   = "16th National Conference on Artificial
               Intelligence (AAAI-99)",
  publisher = "American Association for Artificial Intelligence",
  pages     = "24-31",
  month     = "August",
  year      = "1999",
  address   = "Orlando, FL.",
  url       = "http://mas.cs.umass.edu/paper/124",
}