Transfer Learning for Multiagent Reinforcement Learning Systems (Synthesis Lectures on Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning)
by: Felipe Leno da Silva and Anna Helena Reali Costa
Publisher finelybook 出版社: Morgan & Claypool Publishers (30 May 2021)
Language 语言: English
Print Length 页数: 129 pages
ISBN-10: 1636391362
ISBN-13: 9781636391366
Book Description
By finelybook
Learning to solve sequential decision-making tasks is difficult. Humans take years exploring the environment essentially in a random way until they are able to reason,solve difficult tasks,and collaborate with other humans towards a common goal. Artificial Intelligent agents are like humans in this aspect. Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a well-known technique to train autonomous agents through interactions with the environment. Unfortunately,the learning process has a high sample complexity to infer an effective actuation policy,especially when multiple agents are simultaneously actuating in the environment.
However,previous knowledge can be leveraged to accelerate learning and enable solving harder tasks. In the same way humans build skills and reuse them by: relating different tasks,RL agents might reuse knowledge from previously solved tasks and from the exchange of knowledge with other agents in the environment. In fact,virtually all of the most challenging tasks currently solved by: RL rely on embedded knowledge reuse techniques,such as Imitation Learning,Learning from Demonstration,and Curriculum Learning.
This book surveys the literature on knowledge reuse in multiagent RL. The authors define a unifying taxonomy of state-of-the-art solutions for reusing knowledge,providing a comprehensive discussion of recent progress in the area. In this book,readers will find a comprehensive discussion of the many ways in which knowledge can be reused in multiagent sequential decision-making tasks,as well as in which scenarios each of the approaches is more efficient. The authors also provide their view of the current low-hanging fruit developments of the area,as well as the still-open big questions that could result in breakthrough developments. Finally,the book provides resources to researchers who intend to join this area or leverage those techniques,including a list of conferences,journals,and implementation tools.
This book will be useful for a wide audience; and will hopefully promote new dialogues across communities and novel developments in the area
