解决多智能体系统中观测延迟问题,提升决策准确性。
Rainbow Delay Compensation: A Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Framework for Mitigating Delayed Observation
- 提出新型延迟补偿框架RDC,应对不同智能体的随机延迟观测
- 在MPE和SMAC基准上,显著缓解延迟导致的性能下降
- 适合研究延迟敏感的多智能体强化学习应用
现实中多智能体系统普遍存在观测延迟,导致智能体无法基于环境真实状态进行决策。单个智能体的局部观测通常包含来自其他智能体或动态实体的多个分量,这些具有不同延迟特性的离散观测成分给多智能体强化学习(MARL)带来巨大挑战。本文首次将标准Dec-POMDP扩展为去中心化随机个体延迟部分可观测马尔可夫决策过程(DSID-POMDP),并提出彩虹延迟补偿(RDC)框架以应对随机个体延迟。我们基于标准MARL基准(包括MPE和SMAC)实现DSID-POMDP的观测生成模式。实验表明,基线MARL方法在固定与非固定延迟下均出现严重性能退化;而增强后的RDC方法在某些延迟场景下达到理想无延迟性能,同时保持良好泛化性。本工作为多智能体延迟观测问题提供了新视角和有效解决方案。源码见https://github.com/linkjoker1006/RDC-pymarl。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
In real-world multi-agent systems (MASs), observation delays are ubiquitous, preventing agents from making decisions based on the environment's true state. An individual agent's local observation typically comprises multiple components from other agents or dynamic entities within the environment. These discrete observation components with varying delay characteristics pose significant challenges for multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). In this paper, we first formulate the decentralized stochastic individual delay partially observable Markov decision process (DSID-POMDP) by extending the standard Dec-POMDP. We then propose the Rainbow Delay Compensation (RDC), a MARL training framework for addressing stochastic individual delays, along with recommended implementations for its constituent modules. We implement the DSID-POMDP's observation generation pattern using standard MARL benchmarks, including MPE and SMAC. Experiments demonstrate that baseline MARL methods suffer severe performance degradation under fixed and unfixed delays. The RDC-enhanced approach mitigates this issue, remarkably achieving ideal delay-free performance in certain delay scenarios while maintaining generalizability. Our work provides a novel perspective on multi-agent delayed observation problems and offers an effective solution framework. The source code is available at https://github.com/linkjoker1006/RDC-pymarl.
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