用大模型设计训练环境与奖励,提升多智能体交通控制效果
MAESTRO: Multi-Agent Environment Shaping through Task and Reward Optimization
- 大模型离线生成多样交通场景和可执行奖励函数
- 相比基线平均收益提升4.0%,风险调整后表现翻倍
- 适合需要高效协作的复杂系统设计,如智能交通
合作式多智能体强化学习在高维非平稳环境中面临两大瓶颈:密集奖励函数的设计难题与避免局部最优的课程构建。现有方法依赖固定启发式或直接在控制环中使用大语言模型(LLMs),成本高且不适用于实时系统。本文提出MAESTRO(通过任务与奖励优化实现多智能体环境塑造)框架,将大模型置于执行循环之外,作为离线训练架构师。MAESTRO引入两个生成组件:(i) 语义课程生成器,创建多样化、性能驱动的交通场景;(ii) 自动化奖励合成器,生成适配动态课程难度的可执行Python奖励函数。这两个组件引导标准MARL主干(MADDPG)训练,不增加部署时推理开销。我们在杭州16个交叉口的大规模交通信号控制任务上评估该框架,并进行受控消融实验。结果表明,结合大模型生成的课程与奖励塑造,显著提升性能与稳定性。在四个随机种子下,完整系统平均回报达163.26,较强基线提升4.0%(156.93),风险调整后表现(夏普比率1.53)优于基线(0.70)。这些发现表明,大模型可作为合作式MARL训练的有效高层设计者。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Cooperative Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) faces two major design bottlenecks: crafting dense reward functions and constructing curricula that avoid local optima in high-dimensional, non-stationary environments. Existing approaches rely on fixed heuristics or use Large Language Models (LLMs) directly in the control loop, which is costly and unsuitable for real-time systems. We propose MAESTRO (Multi-Agent Environment Shaping through Task and Reward Optimization), a framework that moves the LLM outside the execution loop and uses it as an offline training architect. MAESTRO introduces two generative components: (i) a semantic curriculum generator that creates diverse, performance-driven traffic scenarios, and (ii) an automated reward synthesizer that produces executable Python reward functions adapted to evolving curriculum difficulty. These components guide a standard MARL backbone (MADDPG) without increasing inference cost at deployment. We evaluate MAESTRO on large-scale traffic signal control (Hangzhou, 16 intersections) and conduct controlled ablations. Results show that combining LLM-generated curricula with LLM-generated reward shaping yields improved performance and stability. Across four seeds, the full system achieves +4.0% higher mean return (163.26 vs. 156.93) and 2.2% better risk-adjusted performance (Sharpe 1.53 vs. 0.70) over a strong curriculum baseline. These findings highlight LLMs as effective high-level designers for cooperative MARL training.
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