arXiv:2603.11834cs.MAcs.AI2026-03

用智能代理提升能源调度中的合作,即使部分采用也能改善整体效果

Hybrid Human-Agent Social Dilemmas in Energy Markets

  • 引入可感知全局信号的智能代理促进协作决策
  • 实验显示智能代理使学习动态转向更优协调结果
  • 部分采用可行,但非采用者可能占便宜,需注意部署策略

在人类与自主代理混合的群体中,如何实现合作行为仍是一大挑战。本文研究能源负载管理场景:消费者代理在需求定价下调度家电使用,该机制易引发社会困境——集体协调可获益,但均衡状态下代理常选择承担拥堵成本。为解决协调难题,我们引入利用全局可观信号的智能代理,通过演化动力学和强化学习实验表明,这类代理能推动学习过程向协作结果偏移。此外,分析了技术早期阶段的局部采纳问题:在采纳者与非采纳者共存的混合群体中,单边采纳仍可行——采纳者未被结构性惩罚,且整体表现仍可提升。但在某些参数条件下,非采纳者可能过度受益于采纳者促成的合作。这一不对称性虽不阻碍有益采纳,却提示在多智能体系统中部署AI技术需考虑战略影响。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

In hybrid populations where humans delegate strategic decision-making to autonomous agents, understanding when and how cooperative behaviors can emerge remains a key challenge. We study this problem in the context of energy load management: consumer agents schedule their appliance use under demand-dependent pricing. This structure can create a social dilemma where everybody would benefit from coordination, but in equilibrium agents often choose to incur the congestion costs that cooperative turn-taking would avoid. To address the problem of coordination, we introduce artificial agents that use globally observable signals to increase coordination. Using evolutionary dynamics, and reinforcement learning experiments, we show that artificial agents can shift the learning dynamics to favour coordination outcomes. An often neglected problem is partial adoption: what happens when the technology of artificial agents is in the early adoption stages? We analyze mixed populations of adopters and non-adopters, demonstrating that unilateral entry is feasible: adopters are not structurally penalized, and partial adoption can still improve aggregate outcomes. However, in some parameter regimes, non-adopters may benefit disproportionately from the cooperation induced by adopters. This asymmetry, while not precluding beneficial entry, warrants consideration in deployment, and highlights strategic issues around the adoption of AI technology in multiagent settings.

能源调度智能代理社会困境协同优化

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