The Effects of Multiobjective Task Performance on Heterogenous and Homogenous Multiagent Learning
Poster Number
61
Session Title
Poster Session 2
College
College of Business Administration
Department
Computer Science & Quantitative Methods
Abstract
Cooperative team learning can be categorized as heterogeneous, where the agents learn specialized behaviors, or homogeneous, where agents learn the same behavior. Prior work has compared these two types of learning, with varying degrees of success in each case. What we lack, however, is an understanding of when heterogeneity should be used rather than homogeneous methods. The goal of this work is to understand how the circumstances of a problem affect the success of a team. Specifically, we explore how conflicting objectives affect the performance of heterogeneous and homogeneous teams. We examine this question by presenting multiple simulated scenarios, each with varying degrees of conflict in the team’s objectives, and compare the performance of homogeneous and heterogeneous teams of agents.
Start Date
15-4-2022 12:00 PM
The Effects of Multiobjective Task Performance on Heterogenous and Homogenous Multiagent Learning
Cooperative team learning can be categorized as heterogeneous, where the agents learn specialized behaviors, or homogeneous, where agents learn the same behavior. Prior work has compared these two types of learning, with varying degrees of success in each case. What we lack, however, is an understanding of when heterogeneity should be used rather than homogeneous methods. The goal of this work is to understand how the circumstances of a problem affect the success of a team. Specifically, we explore how conflicting objectives affect the performance of heterogeneous and homogeneous teams. We examine this question by presenting multiple simulated scenarios, each with varying degrees of conflict in the team’s objectives, and compare the performance of homogeneous and heterogeneous teams of agents.
