• DocumentCode
    1841138
  • Title

    Hierarchical Nash-Q learning in continuous games

  • Author

    Sahraei-Ardakani, Mostafa ; Rahimi-Kian, Ashkan ; Nili-Ahmadabadi, Majid

  • Author_Institution
    ECE Dept., Univeristy of Tehran, Tehran
  • fYear
    2008
  • fDate
    15-18 Dec. 2008
  • Firstpage
    290
  • Lastpage
    295
  • Abstract
    Multi-agent reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms usually work on repeated extended, or stochastic games. Generally RL is developed for discrete systems both in terms of states and actions. In this paper, a hierarchical method to learn equilibrium strategy in continuous games is developed. Hierarchy is used to break the continuous domain of strategies into discrete sets of hierarchical strategies. The algorithm is proved to converge to Nash-equilibrium in a specific class of games with dominant strategies. Then, it is applied to some other games and the convergence in shown. This approach is common in RL algorithms that they are applied to problem where no proof of convergence exits.
  • Keywords
    convergence; game theory; learning (artificial intelligence); multi-agent systems; Nash-equilibrium; continuous games; convergence; discrete systems; hierarchical Nash-Q learning; hierarchical method; multi-agent reinforcement learning algorithms; Algorithm design and analysis; Convergence; Educational institutions; Equations; Game theory; Learning; Minimax techniques; Optimization methods; Prototypes; Stochastic processes;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • Conference_Titel
    Computational Intelligence and Games, 2008. CIG '08. IEEE Symposium On
  • Conference_Location
    Perth, WA
  • Print_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2973-8
  • Electronic_ISBN
    978-1-4244-2974-5
  • Type

    conf

  • DOI
    10.1109/CIG.2008.5035652
  • Filename
    5035652