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ICML
2001
IEEE
16 years 5 months ago
Symmetry in Markov Decision Processes and its Implications for Single Agent and Multiagent Learning
This paper examines the notion of symmetry in Markov decision processes (MDPs). We define symmetry for an MDP and show how it can be exploited for more effective learning in singl...
Martin Zinkevich, Tucker R. Balch
CCGRID
2001
IEEE
15 years 8 months ago
While You're Away: A System for Load-Balancing and Resource Sharing Based on Mobile Agents
While You're Away (WYA) is a distributed system that aggregates the computational power of individual computer systems. WYA introduces the notion of Roaming Computations - Ja...
Niranjan Suri, Paul T. Groth, Jeffrey M. Bradshaw
EPIA
2001
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Modelling Agent Societies: Co-ordination Frameworks and Institutions
Organisations can be defined as a set of entities regulated by mechanisms of social order and created by more or less autonomous actors to achieve common goals. Multi-agent systems...
Virginia Dignum, Frank Dignum
EUROPAR
2001
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Use of Agent-Based Service Discovery for Resource Management in Metacomputing Environment
A new methodology is presented in this paper for resource management in a metacomputing environment using a hierarchy of homogeneous agents that has the capability of service disco...
Junwei Cao, Darren J. Kerbyson, Graham R. Nudd
AI
2001
Springer
15 years 9 months ago
Imitation and Reinforcement Learning in Agents with Heterogeneous Actions
Reinforcement learning techniques are increasingly being used to solve di cult problems in control and combinatorial optimization with promising results. Implicit imitation can acc...
Bob Price, Craig Boutilier