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Presentation 2021-08-27 10:25
Combining Multiagent Reinforcement Learning and Discrete Event Modeling for Pathfinding on a Non-Grid Graph
Shiyao Ding (Kyoto Univ.), Hideki Aoyama (Panasonic), Donghui Lin (Kyoto Univ.) SWIM2021-15 SC2021-13
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(in English) In this report, we study a new multiagent path finding (MAPF) problem where multiple agents move on a non-grid graph with the goal of minimizing the traveling time summation of all agents. Multiagent reinforcement learning (MARL), which is effective to solve the traditional MAPF problems on a grid graph, can be applied in this new problem. However, considering the following two issues brought by the non-grid feature: 1) the action space is large where the agent actions are the nodes it can arrive rather than only four directions (up, down, right, left); 2) the state space is large where the agent can stay at edges rather than only nodes, MARL cannot learn optimal paths for all agents effectively. As for solving this problem, we propose a novel MARL algorithm by importing a discrete event model to MARL. Specifically, one part of agents’ pathfinding are solved by the predefined rules. Then, based on those pathfinding results, the other part of agents are trained by MARL further, which can accelerate the learning process. Finally, the experiment results show the effectiveness of our proposed method than some existing algorithms.
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(in English) Multi-agent Pathfinding / Multi-agent reinforcement learning / Drone delivery / / / / /  
Reference Info. IEICE Tech. Rep., vol. 121, no. 157, SC2021-13, pp. 13-17, Aug. 2021.
Paper # SC2021-13 
Date of Issue 2021-08-20 (SWIM, SC) 
ISSN Online edition: ISSN 2432-6380
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Committee SWIM SC  
Conference Date 2021-08-27 - 2021-08-27 
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Conference Code 2021-08-SWIM-SC 
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Title (in English) Combining Multiagent Reinforcement Learning and Discrete Event Modeling for Pathfinding on a Non-Grid Graph 
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Keyword(1) Multi-agent Pathfinding  
Keyword(2) Multi-agent reinforcement learning  
Keyword(3) Drone delivery  
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1st Author's Name Shiyao Ding  
1st Author's Affiliation Kyoto University (Kyoto Univ.)
2nd Author's Name Hideki Aoyama  
2nd Author's Affiliation Panasonic Corporation (Panasonic)
3rd Author's Name Donghui Lin  
3rd Author's Affiliation Kyoto University (Kyoto Univ.)
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Date Time 2021-08-27 10:25:00 
Presentation Time 25 minutes 
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Paper # SWIM2021-15, SC2021-13 
Volume (vol) vol.121 
Number (no) no.156(SWIM), no.157(SC) 
Page pp.13-17 
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Date of Issue 2021-08-20 (SWIM, SC) 


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