Evaluating the Dynamics of Agent-Environment Interaction
Abstract
Improving the performance of agent-based systems is a challenging problem requiring both system evaluation and appropriate modification of the agent's policy or controller. This dissertation presents work in this problem domain, focusing on the development of an on-line, real-time method for modeling the interaction dynamics between a situated agent and its environment. The encompassing theme is to provide pragmatic, general-purpose, and theoretically-sound approaches for improving the performance of agent-based systems. In order to provide context to the approach and contributions of the dissertation, we first consider some of the many complicating factors that influence a solution to the problem of improving performance. Next, motivation for our on-line modeling approach is provided by a brief examination of offline evaluation using interference (or collisions) between agents (robots).
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 01, 2001
- Accession Number
- AD1020828
Entities
People
- Dani Goldberg
Organizations
- University of Southern California