Modern Foundations of Multi-Agent Learning

Abstract

Rapid advances in AI, in general, and Deep Learning, in particular, have delivered somewhatmuted progress in multi-agent applications, where---barring some notable exceptions---we arestill widely lacking both the theoretical understanding and the optimization andlearningmachinery to address the difficulties that arise in modern (as well as some outstanding classical)challenges.Our proposal squarely aims to address core issues related to multi-agent settings, including 1)identifying tractable solution concepts that are suitable in multi-agent deep learning, andresolving long-standing computational complexity questions; 2) understanding the computationaland statistical complexity of multi-agent reinforcement learning, and how this depends on theunderlying structure of the problem setting and targeted solution concept; and 3) devisingscalable techniques for reasoning and planning under large amounts of asymmetric imperfectinformation in sequential games.Our team comprises world leaders with expertise covering the relevant fields of MachineLearning, Multiagent Systems, Economics, Game Theory, Control, Optimization, and Theory ofComputation. We have an extensive established track record of outstanding theoretical andpractical contributions, including in large-scale multi-agent challenges, such as Diplomacy.

Document Details

Document Type
DoD Grant Award
Publication Date
Apr 10, 2025
Source ID
N000142512296

Entities

People

  • Konstantinos Daskalakis

Organizations

  • Massachusetts Institute of Technology
  • Office of Naval Research
  • United States Navy

Tags

Fields of Study

  • Computer science

Readers

  • Agent-Based Social Robotics and Mobile-Assisted Learning in Virtual Environments.
  • Neural Network Machine Learning.
  • Theoretical Analysis.

Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • AI & ML - Machine Learning Algorithms