Publication Type
Conference Proceeding Article
Version
publishedVersion
Publication Date
5-2025
Abstract
Multi-agent reinforcement learning has emerged as a powerful framework for developing collaborative behaviors in autonomous systems. However, existing MARL methods often struggle with scalability in terms of both the number of agents and decision-making horizons. My research focuses on developing hierarchicalapproaches to scale up MARL systems through two complementary directions: structural scaling by increasing the number of coordinated agents and temporal scaling by extending planning horizons. My initial work introduced HiSOMA, a hierarchical framework integrating self-organizing neural networks with MARL forlong-horizon planning, and MOSMAC, a benchmark for evaluating MARL methods on multi-objective MARL scenarios. Building on these foundations, my recent work studies L2M2, a novel framework that leverages large language models for high-level planning in hierarchical multi-agent systems. My ongoing research explorescomplex bimanual control tasks, specifically investigating multi-agent approaches for coordinated dual-hand manipulation.
Keywords
Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning, Hierarchical Multi-agent System, Large Language Model, Benchmark
Discipline
Artificial Intelligence and Robotics | Operations Research, Systems Engineering and Industrial Engineering
Research Areas
Intelligent Systems and Optimization
Publication
AAMAS 2025: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, May 19-23, Michigan
First Page
2932
Last Page
2934
ISBN
9798400714269
Publisher
International Foundation for Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
City or Country
Richland, SC
Citation
GENG, Minghong.
Hierarchical frameworks for scaling-up multi-agent coordination. (2025). AAMAS 2025: Proceedings of the 24th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems, May 19-23, Michigan. 2932-2934.
Available at: https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sis_research/10966
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