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Author ORCID Identifier

https://orcid.org/0009-0005-1760-7495

Date Available

4-30-2023

Year of Publication

2023

Document Type

Doctoral Dissertation

Degree Name

Doctor of Philosophy (PhD)

College

Engineering

Department/School/Program

Computer Science

Faculty

Dr. Judy Goldsmith

Faculty

Dr. Simone Silvestri

Faculty

Dr. Brent Harrison

Abstract

Multi-agent systems are prevalent in the real world in various domains. In many multi-agent systems, interaction among agents is inevitable, and cooperation in some form is needed among agents to deal with the task at hand. We model the type of multi-agent systems where autonomous agents inhabit an environment with no global control or global knowledge, decentralized in the true sense. In particular, we consider game-theoretical problems such as the hedonic coalition formation games, matching problems, and Cournot games. We propose novel decentralized learning and multi-agent reinforcement learning approaches to train agents in learning behaviors and adapting to the environments. We use game-theoretic evaluation criteria such as optimality, stability, and resulting equilibria.

Digital Object Identifier (DOI)

https://doi.org/10.13023/etd.2023.117

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