Summary of Asynchronous Fractional Multi-agent Deep Reinforcement Learning For Age-minimal Mobile Edge Computing, by Lyudong Jin et al.
Asynchronous Fractional Multi-Agent Deep Reinforcement Learning for Age-Minimal Mobile Edge Computing
by Lyudong Jin, Ming Tang, Jiayu Pan, Meng Zhang, Hao Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 25 Sep 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Networking and Internet Architecture (cs.NI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper presents a comprehensive framework for fractional reinforcement learning (RL) to minimize Age of Information (AoI) in real-time networked applications, such as cyber-physical systems (CPS). The authors investigate the timeliness of computational-intensive updates and jointly optimize task updating and offloading policies to reduce AoI. They consider edge load dynamics, formulate a task scheduling problem, and prove its linear convergence using a fractional single-agent RL framework. This is extended to a fractional multi-agent RL framework with a convergence analysis. To tackle asynchronous control in semi-Markov games, the authors design an asynchronous model-free fractional multi-agent RL algorithm. Experimental results show that their proposed algorithms reduce average AoI by up to 52.6% compared to the best baseline algorithm. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper solves a big problem in making sure data is delivered on time in complex systems like smart factories and self-driving cars. It finds a way to make computers at the edge of the network work together efficiently, reducing delays by up to 52%. This could be really important for things like remote healthcare or autonomous vehicles. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Reinforcement learning
