N\(\text{a}^\text{2}\)q: Neural Attention Additive Model For Interpretable Multi-agent Q-learning

Abstract

Value decomposition is widely used in cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning, however, its implicit credit assignment mechanism is not yet fully understood due to black-box networks. In this work, we study an interpretable value decomposition framework via the family of generalized additive models. We present a novel method, named Neural Attention Additive Q-learning (N\(\text\{A\}^\text\{2\}\)Q), providing inherent intelligibility of collaboration behavior. N\(\text\{A\}^\text\{2\}\)Q can explicitly factorize the optimal joint policy induced by enriching shape functions to model all possible coalitions of agents into individual policies. Moreover, we construct identity semantics to promote estimating credits together with the global state and individual value functions, where local semantic masks help us diagnose whether each agent captures relevant-task information. Extensive experiments show that N\(\text\{A\}^\text\{2\}\)Q consistently achieves superior performance compared

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