Few-Shot Teamwork
This addresses challenges in multi-agent reinforcement learning and ad hoc teamwork, but it is incremental as it builds on existing concepts without presenting new methods or results.
The paper introduces the few-shot teamwork (FST) problem, where agents trained in separate tasks must quickly adapt and collaborate on an unseen related task, aiming to reduce training experience and improve collaboration with unfamiliar teammates.
We propose the novel few-shot teamwork (FST) problem, where skilled agents trained in a team to complete one task are combined with skilled agents from different tasks, and together must learn to adapt to an unseen but related task. We discuss how the FST problem can be seen as addressing two separate problems: one of reducing the experience required to train a team of agents to complete a complex task; and one of collaborating with unfamiliar teammates to complete a new task. Progress towards solving FST could lead to progress in both multi-agent reinforcement learning and ad hoc teamwork.