burlap.behavior.stochasticgames.madynamicprogramming

Interface AgentQSourceMap

All Known Implementing Classes:

AgentQSourceMap.HashMapAgentQSourceMap, AgentQSourceMap.MAQLControlledQSourceMap

public interface AgentQSourceMap

Multiagent value function planning typicall entails storing a separate Q value for each joint action for each agent. This interface provides a means to access the Q-values for any given agent.

Author:

James MacGlashan

Nested Class Summary

Nested Classes

Modifier and Type	Interface and Description
static class	AgentQSourceMap.HashMapAgentQSourceMap An implementation of the AgentQSourceMap in which the sources are specified by a hash map.
static class	AgentQSourceMap.MAQLControlledQSourceMap An implementation of the AgentQSourceMap in which different agent objects each maintain their own personal Q-source.

Method Summary

Modifier and Type	Method and Description
QSourceForSingleAgent	agentQSource(int agentNum) Returns a QSource which can be used to query the Q-values of a given agent.

Method Detail

agentQSource

QSourceForSingleAgent agentQSource(int agentNum)

Returns a QSource which can be used to query the Q-values of a given agent.

Parameters:

agentNum - the agent for whom the qSource is to be provided

Returns:

A QSourceForSingleAgent object that allows the Q-values for a single agent to be queried.