Historical milestone · 2018
QMIX
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2018 · Historical milestone
QMIX
- Era
- 2010s
- Theme
- Multi-agent coordination
- Evidence form
- Algorithm + StarCraft II benchmark
- School / paradigm
- Cooperative multi-agent reinforcement learning
- Institution / context
- University of Oxford
- Researchers
- Tabish Rashid; collaborators
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Theory or experimental setup. Factorized a centralized action-value function into monotonic per-agent value functions for decentralized execution.
Result / historical claim. Improved credit assignment and performance on tested StarCraft II micromanagement tasks.
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Evidence form. Algorithm + StarCraft II benchmark
Limitation / debate. The monotonicity constraint excludes joint-value structures where an agent's local value must decrease for a better team action.
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