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Hierarchically Structured Scheduling and Execution of Tasks in a Multi-Agent Environment
Carvalho, Diogo S., Sengupta, Biswa
In a warehouse environment, tasks appear dynamically. Consequently, a task management system that matches them with the workforce too early (e.g., weeks in advance) is necessarily sub-optimal. Also, the rapidly increasing size of the action space of such a system consists of a significant problem for traditional schedulers. Reinforcement learning, however, is suited to deal with issues requiring making sequential decisions towards a long-term, often remote, goal. In this work, we set ourselves on a problem that presents itself with a hierarchical structure: the task-scheduling, by a centralised agent, in a dynamic warehouse multi-agent environment and the execution of one such schedule, by decentralised agents with only partial observability thereof. We propose to use deep reinforcement learning to solve both the high-level scheduling problem and the low-level multi-agent problem of schedule execution. Finally, we also conceive the case where centralisation is impossible at test time and workers must learn how to cooperate in executing the tasks in an environment with no schedule and only partial observability.
The 15 Best Big Data Courses on Udemy to Consider for 2022
Description: This course prepares participants to begin running data analysis on databases. Both univariate and multivariate analysis are covered with a particular focus on regression analysis. Regression analysis is done in Excel, SAS, and Stata to give viewers a sense of familiarity with a variety of different software package structures. The focus in this course is on financial data though the techniques are also applicable to more general forms of data like that used in marketing or management analyses. Description: This course covers the required fundamentals about big data technology that will help you confidently lead a big data project in your organization.
Machine Learning with Python from Scratch
Machine Learning is a hot topic! Machine Learning is a hot topic! Python Developers who understand how to work with Machine Learning are in high demand. But how do you get started? Maybe you tried to get started with Machine Learning, but couldn't find decent tutorials online to bring you up to speed, fast.
End-to-end machine learning lifecycle
A machine learning (ML) project requires collaboration across multiple roles in a business. We'll introduce the high level steps of what the end-to-end ML lifecycle looks like and how different roles can collaborate to complete the ML project. Machine learning is a powerful tool to help solve different problems in your business. The article "Building your first machine learning model" gives you basic ideas of what it takes to build a machine learning model. In this article, we'll talk about what the end-to-end machine learning project lifecycle looks like in a real business.
Baidu Launches Digital Platform for AI Sign Language
Baidu AI Cloud launched a sign language platform on Thursday, able to generate digital avatars for sign language translation and live interpretation within minutes. Released as a new offering of Baidu AI Cloud's digital avatar platform XiLing, this new product aims to help break down communication barriers for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (DHH) community by boosting the accessibility of automated sign language translation. An AI sign language interpreter developed using the platform will perform its duties during the upcoming 2022 Beijing Winter Paralympic Games. Also released with the platform on Thursday were two all-in-one AI sign language translators, providing one-stop solutions with a streamlined set-up process and plug-and-use features. With the technological changes brought by AI, production and operational costs of digital avatars have been reduced to a significant degree, making it possible for AI sign language to scale up and serve more DHH individuals, said Tian Wu, Baidu Corporate Vice President.
AI conferences you cannot miss in 2022
In 2022 and beyond, emerging technologies such as AI and machine learning will have a lead role in aiding organisations across sectors to meet changing customer needs and accelerate digital transformation. According to Toolbox research, 42% of tech workers believe artificial intelligence will be the most important technological development in 2022. The need for knowledge exchange has grown significantly in proportion to the rise and rise of the AI/ML industry. AI conferences foster a sense of collaboration and showcase innovation, entrepreneurship, and outstanding leadership across the globe. Though the pandemic had put most conferences on the back burner, most of them are now back with a bang.
Predicting the age of abalone from physical measurements Part 1 - Projects Based Learning
Abalone is a common name for any of a group of small to very large sea snails, marine gastropod molluscs in the family Haliotidae. Other common names are ear shells, sea ears, and muttonfish or muttonshells in Australia, ormer in the UK, perlemoen in South Africa, and paua in New Zealand. The age of abalone is determined by cutting the shell through the cone, staining it, and counting the number of rings through a microscope a boring and time consuming task. Other measurements, which are easier to obtain, are used to predict the age. Given is the attribute name, attribute type, the measurement unit and a brief description.
How to help humans understand robots
Researchers from MIT and Harvard suggest that applying theories from cognitive science and educational psychology to the area of human-robot interaction can help humans build more accurate mental models of their robot collaborators, which could boost performance and improve safety in cooperative workspaces. Scientists who study human-robot interaction often focus on understanding human intentions from a robot's perspective, so the robot learns to cooperate with people more effectively. But human-robot interaction is a two-way street, and the human also needs to learn how the robot behaves. Thanks to decades of cognitive science and educational psychology research, scientists have a pretty good handle on how humans learn new concepts. So, researchers at MIT and Harvard University collaborated to apply well-established theories of human concept learning to challenges in human-robot interaction.