Decentralized POMDPs

Much of my research addresses the framework of decentralized POMDPs (Dec-POMDPs). A Dec-POMDP models a team of cooperative agents situated in an environment that they can only observe partially (e.g., due to limited sensors). To add to the complexity, each team member can only base its actions on its own observations.

Learning about Dec-POMDPs

If you want to learn about Dec-POMDPs, a good place to start might be the book chapter that I wrote. Alternatively, you may want to have a look at the first two chapters of my PhD Thesis, or check out the survey article by Seuken & Zilberstein (2008, JAAMAS).

See also:

• teaching materials

Coding, experiments, etc.

• MADP Software
• The Dec-POMDP problem repository.