In plain words: Big-picture strategy is learned by copying example play, while fine moves are learned through trial and error, with a teamwork reward that gives clear feedback without needing the game's code. In 5v5 matches against the built-in bronze-level AI, the team won every game.
Abstract · Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning for Multi-agent MOBA Game
Real Time Strategy (RTS) games require macro strategies as well as micro strategies to obtain satisfactory performance since it has large state space, action space, and hidden information. This paper presents a novel hierarchical reinforcement learning model for mastering Multiplayer Online Battle Arena (MOBA) games, a sub-genre of RTS games. The novelty of this work are: (1) proposing a hierarchical framework, where agents execute macro strategies by imitation learning and carry out micromanipulations through reinforcement learning, (2) developing a simple self-learning method to get better sample efficiency for training, and (3) designing a dense reward function for multi-agent cooperation in the absence of game engine or Application Programming Interface (API). Finally, various experiments have been performed to validate the superior performance of the proposed method over other state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithms. Agent successfully learns to combat and defeat bronze-level built-in AI with 100% win rate, and experiments show that our method can create a competitive multi-agent for a kind of mobile MOBA game {\it King of Glory} in 5v5 mode.
Zhijian Zhang, Haozheng Li, Luo Zhang, Tianyin Zheng, Ting Zhang, Xiong Hao, Xiaoxin Chen, Min Chen, Fangxu Xiao, Wei Zhou
arXiv:1901.08004 · cs.LG, cs.AI · submitted Jan 23, 2019 · updated Jun 21, 2019
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