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A Self-Adaptive Robustness Optimization Method With Evolutionary Multi-Agent for IoT Topology


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Topology robustness is critical to the connectivity and lifetime of large-scale Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. To improve robustness while reducing the execution ...Show More

Abstract:

Topology robustness is critical to the connectivity and lifetime of large-scale Internet-of-Things (IoT) applications. To improve robustness while reducing the execution cost, the existing robustness optimization methods utilize neural learning schemes, including neural networks, deep learning, and reinforcement learning. However, insufficient exploration of reinforcement learning agents for topological environments is likely to yield local optima. Moreover, convergence speed is influenced by the sparse reward problem generated while exploring topological environments. To address these problems, this study proposes a self-adaptive robustness optimization method with an evolutionary multi-agent for IoT topology (ROMEM). ROMEM introduces a new multi-agent co-evolution scheme that leverages a non-deterministic strategy to extend the exploration in multi-directions, enabling the reinforcement learning agent to transcend local optima. Furthermore, ROMEM presents a novel distributed training mechanism for multiple agents to accelerate convergence. Experimental results demonstrate that ROMEM can achieve multi-directional collaborative training and outperform other state-of-the-art learning-based robustness optimization methods in terms of convergence efficiency and robustness.
Published in: IEEE/ACM Transactions on Networking ( Volume: 32, Issue: 2, April 2024)
Page(s): 1346 - 1361
Date of Publication: 13 October 2023

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