Dynamic Scripting with Team Coordination in Air Combat Simulation
Toubman,A. Roessingh,Jan Joris Spronck,P.H.M. Plaat,A. van den Herik,H.J.
Toubman,A.
Roessingh,Jan Joris
Spronck,P.H.M.
Plaat,A.
van den Herik,H.J.
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Traditionally, behavior of Computer Generated Forces (CGFs) is controlled through scripts. Building such scripts requires time and expertise, and becomes harder as the domain becomes richer and more life-like. These downsides can be reduced by automatically generating behavior for CGFs using machine learning techniques. This paper focuses on Dynamic Scripting (DS), a technique tailored to generating agent behavior. DS searches for an optimal combination of rules from a rule base. Under the assumption that intra-team coordination leads to more effective learning, we propose an extension of DS, called DS+C, with explicit coordination. In a comparison with regular DS we find that the addition of team coordination results in earlier convergence to optimal behavior. In addition, we achieved a performance increase of 20% against an unpredictable opponent. With DS+C, behavior for CGFs can be generated that is more effective since the CGFs act on knowledge achieved by coordination and the behavior converges more efficiently than with regular DS.
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2014
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Toubman, A, Roessingh, J J, Spronck, P H M, Plaat, A & van den Herik, H J 2014, Dynamic Scripting with Team Coordination in Air Combat Simulation. in Modern Advances in Applied Intelligence Lecture Notes in Computer Science : 27th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2014 Proceedings, Part I. 27 edn, vol. 8481, Lecture Notes in Computer Science, Springer International Publishing, pp. 440-449 , 27th International Conference on Industrial Engineering and Other Applications of Applied Intelligent Systems, IEA/AIE 2014, Kaohsiung, Taiwan, Province of China, 3/06/14.