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It Is Among Us: Identifying Adversaries in Ad-hoc Domains Using Q-valued Bayesian Estimations

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Forthcoming
Publication date21/12/2023
Host publicationProc. of the 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems
PublisherIFAAMAS
Number of pages9
Edition23
<mark>Original language</mark>English
EventThe 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems - Auckland, New Zealand
Duration: 6/05/202410/05/2024
Conference number: 23
https://www.aamas2024-conference.auckland.ac.nz/

Conference

ConferenceThe 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Abbreviated titleAAMAS 2024
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period6/05/2410/05/24
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Conference

ConferenceThe 23rd International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multi-Agent Systems
Abbreviated titleAAMAS 2024
Country/TerritoryNew Zealand
CityAuckland
Period6/05/2410/05/24
Internet address

Abstract

Ad-hoc teamwork models are crucial for solving distributed tasks in environments with unknown teammates. In order to improve performance, agents may collaborate in the same environment, trusting each other and exchanging information. However, what happens if there is an impostor among the team? In this paper, we present BAE, a novel and efficient framework for online planning and estimation within ad-hoc teamwork domains where there is an adversarial agent disguised as a teammate. Our approach considers the identification of the impostor through a process we term ``Q-valued Bayesian Estimation''. BAE can identify the adversary at the same time the agent performs ad-hoc estimation in order to improve coordination. Our results show that BAE has superior accuracy and faster reasoning capabilities in comparison to the state-of-the-art.