Macro-Action Based Multi-Agent Instruction Following through Value Cancellation

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Learn how to implement macro-action based multi-agent instruction following through value cancellation to improve MARL in real-world scenarios

advanced Published 14 May 2026
Action Steps
  1. Implement a MARL framework using a library like PyTorch or TensorFlow to handle multi-agent interactions
  2. Define macro-actions as high-level instructions that can be composed of multiple low-level actions
  3. Use value cancellation to decouple value estimates across instruction contexts and avoid inconsistent values
  4. Train agents using a combination of reinforcement learning and natural language processing techniques to adapt to external instructions
  5. Evaluate the performance of the macro-action based approach in a simulated environment with interrupting instructions
Who Needs to Know This

Researchers and engineers working on multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) and natural language processing (NLP) can benefit from this approach to improve instruction following in complex environments

Key Insight

💡 Value cancellation helps to avoid inconsistent values when instructions interrupt macro-actions in MARL

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Learn how to implement macro-action based multi-agent instruction following through value cancellation to improve MARL in real-world scenarios

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Title: Macro-Action Based Multi-Agent Instruction Following through Value Cancellation

Abstract:
arXiv:2605.12655v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) in real-world use cases may need to adapt to external natural language instructions that interrupt ongoing behavior and conflict with long-horizon objectives. However, conditioning rewards on instructions introduces a fundamental failure mode as Bellman updates couple value estimates across instruction contexts, leading to inconsistent values when instructions interrupt macro-actions. We propose Macro-Actio
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