在多代理路径查找（MAPF）问题中，一组在图表上移动的代理必须达到其自身各自的目的地，而无需间间冲突。在实用的MAPF应用中，如自动仓库导航，偶尔有数百个或更多代理商，MAPF必须在终身基础上迭代地解决。这种情景排除了离线计算密集型最佳方法的简单调整;因此，可扩展的子最优算法用于此类设置。理想的可扩展算法适用于可预测计算时间的迭代方案和输出合理的解决方案。对于上述目的，在本研究中，提出了一种具有回溯（PIBT）的优先级继承的新型算法以迭代地解决MAPF。 PIBT依赖于适应性优先级方案，专注于多个代理的相邻运动;因此它可以应用于若干域。我们证明，无论其数量如何，当环境是图形时，所有代理都保证在有限的时间内达到目的地，使得所有相邻节点属于一个简单的周期（例如，双绞线）。实验结果涵盖了各种场景，包括真正的机器人演示，揭示了所提出的方法的好处。即使用数百种代理商，PIBT也会立即产生可接受的解决方案，可以解决其他事实上MAPF方法的大型情况。此外，PIBT在运行时和解决方案质量的自动化仓库中的传送包中的迭代方案上占据了现有方法。

Pre-trained language models, despite their rapid advancements powered by scale, still fall short of robust commonsense capabilities. And yet, scale appears to be the winning recipe; after all, the largest models seem to have acquired the largest amount of commonsense capabilities. Or is it? In this paper, we investigate the possibility of a seemingly impossible match: can smaller language models with dismal commonsense capabilities (i.e., GPT-2), ever win over models that are orders of magnitude larger and better (i.e., GPT-3), if the smaller models are powered with novel commonsense distillation algorithms? The key intellectual question we ask here is whether it is possible, if at all, to design a learning algorithm that does not benefit from scale, yet leads to a competitive level of commonsense acquisition. In this work, we study the generative models of commonsense knowledge, focusing on the task of generating generics, statements of commonsense facts about everyday concepts, e.g., birds can fly. We introduce a novel commonsense distillation framework, I2D2, that loosely follows the Symbolic Knowledge Distillation of West et al. but breaks the dependence on the extreme-scale models as the teacher model by two innovations: (1) the novel adaptation of NeuroLogic Decoding to enhance the generation quality of the weak, off-the-shelf language models, and (2) self-imitation learning to iteratively learn from the model's own enhanced commonsense acquisition capabilities. Empirical results suggest that scale is not the only way, as novel algorithms can be a promising alternative. Moreover, our study leads to a new corpus of generics, Gen-A-Tomic, that is of the largest and highest quality available to date.

We consider task allocation for multi-object transport using a multi-robot system, in which each robot selects one object among multiple objects with different and unknown weights. The existing centralized methods assume the number of robots and tasks to be fixed, which is inapplicable to scenarios that differ from the learning environment. Meanwhile, the existing distributed methods limit the minimum number of robots and tasks to a constant value, making them applicable to various numbers of robots and tasks. However, they cannot transport an object whose weight exceeds the load capacity of robots observing the object. To make it applicable to various numbers of robots and objects with different and unknown weights, we propose a framework using multi-agent reinforcement learning for task allocation. First, we introduce a structured policy model consisting of 1) predesigned dynamic task priorities with global communication and 2) a neural network-based distributed policy model that determines the timing for coordination. The distributed policy builds consensus on the high-priority object under local observations and selects cooperative or independent actions. Then, the policy is optimized by multi-agent reinforcement learning through trial and error. This structured policy of local learning and global communication makes our framework applicable to various numbers of robots and objects with different and unknown weights, as demonstrated by numerical simulations.

Off-policy evaluation (OPE) attempts to predict the performance of counterfactual policies using log data from a different policy. We extend its applicability by developing an OPE method for a class of both full support and deficient support logging policies in contextual-bandit settings. This class includes deterministic bandit (such as Upper Confidence Bound) as well as deterministic decision-making based on supervised and unsupervised learning. We prove that our method's prediction converges in probability to the true performance of a counterfactual policy as the sample size increases. We validate our method with experiments on partly and entirely deterministic logging policies. Finally, we apply it to evaluate coupon targeting policies by a major online platform and show how to improve the existing policy.

Artificial life is a research field studying what processes and properties define life, based on a multidisciplinary approach spanning the physical, natural and computational sciences. Artificial life aims to foster a comprehensive study of life beyond "life as we know it" and towards "life as it could be", with theoretical, synthetic and empirical models of the fundamental properties of living systems. While still a relatively young field, artificial life has flourished as an environment for researchers with different backgrounds, welcoming ideas and contributions from a wide range of subjects. Hybrid Life is an attempt to bring attention to some of the most recent developments within the artificial life community, rooted in more traditional artificial life studies but looking at new challenges emerging from interactions with other fields. In particular, Hybrid Life focuses on three complementary themes: 1) theories of systems and agents, 2) hybrid augmentation, with augmented architectures combining living and artificial systems, and 3) hybrid interactions among artificial and biological systems. After discussing some of the major sources of inspiration for these themes, we will focus on an overview of the works that appeared in Hybrid Life special sessions, hosted by the annual Artificial Life Conference between 2018 and 2022.

Analyzing defenses in team sports is generally challenging because of the limited event data. Researchers have previously proposed methods to evaluate football team defense by predicting the events of ball gain and being attacked using locations of all players and the ball. However, they did not consider the importance of the events, assumed the perfect observation of all 22 players, and did not fully investigated the influence of the diversity (e.g., nationality and sex). Here, we propose a generalized valuation method of defensive teams by score-scaling the predicted probabilities of the events. Using the open-source location data of all players in broadcast video frames in football games of men's Euro 2020 and women's Euro 2022, we investigated the effect of the number of players on the prediction and validated our approach by analyzing the games. Results show that for the predictions of being attacked, scoring, and conceding, all players' information was not necessary, while that of ball gain required information on three to four offensive and defensive players. With game analyses we explained the excellence in defense of finalist teams in Euro 2020. Our approach might be applicable to location data from broadcast video frames in football games.

有一段漫长的历史，努力与我们周围的实体和空间探索音乐元素，例如Musique Concr \'Ete和Ambient Music。在计算机音乐和数字艺术的背景下，还设计了集中在周围物体和物理空间上的互动体验。近年来，随着设备的开发和普及，在扩展现实中设计了越来越多的作品，以创造这种音乐体验。在本文中，我们描述了MR4MR，这是一项声音安装工作，使用户可以在混合现实的背景下体验与周围空间相互作用产生的旋律（MR）。用户使用HoloLens，用户可以撞击周围环境中真实对象的虚拟对象。然后，通过遵循物体发出的声音并使用音乐生成机器学习模型进行随机变化并逐渐改变旋律的声音，用户可以感觉到其环境旋律“转世”。

我们提出了一个名为“ Visual配方流”的新的多模式数据集，使我们能够学习每个烹饪动作的结果。数据集由对象状态变化和配方文本的工作流程组成。状态变化表示为图像对，而工作流则表示为食谱流图（R-FG）。图像对接地在R-FG中，该R-FG提供了交叉模式关系。使用我们的数据集，可以尝试从多模式常识推理和程序文本生成来尝试一系列应用程序。

自动故障检测是许多运动的主要挑战。在比赛中，裁判根据规则在视觉上判断缺点。因此，在判断时确保客观性和公平性很重要。为了解决这个问题，一些研究试图使用传感器和机器学习来自动检测故障。但是，与传感器的附件和设备（例如高速摄像头）相关的问题，这些问题与裁判的视觉判断以及故障检测模型的可解释性相抵触。在这项研究中，我们提出了一个用于非接触测量的断层检测系统。我们使用了根据多个合格裁判的判断进行训练的姿势估计和机器学习模型，以实现公平的错误判断。我们使用智能手机视频在包括东京奥运会的奖牌获得者中，使用了正常比赛的智能手机视频，并有意地走路。验证结果表明，所提出的系统的平均准确度超过90％。我们还透露，机器学习模型根据种族步行规则检测到故障。此外，奖牌获得者的故意故障步行运动与大学步行者不同。这一发现符合更通用的故障检测模型的实现。该代码和数据可在https://github.com/szucchini/racewalk-aijudge上获得。

面向目标的意见单词提取（TOWE）是一项精细的情感分析任务，旨在从句子中提取给定意见目标的相应意见单词。最近，深度学习方法在这项任务上取得了显着进步。然而，由于昂贵的数据注释过程，TOWE任务仍然遭受培训数据的稀缺性。有限的标记数据增加了测试数据和培训数据之间分配变化的风险。在本文中，我们建议利用大量未标记的数据来通过增加模型对变化分布变化的暴露来降低风险。具体而言，我们提出了一种新型的多透明一致性正则化（MGCR）方法，以利用未标记的数据并设计两个专门用于TOWE的过滤器，以在不同的粒度上过滤嘈杂的数据。四个TOWE基准数据集的广泛实验结果表明，与当前的最新方法相比，MGCR的优越性。深入分析还证明了不同粒度过滤器的有效性。我们的代码可在https://github.com/towessl/towessl上找到。