Marl-Factory-Grid 0.2.0

A framework to research MARL agents in various setings.

EDYS

Tackling emergent dysfunctions (EDYs) in cooperation with Fraunhofer-IKS

Setup

Just install this environment by pip install marl-factory-grid.

First Steps

Quickstart

Most of the env. objects (entites, rules and assets) can be loaded automatically. Just define what your environment needs in a yaml-configfile like:

Example ConfigFile

General: level_name: rooms env_seed: 69 verbose: !!bool False pomdp_r: 5 individual_rewards: !!bool True

Entities:
    Defaults: {}
    Doors:
        closed_on_init: True
        auto_close_interval: 10
        indicate_area: False
    Destinations: {}

Agents:
    Wolfgang:
        Actions:
            - Move8
            - Noop
            - DoorUse
            - ItemAction
        Observations:
            - All
            - Placeholder
            - Walls
            - Items
            - Placeholder
            - Doors
            - Doors
    Armin:
        Actions:
            - Move4
            - ItemAction
            - DoorUse
        Observations:
            - Combined:
                - Agent['Wolfgang']
                - Walls
                - Doors
                - Items
Rules:
    Defaults: {}
    WatchCollisions:
        done_at_collisions: !!bool True
    ItemRespawn:
        spawn_freq: 5
    DoorAutoClose: {}

Assets:
- Defaults
- Items
- Doors

Have a look in \quickstart for further configuration examples.

Make it your own

Levels

Varying levels are created by defining Walls, Floor or Doors in .txt-files (see ./environment/levels for examples). Define which level to use in your configfile as:

General:
    level_name: rooms  # 'double', 'large', 'simple', ...

... or create your own , maybe with the help of asciiflow.com. Make sure to use # as Walls, - as free (walkable) Floor-Tiles, D for Walls. Other Entites (define you own) may bring their own Symbols

Entites

Entites, either Objects for tracking stats or env. Entity which can interact. Abstract Entities are provided.

Groups

Groups are entity Sets that provide administrative access to all group members. All Entites are available at runtime as EnvState property.

Rules

Rules define how the environment behaves on microscale. Each of the hookes (on_init, pre_step, on_step, 'post_step', on_done) provide env-access to implement customn logic, calculate rewards, or gather information.

Results provide a way to return rule evaluations such as rewards and state reports back to the environment.

Assets

Make sure to bring your own assets for each Entity living in the Gridworld as the Renderer relies on it. PNG-files (transparent background) of square aspect-ratio should do the job, in general.