Janus Bot

Simple NLP+RL

Expanded presentation: here

Bot Overview: 2 stages

2. Messaging

1. Order Generation

Execute n rounds in a turn

Messaging

Board State

Received Messages

Previously Executed Moves

Encode Obs

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Transformers, GNNs, etc.

Recipient of Message*

Send DAIDE orders

Send Random orders**

Output Action Probabilities

Observation Information

*Each agent performs this process once for each other agent in the game | **Maybe just a different set of believable orders

Concrete Example

Round 1: Messages

A

B

C

Random

DAIDE orders

True

DAIDE orders

Round 1: Compute and store orders

A

B

C

Orders

Orders

Orders

* A potential backstab

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After n of these rounds, agents submit their final orders to the game

Round 2: Messages

A

B

C

Round 2: Compute and store orders

Orders

Orders

Orders

*

A

B

C

Expected Results

• Bots will send true moves to allies and random moves to enemies

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• When backstabbing allies, bots will send orders to their allies that differ from their true orders

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• Bots which can communicate will be more performant

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