# Opponent Aware Reinforcement Learning

arXiv: https://arxiv.org/abs/1908.08773 · HTML: https://mlsanity.com/paper/1908.08773/

## Key facts

- Cited by 1 papers in the map (data through 14 Oct 2026).
- First posted on arXiv 22 Aug 2019.

## Built on by (most cited first, 1 of 1)

- [Data sharing games](https://mlsanity.com/paper/2101.10721/) (2021)

## Abstract (arXiv)

In certain reinforcement learning (RL) scenarios there are adversaries trying to interfere with the underlying reward process for their own benefit. We introduce Threatened Markov Decision Processes (TMDPs) as a framework to support an agent against potential opponents in an RL context as well as schemes resulting in novel learning approaches to deal with TMDPs. After introducing our framework and deriving theoretical results, empirical evidence is given via extensive experiments, showing the importance for an RL agent of acknowledging adversarial awareness.