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FairTest: Search-Based Fairness Testing for Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning Systems

arXiv · AI, language, vision and robotics · article · Sep 23, 2026 · UTC

Multi-agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) trains a team of agents that share one environment and learn their policies together. Training maximizes the team return, and a high return does not imply that the rewards are shared fairly among the agents in every episode. Testing is an established way to discover the failures of deep reinforcement learning, yet few methods address the fairness of MARL. In this work, we propose FairTest, a search-based testing approach that seeks the unfair executions of a MARL policy. The design combines search guidance with test prioritization. The guidance scores

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