Summary

This PR modernizes the original DRQN-based agent by:

1. Introducing a dueling network head on top of the recurrent encoder.
2. Implementing a Double DQN training scheme with a separate target network.
3. Providing a TF2‑compatible training path and simple CSV logging for reproducible experiments.

All changes keep the original environment, state/action definitions and cooperative reward design unchanged.

Technical changes

• drqn.py

  • Replaced the plain DRQN head with a dueling architecture:
    • LSTM encoder over the history of states.
    • Shared fully connected layer.
    • Value stream (V(s)) and advantage stream (A(s,a)) combined as
      (Q(s,a) = V(s) + (A(s,a) - \text{mean}_a A(s,a))).
  • Updated to use tensorflow.compat.v1 APIs so the code runs on modern TF2 / tensorflow‑macOS.

• train.py

  • Added online (mainQN) and target (targetQN) networks and implemented Double DQN:
    • Use mainQN to select next‑step actions.
    • Use targetQN to evaluate those actions for the target Q values.
    • Periodically sync target parameters from the main network.
  • Added a small CLI interface:
    • --time-slots, --num-channels, --num-users, --attempt-prob.
  • Added CSV logging (results_summary.csv) every 5000 time slots, recording:
    • total time slots, number of channels/users, attempt probability,
    • last time step, cumulative reward, cumulative collisions.

Empirical observation (on my run)

• Setting: TIME_SLOTS = 100000, NUM_CHANNELS = 2, NUM_USERS = 3.
• In early windows, cumulative reward per 5000 time slots is a few hundred.
• In later windows (e.g. windows 10–20), cumulative reward per 5000 time slots increases to ~3000–3800, while cumulative collisions grow roughly linearly.
• Compared to the original DRQN implementation under the same environment and reward, the dueling Double DQN variant:
  • Converges faster,
  • Achieves significantly higher average throughput in later windows.

I hope this variant can serve as an additional baseline implementation for the paper’s environment.

For reference, here are two sample windows (each 5000 time slots):

• Original DRQN (last window, 5000 slots): cumulative reward is around ~1000.
• Dueling Double DQN (this PR) (last window, 5000 slots): cumulative reward is around ~3800 with similar collision slope.