Summary of Neural Network Compression For Reinforcement Learning Tasks, by Dmitry A. Ivanov et al.
Neural Network Compression for Reinforcement Learning Tasks
by Dmitry A. Ivanov, Denis A. Larionov, Oleg V. Maslennikov, Vladimir V. Voevodin
First submitted to arxiv on: 13 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: None
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary This paper explores the application of sparsity and pruning techniques for optimizing Neural Network inference in Reinforcement Learning (RL) scenarios. The authors aim to improve energy efficiency and latency in real-world applications such as robotics, a crucial requirement for successful RL deployment. By analyzing different RL algorithms in various environments, they achieve up to a 400-fold reduction in neural network size, demonstrating the effectiveness of these techniques in reducing computational complexity. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at how to make Reinforcement Learning work better and faster on devices that need to learn from their actions. It’s like training a robot arm to pick up objects without getting stuck. The researchers use special tricks to shrink down big neural networks, which helps them run more efficiently. They test these techniques with different learning algorithms in different situations and find they can make the networks much smaller – as much as 400 times smaller! |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Inference » Neural network » Pruning » Reinforcement learning
