Summary of Smart Sampling: Self-attention and Bootstrapping For Improved Ensembled Q-learning, by Muhammad Junaid Khan et al.
Smart Sampling: Self-Attention and Bootstrapping for Improved Ensembled Q-Learning
by Muhammad Junaid Khan, Syed Hammad Ahmed, Gita Sukthankar
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 May 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The novel method presented integrates multi-head self-attention into ensembled Q networks and bootstraps state-action pairs, enhancing sample efficiency in ensemble Q learning. The approach outperforms original REDQ and DroQ methods, reducing average normalized bias and standard deviation while performing well even with low update-to-data ratios. The straightforward implementation requires minimal modifications to the base model. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper introduces a new way to make AI learn faster by combining ideas from attention-based models and ensemble learning. By using self-attention in Q networks and updating them in a special way, the method improves predictions and reduces errors. This works well even when there’s not much data available for training. The best part is that this new approach can be easily added to existing AI models with minimal changes. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Attention » Self attention
