Summary of Statistical Context Detection For Deep Lifelong Reinforcement Learning, by Jeffery Dick et al.
Statistical Context Detection for Deep Lifelong Reinforcement Learning
by Jeffery Dick, Saptarshi Nath, Christos Peridis, Eseoghene Benjamin, Soheil Kolouri, Andrea Soltoggio
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 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 A new approach to lifelong deep reinforcement learning is presented, focusing on learning both policies and labels in an online setting. The key innovation is the use of distance metrics obtained via optimal transport methods (Wasserstein distance) on latent action-reward spaces to measure distances between data points from past and current streams. This allows for statistical tests based on the Kolmogorov-Smirnov calculation to assign task labels to sequences of experiences. A rollback procedure ensures that only relevant data is used to train each policy, enabling multiple policies to be learned simultaneously. The approach is tested using two benchmarks, demonstrating promising performance compared to related context detection algorithms. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper solves a big problem in artificial intelligence called lifelong learning. It’s like trying to remember everything you’ve ever learned without forgetting any of it. To do this, the researchers developed a new way to figure out what kind of task someone is doing online, just by looking at their actions and rewards. They used special math techniques to measure how different these tasks are from each other, which helps them learn multiple policies (like strategies) at the same time without forgetting anything. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Reinforcement learning
