Summary of Improved Long Short-term Memory-based Wastewater Treatment Simulators For Deep Reinforcement Learning, by Esmaeel Mohammadi et al.
Improved Long Short-Term Memory-based Wastewater Treatment Simulators for Deep Reinforcement Learning
by Esmaeel Mohammadi, Daniel Ortiz-Arroyo, Mikkel Stokholm-Bjerregaard, Aviaja Anna Hansen, Petar Durdevic
First submitted to arxiv on: 22 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Systems and Control (eess.SY)
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| High | Paper authors | High Difficulty Summary Read the original abstract here |
| Medium | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Medium Difficulty Summary The paper proposes innovative methods to improve the accuracy of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) models in optimizing industrial processes like wastewater treatment. Despite DRL’s success in robotics and games, its application in this domain is hindered by the lack of a suitable simulation environment. The stochasticity and non-linearity of wastewater treatment data lead to model instability over long time horizons. To mitigate this issue, the authors introduce two techniques: 1) using predicted data as input during training for correction, and 2) modifying the loss function to consider long-term dynamics. Experimental results demonstrate a significant improvement in simulator behavior, with accuracy reaching up to 98% compared to the baseline model. These advancements hold promise for creating simulators for biological processes relying solely on time series data. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper tries to make Deep Reinforcement Learning better for using it in wastewater treatment plants. Right now, it’s hard to train DRL models because we don’t have a good way to simulate what happens over time. The data from wastewater treatment is tricky because it’s unpredictable and has many patterns that are hard to follow. To fix this problem, the authors came up with two new ideas: 1) use the model’s predictions as training data to correct its mistakes, and 2) change how the model learns to pay attention to long-term patterns. By doing these things, they were able to make their models much more accurate, which is a big deal for using DRL in wastewater treatment. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Attention * Loss function * Reinforcement learning * Time series
