Summary of Addressing Myopic Constrained Pomdp Planning with Recursive Dual Ascent, by Paula Stocco et al.
Addressing Myopic Constrained POMDP Planning with Recursive Dual Ascent
by Paula Stocco, Suhas Chundi, Arec Jamgochian, Mykel J. Kochenderfer
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Mar 2024
Categories
- Main: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI)
- 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 proposes a novel approach to solving large constrained partially observable Markov decision processes (CPOMDPs) online using Lagrangian-guided Monte Carlo tree search with global dual ascent. The method involves introducing history-dependent dual variables that guide local action selection and are optimized with recursive dual ascent, aiming to improve exploration and decision making. The authors empirically evaluate the approach on a motivating toy example and two large CPOMDPs, showing improved performance and safer outcomes. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps solve big problems by finding better ways to make decisions in uncertain situations. It shows that some methods for solving these problems can lead to bad choices if we’re not careful. To fix this, the authors introduce a new approach that uses history to make better decisions. They test this method on small and large problems and find that it works much better than other approaches. |
