Summary of Belief-state Query Policies For Planning with Preferences Under Partial Observability, by Daniel Bramblett et al.
Belief-State Query Policies for Planning With Preferences Under Partial Observability
by Daniel Bramblett, Siddharth Srivastava
First submitted to arxiv on: 24 May 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 A novel framework is proposed for expressing users’ preferences about agent behavior in partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs), addressing challenges in real-world planning. The parameterized belief-state query (BSQ) preference framework is formalized and analyzed, revealing a piecewise constant expected value with an implicit discrete search space. This theoretical result enables novel algorithms that optimize POMDP agent behavior while ensuring user preference compliance. Empirical results demonstrate the feasibility of BSQ preferences for planning in partially observable settings. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary In this paper, researchers developed a new way to help machines make decisions when they can’t see everything that’s happening. They want people’s preferences to be taken into account, so they created something called “parameterized belief-state query” or BSQ for short. This helps machines plan better and follow what people want them to do. The team showed that this works really well and is efficient to use. |
