Summary of Diverse Randomized Value Functions: a Provably Pessimistic Approach For Offline Reinforcement Learning, by Xudong Yu et al.
Diverse Randomized Value Functions: A Provably Pessimistic Approach for Offline Reinforcement Learning
by Xudong Yu, Chenjia Bai, Hongyi Guo, Changhong Wang, Zhen Wang
First submitted to arxiv on: 9 Apr 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 strategy introduced in this paper addresses offline reinforcement learning’s (RL) limitations by employing diverse randomized value functions to estimate the posterior distribution of Q-values. This approach provides robust uncertainty quantification, estimates lower confidence bounds (LCB) of Q-values, and applies moderate value penalties for out-of-distribution (OOD) actions. The method also incorporates diversity regularization to enhance efficiency, reducing the required number of networks. Experimental results show that this approach significantly outperforms baseline methods in terms of performance and parametric efficiency. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper introduces a new way to make offline reinforcement learning work better. Right now, it’s hard for computers to learn from old data because they don’t know when to take risks or try new things. The new method uses many different versions of the value function (like a special kind of math problem) to figure out how confident it should be in its answers. It also helps computers avoid trying crazy actions by giving them a penalty for doing something that might not work. This makes the computer more careful and leads to better results. The scientists behind this paper tested their method on many different problems and found that it did much better than other methods. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Regularization * Reinforcement learning
