Summary of Enhancing Reinforcement Learning Agents with Local Guides, by Paul Daoudi et al.
Enhancing Reinforcement Learning Agents with Local Guides
by Paul Daoudi, Bogdan Robu, Christophe Prieur, Ludovic Dos Santos, Merwan Barlier
First submitted to arxiv on: 21 Feb 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: 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 In this paper, researchers tackle the challenge of incorporating local guide policies into a Reinforcement Learning (RL) agent. They demonstrate how existing algorithms can be adapted for this setting and introduce a novel approach based on a noisy policy-switching procedure. This method leverages Approximate Policy Evaluation (APE) to provide a perturbation that guides local agents towards better actions. The team tested their method on various RL problems, including safety-critical systems where the agent must avoid entering certain areas to prevent catastrophic consequences. Their results show that their approach efficiently utilizes local policies to improve the performance of APE-based RL algorithms, particularly during the initial learning stages. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us make better decisions by combining two important ideas: Reinforcement Learning and local guide policies. Imagine you’re playing a game where you need to learn from your mistakes and find the best way to win. That’s basically what Reinforcement Learning does. But sometimes, you need a little help from someone who knows the game really well – that’s where local guide policies come in. In this paper, scientists show how we can use these two ideas together to make our decisions even better. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Reinforcement learning
