Summary of Graph Q-learning For Combinatorial Optimization, by Victoria M. Dax et al.
Graph Q-Learning for Combinatorial Optimization
by Victoria M. Dax, Jiachen Li, Kevin Leahy, Mykel J. Kochenderfer
First submitted to arxiv on: 11 Jan 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 Graph Neural Networks (GNNs) have been successfully applied to prediction and inference tasks on graph data. However, their potential for solving Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems has yet to be explored. This paper proposes a novel approach to apply GNNs to CO problems by formulating the optimization process as a sequential decision-making problem. A GNN learns a policy to iteratively build promising candidate solutions, with performance approaching state-of-the-art heuristic-based solvers while using fewer parameters and training time. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary GNNs are special computer models that can solve complex math problems on graphs. Graphs are like maps that show connections between things. These models have been used for prediction and inference tasks before, but this paper shows they can also be used to optimize functions over large solution spaces. The optimization process is turned into a decision-making problem where the goal is to find the best solution. A GNN learns to make decisions to build better solutions step by step. Preliminary results show that these models can solve complex math problems as well as or even better than other methods, but with less effort and time. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Gnn * Inference * Optimization
