Summary of Hyper: Hyperparameter Robust Efficient Exploration in Reinforcement Learning, by Yiran Wang et al.
Hyper: Hyperparameter Robust Efficient Exploration in Reinforcement Learning
by Yiran Wang, Chenshu Liu, Yunfan Li, Sanae Amani, Bolei Zhou, Lin F. Yang
First submitted to arxiv on: 4 Dec 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Machine Learning (stat.ML)
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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 challenges posed by the exploration-exploitation dilemma in reinforcement learning (RL). The authors first analyze the behavior of agents using curiosity-based methods to explore hard-environments. They find that these methods require extensive hyperparameter tuning, limiting their applicability. To address this issue, they propose a new method called Hyper that effectively regularizes exploration and decouples exploitation for stable training. Hyper is theoretically proven efficient in function approximation settings and empirically demonstrated its robustness in various environments. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary The paper explores the challenges of reinforcement learning (RL) and proposes a solution to improve exploration-exploitation dilemma. The author’s method, Hyper, helps agents learn more efficiently by regulating exploration and decoupling exploitation. This makes training more stable and effective. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Hyperparameter » Reinforcement learning
