Summary of Learning to Steer Markovian Agents Under Model Uncertainty, by Jiawei Huang et al.
Learning to Steer Markovian Agents under Model Uncertainty
by Jiawei Huang, Vinzenz Thoma, Zebang Shen, Heinrich H. Nax, Niao He
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Jul 2024
Categories
- Main: Machine Learning (cs.LG)
- Secondary: Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI); Multiagent Systems (cs.MA); 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 problem of designing incentives for multi-agent systems without prior knowledge of their underlying learning dynamics. The authors focus on a new category of learning dynamics called Markovian agents and develop a model-based non-episodic Reinforcement Learning (RL) formulation to steer these agents towards desired policies. To handle model uncertainty, they introduce a history-dependent steering strategy and propose a novel objective function that balances the desirability of the outcome with the cost of achieving it. The authors theoretically identify conditions for the existence of effective steering strategies and provide empirical algorithms to approximate their solution. Their approach is demonstrated through empirical evaluations. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us design good rewards for complex systems where we don’t know how they learn. It’s like trying to motivate people without knowing what makes them tick! The researchers look at a special kind of learning called Markovian agents and find a way to steer these agents towards the right behaviors using machine learning. They come up with a new method that takes into account the uncertainty of how these agents learn, which is important for real-world applications. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Machine learning » Objective function » Reinforcement learning
