Summary of Mixture Of Experts in a Mixture Of Rl Settings, by Timon Willi et al.
Mixture of Experts in a Mixture of RL settings
by Timon Willi, Johan Obando-Ceron, Jakob Foerster, Karolina Dziugaite, Pablo Samuel Castro
First submitted to arxiv on: 26 Jun 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 This paper investigates the application of Mixtures of Experts (MoEs) in Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), building upon previous research that showcased MoEs’ ability to enhance inference efficiency and adaptability to distributed training. The study aims to shed light on MoEs’ capacity to deal with non-stationarity, particularly in multi-task learning settings where amplified non-stationarity is introduced. By analyzing the effects of MoE components and actor-critic-based DRL networks, the authors provide insights into how best to incorporate MoEs for improved learning capacity. The results confirm previous findings, demonstrating MoEs’ beneficial effect on DRL training. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper looks at a way to improve Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) by using something called Mixtures of Experts (MoEs). MoEs are like special helpers that make the learning process more efficient and adaptable. The study wants to see how well MoEs work when there’s a lot of change happening in what they’re trying to learn. By testing different ways to use MoEs, the authors learned more about what makes them effective and how they can be used to improve DRL. |
Keywords
* Artificial intelligence * Inference * Multi task * Reinforcement learning
