Summary of Spectral-risk Safe Reinforcement Learning with Convergence Guarantees, by Dohyeong Kim et al.
Spectral-Risk Safe Reinforcement Learning with Convergence Guarantees
by Dohyeong Kim, Taehyun Cho, Seungyub Han, Hojun Chung, Kyungjae Lee, Songhwai Oh
First submitted to arxiv on: 29 May 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 The proposed spectral-risk-constrained policy optimization (SRCPO) algorithm addresses the challenges of risk-constrained reinforcement learning (RCRL) by developing a bilevel optimization approach that utilizes the duality of spectral risk measures. This novel method, which combines an outer problem optimizing dual variables with an inner problem finding an optimal policy, guarantees convergence to an optimum in tabular settings and outperforms other RCRL algorithms on continuous control tasks. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary Risk-constrained reinforcement learning (RCRL) is a way to make robots and computers make decisions that minimize risks. This can be useful for things like self-driving cars or medical devices. But it’s hard to do this because risk-measure-based constraints are tricky to work with. To solve this problem, researchers came up with an algorithm called spectral-risk-constrained policy optimization (SRCPO). It uses a special kind of math called bilevel optimization to make sure the computer makes good decisions. This new approach has been tested and shown to be better than other methods. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Optimization » Reinforcement learning
