Summary of Stable Hadamard Memory: Revitalizing Memory-augmented Agents For Reinforcement Learning, by Hung Le et al.
Stable Hadamard Memory: Revitalizing Memory-Augmented Agents for Reinforcement Learning
by Hung Le, Kien Do, Dung Nguyen, Sunil Gupta, Svetha Venkatesh
First submitted to arxiv on: 14 Oct 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 This paper addresses the challenge of effective decision-making in partially observable environments, where robust memory management is crucial. Despite the success of deep-learning memory models in supervised learning, they struggle in reinforcement learning environments that are partially observable and long-term. The authors identify limitations in existing memory models and introduce a novel approach called Stable Hadamard Memory (SHM). SHM dynamically adjusts memory by erasing non-relevant experiences and reinforcing crucial ones computationally efficiently, leveraging the Hadamard product for calibration and update. This approach significantly outperforms state-of-the-art methods on challenging benchmarks such as meta-reinforcement learning, long-horizon credit assignment, and POPGym. |
| Low | GrooveSquid.com (original content) | Low Difficulty Summary This paper helps us make better decisions in situations where we don’t have all the information. Right now, computers struggle to remember important details from the past when they’re trying to learn new things. The authors created a new way for computers to store and update memories that is more efficient and effective. They call it Stable Hadamard Memory (SHM). SHM helps computers forget things they don’t need anymore and remember what’s really important. This makes computers better at learning from experience and making good decisions. |
Keywords
» Artificial intelligence » Deep learning » Reinforcement learning » Supervised
