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MDPs with Non-Deterministic Policies.

Mahdi Milani Fard1, Joelle Pineau

  • 1School of Computer Science, McGill University, Montreal, Canada, mmilan1@cs.mcgill.ca.

Advances in Neural Information Processing Systems
|June 1, 2011
PubMed
Summary
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This study introduces non-deterministic Markov Decision Process (MDP) policies for human-executed decision support systems. It presents methods to find near-optimal policies, offering greater flexibility in complex decision-making scenarios.

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Area of Science:

  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Operations Research
  • Decision Science

Background:

  • Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) are widely used for optimal policy determination.
  • In human-executed decision support systems, flexibility beyond a single optimal policy is often desirable.

Purpose of the Study:

  • Introduce the novel concept of non-deterministic MDP policies.
  • Develop methods for finding near-optimal non-deterministic policies to enhance flexibility.

Main Methods:

  • Formulation of a Mixed Integer Program to find non-deterministic policies.
  • Development of a search algorithm for identifying near-optimal non-deterministic policies.

Main Results:

  • Experimental validation of the proposed methods.
  • Demonstration of the framework's applicability in optimizing medical treatment choices.

Conclusions:

  • Non-deterministic MDP policies offer a valuable extension for human-in-the-loop decision support.
  • The proposed methods effectively identify near-optimal policies, enhancing decision-making flexibility.