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    • Artificial Intelligence
    • Machine Learning
    • Robotics

    Background:

    • Multi-task reinforcement learning (RL) presents challenges in optimizing performance across diverse tasks.
    • Existing curriculum-based methods often suffer from suboptimal training orders and negative transfer.
    • Efficiently leveraging prior knowledge and adapting training strategies are crucial for effective multi-task RL.

    Purpose of the Study:

    • To introduce CAMRL, the first curriculum-based asymmetric multi-task learning (AMTL) algorithm designed for handling multiple RL tasks simultaneously.
    • To develop a dynamic training approach that mitigates negative transfer and optimizes performance in AMTL.
    • To enable flexible utilization of multi-sourced prior knowledge within the AMTL framework.

    Main Methods:

    • CAMRL employs a dynamic training mode switching between parallel single-task RL and asymmetric multi-task RL (MTRL) based on performance indicators.
    • A composite loss function, incorporating multiple differentiable ranking functions, is optimized using alternating optimization and the Frank-Wolfe algorithm.
    • Uncertainty-based automatic hyper-parameter adjustment and continuous revisiting of transfer matrices and network weights are utilized.

    Main Results:

    • Experiments across diverse benchmarks (Gym-minigrid, Meta-world, Atari, PyBullet, RLBench) demonstrate CAMRL's superior performance.
    • CAMRL significantly outperforms both single-task RL algorithms and state-of-the-art MTRL approaches.
    • The algorithm effectively predicts subsequent training tasks and adapts its internal representations.

    Conclusions:

    • CAMRL represents a significant advancement in curriculum-based AMTL for reinforcement learning.
    • The proposed dynamic training strategy and composite loss optimization effectively address negative transfer and enhance learning efficiency.
    • CAMRL offers a robust and adaptable solution for complex multi-task RL scenarios.