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James Queeney1, Ioannis Ch Paschalidis2, Christos G Cassandras2

  • 1Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratories, Cambridge, MA 02139 USA. He performed the majority of this work while with the Division of Systems Engineering, Boston University, Boston, MA 02215 USA.

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We introduce Generalized Policy Improvement, a new class of model-free deep reinforcement learning algorithms. These algorithms balance performance guarantees with data efficiency for real-world control applications.

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Policy improvementpolicy optimizationreinforcement learningsample reuse

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  • Machine Learning
  • Control Systems

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  • Model-free deep reinforcement learning (RL) is crucial for data-driven control.
  • Existing methods often face a trade-off between performance guarantees and data efficiency.
  • Real-world deployment requires balancing these two critical requirements.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To develop a novel class of model-free deep RL algorithms.
  • To address the performance guarantee vs. data efficiency trade-off in RL.
  • To enhance the applicability of RL in practical control scenarios.

Main Methods:

  • Development of Generalized Policy Improvement (GPI) algorithms.
  • Combining on-policy method guarantees with off-policy sample reuse efficiency.
  • Extensive experimental analysis on diverse simulated control tasks.

    • Main Results:

    • Demonstration of the benefits of the new GPI algorithms.
    • Successful balancing of performance guarantees and data efficiency.
    • Validation across a broad range of simulated control tasks.

    Conclusions:

    • The proposed GPI algorithms represent a significant advancement in model-free deep RL.
    • These algorithms offer a practical solution for real-world control problems.
    • GPI algorithms effectively bridge the gap between theoretical guarantees and practical data efficiency.