在离线强化学习中阻止错误恶化,使用数据稀疏度进行强化学习
IEEE transactions on neural networks and learning systems
|October 9, 2025
概括
离线强化学习 (RL) 代理可以通过解决数据稀疏性来改进,这是估计错误的关键因素. 我们的IEEDS方法使用V-nets和状态意识的稀疏性马尔科夫决策流程 (MDP) 来减轻这些错误以获得更好的性能.
科学领域:
- 人工智能的人工智能
- 机器学习 机器学习
- 强化学习是一种强化学习.
背景情况:
- 离线增强学习 (RL) 从固定的数据集学习,避免风险的实时交互.
- 分布之外 (OOD) 的近似错误可能导致线下RL的性能下降.
- 数据稀疏性显著影响估计错误,这是一个经常被忽视的因素.
研究的目的:
- 提出一种新的离线RL方法,IEEDS,以抑制因数据稀疏而导致的错误恶化.
- 开发一种价值估计方法,考虑到数据稀疏性的影响.
- 为了提高线下RL代理的稳定性和性能.
主要方法:
- 实施了专注于数据稀疏性的离线RL方法 (IEEDS).
- 引入了一种使用V-nets而不是Q-nets用于更密集状态空间的新型值估计方法.
- 设计了一个状态意识稀疏的马尔科夫决策过程 (MDP),以将状态稀疏性纳入培训.
- 从理论上证明了IEEDS在拟议的MDP框架下的趋同.
主要成果:
- 通过考虑数据稀疏性,IEEDS方法有效地抑制了错误的恶化.
- 使用V-nets可以更准确地估计价值,因为数据集中在较小的状态空间中.
- 状态意识稀疏性MDP成功地减少了在培训期间稀疏状态的影响.
- 对线下RL基准进行了广泛的实验,证明IEEDS的性能优于现有方法.
结论:
- 数据稀疏性是影响线下RL估计错误的关键因素.
- 拟议的IEEDS方法提供了一个强大的解决方案,以减轻线下RL中的错误恶化.
- 通过有效管理数据稀疏性和提高价值估计准确度,IEEDS提高了代理商的性能.
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