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48 results for One-step RL

One-step Bellman alignment improves online RL by reducing task mismatch.

problem Online RL struggles with task similarity defined by rewards or transitions.
method One-step Bellman alignment and re-weighted targeting (RWT) to correct task mismatch.
result Regret bounds show task shift complexity, not target MDP, affects performance.

The paper improves model-based reinforcement learning by using multi-timestep objectives.

problem Compounding errors in one-step dynamics models as trajectory length increases.
method Developed a multi-timestep objective as a weighted sum of losses at various future horizons.
result Exponentially decaying weights significantly improve long-horizon performance.

Study shows optimal RL with transition look-ahead is NP-hard for 2\ell \geq 2.

problem Optimal reinforcement learning with transition look-ahead is computationally hard.
method Proved NP-hardness for 2\ell \geq 2 using linear programming.
result There is a precise boundary between tractable and intractable cases for RL with look-ahead.

This paper detects Markov violations in RL with noise, improving policy development.

problem Partial observability and sensor/actuator noise invalidate Markovian assumptions in RL.
method Combines PCMCI causal discovery with Markov Violation score (MVS).
result Even substantial noise doesn't always disrupt multi-step dependencies.

Recurrent Neural Networks (RNNs) have been shown to be valuable for constructing Intrusion Detection Systems (IDSs) for network data. They allow determining if a flow is malicious or not already before it is over, making it possible to take action immediately. However, considering the large number of packets that has t…

2020-02-10abs ↗pdf ↗

The paper addresses Dyna-style RL's value hallucination issue by proposing a new algorithm.

problem Value hallucination in Dyna-style RL due to bootstrapping simulated states.
method Introduces a new Dyna algorithm using predecessor models with multi-step updates.
result Evidence supports the Hallucinated Value Hypothesis (HVH), suggesting predecessor models with multi-step updates are promising.

This paper uses RL and RNN to optimize trading with latent market information.

problem Optimal trading strategies exploiting latent information in financial markets.
method Blend of RL and RNN, integrating GRU networks for temporal dependencies.
result prob-DDPG achieves superior cumulative rewards and interpretable strategies.

New RL algorithm GDPO improves DLM reasoning efficiency.

problem Adapting RL to DLMs for efficient, unbiased likelihood estimation.
method Group Diffusion Policy Optimization (GDPO) using semi-deterministic Monte Carlo.
result GDPO outperforms existing methods on math, reasoning, and coding benchmarks.

HOFLON automates process start-ups and grade-changes using offline RL and online optimization.

problem Manual operation of start-ups and grade-changes by experts is declining, leaving plant owners without the necessary tacit know-how.
method HOFLON combines offline RL to learn a latent manifold and long-horizon Q-critic, and online optimization to maximize Q-critic while penalizing deviations and excessive variable changes.
result HOFLON outperforms standard offline RL in industrial case studies, delivering better cumulative rewards than historical data.

New methods improve deep reinforcement learning by accelerating credit assignment.

problem Challenges in achieving fast and stable off-policy learning in deep reinforcement learning.
method Extends the generalized PBE objective to support multistep credit assignment and derives three gradient-based methods.
result Proposed methods outperform PPO and StreamQ in MuJoCo and MinAtar environments.

Distributed statistical inference has recently attracted enormous attention. Many existing work focuses on the averaging estimator. We propose a one-step approach to enhance a simple-averaging based distributed estimator. We derive the corresponding asymptotic properties of the newly proposed estimator. We find that th…

2015-11-04abs ↗pdf ↗

New approach reduces simulator exploitation by improving strategic robustness.

problem Simulator exploitation leading to reality gap between simulation and real-world performance.
method Formulated as a zero-sum minimax game, providing theoretical guarantees and a convergent active data selection algorithm.
result Proves convergence and reduces prediction error in strategically important regions by 1.5-2.2 times.

New approach reduces simulator exploitation by learning robust models.

problem Simulator exploitation leading to reality gap in reinforcement learning.
method Formulated as a zero-sum minimax game between model player and policy player, providing theoretical guarantees and a convergent active data selection algorithm.
result Reduces prediction error in strategically important regions by 1.5-2.2 times and enables near-optimal real-world performance.

This work uses RL to optimize batch experiments in SDOE.

problem Maximizing knowledge with limited resources and constraints.
method Reinforcement Learning for batch-sampling in Bayesian SDOE.
result The proposed algorithm optimizes experiment selection for multiple tasks.

LoRA-One uses one-step full gradient to align adapters for efficient large model fine-tuning.

problem Fine-tuning large language models efficiently and accurately.
method Properly initializing LoRA adapters using the one-step full gradient and incorporating preconditioners.
result LoRA-One achieves significant empirical improvements over existing methods.

NCT simplifies one-step generator adaptation to new controls.

problem Adapting one-step generators to new control conditions.
method Noise Consistency Training (NCT) integrates new controls without retraining.
result NCT achieves state-of-the-art controllable generation in a single pass.

A new machine learning method for Bayesian inverse problems in function spaces.

problem Bayesian inverse problems in function spaces with incompatibility of white noise sources.
method One-step generative transport with amortized neural operator and prior-aligned Gaussian random field.
result Generative operator trained on prior samples and noisy observations generates posterior samples efficiently.

A new one-step method for covariate shift adaptation.

problem Real-world data often violates the assumption of same distribution for training and test samples.
method Proposes a one-step optimization approach to jointly learn the model and weights.
result The proposed method achieves a generalization error bound and is empirically effective.

W-Flow generates images in one step, faster and better than multi-step methods.

problem Efficiently generating images from a simple reference distribution to a target data distribution.
method W-Flow uses Wasserstein gradient flows to transform the reference distribution to the target distribution in a single step, trained with Sinkhorn divergence.
result W-Flow achieves state-of-the-art results in ImageNet 256imes imes256 generation with improved mode coverage and faster sampling.

Improved knowledge gradient (iKG) outperforms the original KG algorithm in best arm identification problems.

problem Best arm identification (BAI) problem with limitations of the original KG algorithm.
method Follows the one-step look ahead of KG but chooses the measurement that maximizes the probability of selecting the best arm.
result Improved knowledge gradient (iKG) is asymptotically optimal and easier to extend to variant BAI problems.

SMT trains generative models by estimating mixture scores, outperforming existing methods.

problem Training one-step generative models efficiently and effectively.
method Score-of-Mixture Training (SMT) estimates the score of mixture distributions between real and fake samples.
result SMT/SMD outperform existing methods on CIFAR-10 and ImageNet 64x64 datasets.

SiD distills pretrained diffusion models into a fast one-step generator.

problem Efficiently distilling pretrained diffusion models into a fast generator.
method Reformulates forward diffusion processes as semi-implicit distributions and uses three score-related identities to create a loss mechanism.
result Achieves high FID performance and significantly reduces generation time.

The paper develops a theory for one-step Wasserstein-guided models for PDE-induced measures.

problem Theoretical understanding of generative models' accuracy in scientific computing.
method Regularity theory for optimal transport between doubling measures, excess-risk bounds.
result One-step Wasserstein-guided generative models can approximate PDE-induced measures with Hölder continuity.

Model-based reinforcement learning is an appealing framework for creating agents that learn, plan, and act in sequential environments. Model-based algorithms typically involve learning a transition model that takes a state and an action and outputs the next state---a one-step model. This model can be composed with itse…

2019-05-30abs ↗pdf ↗

Dynamic risk measures follow law invariance principles over time.

problem Tackles dynamic risk measurement principles.
method Shows equivalence between adapted law invariance and recursive one-step conditional-law representation for time-consistent risk measures.
result Identifies adapted law invariance as the dynamic counterpart of ordinary law invariance.

The paper introduces a multi-step loss function to improve model-based reinforcement learning.

problem Compounding of one-step prediction errors in long trajectories.
method A multi-step objective function combining MSE losses at various future horizons.
result Models trained with the multi-step loss achieve significant improvement in future prediction.