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Free Random Projection enhances reinforcement learning by naturally incorporating hierarchical structure.
problem Improving reinforcement learning algorithms for better generalization and adaptability.
method Introduces Free Random Projection, a method that uses free probability theory to create random orthogonal matrices encoding hierarchical structure.
result Empirically shows consistent improvement in generalization over standard methods on multi-environment benchmarks.
We study the generalization properties of ridge regression with random features in the statistical learning framework. We show for the first time that O(1/n) learning bounds can be achieved with only O(nlogn) random features rather than O(n) as suggested by previous results. Further, we prove fa…
Learn low-degree functions with few random queries.
problem Learning low-degree functions from limited random queries.
method Learn bounded functions f:{−1,1}no[−1,1] of degree at most d with L2-accuracy ε and confidence 1−δ from log(fracnδ)ε−d−1Cd3/2logd random queries.
result Learn low-degree functions efficiently with logarithmic number of random queries.
Domain randomization (DR) is a successful technique for learning robust policies for robot systems, when the dynamics of the target robot system are unknown. The success of policies trained with domain randomization however, is highly dependent on the correct selection of the randomization distribution. The majority of…
The random subspace method, known as the pillar of random forests, is good at making precise and robust predictions. However, there is not a straightforward way yet to combine it with deep learning. In this paper, we therefore propose Neural Random Subspace (NRS), a novel deep learning based random subspace method. In …
Random feature method approximates operators with theoretical guarantees and reduced computation.
problem Approximating operators between infinite dimensional Banach spaces using machine learning.
method Random feature operator learning method with theoretical guarantees and error bounds.
result The random feature method can achieve similar or better test errors than kernel-based methods and neural networks with significantly reduced training times.
The randomized-feature approach has been successfully employed in large-scale kernel approximation and supervised learning. The distribution from which the random features are drawn impacts the number of features required to efficiently perform a learning task. Recently, it has been shown that employing data-dependent …
We propose accelerated randomized coordinate descent algorithms for stochastic optimization and online learning. Our algorithms have significantly less per-iteration complexity than the known accelerated gradient algorithms. The proposed algorithms for online learning have better regret performance than the known rando…
We discuss the relative merits of optimistic and randomized approaches to exploration in reinforcement learning. Optimistic approaches presented in the literature apply an optimistic boost to the value estimate at each state-action pair and select actions that are greedy with respect to the resulting optimistic value f…
We propose random hinge forests, a simple, efficient, and novel variant of decision forests. Importantly, random hinge forests can be readily incorporated as a general component within arbitrary computation graphs that are optimized end-to-end with stochastic gradient descent or variants thereof. We derive random hinge…
We propose reinforcement learning on simple networks consisting of random connections of spiking neurons (both recurrent and feed-forward) that can learn complex tasks with very little trainable parameters. Such sparse and randomly interconnected recurrent spiking networks exhibit highly non-linear dynamics that transf…