New framework for RL transfer learning with state-action mismatch.
problem High sample complexity in RL from scratch.
method Embeddings to transfer knowledge between MDPs with different state- and action-spaces.
result Successful transfer learning in scenarios with state- and action-space mismatches.
Estimation of importance sampling weights for off-policy evaluation of contextual bandits often results in imbalance - a mismatch between the desired and the actual distribution of state-action pairs after weighting. In this work we present balanced off-policy evaluation (B-OPE), a generic method for estimating weights…
Deep neural networks can estimate Q-values efficiently on low-dimensional state-action spaces.
problem Estimating the performance of a reinforcement learning policy using data from a different policy.
method Deep fitted Q-evaluation method leveraging manifold structure and convolutional neural networks.
result Sharp error bound for fitted Q-evaluation depends on intrinsic dimension and function space mismatch.
Study online RL with mismatched dynamics, achieving sublinear regret.
problem Exploration challenges in online RL with mismatched training and deployment dynamics.
method Introduce supremal visitation ratio, propose efficient algorithm with f-divergence. result Achieves sublinear regret in online RMDPs with optimal dependence on supremal visitation ratio and interaction episodes.
New RL method handles large state-action spaces with complex models.
problem Complex models and large state-action spaces in reinforcement learning.
method π-KRVI, an optimistic modification of least-squares value iteration using kernel ridge regression.
result First order-optimal regret guarantees under general settings, improving over state of the art.
New method for natural policy gradients converges linearly.
problem Improving natural policy gradient methods for better convergence.
method Fisher-Rao gradient flow applied to state-action distributions.
result Linear convergence rate with geometry-dependent factor.
New method recovers diverse policies from expert data using state-action pair weighting.
problem Recovering diverse policies from expert trajectories.
method Pointwise mutual information weighted behavioral cloning.
result Effective in focusing on state-action pairs most representative of the style.
A new RL paradigm reduces state-action-value function approximation inefficiency.
problem Challenges in state-action-value function approximation for RL.
method State Action Separable Reinforcement Learning (sasRL) decouples action space from value function learning.
result sasRL achieves up to 75% better performance than state-of-the-art MDP-based RL algorithms.
New RL method reduces sample complexity for large state-action spaces.
problem Handling large state-action spaces in RL with general Q-functions.
method Nonparametric Q-learning using kernel ridge regression.
result Sample complexity is order optimal with respect to ε and kernel complexity.
New algorithm reduces performance loss in IRL with mismatched transition dynamics.
problem Performance degradation in inverse reinforcement learning due to mismatched transition dynamics.
method Proposed a robust Maximum Causal Entropy (MCE) IRL algorithm leveraging robust reinforcement learning insights.
result Empirically demonstrated stable performance improvement under transition dynamics mismatches.
This work tackles model-based RL by optimizing state-action queries to learn policies with minimal data.
problem Expensive state transitions in practical RL problems limit the use of standard RL algorithms.
method Bayesian optimal experimental design to guide selection of state-action queries.
result Data-efficient RL approach that learns optimal policies with up to 1,000x less data.
Novel framework proves fast RL convergence in continuous spaces.
problem Analyzing stability in continuous state-action RL.
method Introduces a novel framework to analyze stability properties of RL.
result Highlights two key stability properties and demonstrates their satisfaction in RL.
This paper considers the classification of linear subspaces with mismatched classifiers. In particular, we assume a model where one observes signals in the presence of isotropic Gaussian noise and the distribution of the signals conditioned on a given class is Gaussian with a zero mean and a low-rank covariance matrix.…
The paper addresses score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
problem Theoretical guarantees for score-mismatched diffusion models in zero-shot conditional sampling.
method Theoretical analysis of score-mismatched diffusion models and zero-shot conditional samplers.
result Theoretical performance guarantees with explicit dimensional dependencies for score-mismatched diffusion samplers.
New method estimates state-action stationary distribution for better off-policy policy evaluation.
problem Accurately estimating state-action stationary distribution for off-policy policy evaluation.
method Estimated Mixture Policy (EMP) for state and state-action stationary distribution corrections.
result Empirical validation shows improved accuracy over state-of-the-art methods.
Kernel-UCBVI algorithm balances exploration and exploitation in metric state-action spaces.
problem Exploration-exploitation dilemma in finite-horizon reinforcement learning with metric state-action spaces.
method Kernel-UCBVI, leveraging smoothness and kernel estimators of rewards and transitions.
result First regret bound for kernel-based RL using smoothing kernels, O(H3K2d/(2d+1)). Paper identifies objective mismatch in MBRL, affecting control task performance.
problem Objective mismatch in MBRL framework affects control task performance.
method Proposes re-weighting dynamics model training to mitigate mismatch.
result Likelihood of one-step ahead predictions is not always correlated with control performance.
A new method, Count-MORL, improves offline reinforcement learning by using state-action frequency.
problem Improving offline reinforcement learning performance.
method Integrates count-based conservatism into model-based offline reinforcement learning.
result The learned policy is near-optimal and outperforms existing methods.
BinaryDuo improves BNNs by coupling binary activations, outperforming state-of-the-art models.
problem Gradient mismatch in BNNs due to binarizing activations.
method Using gradient of smoothed loss function to estimate gradient mismatch, proposing BinaryDuo scheme with coupled ternary activations.
result BinaryDuo outperforms state-of-the-art BNNs on various benchmarks.
Efficient algorithm for reinforcement learning in large state-action spaces with adaptive discretization.
problem Efficient reinforcement learning in large, potentially continuous state-action spaces.
method Adaptive Q-learning policy with data-driven adaptive discretization. result Demonstrates improved performance compared to existing methods, especially in adapting to the problem's structure.
New findings reveal discount regularization can be seen as a strong prior, leading to poor performance in unevenly sampled data.
problem Discount regularization leads to poor performance in unevenly sampled data.
method Equivalence theorem showing discount regularization as a strong prior, setting regularization parameters locally for individual state-action pairs.
result Discount regularization can be seen as a strong prior, leading to poor performance in unevenly sampled data.
Study optimal offline RL with uncertainty sets and distribution shifts.
problem Optimal offline reinforcement learning with limited data.
method Construct uncertainty sets and distribution shifts, solve robust Markov decision process.
result Least conservative estimator for unknown true distribution.
New method improves stability of soft FQI for offline RL.
problem Stability issues in soft FQI under function approximation.
method Stationary reweighting to align operator norms.
result Local linear convergence proved under certain conditions.
Thompson Sampling shows polynomial regret for combinatorial semi-bandits with subgaussian rewards.
problem Finding optimal solutions in combinatorial semi-bandits with suboptimal sampling.
method Proposes Thompson Sampling with polynomial regret for linear combinatorial semi-bandits.
result Demonstrates 'mismatched sampling paradox' where knowing distributions can lead to worse performance.
This work bridges offline RL and DRL to address distributional shift.
problem Distributional shift in offline RL due to difference in state-action visitation distributions.
method Proposes offline RL algorithms using DRL framework, characterizes sample complexity under single policy concentrability.
result Demonstrates superior performance of proposed algorithms through simulations.
Hierarchical Modular Reinforcement Learning (HMRL), consists of 2 layered learning where Profit Sharing works to plan a prey position in the higher layer and Q-learning method trains the state-actions to the target in the lower layer. In this paper, we expanded HMRL to multi-target problem to take the distance between …
New method addresses error bounds for PnP-ULA under mismatched models.
problem Error bounds for PnP-ULA under mismatched measurement and prior models.
method Posterior-L2 pseudometric to quantify error bounds.
result Explicit error bound for PnP-ULA under mismatched posterior distribution.
Paper addresses linear regression with partially mismatched data using local search with theoretical guarantees.
problem Linear regression with partially mismatched data.
method Optimization formulation and greedy local search algorithm with theoretical guarantees.
result Local search algorithm converges to nearly-optimal solution at a linear rate under certain conditions.
PACMAN provides bounds for classification tasks considering accuracy vs. negative log-loss mismatch.
problem Mismatch between accuracy and negative log-loss in classification tasks.
method Point-wise PAC approach over generalization gap, using likelihood ratio and concentration inequalities.
result PACMAN provides point-wise PAC bounds for the generalization problem.
Develops a new method for optimizing policies in hierarchical models.
problem Optimizing complex policies in hierarchical models.
method Applies second-order methods in the space of state-action paths.
result The natural path gradient method can be computed exactly and reflects state-space hierarchy.
Study on LMMSE estimation with model mismatch, quantifying MSE trade-offs.
problem Model mismatch in LMMSE estimation with undermodeling.
method Analyzing the average MSE of LMMSE estimation with random regressors.
result Performance improvement depends on sufficient samples and model complexity.
Current approaches for Knowledge Distillation (KD) either directly use training data or sample from the training data distribution. In this paper, we demonstrate effectiveness of 'mismatched' unlabeled stimulus to perform KD for image classification networks. For illustration, we consider scenarios where this is a comp…
Paper proposes a method to handle linear regression with partially shuffled data.
problem Linear regression with mismatched predictors and responses.
method Pseudo-likelihood approach based on two-component mixture densities with EM optimization.
result The method can tolerate larger fractions of mismatches and estimate noise level.
Paper explores state-action equivalence in RL, improving regret bounds.
problem Improving reinforcement learning performance by leveraging state-action equivalence.
method Introduces a notion of similarity between state-action pairs, defines equivalence structure, and presents algorithms for confidence sets.
result Confidence sets improve RL performance, especially in known equivalence structures.
The paper introduces a new intrinsic reward method for exploration in reinforcement learning.
problem Improving exploration in reinforcement learning agents.
method Intrinsic rewards proportional to the entropy of future state-action features.
result The new objective leads to improved visitation of features within individual trajectories.
This paper unifies three regularization methods in batch reinforcement learning.
problem Learning overly-complex models in batch reinforcement learning.
method Unified weighted average transition matrix framework for three regularization methods.
result Empirical evaluation confirms intuitions about regularization methods' performance.
MBML improves multi-task RL by inferring task identity from state-action pairs.
problem Multi-task batch reinforcement learning with unseen tasks.
method MBML uses triplet loss and relabeling to robustify task inference.
result Significantly faster convergence on unseen tasks compared to random initialization.
Unified framework for imitating tasks across domains with discrepancies.
problem Learning tasks across domains with embodiment, viewpoint, and dynamics mismatches.
method Two-step approach: alignment followed by adaptation. Alignment uses Generative Adversarial MDP Alignment (GAMA) for state and action correspondences from unpaired, unaligned demonstrations. Adaptation leverages these correspondences for zero-shot imitation.
result Effectiveness of the proposed approach in embodiment, viewpoint, and dynamics mismatch scenarios.
BRPO optimizes batch RL policies to better exploit state-action differences.
problem Batch RL's conservatism limits exploitation of state-action differences.
method Proposes residual policies and derives BRPO to maximize policy performance.
result BRPO achieves state-of-the-art performance in various tasks.
Supervised learning based on a deep neural network recently has achieved substantial improvement on speech enhancement. Denoising networks learn mapping from noisy speech to clean one directly, or to a spectrum mask which is the ratio between clean and noisy spectra. In either case, the network is optimized by minimizi…
Paper introduces SALE for better state-action learning in RL.
problem Challenges in representation learning for low-level states in RL.
method Introduces SALE, a novel approach for learning embeddings of state-action interactions.
result TD7 algorithm significantly outperforms existing continuous control algorithms.
Ensemble models improve prediction calibration for mismatched distributions.
problem Calibration issues in deep neural networks with mismatched train and test distributions.
method Simple data augmentation and mixing techniques for ensemble models.
result Improves calibration and accuracy on CIFAR10 and CIFAR100 benchmarks.
Paper tackles covariate shift in offline IL using less proficient behavior data.
problem Mitigating covariate shift in Imitation Learning with limited data coverage.
method Model-based IL from Offline Data (MILO) framework.
result MILO can combat covariate shift even with sub-optimal behavior policy data.
SPEDER extracts state-action abstraction from dynamics for reinforcement learning.
problem Curse of dimensionality and limited applicability of spectral methods.
method Spectral Decomposition Representation (SPEDER) that extracts state-action abstraction from dynamics without policy dependence.
result Theoretical analysis establishes sample efficiency in online and offline settings.
The dictionary-aided sparse regression (SR) approach has recently emerged as a promising alternative to hyperspectral unmixing (HU) in remote sensing. By using an available spectral library as a dictionary, the SR approach identifies the underlying materials in a given hyperspectral image by selecting a small subset of…
Empirical study compares finite- and infinite-width BNNs, revealing performance differences under model mismatch.
problem Comparing BNNs with different widths due to conflicting model properties and inference intractability.
method Empirical comparison of finite- and infinite-width BNNs, analyzing performance under model mismatch.
result Increasing width can hurt BNN performance when the model is mis-specified, and finite-width BNNs generalize better under model mismatch.
We characterize the performance of sequential information guided sensing, Info-Greedy Sensing, when there is a mismatch between the true signal model and the assumed model, which may be a sample estimate. In particular, we consider a setup where the signal is low-rank Gaussian and the measurements are taken in the dire…
The performance of automatic speech recognition (ASR) systems can be significantly compromised by previously unseen conditions, which is typically due to a mismatch between training and testing distributions. In this paper, we address robustness by studying domain invariant features, such that domain information become…