Year: 2020
Type: preprint
Abstract: This paper offers a new hybrid probably approximately correct (PAC) reinforcement learning (RL) algorithm for Markov decision processes (MDPs) that intelligently maintains favorable features of its parents. The designed algorithm, referred to as the Dyna-Delayed Q-learning (DDQ) algorithm, combines model-free and model-based learning approaches while outperforming both in most cases. The paper includes a PAC analysis of the DDQ algorithm and a derivation of its sample complexity. Numerical results are provided to support the claim regarding the new algorithm's sample efficiency compared to its parents as well as the best known model-free and model-based algorithms in application.
Source: arXiv (Cornell University)
Authors: Zehfroosh, Ashkan, Tanner, Herbert G.
Institution: University of Delaware
Language: English
Subfield: Artificial Intelligence
Field: Computer Science
Domain: Physical Sciences
Open Access status: green
OpenAlex ID: W3083005225