Despite the significant interest and progress in reinforcement learning (RL) problems with adversarial corruption, current works are either confined to the linear setting or lead to an undesired $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{T}\zeta)$ regret bound, where $T$ is the number of rounds and $\zeta$ is the total amount of corruption. In this paper, we consider the contextual bandit with general function approximation and propose a computationally efficient algorithm to achieve a regret of $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{T}+\zeta)$. The proposed algorithm relies on the recently developed uncertainty-weighted least-squares regression from linear contextual bandit \citep{he2022nearly} and a new weighted estimator of uncertainty for the general function class. In contrast to the existing analysis that heavily relies on the linear structure, we develop a novel technique to control the sum of weighted uncertainty, thus establishing the final regret bounds. We then generalize our algorithm to the episodic MDP setting and first achieve an additive dependence on the corruption level $\zeta$ in the scenario of general function approximation. Notably, our algorithms achieve regret bounds either nearly match the performance lower bound or improve the existing methods for all the corruption levels and in both known and unknown $\zeta$ cases.
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我们在存在对抗性腐败的情况下研究线性上下文的强盗问题,在场,每回合的奖励都被对手损坏,腐败级别(即,地平线上的腐败总数)为$ c \ geq 0 $。在这种情况下,最著名的算法受到限制,因为它们要么在计算效率低下,要么需要对腐败做出强烈的假设,或者他们的遗憾至少比没有腐败的遗憾差的$ C $倍。在本文中,为了克服这些局限性,我们提出了一种基于不确定性的乐观原则的新算法。我们算法的核心是加权山脊回归,每个选择动作的重量都取决于其置信度,直到一定的阈值。 We show that for both known $C$ and unknown $C$ cases, our algorithm with proper choice of hyperparameter achieves a regret that nearly matches the lower bounds.因此,我们的算法几乎是两种情况的对数因素的最佳选择。值得注意的是,我们的算法同时对腐败和未腐败的案件($ c = 0 $)实现了近乎最理想的遗憾。
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We study time-inhomogeneous episodic reinforcement learning (RL) under general function approximation and sparse rewards. We design a new algorithm, Variance-weighted Optimistic $Q$-Learning (VO$Q$L), based on $Q$-learning and bound its regret assuming completeness and bounded Eluder dimension for the regression function class. As a special case, VO$Q$L achieves $\tilde{O}(d\sqrt{HT}+d^6H^{5})$ regret over $T$ episodes for a horizon $H$ MDP under ($d$-dimensional) linear function approximation, which is asymptotically optimal. Our algorithm incorporates weighted regression-based upper and lower bounds on the optimal value function to obtain this improved regret. The algorithm is computationally efficient given a regression oracle over the function class, making this the first computationally tractable and statistically optimal approach for linear MDPs.
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汤普森采样是上下文匪徒的最有效方法之一,已被推广到某些MDP设置后的后验采样。但是,现有的后验学习方法是基于模型或缺乏线性MDP以外的最坏情况的理论保证而受到限制的。本文提出了一种新的无模型后取样公式,该公式适用于具有理论保证的更通用的情节增强学习问题。我们介绍了新颖的证明技术,以表明在适当的条件下,我们的后抽样方法的最遗憾与基于优化的方法的最著名结果相匹配。在具有尺寸的线性MDP设置中,与现有基于后采样的探索算法的二次依赖性相比,我们算法的遗憾与维度线性缩放。
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获取一阶遗憾界限 - 遗憾的界限不是作为最坏情况,但有一些衡量给定实例的最佳政策的性能 - 是连续决策的核心问题。虽然这种界限存在于许多设置中,但它们在具有大状态空间的钢筋学习中被证明是难以捉摸的。在这项工作中,我们解决了这个差距,并表明可以将遗憾的缩放作为$ \ mathcal {o}(\ sqrt {v_1 ^ \ star})$中的钢筋学习,即用大状态空间,即线性MDP设置。这里$ v_1 ^ \ star $是最佳政策的价值,$ k $是剧集的数量。我们证明基于最小二乘估计的现有技术不足以获得该结果,而是基于强大的Catoni平均估计器制定一种新的稳健自归一化浓度,其可能具有独立兴趣。
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Epsilon-Greedy,SoftMax或Gaussian噪声等近视探索政策在某些强化学习任务中无法有效探索,但是在许多其他方面,它们的表现都很好。实际上,实际上,由于简单性,它们通常被选为最佳选择。但是,对于哪些任务执行此类政策成功?我们可以为他们的有利表现提供理论保证吗?尽管这些政策具有显着的实际重要性,但这些关键问题几乎没有得到研究。本文介绍了对此类政策的理论分析,并为通过近视探索提供了对增强学习的首次遗憾和样本复杂性。我们的结果适用于具有有限的Bellman Eluder维度的情节MDP中的基于价值功能的算法。我们提出了一种新的复杂度度量,称为近视探索差距,用Alpha表示,该差距捕获了MDP的结构属性,勘探策略和给定的值函数类别。我们表明,近视探索的样品复杂性与该数量的倒数1 / alpha^2二次地量表。我们通过具体的例子进一步证明,由于相应的动态和奖励结构,在近视探索成功的几项任务中,近视探索差距确实是有利的。
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我们解决了有限地平线的模型选择的问题,用于转换内核$ P ^ * $属于一个型号$ \ mathcal {p} ^ * $的offultic公制熵。在模型选择框架中,而不是$ \ mathcal {p} ^ * $,我们被给予了$ m $嵌套的转换内核rested interned内核$ \ cp_1 \ subset \ cp_2 \ subset \ ldots \ subset \ cp_m $。我们提出并分析了一种新颖的算法,即\ EMPH {自适应增强学习(常规)}(\ texttt {arl-gen}),它适应真正的转换内核$ p ^ * $谎言的最小这些家庭。 \ texttt {arl-gen}使用具有价值目标回归的上置信度强化学习(\ texttt {Ucrl})算法作为Blackbox,并在每个时代的开头放置模型选择模块。在模型类上的温和可分离性假设下,我们显示\ texttt {arl-gen}获得$ \ tilde {\ mathcal {o}}的后悔(d _ {\ mathcal {e}} ^ * h ^ 2 + \ sqrt {d _ {\ mathcal {e}} ^ * \ mathbb {m} ^ * h ^ 2 t})$,具有高概率,其中$ h $是地平线长度,$ t $是步骤总数, $ d _ {\ mathcal {e}} ^ * $是ecured维度和$ \ mathbb {m} ^ * $是与$ \ mathcal {p} ^ * $相对应的度量熵。请注意,这一遗憾缩放匹配Oracle的Oracle,它提前了解$ \ mathcal {p} ^ * $。我们表明,对于\ texttt {arl-gen}的模型选择成本是一个附加术语,遗憾是对$ t $的弱点。随后,我们删除可分离假设,并考虑线性混合MDP的设置,其中转换内核$ P ^ * $具有线性函数近似。通过这种低等级结构,我们提出了新颖的自适应算法,用于模型选择,并获得(令人令人令)与Oracle的遗憾相同,具有真正的模型类。
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我们考虑在具有非线性函数近似的两名玩家零和马尔可夫游戏中学习NASH平衡,其中动作值函数通过繁殖内核Hilbert Space(RKHS)中的函数近似。关键挑战是如何在高维函数空间中进行探索。我们提出了一种新颖的在线学习算法,以最大程度地减少双重性差距来找到NASH平衡。我们算法的核心是基于不确定性的乐观原理得出的上和下置信度界限。我们证明,在非常温和的假设上,我们的算法能够获得$ O(\ sqrt {t})$遗憾,并在对奖励功能和马尔可夫游戏的基本动态下进行多项式计算复杂性。我们还提出了我们的算法的几个扩展,包括具有伯恩斯坦型奖励的算法,可以实现更严格的遗憾,以及用于模型错误指定的另一种算法,可以应用于神经功能近似。
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我们研究了具有线性函数近似增强学习中的随机最短路径(SSP)问题,其中过渡内核表示为未知模型的线性混合物。我们将此类别的SSP问题称为线性混合物SSP。我们提出了一种具有Hoeffding-type置信度的新型算法,用于学习线性混合物SSP,可以获得$ \ tilde {\ Mathcal {o}}}}(d B _ {\ star}^{1.5} \ sqrt {k/c_ {k/c_ {k/c_ {k/c_ { \ min}})$遗憾。这里$ k $是情节的数量,$ d $是混合模型中功能映射的维度,$ b _ {\ star} $限制了最佳策略的预期累积成本,$ c _ {\ min}>> 0 $是成本函数的下限。当$ c _ {\ min} = 0 $和$ \ tilde {\ mathcal {o}}}(k^{2/3})$遗憾时,我们的算法也适用于情况。据我们所知,这是第一个具有sublrinear遗憾保证线性混合物SSP的算法。此外,我们设计了精致的伯恩斯坦型信心集并提出了改进的算法,该算法可实现$ \ tilde {\ Mathcal {o}}}(d b _ {\ star} \ sqrt {k/c/c/c {k/c _ {\ min}}) $遗憾。为了补充遗憾的上限,我们还证明了$ \ omega(db _ {\ star} \ sqrt {k})$的下限。因此,我们的改进算法将下限匹配到$ 1/\ sqrt {c _ {\ min}} $ factor和poly-logarithmic因素,从而实现了近乎最佳的遗憾保证。
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We study reinforcement learning (RL) with linear function approximation. For episodic time-inhomogeneous linear Markov decision processes (linear MDPs) whose transition dynamic can be parameterized as a linear function of a given feature mapping, we propose the first computationally efficient algorithm that achieves the nearly minimax optimal regret $\tilde O(d\sqrt{H^3K})$, where $d$ is the dimension of the feature mapping, $H$ is the planning horizon, and $K$ is the number of episodes. Our algorithm is based on a weighted linear regression scheme with a carefully designed weight, which depends on a new variance estimator that (1) directly estimates the variance of the \emph{optimal} value function, (2) monotonically decreases with respect to the number of episodes to ensure a better estimation accuracy, and (3) uses a rare-switching policy to update the value function estimator to control the complexity of the estimated value function class. Our work provides a complete answer to optimal RL with linear MDPs, and the developed algorithm and theoretical tools may be of independent interest.
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We study sample efficient reinforcement learning (RL) under the general framework of interactive decision making, which includes Markov decision process (MDP), partially observable Markov decision process (POMDP), and predictive state representation (PSR) as special cases. Toward finding the minimum assumption that empowers sample efficient learning, we propose a novel complexity measure, generalized eluder coefficient (GEC), which characterizes the fundamental tradeoff between exploration and exploitation in online interactive decision making. In specific, GEC captures the hardness of exploration by comparing the error of predicting the performance of the updated policy with the in-sample training error evaluated on the historical data. We show that RL problems with low GEC form a remarkably rich class, which subsumes low Bellman eluder dimension problems, bilinear class, low witness rank problems, PO-bilinear class, and generalized regular PSR, where generalized regular PSR, a new tractable PSR class identified by us, includes nearly all known tractable POMDPs. Furthermore, in terms of algorithm design, we propose a generic posterior sampling algorithm, which can be implemented in both model-free and model-based fashion, under both fully observable and partially observable settings. The proposed algorithm modifies the standard posterior sampling algorithm in two aspects: (i) we use an optimistic prior distribution that biases towards hypotheses with higher values and (ii) a loglikelihood function is set to be the empirical loss evaluated on the historical data, where the choice of loss function supports both model-free and model-based learning. We prove that the proposed algorithm is sample efficient by establishing a sublinear regret upper bound in terms of GEC. In summary, we provide a new and unified understanding of both fully observable and partially observable RL.
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我们在非静止线性(AKA低级别)马尔可夫决策过程(MDP)中研究了集中加强学习,即奖励和转换内核都是关于给定特征映射的线性,并且被允许缓慢或突然演变时间。对于此问题设置,我们提出了一种基于加权最小二乘值的乐观模型算法的Opt-WLSVI,其使用指数权重来平滑地忘记过去远远的数据。我们表明我们的算法在每次竞争最佳政策时,实现了由$ \ widetilde {\ mathcal {o}}的上部界限的遗憾(d ^ {5/4} h ^ 2 \ delta ^ {1 / 4} k ^ {3/4})$何地在$ d $是特征空间的尺寸,$ h $是规划地平线,$ k $是剧集的数量和$ \ delta $是一个合适的衡量标准MDP的非固定性。此外,我们指出了在忘记以前作品的非静止线性匪徒环境中忘记策略的技术差距,并提出了修复其遗憾分析。
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我们研究了线性函数近似的强化学习(RL)。此问题的现有算法仅具有高概率遗憾和/或可能大致正确(PAC)样本复杂性保证,这不能保证对最佳政策的趋同。在本文中,为了克服现有算法的限制,我们提出了一种新的算法,称为长笛,它享有统一-PAC收敛到具有高概率的最佳政策。统一-PAC保证是文献中强化学习的最强烈保证,它可以直接意味着PAC和高概率遗憾,使我们的算法优于具有线性函数近似的所有现有算法。在我们的算法的核心,是一种新颖的最小值函数估计器和多级别分区方案,以从历史观察中选择训练样本。这两种技术都是新的和独立的兴趣。
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我们在嵌套政策类别的存在下研究匪徒场景中的模型选择问题,目的是获得同时的对抗和随机性(“两全其美”)高概率的遗憾保证。我们的方法要求每个基础学习者都有一个候选人的遗憾约束,可能会或可能不会举行,而我们的元算法按照一定时间表来扮演每个基础学习者,该时间表使基础学习者的候选人后悔的界限保持平衡,直到被发现违反他们的保证为止。我们开发了专门设计的仔细的错误指定测试,以将上述模型选择标准与利用环境的(潜在良性)性质的能力相结合。我们在对抗环境中恢复畜栏算法的模型选择保证,但是在实现高概率后悔界限的附加益处,特别是在嵌套对抗性线性斑块的情况下。更重要的是,我们的模型选择结果也同时在差距假设​​下的随机环境中同时保持。这些是在(线性)匪徒场景中执行模型选择时,可以达到世界上最好的(随机和对抗性)保证的第一个理论结果。
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Modern Reinforcement Learning (RL) is commonly applied to practical problems with an enormous number of states, where function approximation must be deployed to approximate either the value function or the policy. The introduction of function approximation raises a fundamental set of challenges involving computational and statistical efficiency, especially given the need to manage the exploration/exploitation tradeoff. As a result, a core RL question remains open: how can we design provably efficient RL algorithms that incorporate function approximation? This question persists even in a basic setting with linear dynamics and linear rewards, for which only linear function approximation is needed.This paper presents the first provable RL algorithm with both polynomial runtime and polynomial sample complexity in this linear setting, without requiring a "simulator" or additional assumptions. Concretely, we prove that an optimistic modification of Least-Squares Value Iteration (LSVI)-a classical algorithm frequently studied in the linear setting-achieves O( √ d 3 H 3 T ) regret, where d is the ambient dimension of feature space, H is the length of each episode, and T is the total number of steps. Importantly, such regret is independent of the number of states and actions.
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我们研究了用线性函数近似的加固学习中的违规评估(OPE)问题,旨在根据行为策略收集的脱机数据来估计目标策略的价值函数。我们建议纳入价值函数的方差信息以提高ope的样本效率。更具体地说,对于时间不均匀的epiSodic线性马尔可夫决策过程(MDP),我们提出了一种算法VA-OPE,它使用价值函数的估计方差重新重量拟合Q迭代中的Bellman残差。我们表明我们的算法达到了比最着名的结果绑定的更紧密的误差。我们还提供了行为政策与目标政策之间的分布转移的细粒度。广泛的数值实验证实了我们的理论。
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我们认为在情节环境中的强化学习(RL)中的遗憾最小化问题。在许多实际的RL环境中,状态和动作空间是连续的或非常大的。现有方法通过随机过渡模型的低维表示或$ q $ functions的近似值来确定遗憾的保证。但是,对国家价值函数的函数近似方案的理解基本上仍然缺失。在本文中,我们提出了一种基于在线模型的RL算法,即CME-RL,该算法将过渡分布的表示形式学习为嵌入在复制的内核希尔伯特领域中的嵌入,同时仔细平衡了利用探索 - 探索权衡取舍。我们通过证明频繁的(最糟糕的)遗憾结束了$ \ tilde {o} \ big(h \ gamma_n \ sqrt {n} \ big)$ \ footnote {$ footnote {$ tilde {$ o}(\ cdot)$仅隐藏绝对常数和poly-logarithmic因素。},其中$ h $是情节长度,$ n $是时间步长的总数,$ \ gamma_n $是信息理论数量国家行动特征空间的有效维度。我们的方法绕过了估计过渡概率的需求,并适用于可以定义内核的任何域。它还为内核方法的一般理论带来了新的见解,以进行近似推断和RL遗憾的最小化。
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我们使用访问离线最小二乘回归甲骨文的访问权限,在最低可及性假设下为随机上下文MDP提供了遗憾的最小化算法。我们分析了三个不同的设置:在该动力学的位置,动力学是未知的,但独立于上下文和最具挑战性的设置,而动力学是未知和上下文依赖性的。对于后者,我们的算法获得$ \ tilde {o} \ left(\ max \ {h,{1}/{p_ {min}}} \} \} t \ log(\ max \ {| \ mathcal {f} |,| \ mathcal {p} | \}/\ delta)} \ right)$ hearse bunder bund bund bund bund bund bund bund bunging bund bunger,probinality $ 1- \ delta $,其中$ \ mathcal { P} $和$ \ Mathcal {f} $是用于分别近似动态和奖励的有限且可实现的函数类,$ p_ {min} $是最小可及性参数,$ s $是一组状态,$ a $ a $一组动作,$ h $ the Horizo​​n和$ t $情节数。据我们所知,我们的方法是使用一般函数近似的上下文MDP的第一种乐观方法(即,在没有其他有关功能类别的知识的情况下,例如线性等)。此外,我们还提供$ \ omega的下限即使在已知的动态情况下,也会产生预期的遗憾。
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代表学习呈现在深入学习的经验成功的核心,以处理维度的诅咒。然而,由于i),表现力(RL)的钢筋学习(RL)尚未充分利用卓越的能力,表现力和易疏忽之间的权衡;二世),探索与代表学习之间的耦合。在本文中,我们首先揭示了在随机控制模型中的一些噪声假设下,我们可以免费获得其相应的马尔可夫过渡操作员的线性谱特征。基于该观察,我们提出了嵌入(Spede)的谱动力学嵌入(SPEDE),这将通过利用噪声结构来完成对代表学习的乐观探索。我们提供对Speded的严格理论分析,并展示了几种基准上现有最先进的实证算法的实际卓越性能。
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