Reinforcement learning algorithms: A brief survey

AK Shakya, G Pillai, S Chakrabarty - Expert Systems with Applications, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcement Learning (RL) is a machine learning (ML) technique to learn sequential
decision-making in complex problems. RL is inspired by trial-and-error based human/animal …

A review of robot learning for manipulation: Challenges, representations, and algorithms

O Kroemer, S Niekum, G Konidaris - Journal of machine learning research, 2021 - jmlr.org
A key challenge in intelligent robotics is creating robots that are capable of directly
interacting with the world around them to achieve their goals. The last decade has seen …

Gradients are not all you need

L Metz, CD Freeman, SS Schoenholz… - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2021 - arxiv.org
Differentiable programming techniques are widely used in the community and are
responsible for the machine learning renaissance of the past several decades. While these …

Energy efficient speed planning of electric vehicles for car-following scenario using model-based reinforcement learning

H Lee, K Kim, N Kim, SW Cha - Applied Energy, 2022 - Elsevier
Eco-driving is a term used to refer to a strategy for operating vehicles so as to minimize
energy consumption. Without any hardware changes, eco-driving is an effective approach to …

Safe reinforcement learning for model-reference trajectory tracking of uncertain autonomous vehicles with model-based acceleration

Y Hu, J Fu, G Wen - IEEE Transactions on Intelligent Vehicles, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Applying reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms to control systems design remains a
challenging task due to the potential unsafe exploration and the low sample efficiency. In …

On the model-based stochastic value gradient for continuous reinforcement learning

B Amos, S Stanton, D Yarats… - Learning for Dynamics …, 2021 - proceedings.mlr.press
Abstract Model-based reinforcement learning approaches add explicit domain knowledge to
agents in hopes of improving the sample-efficiency in comparison to model-free agents …

[HTML][HTML] Analogues of mental simulation and imagination in deep learning

JB Hamrick - Current Opinion in Behavioral Sciences, 2019 - Elsevier
Highlights•There are many methods in deep learning for learning predictive models of the
world.•Such models can be leveraged to produce behavior via a number of planning …

[HTML][HTML] Making sense of sensory input

R Evans, J Hernández-Orallo, J Welbl, P Kohli… - Artificial Intelligence, 2021 - Elsevier
This paper attempts to answer a central question in unsupervised learning: what does it
mean to “make sense” of a sensory sequence? In our formalization, making sense involves …

Model-based reparameterization policy gradient methods: Theory and practical algorithms

S Zhang, B Liu, Z Wang, T Zhao - Advances in Neural …, 2024 - proceedings.neurips.cc
Abstract ReParameterization (RP) Policy Gradient Methods (PGMs) have been widely
adopted for continuous control tasks in robotics and computer graphics. However, recent …

Predictable mdp abstraction for unsupervised model-based rl

S Park, S Levine - International Conference on Machine …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
A key component of model-based reinforcement learning (RL) is a dynamics model that
predicts the outcomes of actions. Errors in this predictive model can degrade the …