Structure-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Transmission Scheduling

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Main Authors: Chen, Jiazheng, Liu, Wanchun, Quevedo, Daniel E., Li, Yonghui, Vucetic, Branka
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author Chen, Jiazheng
Liu, Wanchun
Quevedo, Daniel E.
Li, Yonghui
Vucetic, Branka
author_facet Chen, Jiazheng
Liu, Wanchun
Quevedo, Daniel E.
Li, Yonghui
Vucetic, Branka
contents Remote state estimation of large-scale distributed dynamic processes plays an important role in Industry 4.0 applications. In this paper, by leveraging the theoretical results of structural properties of optimal scheduling policies, we develop a structure-enhanced deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework for optimal scheduling of a multi-sensor remote estimation system to achieve the minimum overall estimation mean-square error (MSE). In particular, we propose a structure-enhanced action selection method, which tends to select actions that obey the policy structure. This explores the action space more effectively and enhances the learning efficiency of DRL agents. Furthermore, we introduce a structure-enhanced loss function to add penalty to actions that do not follow the policy structure. The new loss function guides the DRL to converge to the optimal policy structure quickly. Our numerical results show that the proposed structure-enhanced DRL algorithms can save the training time by 50% and reduce the remote estimation MSE by 10% to 25%, when compared to benchmark DRL algorithms.
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spellingShingle Structure-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Transmission Scheduling
Chen, Jiazheng
Liu, Wanchun
Quevedo, Daniel E.
Li, Yonghui
Vucetic, Branka
Information Theory
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Signal Processing
Remote state estimation of large-scale distributed dynamic processes plays an important role in Industry 4.0 applications. In this paper, by leveraging the theoretical results of structural properties of optimal scheduling policies, we develop a structure-enhanced deep reinforcement learning (DRL) framework for optimal scheduling of a multi-sensor remote estimation system to achieve the minimum overall estimation mean-square error (MSE). In particular, we propose a structure-enhanced action selection method, which tends to select actions that obey the policy structure. This explores the action space more effectively and enhances the learning efficiency of DRL agents. Furthermore, we introduce a structure-enhanced loss function to add penalty to actions that do not follow the policy structure. The new loss function guides the DRL to converge to the optimal policy structure quickly. Our numerical results show that the proposed structure-enhanced DRL algorithms can save the training time by 50% and reduce the remote estimation MSE by 10% to 25%, when compared to benchmark DRL algorithms.
title Structure-Enhanced Deep Reinforcement Learning for Optimal Transmission Scheduling
topic Information Theory
Artificial Intelligence
Machine Learning
Systems and Control
Signal Processing
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2211.10827