Near-Optimal Policy Optimization for Correlated Equilibrium in General-Sum Markov Games

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Autori principali: Cai, Yang, Luo, Haipeng, Wei, Chen-Yu, Zheng, Weiqiang
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author Cai, Yang
Luo, Haipeng
Wei, Chen-Yu
Zheng, Weiqiang
author_facet Cai, Yang
Luo, Haipeng
Wei, Chen-Yu
Zheng, Weiqiang
contents We study policy optimization algorithms for computing correlated equilibria in multi-player general-sum Markov Games. Previous results achieve $O(T^{-1/2})$ convergence rate to a correlated equilibrium and an accelerated $O(T^{-3/4})$ convergence rate to the weaker notion of coarse correlated equilibrium. In this paper, we improve both results significantly by providing an uncoupled policy optimization algorithm that attains a near-optimal $\tilde{O}(T^{-1})$ convergence rate for computing a correlated equilibrium. Our algorithm is constructed by combining two main elements (i) smooth value updates and (ii) the optimistic-follow-the-regularized-leader algorithm with the log barrier regularizer.
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spellingShingle Near-Optimal Policy Optimization for Correlated Equilibrium in General-Sum Markov Games
Cai, Yang
Luo, Haipeng
Wei, Chen-Yu
Zheng, Weiqiang
Machine Learning
Computer Science and Game Theory
Optimization and Control
We study policy optimization algorithms for computing correlated equilibria in multi-player general-sum Markov Games. Previous results achieve $O(T^{-1/2})$ convergence rate to a correlated equilibrium and an accelerated $O(T^{-3/4})$ convergence rate to the weaker notion of coarse correlated equilibrium. In this paper, we improve both results significantly by providing an uncoupled policy optimization algorithm that attains a near-optimal $\tilde{O}(T^{-1})$ convergence rate for computing a correlated equilibrium. Our algorithm is constructed by combining two main elements (i) smooth value updates and (ii) the optimistic-follow-the-regularized-leader algorithm with the log barrier regularizer.
title Near-Optimal Policy Optimization for Correlated Equilibrium in General-Sum Markov Games
topic Machine Learning
Computer Science and Game Theory
Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2401.15240