Navigating Trade-offs: Policy Summarization for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning
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| author | Osika, Zuzanna Zatarain-Salazar, Jazmin Oliehoek, Frans A. Murukannaiah, Pradeep K. |
| author_facet | Osika, Zuzanna Zatarain-Salazar, Jazmin Oliehoek, Frans A. Murukannaiah, Pradeep K. |
| contents | Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is used to solve problems involving multiple objectives. An MORL agent must make decisions based on the diverse signals provided by distinct reward functions. Training an MORL agent yields a set of solutions (policies), each presenting distinct trade-offs among the objectives (expected returns). MORL enhances explainability by enabling fine-grained comparisons of policies in the solution set based on their trade-offs as opposed to having a single policy. However, the solution set is typically large and multi-dimensional, where each policy (e.g., a neural network) is represented by its objective values.
We propose an approach for clustering the solution set generated by MORL. By considering both policy behavior and objective values, our clustering method can reveal the relationship between policy behaviors and regions in the objective space. This approach can enable decision makers (DMs) to identify overarching trends and insights in the solution set rather than examining each policy individually. We tested our method in four multi-objective environments and found it outperformed traditional k-medoids clustering. Additionally, we include a case study that demonstrates its real-world application. |
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| spellingShingle | Navigating Trade-offs: Policy Summarization for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning Osika, Zuzanna Zatarain-Salazar, Jazmin Oliehoek, Frans A. Murukannaiah, Pradeep K. Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is used to solve problems involving multiple objectives. An MORL agent must make decisions based on the diverse signals provided by distinct reward functions. Training an MORL agent yields a set of solutions (policies), each presenting distinct trade-offs among the objectives (expected returns). MORL enhances explainability by enabling fine-grained comparisons of policies in the solution set based on their trade-offs as opposed to having a single policy. However, the solution set is typically large and multi-dimensional, where each policy (e.g., a neural network) is represented by its objective values. We propose an approach for clustering the solution set generated by MORL. By considering both policy behavior and objective values, our clustering method can reveal the relationship between policy behaviors and regions in the objective space. This approach can enable decision makers (DMs) to identify overarching trends and insights in the solution set rather than examining each policy individually. We tested our method in four multi-objective environments and found it outperformed traditional k-medoids clustering. Additionally, we include a case study that demonstrates its real-world application. |
| title | Navigating Trade-offs: Policy Summarization for Multi-Objective Reinforcement Learning |
| topic | Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.04784 |