Scaling policy iteration based reinforcement learning for unknown discrete-time linear systems

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Autores principales: Pang, Zhen, Tang, Shengda, Cheng, Jun, He, Shuping
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Publicado: 2024
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author Pang, Zhen
Tang, Shengda
Cheng, Jun
He, Shuping
author_facet Pang, Zhen
Tang, Shengda
Cheng, Jun
He, Shuping
contents In optimal control problem, policy iteration (PI) is a powerful reinforcement learning (RL) tool used for designing optimal controller for the linear systems. However, the need for an initial stabilizing control policy significantly limits its applicability. To address this constraint, this paper proposes a novel scaling technique, which progressively brings a sequence of stable scaled systems closer to the original system, enabling the acquisition of stable control gain. Based on the designed scaling update law, we develop model-based and model-free scaling policy iteration (SPI) algorithms for solving the optimal control problem for discrete-time linear systems, in both known and completely unknown system dynamics scenarios. Unlike existing works on PI based RL, the SPI algorithms do not necessitate an initial stabilizing gain to initialize the algorithms, they can achieve the optimal control under any initial control gain. Finally, the numerical results validate the theoretical findings and confirm the effectiveness of the algorithms.
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spellingShingle Scaling policy iteration based reinforcement learning for unknown discrete-time linear systems
Pang, Zhen
Tang, Shengda
Cheng, Jun
He, Shuping
Optimization and Control
In optimal control problem, policy iteration (PI) is a powerful reinforcement learning (RL) tool used for designing optimal controller for the linear systems. However, the need for an initial stabilizing control policy significantly limits its applicability. To address this constraint, this paper proposes a novel scaling technique, which progressively brings a sequence of stable scaled systems closer to the original system, enabling the acquisition of stable control gain. Based on the designed scaling update law, we develop model-based and model-free scaling policy iteration (SPI) algorithms for solving the optimal control problem for discrete-time linear systems, in both known and completely unknown system dynamics scenarios. Unlike existing works on PI based RL, the SPI algorithms do not necessitate an initial stabilizing gain to initialize the algorithms, they can achieve the optimal control under any initial control gain. Finally, the numerical results validate the theoretical findings and confirm the effectiveness of the algorithms.
title Scaling policy iteration based reinforcement learning for unknown discrete-time linear systems
topic Optimization and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2411.07825