Action Mapping for Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Environments with Constraints

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Hauptverfasser: Theile, Mirco, Dirnberger, Lukas, Trumpp, Raphael, Caccamo, Marco, Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L.
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Veröffentlicht: 2024
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author Theile, Mirco
Dirnberger, Lukas
Trumpp, Raphael
Caccamo, Marco
Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L.
author_facet Theile, Mirco
Dirnberger, Lukas
Trumpp, Raphael
Caccamo, Marco
Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L.
contents Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has had success across various domains, but applying it to environments with constraints remains challenging due to poor sample efficiency and slow convergence. Recent literature explored incorporating model knowledge to mitigate these problems, particularly through the use of models that assess the feasibility of proposed actions. However, integrating feasibility models efficiently into DRL pipelines in environments with continuous action spaces is non-trivial. We propose a novel DRL training strategy utilizing action mapping that leverages feasibility models to streamline the learning process. By decoupling the learning of feasible actions from policy optimization, action mapping allows DRL agents to focus on selecting the optimal action from a reduced feasible action set. We demonstrate through experiments that action mapping significantly improves training performance in constrained environments with continuous action spaces, especially with imperfect feasibility models.
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spellingShingle Action Mapping for Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Environments with Constraints
Theile, Mirco
Dirnberger, Lukas
Trumpp, Raphael
Caccamo, Marco
Sangiovanni-Vincentelli, Alberto L.
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
Deep reinforcement learning (DRL) has had success across various domains, but applying it to environments with constraints remains challenging due to poor sample efficiency and slow convergence. Recent literature explored incorporating model knowledge to mitigate these problems, particularly through the use of models that assess the feasibility of proposed actions. However, integrating feasibility models efficiently into DRL pipelines in environments with continuous action spaces is non-trivial. We propose a novel DRL training strategy utilizing action mapping that leverages feasibility models to streamline the learning process. By decoupling the learning of feasible actions from policy optimization, action mapping allows DRL agents to focus on selecting the optimal action from a reduced feasible action set. We demonstrate through experiments that action mapping significantly improves training performance in constrained environments with continuous action spaces, especially with imperfect feasibility models.
title Action Mapping for Reinforcement Learning in Continuous Environments with Constraints
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Systems and Control
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.04327