Towards General-Purpose Model-Free Reinforcement Learning

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Autori principali: Fujimoto, Scott, D'Oro, Pierluca, Zhang, Amy, Tian, Yuandong, Rabbat, Michael
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Pubblicazione: 2025
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author Fujimoto, Scott
D'Oro, Pierluca
Zhang, Amy
Tian, Yuandong
Rabbat, Michael
author_facet Fujimoto, Scott
D'Oro, Pierluca
Zhang, Amy
Tian, Yuandong
Rabbat, Michael
contents Reinforcement learning (RL) promises a framework for near-universal problem-solving. In practice however, RL algorithms are often tailored to specific benchmarks, relying on carefully tuned hyperparameters and algorithmic choices. Recently, powerful model-based RL methods have shown impressive general results across benchmarks but come at the cost of increased complexity and slow run times, limiting their broader applicability. In this paper, we attempt to find a unifying model-free deep RL algorithm that can address a diverse class of domains and problem settings. To achieve this, we leverage model-based representations that approximately linearize the value function, taking advantage of the denser task objectives used by model-based RL while avoiding the costs associated with planning or simulated trajectories. We evaluate our algorithm, MR.Q, on a variety of common RL benchmarks with a single set of hyperparameters and show a competitive performance against domain-specific and general baselines, providing a concrete step towards building general-purpose model-free deep RL algorithms.
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spellingShingle Towards General-Purpose Model-Free Reinforcement Learning
Fujimoto, Scott
D'Oro, Pierluca
Zhang, Amy
Tian, Yuandong
Rabbat, Michael
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Reinforcement learning (RL) promises a framework for near-universal problem-solving. In practice however, RL algorithms are often tailored to specific benchmarks, relying on carefully tuned hyperparameters and algorithmic choices. Recently, powerful model-based RL methods have shown impressive general results across benchmarks but come at the cost of increased complexity and slow run times, limiting their broader applicability. In this paper, we attempt to find a unifying model-free deep RL algorithm that can address a diverse class of domains and problem settings. To achieve this, we leverage model-based representations that approximately linearize the value function, taking advantage of the denser task objectives used by model-based RL while avoiding the costs associated with planning or simulated trajectories. We evaluate our algorithm, MR.Q, on a variety of common RL benchmarks with a single set of hyperparameters and show a competitive performance against domain-specific and general baselines, providing a concrete step towards building general-purpose model-free deep RL algorithms.
title Towards General-Purpose Model-Free Reinforcement Learning
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2501.16142