Properties of Turnpike Functions for Discounted Finite MDPs

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Autores principales: Feinberg, Eugene A., He, Gaojin
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author Feinberg, Eugene A.
He, Gaojin
author_facet Feinberg, Eugene A.
He, Gaojin
contents This paper studies discounted Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) with finite sets of states and actions. Value iteration is one of the major methods for finding optimal policies. For each discount factor, starting from a finite number of iterations, which is called the turnpike integer, value iteration algorithms always generate decision rules, which are deterministic optimal policies for the infinite-horizon problems. This fact justifies the rolling horizon approach for computing infinite-horizon optimal policies by conducting a finite number of value iterations. This paper describes properties of turnpike integers and provides their upper bounds.
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spellingShingle Properties of Turnpike Functions for Discounted Finite MDPs
Feinberg, Eugene A.
He, Gaojin
Optimization and Control
90C40, 60J05
This paper studies discounted Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) with finite sets of states and actions. Value iteration is one of the major methods for finding optimal policies. For each discount factor, starting from a finite number of iterations, which is called the turnpike integer, value iteration algorithms always generate decision rules, which are deterministic optimal policies for the infinite-horizon problems. This fact justifies the rolling horizon approach for computing infinite-horizon optimal policies by conducting a finite number of value iterations. This paper describes properties of turnpike integers and provides their upper bounds.
title Properties of Turnpike Functions for Discounted Finite MDPs
topic Optimization and Control
90C40, 60J05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2502.05375