Interactive Double Deep Q-network: Integrating Human Interventions and Evaluative Predictions in Reinforcement Learning of Autonomous Driving

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Main Authors: Sygkounas, Alkis, Athanasiadis, Ioannis, Persson, Andreas, Felsberg, Michael, Loutfi, Amy
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Published: 2025
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author Sygkounas, Alkis
Athanasiadis, Ioannis
Persson, Andreas
Felsberg, Michael
Loutfi, Amy
author_facet Sygkounas, Alkis
Athanasiadis, Ioannis
Persson, Andreas
Felsberg, Michael
Loutfi, Amy
contents Integrating human expertise with machine learning is crucial for applications demanding high accuracy and safety, such as autonomous driving. This study introduces Interactive Double Deep Q-network (iDDQN), a Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) approach that enhances Reinforcement Learning (RL) by merging human insights directly into the RL training process, improving model performance. Our proposed iDDQN method modifies the Q-value update equation to integrate human and agent actions, establishing a collaborative approach for policy development. Additionally, we present an offline evaluative framework that simulates the agent's trajectory as if no human intervention had occurred, to assess the effectiveness of human interventions. Empirical results in simulated autonomous driving scenarios demonstrate that iDDQN outperforms established approaches, including Behavioral Cloning (BC), HG-DAgger, Deep Q-Learning from Demonstrations (DQfD), and vanilla DRL in leveraging human expertise for improving performance and adaptability.
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spellingShingle Interactive Double Deep Q-network: Integrating Human Interventions and Evaluative Predictions in Reinforcement Learning of Autonomous Driving
Sygkounas, Alkis
Athanasiadis, Ioannis
Persson, Andreas
Felsberg, Michael
Loutfi, Amy
Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
Integrating human expertise with machine learning is crucial for applications demanding high accuracy and safety, such as autonomous driving. This study introduces Interactive Double Deep Q-network (iDDQN), a Human-in-the-Loop (HITL) approach that enhances Reinforcement Learning (RL) by merging human insights directly into the RL training process, improving model performance. Our proposed iDDQN method modifies the Q-value update equation to integrate human and agent actions, establishing a collaborative approach for policy development. Additionally, we present an offline evaluative framework that simulates the agent's trajectory as if no human intervention had occurred, to assess the effectiveness of human interventions. Empirical results in simulated autonomous driving scenarios demonstrate that iDDQN outperforms established approaches, including Behavioral Cloning (BC), HG-DAgger, Deep Q-Learning from Demonstrations (DQfD), and vanilla DRL in leveraging human expertise for improving performance and adaptability.
title Interactive Double Deep Q-network: Integrating Human Interventions and Evaluative Predictions in Reinforcement Learning of Autonomous Driving
topic Machine Learning
Artificial Intelligence
Robotics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2505.01440