arXiv:2606. 26397v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-world decision-making often requires balancing multiple conflicting objectives, a challenge that standard Reinforcement Learning (RL) frequently addresses by aggregating rewards into a single scalar signal.
By Aniruddha Joshi, Niklas Lauffer, Sanjit Seshia
arXiv:2607. 29559v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement Learning (RL) systems are typically trained using a single, well-specified scalar reward function.
By Manith Adikari, Bei Peng, Samuele Vinanzi, Angelo Cangelosi
arXiv:2602. 07764v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) seeks to train agents capable of balancing conflicting objectives.
By Tanmay Ambadkar, Sourav Panda, Shreyash Kale, Jonathan Dodge, Abhinav Verma
arXiv:2606. 25012v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many reinforcement learning (RL) problems in the infinite-horizon average-reward setting require optimizing multiple conflicting objectives while satisfying multiple safety constraints.
By Ankur Naskar, Swetha Ganesh, Vaneet Aggarwal
arXiv:2606. 19134v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We present Pareto Q-Learning with Reward Machines (PQLRM), a multi-objective reinforcement learning algorithm for tasks whose reward structure is specified by a set of reward machines (RMs).
By Arnaud Lequen, Cl\'ement Legrand-Lixon, L\'eo Sauli\`eres
arXiv:2606. 11284v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Real-world multi-agent systems, from traffic coordination to resource allocation, are often modeled as general-sum games where individual incentives conflict with collective welfare.
By Wongyu Lee, Francesco Lelli, Omran Ayoub, Massimo Tornatore
arXiv:2608. 08604v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL) is a powerful framework for solving complex collaborative tasks, but it relies heavily on well-defined global reward functions.
By Ni Mu, Yao Luan, Yiqin Yang, Qing-Shan Jia
arXiv:2606. 00367v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Reinforcement learning problems typically define the goal as maximizing the expected value of a scalar reward function.
By Jonathan Cola\c{c}o Carr, Prakash Panangaden, Doina Precup, Benjamin Van Roy
arXiv:2607. 28916v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Multistep credit assignment is critical for sample-efficient reinforcement learning, yet managing off-policy bias in Q-learning remains a fundamental challenge.
By Brett Daley
arXiv:2606. 31178v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Optimizing nonlinear preferences in multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is essential for capturing complex trade-offs like risk aversion or fairness.
By Woosung Kim, Youngjun Suh, Jinho Lee, Jongmin Lee, Byung-Jun Lee
arXiv:2608. 17180v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Contextual Reinforcement Learning (CRL) seeks to generalize classical RL by maximizing task coverage across a context space of related tasks.
By Jianan Zhou, Jung-Hoon Cho, Tianyue Zhou, Han Zheng, Jie Zhang, Roy Dong, Yining Ma, Cathy Wu
arXiv:2607. 29441v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Many real-world systems rely on predictive models to inform decisions, and fairness concerns arise in both the prediction and decision stages.
By Yu Wang (Xinying), Violet (Xinying), Chen