arXiv Machine Learning

Factorized Spectral Representations for Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2607. 13498v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Learning a compact model of the world from interaction data is central to sample-efficient deep reinforcement learning.

arXiv AI
Jul 8

Learning The Minimum Action Distance

arXiv:2506. 09276v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: This paper presents a state representation framework for Markov decision processes (MDPs) that can be learned solely from state trajectories, requiring neither reward signals nor the actions executed by the agent.

By Lorenzo Steccanella, Joshua B. Evans, \"Ozg\"ur \c{S}im\c{s}ek, Anders Jonsson
arXiv Machine Learning
1d ago

Learning Commute-Time-Preserving World Models for Planning

The paper introduces Commute-Time-Preserving World Models (CTWMs), which learn latent representations that reflect commute-times in an environment by using a latent displacement predictor and a log-determinant regularizer. This approach addresses the issue that existing self-supervised methods degrade the necessary eigenvalue-dependent scaling for accurate commute-time representation. In experiments, CTWMs outperform the task-agnostic baseline LeWM on several continuous goal-reaching benchmarks while using only half the parameters.

By Michael Hauri, Peter Buttaroni, Fabian A. Mikulasch, Friedemann Zenke
arXiv Machine Learning
Aug 27

Regularized Latent Dynamics Prediction is a Strong Baseline For Behavioral Foundation Models

The paper introduces Regularized Latent Dynamics Prediction (RLDP), a method that adds orthogonality regularization to self‑supervised next‑state prediction in latent space. RLDP maintains feature diversity, matching or surpassing complex representation learning approaches for zero‑shot reinforcement learning. It also performs robustly in low‑coverage data settings where prior methods fail.

By Pranaya Jajoo, Harshit Sikchi, Siddhant Agarwal, Amy Zhang, Scott Niekum, Martha White