We’ve found that adding adaptive noise to the parameters of reinforcement learning algorithms frequently boosts performance. This exploration method is simple to implement and very rarely decreases performance, so it’s worth trying on any problem.
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By Josua Spisak, Sergiu Tcaci Popescu, Stefan Wermter, Matej Hoffmann, J. Kevin O'Regan
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By Waris Radji, Odalric-Ambrym Maillard
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By Rui Fukushima, Jun Tani
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arXiv:2608. 07870v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Improving sample efficiency remains a core challenge in reinforcement learning (RL), especially in real-world settings like robotics, where data collection is costly.
By Donghu Kim, Youngdo Lee, Hojoon Lee, Johan Obando-Ceron, Byungkun Lee, Aaron Courville, Pablo Samuel Castro, Jaegul Choo, Clare Lyle