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Poster

Foundations of Multivariate Distributional Reinforcement Learning

Harley Wiltzer · Jesse Farebrother · Arthur Gretton · Mark Rowland

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Thu 12 Dec 11 a.m. PST — 2 p.m. PST

Abstract:

In reinforcement learning (RL), the consideration of multivariate reward signals has led to fundamental advancements in multi-objective decision-making, transfer learning, and representation learning. This work introduces the first oracle-free and computationally-tractable algorithms for provably convergent multivariate distributional dynamic programming and temporal difference learning. Our convergence rates match the familiar rates in the scalar reward setting, and additionally provide new insights into the fidelity of approximate return distribution representations as a function of the reward dimension. Finally, with the aid of our technical results and simulations, we identify tradeoffs between distribution representations that influence the performance of multivariate distributional RL in practice.

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