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Distributed Reinforcement Learning via Gossip

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing 2013-10-30 v1 Artificial Intelligence Optimization and Control

Abstract

We consider the classical TD(0) algorithm implemented on a network of agents wherein the agents also incorporate the updates received from neighboring agents using a gossip-like mechanism. The combined scheme is shown to converge for both discounted and average cost problems.

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@article{arxiv.1310.7610,
  title  = {Distributed Reinforcement Learning via Gossip},
  author = {Adwaitvedant S. Mathkar and Vivek S. Borkar},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1310.7610},
  year   = {2013}
}

Comments

18 pages, 3 figures, Submitted to Discrete Event Dynamic Systems

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