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Reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms have made huge progress in recent years by leveraging the power of deep neural networks (DNN). Despite the success, deep RL algorithms are known to be sample inefficient, often requiring many rounds of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2018-05-22 Zichuan Lin , Tianqi Zhao , Guangwen Yang , Lintao Zhang

The asynchronous nature of the state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithms such as the Asynchronous Advantage Actor-Critic algorithm, makes them exceptionally suitable for CPU computations. However, given the fact that deep…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2018-04-17 Robert Adamski , Tomasz Grel , Maciej Klimek , Henryk Michalewski

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) methods have performed well in an increasing numbering of high-dimensional visual decision making domains. Among all such visual decision making problems, those with discrete action spaces often tend to…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-05-23 Sahil Sharma , Aravind Suresh , Rahul Ramesh , Balaraman Ravindran

Sampled environment transitions are a critical input to deep reinforcement learning (DRL) algorithms. Current DRL benchmarks often allow for the cheap and easy generation of large amounts of samples such that perceived progress in DRL does…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-02-10 Florian E. Dorner

Deep reinforcement learning (deep RL) has achieved superior performance in complex sequential tasks by using deep neural networks as function approximators to learn directly from raw input images. However, learning directly from raw images…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-07-31 Gabriel V. de la Cruz , Yunshu Du , Matthew E. Taylor

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has achieved remarkable success in complex sequential decision-making tasks, such as playing Atari 2600 games and mastering board games. A critical yet underexplored aspect of DRL is the temporal scale of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-07-02 Abhishek Verma , Nallarasan V , Balaraman Ravindran

We propose a fully distributed actor-critic algorithm approximated by deep neural networks, named \textit{Diff-DAC}, with application to single-task and to average multitask reinforcement learning (MRL). Each agent has access to data from…

Dynamic distribution network reconfiguration (DNR) algorithms perform hourly status changes of remotely controllable switches to improve distribution system performance. The problem is typically solved by physical model-based control…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2020-06-24 Yuanqi Gao , Wei Wang , Jie Shi , Nanpeng Yu

Efficient task scheduling in large-scale distributed systems presents significant challenges due to dynamic workloads, heterogeneous resources, and competing quality-of-service requirements. Traditional centralized approaches face…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2026-03-27 Daniel Benniah John

In this work we describe a novel deep reinforcement learning architecture that allows multiple actions to be selected at every time-step in an efficient manner. Multi-action policies allow complex behaviours to be learnt that would…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2018-09-07 Jack Harmer , Linus Gisslén , Jorge del Val , Henrik Holst , Joakim Bergdahl , Tom Olsson , Kristoffer Sjöö , Magnus Nordin

Decentralized training of deep neural networks has attracted significant attention for its theoretically superior scalability over synchronous data-parallel methods like All-Reduce. However, realizing this potential in multi-node training…

Distributed, Parallel, and Cluster Computing · Computer Science 2024-10-17 Zesen Wang , Jiaojiao Zhang , Xuyang Wu , Mikael Johansson

Reinforcement learning augmented by the representational power of deep neural networks, has shown promising results on high-dimensional problems, such as game playing and robotic control. However, the sequential nature of these problems…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-05-10 Alexis Asseman , Nicolas Antoine , Ahmet S. Ozcan

In distributional reinforcement learning (RL), the estimated distribution of value function models both the parametric and intrinsic uncertainties. We propose a novel and efficient exploration method for deep RL that has two components. The…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2019-05-16 Borislav Mavrin , Shangtong Zhang , Hengshuai Yao , Linglong Kong , Kaiwen Wu , Yaoliang Yu

In distributed optimization, the practical problem-solving performance is essentially sensitive to algorithm selection, parameter setting, problem type and data pattern. Thus, it is often laborious to acquire a highly efficient method for a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2024-01-04 Daokuan Zhu , Tianqi Xu , Jie Lu

We propose a novel training algorithm for reinforcement learning which combines the strength of deep Q-learning with a constrained optimization approach to tighten optimality and encourage faster reward propagation. Our novel technique…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-11-08 Frank S. He , Yang Liu , Alexander G. Schwing , Jian Peng

Deep reinforcement learning has been shown to be a powerful framework for learning policies from complex high-dimensional sensory inputs to actions in complex tasks, such as the Atari domain. In this paper, we explore output representation…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2016-06-16 Ishan P. Durugkar , Clemens Rosenbaum , Stefan Dernbach , Sridhar Mahadevan

Besides independent learning, human learning process is highly improved by summarizing what has been learned, communicating it with peers, and subsequently fusing knowledge from different sources to assist the current learning goal. This…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2017-02-21 Kaixiang Lin , Shu Wang , Jiayu Zhou

Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) is a trending field of research, showing great promise in challenging problems such as playing Atari, solving Go and controlling robots. While DRL agents perform well in practice we are still lacking the…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2016-06-17 Nir Baram , Tom Zahavy , Shie Mannor

Integrated Sensing and Communication (ISAC) is a key enabler in 6G networks, where sensing and communication capabilities are designed to complement and enhance each other. One of the main challenges in ISAC lies in resource allocation,…

Signal Processing · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-10-30 Duc Nguyen Dao , André B. J. Kokkeler , Haibin Zhang , Yang Miao

Autonomous robotic systems, like autonomous vehicles and robotic search and rescue, require efficient on-device training for continuous adaptation of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) models in dynamic environments. This research is…

Robotics · Computer Science 2023-09-18 Zexin Li , Aritra Samanta , Yufei Li , Andrea Soltoggio , Hyoseung Kim , Cong Liu