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Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) is essential for addressing the intricacies of real-world RL problems, which often require trade-offs between multiple utility functions. However, MORL is challenging due to unstable learning…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-25 Mikhail Terekhov , Caglar Gulcehre

In critical care settings such as the Intensive Care Unit, clinicians face the complex challenge of balancing conflicting objectives, primarily maximizing patient survival while minimizing resource utilization (e.g., length of stay).…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-10 Aryaman Bansal , Divya Sharma

Lexicographic multi-objective problems, which consist of multiple conflicting subtasks with explicit priorities, are common in real-world applications. Despite the advantages of Reinforcement Learning (RL) in single tasks, extending…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Ruiyu Qiu , Rui Wang , Guanghui Yang , Xiang Li , Zhijiang Shao

Inferring reward functions from demonstrations and pairwise preferences are auspicious approaches for aligning Reinforcement Learning (RL) agents with human intentions. However, state-of-the art methods typically focus on learning a single…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-01-04 Markus Peschl , Arkady Zgonnikov , Frans A. Oliehoek , Luciano C. Siebert

Recent advances in language models have enabled framing molecule generation as sequence modeling. However, existing approaches often rely on single-objective reinforcement learning, limiting their applicability to real-world drug design,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-02-11 Diego Calanzone , Pierluca D'Oro , Pierre-Luc Bacon

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) plays a pivotal role in addressing multi-criteria decision-making problems in the real world. The multi-policy (MP) based methods are widely used to obtain high-quality Pareto front…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-08-05 Zeyu Zhao , Yueling Che , Kaichen Liu , Jian Li , Junmei Yao

Quadrupedal locomotion is a complex, open-ended problem vital to expanding autonomous vehicle reach. Traditional reinforcement learning approaches often fall short due to training instability and sample inefficiency. We propose a novel…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-11-14 Martin Robert , Simon Brodeur , Francois Ferland

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) enables agents to optimize vector-valued rewards while respecting user preferences. CAPQL, a preference-conditioned actor-critic method, achieves this by conditioning on weight vectors w and…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-01-21 Jonaid Shianifar , Michael Schukat , Karl Mason

This study introduces a novel multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) approach for autonomous intersection management, aiming to balance traffic efficiency and environmental sustainability across electric and internal combustion…

Systems and Control · Electrical Eng. & Systems 2025-12-15 Matteo Cederle , Marco Fabris , Gian Antonio Susto

We consider the problem of two active particles in 2D complex flows with the multi-objective goals of minimizing both the dispersion rate and the energy consumption of the pair. We approach the problem by means of Multi Objective…

Fluid Dynamics · Physics 2023-03-06 Chiara Calascibetta , Luca Biferale , Francesco Borra , Antonio Celani , Massimo Cencini

Emerging research in Pluralistic Artificial Intelligence (AI) alignment seeks to address how intelligent systems can be designed and deployed in accordance with diverse human needs and values. We contribute to this pursuit with a dynamic…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-11-01 Hadassah Harland , Richard Dazeley , Peter Vamplew , Hashini Senaratne , Bahareh Nakisa , Francisco Cruz

In Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning (MORL) agents are tasked with optimising decision-making behaviours that trade-off between multiple, possibly conflicting, objectives. MORL based on decomposition is a family of solution methods…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-06-17 Yucheng Shi , David Lynch , Alexandros Agapitos

Multi-objective reinforcement learning (MORL) addresses the challenge of simultaneously optimizing multiple, often conflicting, rewards, moving beyond the single-reward focus of conventional reinforcement learning (RL). This approach is…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2025-05-21 Carlos Hernández , Roberto Santana

Multi-objective optimization (MOO) problems are prevalent in machine learning. These problems have a set of optimal solutions, called the Pareto front, where each point on the front represents a different trade-off between possibly…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-04-27 Aviv Navon , Aviv Shamsian , Gal Chechik , Ethan Fetaya

As machine learning (ML) applications grow increasingly complex in recent years, modern ML frameworks often need to address multiple potentially conflicting objectives with coupled decision variables across different layers. This creates a…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-11-12 Zhiyao Zhang , Zhuqing Liu , Xin Zhang , Wen-Yen Chen , Jiyan Yang , Jia Liu

Lead optimization in drug discovery requires efficiently navigating vast chemical space through iterative cycles to enhance molecular properties while preserving structural similarity to the original lead compound. Despite recent advances,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-09-29 Ziqing Wang , Yibo Wen , William Pattie , Xiao Luo , Weimin Wu , Jerry Yao-Chieh Hu , Abhishek Pandey , Han Liu , Kaize Ding

This paper introduces a new scalable multi-objective deep reinforcement learning (MODRL) framework based on deep Q-networks. We develop a high-performance MODRL framework that supports both single-policy and multi-policy strategies, as well…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2020-09-09 Thanh Thi Nguyen , Ngoc Duy Nguyen , Peter Vamplew , Saeid Nahavandi , Richard Dazeley , Chee Peng Lim

Multi-objective Reinforcement Learning (MORL) seeks to develop policies that simultaneously optimize multiple conflicting objectives, but it requires extensive online interactions. Offline MORL provides a promising solution by training on…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-05-28 Yifu Yuan , Zhenrui Zheng , Zibin Dong , Jianye Hao

Optimizing the consolidation process in container-based fulfillment centers requires trading off competing objectives such as processing speed, resource usage, and space utilization while adhering to a range of real-world operational…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Sikata Sengupta , Guangyi Liu , Omer Gottesman , Joseph W Durham , Michael Kearns , Aaron Roth , Michael Caldara

Multi-Objective Optimization (MOO) is an important problem in real-world applications. However, for a non-trivial problem, no single solution exists that can optimize all the objectives simultaneously. In a typical MOO problem, the goal is…

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