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Reinforcement Learning (RL) has achieved significant success in solving single-goal tasks. However, uniform goal selection often results in sample inefficiency in multi-goal settings where agents must learn a universal goal-conditioned…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-12-30 Gaurav Chaudhary , Laxmidhar Behera

Effective tool use is essential for agentic AI, yet training agents to utilize tools remains challenging due to manually designed rewards, limited training data, and poor multi-tool selection, resulting in slow adaptation, wasted…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2026-01-13 Quy Minh Le , Minh Sao Khue Luu , Khanh-Tung Tran , Duc-Hai Nguyen , Hoang-Quoc-Viet Pham , Quan Le , Hoang Thanh Lam , Hoang D. Nguyen

Researchers and practitioners in the field of reinforcement learning (RL) frequently leverage parallel computation, which has led to a plethora of new algorithms and systems in the last few years. In this paper, we re-examine the challenges…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-11-01 Eric Liang , Zhanghao Wu , Michael Luo , Sven Mika , Joseph E. Gonzalez , Ion Stoica

A major challenge in the Deep RL (DRL) community is to train agents able to generalize their control policy over situations never seen in training. Training on diverse tasks has been identified as a key ingredient for good generalization,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-09-02 Rémy Portelas , Clément Romac , Katja Hofmann , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is an important machine learning paradigm for solving sequential decision-making problems. Recent years have witnessed remarkable progress in this field due to the rapid development of deep neural networks.…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-08 Chaofan Pan , Xin Yang , Yanhua Li , Wei Wei , Tianrui Li , Bo An , Jiye Liang

We propose RHEA CL, which combines Curriculum Learning (CL) with Rolling Horizon Evolutionary Algorithms (RHEA) to automatically produce effective curricula during the training of a reinforcement learning agent. RHEA CL optimizes a…

Artificial Intelligence · Computer Science 2024-08-13 Mohit Jiwatode , Leon Schlecht , Alexander Dockhorn

This article introduces a novel sample-efficient curriculum learning (CL) approach for training an end-to-end reinforcement learning (RL) policy for robust stabilization of a Quadrotor. The learning objective is to simultaneously stabilize…

Various automatic curriculum learning (ACL) methods have been proposed to improve the sample efficiency and final performance of deep reinforcement learning (DRL). They are designed to control how a DRL agent collects data, which is…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2022-10-26 Jikun Kang , Miao Liu , Abhinav Gupta , Chris Pal , Xue Liu , Jie Fu

One of the enduring challenges in education is how to empower students to take ownership of their learning by setting meaningful goals, tracking their progress, and adapting their strategies when faced with setbacks. Research has shown that…

Multiagent Systems · Computer Science 2025-08-27 Ryan Hare , Ying Tang

This paper presents a review of the field of reinforcement learning (RL), with a focus on providing a comprehensive overview of the key concepts, techniques, and algorithms for beginners. RL has a unique setting, jargon, and mathematics…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2023-04-04 Mohamed-Amine Chadi , Hajar Mousannif

Training autonomous agents able to generalize to multiple tasks is a key target of Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) research. In parallel to improving DRL algorithms themselves, Automatic Curriculum Learning (ACL) study how teacher…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2021-06-10 Clément Romac , Rémy Portelas , Katja Hofmann , Pierre-Yves Oudeyer

In order for autonomous mobile robots to navigate in human spaces, they must abide by our social norms. Reinforcement learning (RL) has emerged as an effective method to train sequential decision-making policies that are able to respect…

Robotics · Computer Science 2024-03-01 Adam Sigal , Hsiu-Chin Lin , AJung Moon

Autonomous drone racing has attracted increasing interest as a research topic for exploring the limits of agile flight. However, existing studies primarily focus on obstacle-free racetracks, while the perception and dynamic challenges…

Robotics · Computer Science 2026-03-02 Fangyu Sun , Fanxing Li , Yu Hu , Linzuo Zhang , Yueqian Liu , Wenxian Yu , Danping Zou

Reinforcement Learning (RL)-Based Recommender Systems (RSs) have gained rising attention for their potential to enhance long-term user engagement. However, research in this field faces challenges, including the lack of user-friendly…

Information Retrieval · Computer Science 2024-05-27 Yuanqing Yu , Chongming Gao , Jiawei Chen , Heng Tang , Yuefeng Sun , Qian Chen , Weizhi Ma , Min Zhang

We demonstrate how an evolutionary algorithm can be extended with a curriculum learning process that selects automatically the environmental conditions in which the evolving agents are evaluated. The environmental conditions are selected so…

Neural and Evolutionary Computing · Computer Science 2021-02-18 Nicola Milano , Stefano Nolfi

Code language models have emerged as useful tools for various programming tasks, yet they often struggle when it comes to complex ones. In this paper, we explore the potential of curriculum learning in enhancing the performance of these…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2024-07-16 Marwa Naïr , Kamel Yamani , Lynda Said Lhadj , Riyadh Baghdadi

Research on Reinforcement Learning (RL) approaches for discrete optimization problems has increased considerably, extending RL to areas classically dominated by Operations Research (OR). Vehicle routing problems are a good example of…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-04-07 Ricardo Gama , Ricardo Cunha , Daniel Fuertes , Carlos R. del-Blanco , Hugo L. Fernandes

Reliable bipedal walking over complex terrain is a challenging problem, using a curriculum can help learning. Curriculum learning is the idea of starting with an achievable version of a task and increasing the difficulty as a success…

Robotics · Computer Science 2021-02-03 Brendan Tidd , Nicolas Hudson , Akansel Cosgun

In curriculum reinforcement learning (CRL), an agent incrementally accumulates knowledge over a sequence of tasks (i.e., a curriculum), and the learning process is aimed at using the accumulated knowledge to finally solve a challenging…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2026-05-25 Yongyan Wen , Siyuan Li , Mingjian Fu , Yiqin Yang , Xun Wang , Peng Liu

Model-free Reinforcement Learning (RL) offers an attractive approach to learn control policies for high-dimensional systems, but its relatively poor sample complexity often forces training in simulated environments. Even in simulation,…

Robotics · Computer Science 2018-09-18 Boris Ivanovic , James Harrison , Apoorva Sharma , Mo Chen , Marco Pavone