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arXiv CS.AI·Jun 10·5 min read
Bellman-Taylor Score Decoding for Markov Decision Processes with State-Dependent Feasible Action Sets
TL;DR
Many Markov decision processes (MDPs) face challenges due to state-dependent action sets defined by operational constraints. Bellman-Taylor score decoding was developed to facilitate policy learning in a Euclidean score space while ensuring action feasibility through an action decoder.
✦ Why It Matters
Engineers can leverage Bellman-Taylor score decoding to improve decision-making in systems with complex action constraints.
Key Takeaways
- Explore Bellman-Taylor score decoding for MDPs with complex action constraints.
- Utilize the action decoder to ensure feasible action selection.
- Apply this framework to improve performance in queueing network problems.
- Leverage numerical experiments to validate your approach against benchmarks.
How It Works
The Bellman-Taylor score decoding framework utilizes a Taylor expansion of the optimal action-value function to create a score-based representation of policies. By moving policy learning into a Euclidean score space, it simplifies the optimization process while maintaining feasibility through an action decoder.
This allows standard DRL algorithms to be applied without the need for complex differentiations.