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Nonparametric Model-based Reinforcement Learning

 Christopher G. Atkeson
  
 

Abstract:
This paper describes some of the interactions of model learning algorithms and planning algorithms we have found in exploring model-based reinforcement learning. The paper focuses on how local trajectory optimizers can be used effectively with learned nonparametric models. We find that trajectory planners that are fully consistent with the learned model often have difficulty finding reasonable plans in the early stages of learning. Trajectory planners that balance obeying the learned model with minimizing cost often do better, even if the plan is not fully consistent with the learned model.

 
 


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