Combining Multi-Objective Planning with Reinforcement Learning to Solve Complex Tasks in Environments with Sparse Rewards
C. van Rijn (TU Delft - Electrical Engineering, Mathematics and Computer Science)
Anna Lukina – Mentor (TU Delft - Algorithmics)
Matthijs Spaan – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Algorithmics)
F.A. Oliehoek – Graduation committee member (TU Delft - Interactive Intelligence)
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Abstract
Sequential decision-making problems are problems where the goal is to find a sequence of actions that complete a task in an environment. A particularly difficult type of sequential decision-making problem to solve is one in which the environment has sparse rewards, a large state space, and where the goal is to complete a complex task. In this research we create a controller that can be used to solve these types of environments in cases where the task needs to be optimized for multiple objectives. We create MOPRL, an approach that combines techniques from planning, formal methods, and reinforcement learning to synthesize such a controller. W