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Bekzhan Kerimkulov

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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2022
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Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021

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Artificial intelligence
1 paper
Optimization for machine learning · 60% Reinforcement learning · 20% Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning · 20%

Topics — the 5 heaviest of 5, each with the papers that count most for it

TopicWeightPapersLastEvidence papers
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning
convergence analysis
0.612022
Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime · ICML 2022
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning
gradient flow
0.612022
Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime · ICML 2022
Machine learning › Probabilistic and Bayesian machine learning › probabilistic inference › approximate inference › variational inference
mean-field approximation
0.612022
Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime · ICML 2022
Machine learning › Reinforcement learning › policy optimization
policy gradient
0.612022
Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime · ICML 2022
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning › gradient flow
wasserstein gradient flow
0.612022
Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime · ICML 2022

Methods — techniques the papers use, named apart from their topics

neural network approximation · 0.6mean-field analysis · 0.6fokker-planck-kolmogorov equation · 0.6
YearPublicationVenuePosition
2022 Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field Regime
abstract
We study the global convergence of policy gradient for infinite-horizon, continuous state and action space, and entropy-regularized Markov decision processes (MDPs). We consider a softmax policy with (one-hidden layer) neural network approximation in a mean-field regime. Additional entropic regularization in the associated mean-field probability measure is added, and the corresponding gradient flow is studied in the 2-Wasserstein metric. We show that the objective function is increasing along the gradient flow. Further, we prove that if the regularization in terms of the mean-field measure is sufficient, the gradient flow converges exponentially fast to the unique stationary solution, which is the unique maximizer of the regularized MDP objective. Lastly, we study the sensitivity of the value function along the gradient flow with respect to regularization parameters and the initial condition. Our results rely on the careful analysis of the non-linear Fokker–Planck–Kolmogorov equation and extend the pioneering work of \cite{mei2020global} and \cite{agarwal2020optimality}, which quantify the global convergence rate of policy gradient for entropy-regularized MDPs in the tabular setting.
James-Michael Leahy, Bekzhan Kerimkulov, David Siska, Lukasz Szpruch
ICML2