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David Siska
dblp:89/10261
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1ranked-venue papers
0as first author
1since 2021 · last 2022
—ORCID · none
Domains — the database's venue-derived domains; a paper can count in several
Artificial intelligence and machine learning · 1 · 1 since 2021
Expertise — from the expertise taxonomy: the topics of the expert's papers under the CCF categories. A weight counts papers with recency: 1 for a paper about the topic, 0.3 when the topic is its context, halved every five years.
| 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
| Topic | Weight | Papers | Last | Evidence papers |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Machine learning › Optimization for machine learning
convergence analysis |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | 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 |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | 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 |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | 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 |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | 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 |
0.6 | 1 | 2022 | 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
| Year | Publication | Venue | Position |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | Convergence of Policy Gradient for Entropy Regularized MDPs with Neural Network Approximation in the Mean-Field RegimeabstractWe 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 |
ICML | 3 |