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Episodic Policy Gradient Training

AAAI 2022 · Reinforcement learning › Policy gradient and actor-critic · approach: Variance-reduced policy gradients · 2 citations (OpenAlex)

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Measured effects reported in the paper

What was changedWhereMeasuredEffect
Use EPGT instead of the strongest listed baseline (TMG)A2C · HalfCheetahmean return: 1,568 -> 2,530Helped
Use EPGT instead of the strongest listed baseline (HOOF, our run)A2C · Hoppermean return: 452 ± 40.7 -> 603 ± 187Helped
Use EPGT instead of the strongest listed baseline (HOOF, our run)A2C · Antmean return: 954 ± 8.57 -> 1,083 ± 126Helped
Use EPGT instead of the strongest listed baseline (HOOF, our run)A2C · Walkermean return: 674 ± 195 -> 888 ± 425Helped
Use EPGT instead of PB2 (our run)PPO · BWbest median score: 280 -> 282Helped
Use EPGT instead of PB2 (reported)PPO · LLCbest median score: 235 -> 235No clear effect
Use EPGT instead of PB2 (reported)PPO · Hopperbest median score: 2,346 -> 3,253Helped
Use EPGT instead of PB2 (our run)PPO · IDPbest median score: 9,253 -> 9,322Helped
Learn the hyper-state projection and embedding with a VAE rather than random mapping (ablation)EPGT with A2C · Mountain CarreturnHelped
Increase writing-neighbor count from 1 to 3 (ablation)EPGT with PPO · Alienscore: around 500 scoreHelped
Increase writing-neighbor count beyond 3 (ablation)EPGT with PPO · AlienscoreNo clear effect
Increase representation order from 0 to 2, adding derivative information (ablation)EPGT with PPO · MsPacmanreturnHelped

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