BErMin: A Model Selection Algorithm for Reinforcement Learning Problems

author: Amir-massoud Farahmand, Vector Institute
published: Jan. 25, 2012,   recorded: December 2011,   views: 4063
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We consider the problem of model selection in the batch (offline, non-interactive) reinforcement learning setting when the goal is to find an action-value function with the smallest Bellman error among a countable set of candidate functions. We propose a complexity regularization-based model selection algorithm, BErMin, and prove that it enjoys an oracle-like property: the estimator's error differs from that of an oracle, who selects the candidate with the minimum Bellman error, by only a constant factor and a small remainder term that vanishes at a parametric rate as the number of samples increases.

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