Reinforcement Learning Environment
Reinforcement learning (RL) environments are simulated worlds designed to train RL agents, aiming to create realistic and challenging scenarios for efficient learning and robust policy development. Current research emphasizes improving data efficiency through techniques like curriculum learning and action masking, developing environments with complex, multi-objective structures (often incorporating safety mechanisms), and creating standardized, modular, and extensible frameworks for environment creation. These advancements are crucial for advancing RL research and enabling its application in diverse fields, from cybersecurity and robotics to supply chain optimization and design verification.
Papers
EnvPool: A Highly Parallel Reinforcement Learning Environment Execution Engine
Jiayi Weng, Min Lin, Shengyi Huang, Bo Liu, Denys Makoviichuk, Viktor Makoviychuk, Zichen Liu, Yufan Song, Ting Luo, Yukun Jiang, Zhongwen Xu, Shuicheng Yan
Finding Optimal Policy for Queueing Models: New Parameterization
Trang H. Tran, Lam M. Nguyen, Katya Scheinberg