Title
Online Constrained Model-Based Reinforcement Learning
Abstract
Applying reinforcement learning to robotic systems poses a number of challenging problems. A key requirement is the ability to handle continuous state and action spaces while remaining within a limited time and resource budget. Additionally, for safe operation, the system must make robust decisions under hard constraints. To address these challenges, we propose a model based approach that combines Gaussian Process regression and Receding Horizon Control. Using sparse spectrum Gaussian Processes, we extend previous work by updating the dynamics model incrementally from a stream of sensory data. This results in an agent that can learn and plan in real-time under non-linear constraints. We test our approach on a cart pole swing-up environment and demonstrate the benefits of online learning on an autonomous racing task. The environment's dynamics are learned from limited training data and can be reused in new task instances without retraining.
Year
Venue
Field
2017
CONFERENCE ON UNCERTAINTY IN ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE (UAI2017)
Kriging,Computer science,Artificial intelligence,Machine learning,Learning classifier system,Reinforcement learning
DocType
ISSN
Citations 
Conference
Van Niekerk, Benjamin, Andreas Damianou, and Benjamin S. Rosman. "Online constrained model-based reinforcement learning." (2017)
2
PageRank 
References 
Authors
0.36
6
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Benjamin van Niekerk120.70
andreas damianou215117.68
Benjamin Rosman38817.29