Calibrated Partial Resets: Preventing Policy Collapse in Continual Reinforcement Learning
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arXiv:2607.24996v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Neural networks are hindered by accumulating dormant neurons and loss of expressivity throughout training, particularly in non-stationary data settings, such as continual supervised and reinforcement learning. Recently, neuron resets have been used to maintain gradient flow and restore plasticity. However, full unit reinitialization often sacrifices peak performance and can destabilize training, leading to policy collapse. To preserve plasticity without destabilizing training, we propose Calibrated Partial Resets (CPR), an optimizer that period
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2607.24996v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Neural networks are hindered by accumulating dormant neurons and loss of expressivity throughout training, particularly in non-stationary data settings, such as continual supervised and reinforcement learning.
- Recently, neuron resets have been used to maintain gradient flow and restore plasticity.
- However, full unit reinitialization often sacrifices peak performance and can destabilize training, leading to policy collapse.
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