Toward Learning POMDPs Beyond Full-Rank Actions and State Observability
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arXiv:2601.18930v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We are interested in enabling autonomous agents to learn and reason about systems with hidden states, such as locking mechanisms. We cast this problem as learning the parameters of a discrete Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP). The agent begins with knowledge of the POMDP's actions and observation spaces, but not its state space, transitions, or observation models. These properties must be constructed from a sequence of actions and observations. Spectral approaches to learning models of partially observable domains, su
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2601.18930v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We are interested in enabling autonomous agents to learn and reason about systems with hidden states, such as locking mechanisms.
- We cast this problem as learning the parameters of a discrete Partially Observable Markov Decision Process (POMDP).
- The agent begins with knowledge of the POMDP's actions and observation spaces, but not its state space, transitions, or observation models.
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“Toward Learning POMDPs Beyond Full-Rank Actions and State Observability” illustrates how changes in the AI ecosystem can affect products, workflows and user expectations together. Its lasting significance depends on measurable adoption, cost and safety outcomes.
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