Reinforcement Learning with Temporal-Logic-Based Causal Diagrams
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arXiv:2306.13732v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study a class of reinforcement learning (RL) tasks where the objective of the agent is to accomplish temporally extended goals. In this setting, a common approach is to represent the tasks as deterministic finite automata (DFA) and integrate them into the state-space for RL algorithms. However, while these machines model the reward function, they often overlook the causal knowledge about the environment. To address this limitation, we propose the Temporal-Logic-based Causal Diagram (TL-CD) in RL, which captures the temporal causal relation
Key takeaways
- arXiv:2306.13732v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study a class of reinforcement learning (RL) tasks where the objective of the agent is to accomplish temporally extended goals.
- In this setting, a common approach is to represent the tasks as deterministic finite automata (DFA) and integrate them into the state-space for RL algorithms.
- However, while these machines model the reward function, they often overlook the causal knowledge about the environment.
Why it matters
“Reinforcement Learning with Temporal-Logic-Based Causal Diagrams” highlights the need for repeatable measurement rather than a single impressive demonstration. Independent validation across datasets and clearly stated limitations determine whether a result can guide product decisions.

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