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Chapter 1 introduces the Markov decision process model as a sequential .... mial algorithms exist, e.g. of order O(N3), where N is the number of states. ...... variables that have nonnegative integer values and that the numbers pj(t) := P{Dt = j} are
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An Introduction to Markov Decision Processes Bob Givan Purdue University
Ron Parr Duke University
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Outline Markov Decision Processes defined (Bob) • Objective functions • Policies Finding Optimal Solutions (Ron) • Dynamic programming • Linear programming Refinements to the basic model (Bob) • Partial observability • Factored representations
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Stochastic Automata with Utilities A Markov Decision Process (MDP) model contains: • A set of possible world states S • A set of possible actions A • A real valued reward function R(s,a) • A description T of each action’s effects in each state. We assume the Markov Property: the effects of an action taken in a state depend only on that state and not on the prior history.
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Stochastic Automata with Utilities A Markov Decision Process (MDP) model contains: • A set of possible world states S • A set of possible actions A • A real valued reward function R(s,a) • A description T of each action’s effects in each state. We assume the Markov Property: the effects of an action taken in a state depend only on that state and not on the prior history.
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Representing Actions Deterministic Actions: • T : S × A → S For each state and action we specify a new state. 0.6 0.4
Stochastic Actions: • T : S × A → Prob(S) For each state and action we specify a probability distribution over next states. Represents the distribution P (s’ | s, a).
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Representing Actions Deterministic Actions: • T : S × A → S For each state and action we specify a new state. 1.0
Stochastic Actions: • T : S × A → Prob(S) For each state and action we specify a probability distribution over next states. Represents the distribution P (s’ | s, a).
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Representing Solutions A policy π is a mapping from S to A
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Following a Policy Following a policy π: 1. Determine the current state s 2. Execute action π(s) 3. Goto step 1. Assumes full observability: the new state resulting from executing an action will be known to the system
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Evaluating a Policy How good is a policy π in a state s ? For deterministic actions just total the rewards obtained... but result may be infinite. For stochastic actions, instead expected total reward obtained–again typically yields infinite value. How do we compare policies of infinite value?
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Objective Functions An objective function maps infinite sequences of rewards to single real numbers (representing utility) Options: 1. Set a finite horizon and just total the reward 2. Discounting to prefer earlier rewards 3. Average reward rate in the limit Discounting is perhaps the most analytically tractable and most widely studied approach
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Discounting n
A reward n steps away is discounted by γ for discount rate 0 < γ < 1 . • models mortality: you may die at any moment • models preference for shorter solutions • a smoothed out version of limited horizon lookahead We use cumulative discounted reward as our objective
