Poster
Unifying Count-Based Exploration and Intrinsic Motivation
Marc Bellemare · Sriram Srinivasan · Georg Ostrovski · Tom Schaul · David Saxton · Remi Munos

Wed Dec 7th 06:00 -- 09:30 PM @ Area 5+6+7+8 #71 #None
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We consider an agent's uncertainty about its environment and the problem of generalizing this uncertainty across states. Specifically, we focus on the problem of exploration in non-tabular reinforcement learning. Drawing inspiration from the intrinsic motivation literature, we use density models to measure uncertainty, and propose a novel algorithm for deriving a pseudo-count from an arbitrary density model. This technique enables us to generalize count-based exploration algorithms to the non-tabular case. We apply our ideas to Atari 2600 games, providing sensible pseudo-counts from raw pixels. We transform these pseudo-counts into exploration bonuses and obtain significantly improved exploration in a number of hard games, including the infamously difficult Montezuma's Revenge.

Keywords: Reinforcement Learning Algorithms · Information Theory

Author Information

Marc Bellemare (Google DeepMind)
Sriram Srinivasan (Google)
Georg Ostrovski (Google DeepMind)
Tom Schaul (DeepMind)
David Saxton (Google DeepMind)
Remi Munos (Google DeepMind)

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