The Provable Benefits of Unsupervised Data Sharing for Offline Reinforcement Learning

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2302.13493v1
• Date: Mon, 27 Feb 2023 03:35:02 GMT
• Title: The Provable Benefits of Unsupervised Data Sharing for Offline Reinforcement Learning
• Authors: Hao Hu, Yiqin Yang, Qianchuan Zhao, Chongjie Zhang
• Abstract summary: We propose a novel, Provable Data Sharing algorithm (PDS) to utilize reward-free data for offline reinforcement learning. PDS significantly improves the performance of offline RL algorithms with reward-free data.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: Self-supervised methods have become crucial for advancing deep learning by leveraging data itself to reduce the need for expensive annotations. However, the question of how to conduct self-supervised offline reinforcement learning (RL) in a principled way remains unclear. In this paper, we address this issue by investigating the theoretical benefits of utilizing reward-free data in linear Markov Decision Processes (MDPs) within a semi-supervised setting. Further, we propose a novel, Provable Data Sharing algorithm (PDS) to utilize such reward-free data for offline RL. PDS uses additional penalties on the reward function learned from labeled data to prevent overestimation, ensuring a conservative algorithm. Our results on various offline RL tasks demonstrate that PDS significantly improves the performance of offline RL algorithms with reward-free data. Overall, our work provides a promising approach to leveraging the benefits of unlabeled data in offline RL while maintaining theoretical guarantees. We believe our findings will contribute to developing more robust self-supervised RL methods.

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