Cost Function Estimation Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning with Minimal Observations

• URL: http://arxiv.org/abs/2505.08619v1
• Date: Tue, 13 May 2025 14:38:25 GMT
• Title: Cost Function Estimation Using Inverse Reinforcement Learning with Minimal Observations
• Authors: Sarmad Mehrdad, Avadesh Meduri, Ludovic Righetti,
• Abstract summary: We present an iterative inverse reinforcement learning algorithm to infer optimal cost functions in continuous spaces.<n>Our algorithm can individually tune the effectiveness of each observation for the partition function and does not need a large sample set.
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• License: http://arxiv.org/licenses/nonexclusive-distrib/1.0/
• Abstract: We present an iterative inverse reinforcement learning algorithm to infer optimal cost functions in continuous spaces. Based on a popular maximum entropy criteria, our approach iteratively finds a weight improvement step and proposes a method to find an appropriate step size that ensures learned cost function features remain similar to the demonstrated trajectory features. In contrast to similar approaches, our algorithm can individually tune the effectiveness of each observation for the partition function and does not need a large sample set, enabling faster learning. We generate sample trajectories by solving an optimal control problem instead of random sampling, leading to more informative trajectories. The performance of our method is compared to two state of the art algorithms to demonstrate its benefits in several simulated environments.

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