Time-inconsistency in reinforcement learning: an equilibrium control paradigm

• Main Author: Lesmana, Nixie Sapphira
• Other Authors: Patrick Pun Chi Seng
• Format: Thesis-Doctor of Philosophy
• Language: English
• Published: Nanyang Technological University 2024
• Subjects: Science::Mathematics::Applied mathematics; Engineering::Computer science and engineering::Computing methodologies
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/173187
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Time inconsistency (TIC) describes a situation in which a plan, consisting of current and future actions, that is optimal today may no longer be optimal in the future. In reinforcement learning (RL), TIC often arises as we encode realistic human preferences or specific behaviors into an agent's...