
Sequential decision making, commonly formalized as Markov Decision Process (MDP) optimization, is an important challenge in artificial intelligence. Two key approaches to this problem are reinforcement learning (RL) and planning. This survey is an integration of both fields, better known as model-based reinforcement learning. Model-based RL has two main steps. First, we systematically cover approaches to dynamics model learning, including challenges like dealing with stochasticity, uncertainty, partial observability, and temporal abstraction. Second, we present a systematic categorization of planning-learning integration, including aspects like: where to start planning, what budgets to allocate to planning and real data collection, how to plan, and how to integrate planning in the learning and acting loop. After these two sections, we also discuss implicit model-based RL as an end-to-end alternative for model learning and planning, and we cover the potential benefits of model-based RL. Along the way, the survey also draws connections to several related RL fields, like hierarchical RL and transfer learning. Altogether, the survey presents a broad conceptual overview of the combination of planning and learning for MDP optimization.
FOS: Computer and information sciences, reinforcement learning, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to computer science, Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence, deep learning, Machine Learning (stat.ML), Machine Learning (cs.LG), Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Statistics - Machine Learning, planning, Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.), control, Artificial neural networks and deep learning
FOS: Computer and information sciences, reinforcement learning, Computer Science - Machine Learning, Computer Science - Artificial Intelligence, Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to computer science, Learning and adaptive systems in artificial intelligence, deep learning, Machine Learning (stat.ML), Machine Learning (cs.LG), Artificial Intelligence (cs.AI), Statistics - Machine Learning, planning, Problem solving in the context of artificial intelligence (heuristics, search strategies, etc.), control, Artificial neural networks and deep learning
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