Automatically Configuring Deep Q-Learning agents for the Berkeley Pacman project
Merino Pulido, Albert Eduard · 2018
Recently, there have been several advances on integrating Deep Neural Networks (DNNs) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) algorithms. These efforts led to the development of Deep Q-Learning (DQL) algorithms which have been applied successfully to develop competitive approaches for multiagent games. Both DNNs and RL algorithms are highly parameterized and di erent settings can have a dramatic impact on their e ciency. Thus, DQL algorithms can also greatly bene t from a good setting of their parameters. In this project, we show how to apply Automatic Con guration (AC) tools in order to explore efficiently the parameter search space. We have conducted an extensive experimental investigation in the Berkeley Pacman environment which con rms that AC tools can provide up to an additional 20% boost in performance to DQL agents.