用Transformer实现部分可观测迷宫导航,让AI像老鼠一样找路。
A transformer-based deep reinforcement learning approach to spatial navigation in a partially observable Morris Water Maze
- 用仅解码器的Transformer做深度Q网络,处理视野受限的决策问题。
- 模型在2D部分可观测迷宫中高效学会空间导航策略。
- 适合对神经启发式智能体和注意力机制感兴趣的读者。
导航是神经科学实验中广泛研究的基本认知能力,近年来在人工智能领域也备受关注。本文复现经典的莫里斯水迷宫(Morris Water Maze, MWM)任务,采用基于Transformer的深度强化学习方法——这是该场景下首次尝试。具体地,代理使用仅解码器的Transformer架构作为深度Q网络,在部分可观测环境中实现有效决策。实验表明,该架构使代理能够克服有限视野带来的挑战,成功学习空间导航策略。研究展示了基于Transformer模型在部分可观测环境中的导航性能提升潜力,为未来构建行为类比生物智能体的人工智能提供了新方向。此外,Transformer架构支持可变输入序列长度,有助于深入理解人工代理对环境的内部表征。
原文摘要 · Abstract (English)
Navigation is a fundamental cognitive skill extensively studied in neuroscientific experiments and has lately gained substantial interest in artificial intelligence research. Recreating the task solved by rodents in the well-established Morris Water Maze (MWM) experiment, this work applies a transformer-based architecture using deep reinforcement learning -- an approach previously unexplored in this context -- to navigate a 2D version of the maze. Specifically, the agent leverages a decoder-only transformer architecture serving as a deep Q-network performing effective decision making in the partially observable environment. We demonstrate that the proposed architecture enables the agent to efficiently learn spatial navigation strategies, overcoming challenges associated with a limited field of vision, corresponding to the visual information available to a rodent in the MWM. Demonstrating the potential of transformer-based models for enhancing navigation performance in partially observable environments, this work suggests promising avenues for future research in artificial agents whose behavior resembles that of biological agents. Finally, the flexibility of the transformer architecture in supporting varying input sequence lengths opens opportunities for gaining increased understanding of the artificial agent's inner representation of the environment.
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