arXiv:2605.00393cs.LG2026-05

提出首个能处理无限状态动作空间的高效强化学习算法

Model-Based Reinforcement Learning with Double Oracle Efficiency in Policy Optimization and Offline Estimation

  • 用对数障碍和行列式正则化设计新算法,实现双重最优调用效率
  • 在已知总步数时仅需O(H log log T)次规划与统计调用
  • 首次实现无限状态动作空间下的计算可解性,适合大规模强化学习

大规模强化学习常因计算瓶颈难以应用,传统后悔最小化算法需频繁调用规划与统计预言机。尽管已有离线预言机高效算法,其复杂度仍随状态和动作空间大小增长,难以应用于大规模或连续环境。本文从对数障碍与对数行列式正则化角度出发,研究离线预言机高效的周期性强化学习。针对表格型马尔可夫决策过程(MDP),提出新算法,在总步数 $T$ 已知时仅需 $O(H\ log\log T)$ 次离线统计估计与规划预言机调用;当 $T$ 未知时为 $O(H\ log T)$。关键在于,该预言机复杂度完全独立于状态与动作空间规模。此严格独立性大幅降低规划预言机开销,显著优于现有方法(Qian 等,2024)。进一步将框架推广至具有无限状态空间和任意动作空间的线性MDP,证明该方法可获得有意义的亚线性后悔。因此,本工作首次实现对统计估计与策略优化双重高效的后悔最小化算法,适用于无限状态与动作空间的MDP,显著拓展了计算可解强化学习的边界。

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Reinforcement learning (RL) in large environments often suffers from severe computational bottlenecks, as conventional regret minimization algorithms require repeated, costly calls to planning and statistical estimation oracles. While recent advances have explored offline oracle-efficient algorithms, their computational complexity typically scales with the cardinality of the state and action spaces, rendering them intractable for large-scale or continuous environments. In this paper, we address this fundamental limitation by studying offline oracle-efficient episodic RL through the lens of log-barrier and log-determinant regularization. Specifically, for tabular Markov Decision Processes (MDPs), we propose a novel algorithm that achieves the optimal $\tilde{O}(\sqrt{T})$ regret bound while requiring only $O(H\log\log T)$ calls to both the offline statistical estimation and planning oracles when $T$ is known and $O(H\log T)$ calls when $T$ is unknown. Crucially, this oracle complexity is entirely independent of the size of the state and action spaces. This strict independence drastically reduces the planning oracle complexity, representing a substantial improvement over existing offline oracle-efficient algorithms (Qian et al., 2024). Furthermore, we demonstrate the versatility of our framework by generalizing the algorithm to linear MDPs featuring infinite state spaces and arbitrary action spaces. We prove that this generalized approach successfully attains meaningful sub-linear regret. Consequently, our work yields the first doubly oracle-efficient (i.e., efficient with respect to both statistical estimation and policy optimization) regret minimization algorithm capable of solving MDPs with infinite state and action spaces, significantly expanding the boundaries of computationally tractable RL.

强化学习算法效率无限状态优化

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