arXiv:2608.14963cs.LGcs.AI2026-08

让多目标强化学习模型解释为何选某动作,只需微调偏好指令即可。

Command-Space Counterfactual Explanations for Pareto-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning

论文配图:Command-Space Counterfactual Explanations for Pareto-Conditioned Reinforcement Learning
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  • 通过最小化指令变化,找到让智能体改选动作的条件。
  • 提出CF-ZOO方法,在黑盒环境下高效定位关键指令调整。
  • 解释结果用用户语言表达,适合需要可解释决策的场景。

Pareto Conditioned Networks(PCN)通过单一策略根据期望回报指令学习多种多目标强化学习行为,但其从指令与状态到动作的映射机制仍不透明。本文提出命令空间反事实解释:在固定状态和原指令下,搜索一个使同一训练好的策略选择指定替代动作的最小指令变更。贡献包括:第一,将解释形式化为仅依赖回报的指令干预,避免时域条件带来的歧义;第二,借鉴对抗机器学习方法用于强化学习解释;第三,提出边界种子方向搜索,相比纯局部优化更有效,形成新方法CF-ZOO。生成的解释具有可操作性,并以用户自身偏好语言表达,例如:‘若你的权衡略微偏向X,代理会选Y。’

原文摘要 · Abstract (English)

Pareto Conditioned Networks learn multiple multi-objective reinforcement learning behaviours by conditioning a single policy on a desired return command. However, the local mapping from command and state to action remains opaque. We propose command-space counterfactual explanations for PCNs: given a fixed state, original command, and foil action, we search, in a black-box setting, for a minimally changed desired-return command under which the same trained policy would choose the foil. Our contributions are threefold. First, we formulate PCN explanations as return-command interventions, using a return-only PCN variant that avoids the added ambiguity of horizon-conditioning. Second, we adapt adversarial machine learning methods to reinforcement-learning explanations. Third, we introduce a boundary-seeded directional search that improves over purely local optimization in the command-action landscape, resulting in our proposed approach CF-ZOO. The resulting explanations are actionable and intuitively expressed in the user's own preferences: "If your trade-off had shifted slightly towards X, the agent would have chosen Y."

强化学习可解释性反事实多目标

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