Presentation 2019-06-18
Hybrid Reinforcement and Imitation Learning for Human-Like Agents
Rousslan Fernand Julien Dossa, Xinyu Lian, Hirokazu Nomoto, Takashi Matsubara, Kuniaki Uehara,
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Abstract(in English) Reinforcement learning methods achieve performance superior to humans in a wide range of complex tasks and uncertain environments. However, high performance is not the sole metric for practical use, namely when used as a game AI or autonomous driving agent, since highly efficient agent tends to perform greedily and selfishly, therefore inconveniencing the users. Consequently, there is a need for more human-like agents. Imitation learning, on the other hand, aims at reproducing the behavior of a human expert and can be used to train a human-like agent, the caveat being that its performance is generally limited by the expert's skill. In the study, we propose a training scheme to construct a human-like and efficient agent through a hybrid of reinforcement and imitation learning, and apply it to a racing car simulator. The proposed hybrid agent achieves a higher performance than a strictly imitation learning agent while exhibits more human-like behavior, which is measured via a human sensitivity test.
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Keyword(in English) Autonomous Driving / Game AI / Human-Like Behavior / Imitation Learning / Reinforcement Learning
Paper # NC2019-16,IBISML2019-14
Date of Issue 2019-06-10 (NC, IBISML)

Conference Information
Committee NC / IBISML / IPSJ-MPS / IPSJ-BIO
Conference Date 2019/6/17(3days)
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Place (in English) Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology
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Topics (in English) Neurocomputing, Machine Learning Approach to Biodata Mining, and General
Chair Hayaru Shouno(UEC) / Hisashi Kashima(Kyoto Univ.) / Masakazu Sekijima(Tokyo Tech) / Hiroyuki Kurata(Kyutech)
Vice Chair Kazuyuki Samejima(Tamagawa Univ) / Masashi Sugiyama(Univ. of Tokyo) / Koji Tsuda(Univ. of Tokyo)
Secretary Kazuyuki Samejima(NAIST) / Masashi Sugiyama(NTT) / Koji Tsuda(Nagoya Inst. of Tech.) / (AIST) / (Nagoya Univ.)
Assistant Takashi Shinozaki(NICT) / Ken Takiyama(TUAT) / Tomoharu Iwata(NTT) / Shigeyuki Oba(Kyoto Univ.)

Paper Information
Registration To Technical Committee on Neurocomputing / Technical Committee on Infomation-Based Induction Sciences and Machine Learning / IPSJ Special Interest Group on Mathematical Modeling and Problem Solving / IPSJ Special Interest Group on Bioinformatics and Genomics
Language ENG
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Title (in English) Hybrid Reinforcement and Imitation Learning for Human-Like Agents
Sub Title (in English)
Keyword(1) Autonomous Driving
Keyword(2) Game AI
Keyword(3) Human-Like Behavior
Keyword(4) Imitation Learning
Keyword(5) Reinforcement Learning
1st Author's Name Rousslan Fernand Julien Dossa
1st Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Uni)
2nd Author's Name Xinyu Lian
2nd Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Uni)
3rd Author's Name Hirokazu Nomoto
3rd Author's Affiliation EQUOS RESEARCH Co., Ltd.(*)
4th Author's Name Takashi Matsubara
4th Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Uni)
5th Author's Name Kuniaki Uehara
5th Author's Affiliation Kobe University(Kobe Uni)
Date 2019-06-18
Paper # NC2019-16,IBISML2019-14
Volume (vol) vol.119
Number (no) NC-88,IBISML-89
Page pp.pp.69-74(NC), pp.91-96(IBISML),
#Pages 6
Date of Issue 2019-06-10 (NC, IBISML)