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most citedFinite-Time Analysis of Asynchronous Multi-Agent TD Learning

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cs.LG2026

Learning from Unreliable Trajectories: Adversarially-Robust Federated Q-Learning

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

We study federated reinforcement learning in which multiple agents interact with a common Markov decision process and communicate through a central server to collaboratively learn…

math.OC2026

High-Probability Convergence of SGD via Batched Updates

Feng Zhu, Robert W. Heath, Aritra Mitra

Stochastic gradient descent (SGD) is the primary workhorse for large-scale optimization. While the average behavior of its iterates, typically characterized by mean-squared error b…

cs.LG2026

Robust Federated Q-Learning with Almost No Communication

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

We consider a federated reinforcement learning setting involving agents, all of whom interact with a common Markov Decision Process (MDP). The agents exchange information via a…

cs.LG2026

Variance-Reduced Q-Learning over Static and Time-Varying Networks

Sreejeet Maity, Feng Zhu, Aritra Mitra +1

We investigate a decentralized reinforcement learning problem involving multiple agents that interact with the same Markov Decision Process (MDP). The agents can exchange informati…

cs.LG2026

Robust Asynchronous Q-Learning under Reward and State Corruption via Batching

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

Motivated by reinforcement learning in harsh environments, we consider the problem of learning an optimal policy subject to adversarially corrupted feedback. Specifically, at each…

cs.LG2026

A Short and Unified Convergence Analysis of the SAG, SAGA, and IAG Algorithms

Feng Zhu, Robert W. Heath, Aritra Mitra

Stochastic variance-reduced algorithms such as Stochastic Average Gradient (SAG) and SAGA, and their deterministic counterparts like the Incremental Aggregated Gradient (IAG) metho…

cs.LG2025

Corruption-Tolerant Asynchronous Q-Learning with Near-Optimal Rates

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

We study the problem of learning the optimal policy in a discounted, infinite-horizon reinforcement learning (RL) setting in the presence of adversarially corrupted rewards. To add…

eess.SY2025

Boosting-Enabled Robust System Identification of Partially Observed LTI Systems Under Heavy-Tailed Noise

Vinay Kanakeri, Aritra Mitra

We consider the problem of system identification of partially observed linear time-invariant (LTI) systems. Given input-output data, we provide non-asymptotic guarantees for identi…

cs.LG2025

Achieving Tighter Finite-Time Rates for Heterogeneous Federated Stochastic Approximation under Markovian Sampling

Feng Zhu, Aritra Mitra, Robert W. Heath

Motivated by collaborative reinforcement learning (RL) and optimization with time-correlated data, we study a generic federated stochastic approximation problem involving agent…

cs.LG2025

Adversarially-Robust TD Learning with Markovian Data: Finite-Time Rates and Fundamental Limits

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

One of the most basic problems in reinforcement learning (RL) is policy evaluation: estimating the long-term return, i.e., value function, corresponding to a given fixed policy. Th…

eess.SY2025

Outlier-Robust Linear System Identification Under Heavy-tailed Noise

Vinay Kanakeri, Aritra Mitra

We consider the problem of estimating the state transition matrix of a linear time-invariant (LTI) system, given access to multiple independent trajectories sampled from the system…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Towards Fast Rates for Federated and Multi-Task Reinforcement Learning

Feng Zhu, Robert W. Heath, Aritra Mitra

We consider a setting involving agents, where each agent interacts with an environment modeled as a Markov Decision Process (MDP). The agents' MDPs differ in their reward funct…

cs.LG2024

Robust Q-Learning under Corrupted Rewards

Sreejeet Maity, Aritra Mitra

Recently, there has been a surge of interest in analyzing the non-asymptotic behavior of model-free reinforcement learning algorithms. However, the performance of such algorithms i…

cs.MA2024★ 1 cited

Finite-Time Analysis of Asynchronous Multi-Agent TD Learning

Nicolò Dal Fabbro, Arman Adibi, Aritra Mitra +1

Recent research endeavours have theoretically shown the beneficial effect of cooperation in multi-agent reinforcement learning (MARL). In a setting involving agents, this benef…

cs.LG2024

A Simple Finite-Time Analysis of TD Learning with Linear Function Approximation

Aritra Mitra

We study the finite-time convergence of TD learning with linear function approximation under Markovian sampling. Existing proofs for this setting either assume a projection step in…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Finite-Time Analysis of On-Policy Heterogeneous Federated Reinforcement Learning

Chenyu Zhang, Han Wang, Aritra Mitra +1

Federated reinforcement learning (FRL) has emerged as a promising paradigm for reducing the sample complexity of reinforcement learning tasks by exploiting information from differe…