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20232026
most citedThe ODE Method for Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning with Markovian Noise

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12 papers

cs.LG2026

OR-Transformer: Scaling Real-Time Decision-Making to 1,000 Items

Shuze Daniel Liu, David Simchi-Levi, Claire Chen +2

Modern supply chain operations can require coordinating replenishment across thousands of heterogeneous items under correlated stochastic demand, heterogeneous lead times, and shar…

cs.LG2026

Almost Sure Convergence of Differential Temporal Difference Learning for Average Reward Markov Decision Processes

Ethan Blaser, Jiuqi Wang, Shangtong Zhang

The average reward is a fundamental performance metric in reinforcement learning (RL) focusing on the long-run performance of an agent. Differential temporal difference (TD) learni…

cs.AI2026

Multi-agent DRL-based Lane Change Decision Model for Cooperative Platooning in Mixed Traffic

Zeyu Mu, Shangtong Zhang, B. Brian Park

Connected automated vehicles (CAVs) possess the ability to communicate and coordinate with one another, enabling cooperative platooning that enhances both energy efficiency and tra…

cs.NI2026

MAESTRO: Multi-Agent Evaluation Suite for Testing, Reliability, and Observability

Tie Ma, Yixi Chen, Vaastav Anand +8

We present MAESTRO, an evaluation suite for the testing, reliability, and observability of LLM-based MAS. MAESTRO standardizes MAS configuration and execution through a unified int…

cs.LG2025

Towards Formalizing Reinforcement Learning Theory: A Robbins-Siegmund Approach

Shangtong Zhang

In this paper, we formalize the almost sure convergence of -learning and linear temporal difference (TD) learning with Markovian samples using the Lean 4 theorem prover based on…

cs.LG2024

CRASH: Challenging Reinforcement-Learning Based Adversarial Scenarios For Safety Hardening

Amar Kulkarni, Shangtong Zhang, Madhur Behl

Ensuring the safety of autonomous vehicles (AVs) requires identifying rare but critical failure cases that on-road testing alone cannot discover. High-fidelity simulations provide…

cs.LG2024

Almost Sure Convergence Rates and Concentration of Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning with Markovian Noise

Xiaochi Qian, Zixuan Xie, Xinyu Liu +1

This paper establishes the first almost sure convergence rate and the first maximal concentration bound with exponential tails for general contractive stochastic approximation algo…

cs.LG2024

Efficient Policy Evaluation with Safety Constraint for Reinforcement Learning

Claire Chen, Shuze Daniel Liu, Shangtong Zhang

In reinforcement learning, classic on-policy evaluation methods often suffer from high variance and require massive online data to attain the desired accuracy. Previous studies att…

cs.LG2024

Doubly Optimal Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learning

Shuze Daniel Liu, Claire Chen, Shangtong Zhang

Policy evaluation estimates the performance of a policy by (1) collecting data from the environment and (2) processing raw data into a meaningful estimate. Due to the sequential na…

cs.LG2024

Efficient Multi-Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learning

Shuze Daniel Liu, Claire Chen, Shangtong Zhang

To unbiasedly evaluate multiple target policies, the dominant approach among RL practitioners is to run and evaluate each target policy separately. However, this evaluation method…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

The ODE Method for Stochastic Approximation and Reinforcement Learning with Markovian Noise

Shuze Daniel Liu, Shuhang Chen, Shangtong Zhang

Stochastic approximation is a class of algorithms that update a vector iteratively, incrementally, and stochastically, including, e.g., stochastic gradient descent and temporal dif…

cs.LG2023

Efficient Policy Evaluation with Offline Data Informed Behavior Policy Design

Shuze Liu, Shuze Daniel Liu, Shangtong Zhang +2

Online Monte Carlo evaluation is a fundamental tool for assessing policy performance in reinforcement learning and sequential decision-making problems arising in operations researc…