5 papers
Transcendence: Generative Models Can Outperform The Experts That Train Them
Edwin Zhang, Vincent Zhu, Naomi Saphra +5
Generative models are trained with the simple objective of imitating the conditional probability distribution induced by the data they are trained on. Therefore, when trained on da…
A Decision-Language Model (DLM) for Dynamic Restless Multi-Armed Bandit Tasks in Public Health
Nikhil Behari, Edwin Zhang, Yunfan Zhao +3
Restless multi-armed bandits (RMAB) have demonstrated success in optimizing resource allocation for large beneficiary populations in public health settings. Unfortunately, RMAB mod…
Social Environment Design
Edwin Zhang, Sadie Zhao, Tonghan Wang +6
Artificial Intelligence (AI) holds promise as a technology that can be used to improve government and economic policy-making. This paper proposes a new research agenda towards this…
Toward Computationally Efficient Inverse Reinforcement Learning via Reward Shaping
Lauren H. Cooke, Harvey Klyne, Edwin Zhang +3
Inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) is computationally challenging, with common approaches requiring the solution of multiple reinforcement learning (RL) sub-problems. This work m…
Towards a Pretrained Model for Restless Bandits via Multi-arm Generalization
Yunfan Zhao, Nikhil Behari, Edward Hughes +5
Restless multi-arm bandits (RMABs), a class of resource allocation problems with broad application in areas such as healthcare, online advertising, and anti-poaching, have recently…