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most citedDeep Neuroevolution: Genetic Algorithms Are a Competitive Alternative for Training Deep Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning

544 citations · 906 across the 5 of their papers we have counts for

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cs.LG2019★ 159 cited

Benchmarking Batch Deep Reinforcement Learning Algorithms

Scott Fujimoto, Edoardo Conti, Mohammad Ghavamzadeh +1

Widely-used deep reinforcement learning algorithms have been shown to fail in the batch setting--learning from a fixed data set without interaction with the environment. Following…

cs.LG2018★ 84 cited

Horizon: Facebook's Open Source Applied Reinforcement Learning Platform

Jason Gauci, Edoardo Conti, Yitao Liang +7

In this paper we present Horizon, Facebook's open source applied reinforcement learning (RL) platform. Horizon is an end-to-end platform designed to solve industry applied RL probl…

cs.NE2017★ 544 cited

Deep Neuroevolution: Genetic Algorithms Are a Competitive Alternative for Training Deep Neural Networks for Reinforcement Learning

Felipe Petroski Such, Vashisht Madhavan, Edoardo Conti +3

Deep artificial neural networks (DNNs) are typically trained via gradient-based learning algorithms, namely backpropagation. Evolution strategies (ES) can rival backprop-based algo…

cs.AI2017★ 114 cited

Improving Exploration in Evolution Strategies for Deep Reinforcement Learning via a Population of Novelty-Seeking Agents

Edoardo Conti, Vashisht Madhavan, Felipe Petroski Such +3

Evolution strategies (ES) are a family of black-box optimization algorithms able to train deep neural networks roughly as well as Q-learning and policy gradient methods on challeng…

physics.soc-ph2013★ 5 cited

Disruptions in the U.S. Airport Network

Edoardo Conti, Steve Cao, A. J. Thomas

Our project analyzes the United States domestic airport network. We attempt to determine which airports are most vital in maintaining the underlying infrastructure for all domestic…