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Modelling and Data Analysis
2024. Vol. 14, no. 2, 7–22
doi:10.17759/mda.2024140201
ISSN: 2219-3758 / 2311-9454 (online)

Experience in Using the Transformer Network Architecture to Approximate Agent’s Policy in Reinforcement Learning

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N.P. Novikov, V.I. Vinogradov

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Abstract

This paper discusses the basics of the deep reinforcement learning algorithm and the use of neural networks to approximate the agent’s policy. The comparison of using a fully connected neural network and a transformer network in the reinforcement learning algorithm is considered.

General Information

Keywords: artificial intelligence, machine learning, deep reinforcement learning, Markov decision processes, transformer, optimization

Journal rubric: Data Analysis

Article type: scientific article

DOI: https://doi.org/10.17759/mda.2024140201

Received: 03.06.2024

Accepted:

For citation: Novikov N.P., Vinogradov V.I. Experience in Using the Transformer Network Architecture to Approximate Agent’s Policy in Reinforcement Learning. Modelirovanie i analiz dannikh = Modelling and Data Analysis, 2024. Vol. 14, no. 2, pp. 7–22. DOI: 10.17759/mda.2024140201. (In Russ., аbstr. in Engl.)

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Information About the Authors

Nikita P. Novikov, master's student, Institute of Computer Science and Applied Mathematics, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University) (MAI), Moscow, Russia, e-mail: rtyderson@gmail.com

Vladimir I. Vinogradov, PhD in Physics and Matematics, Associate Professor, Department of Mathematical Cybernetics, Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University), Moscow, Russia, ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3773-9653, e-mail: vvinogradov@inbox.ru

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