Planning with tensor networks based on active inference

Autor: Samuel T Wauthier, Tim Verbelen, Bart Dhoedt, Bram Vanhecke
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2024
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Zdroj: Machine Learning: Science and Technology, Vol 5, Iss 4, p 045012 (2024)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2632-2153
DOI: 10.1088/2632-2153/ad7571
Popis: Tensor networks (TNs) have seen an increase in applications in recent years. While they were originally developed to model many-body quantum systems, their usage has expanded into the field of machine learning. This work adds to the growing range of applications by focusing on planning by combining the generative modeling capabilities of matrix product states and the action selection algorithm provided by active inference. Their ability to deal with the curse of dimensionality, to represent probability distributions, and to dynamically discover hidden variables make matrix product states specifically an interesting choice to use as the generative model in active inference, which relies on ‘beliefs’ about hidden states within an environment. We evaluate our method on the T-maze and Frozen Lake environments, and show that the TN-based agent acts Bayes optimally as expected under active inference.
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