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New RL method learns optimal deliberation time in real-time environments

Researchers have developed a novel approach to reinforcement learning (RL) in real-time environments where the environment progresses while the agent makes decisions. This new method, termed variable-delay real-time RL, allows agents to dynamically choose how long to deliberate at each step. The system trains a lightweight gating policy to manage these state-dependent planning budgets, outperforming fixed-budget and heuristic baselines across several games including Pac-Man and Tetris. The approach also demonstrated successful transfer to a multi-GPU setup. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Aneesh Muppidi, Firas Darwish, Dylan Cope, Jo\~ao F. Henriques, Jakob Nicolaus Foerster ·

    Finding the Time to Think: Learning Planning Budgets in Real-Time RL

    arXiv:2606.26463v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deliberating takes time. In real-time settings, that time is not free. Standard reinforcement learning (RL) sidesteps this as the environment waits indefinitely for the agent's decision. Instead, we study real-time RL environments w…

  2. Hugging Face Daily Papers TIER_1 English(EN) ·

    Finding the Time to Think: Learning Planning Budgets in Real-Time RL

    Deliberating takes time. In real-time settings, that time is not free. Standard reinforcement learning (RL) sidesteps this as the environment waits indefinitely for the agent's decision. Instead, we study real-time RL environments where the environment progresses while waiting fo…