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Horizon Imagination enhances diffusion world models for reinforcement learning

Researchers have introduced Horizon Imagination (HI), a new method for diffusion-based world models in reinforcement learning. This approach aims to improve the efficiency of generating future observations, which is a critical challenge for current models. HI allows for parallel denoising of multiple future observations and includes a stabilization mechanism and a novel sampling schedule that decouples denoising budget from the effective horizon. Experiments on Atari 100K and Craftium demonstrated that HI can maintain control performance with reduced denoising steps and offers superior generation quality. AI

IMPACT This research could lead to more efficient and effective reinforcement learning agents by improving how they imagine future scenarios.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Lior Cohen, Ofir Nabati, Kaixin Wang, Navdeep Kumar, Shie Mannor ·

    Horizon Imagination: Efficient On-Policy Rollout in Diffusion World Models

    arXiv:2602.08032v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study diffusion-based world models for reinforcement learning, which offer high generative fidelity but face critical efficiency challenges in control. Current methods either require heavyweight models at inference or rely on…