Evolutionary reinforcement learning: A survey

H Bai, R Cheng, Y Jin - Intelligent Computing, 2023 - spj.science.org
Reinforcement learning (RL) is a machine learning approach that trains agents to maximize
cumulative rewards through interactions with environments. The integration of RL with deep …

A survey on evolutionary reinforcement learning algorithms

Q Zhu, X Wu, Q Lin, L Ma, J Li, Z Ming, J Chen - Neurocomputing, 2023 - Elsevier
Reinforcement Learning (RL) has proven to be highly effective in various real-world
applications. However, in certain scenarios, Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) have been …

Bridging Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning: A Comprehensive Survey

P Li, J Hao, H Tang, X Fu, Y Zheng, K Tang - arXiv preprint arXiv …, 2024 - arxiv.org
Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning (ERL), which integrates Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs)
and Reinforcement Learning (RL) for optimization, has demonstrated remarkable …

Race: improve multi-agent reinforcement learning with representation asymmetry and collaborative evolution

P Li, J Hao, H Tang, Y Zheng… - … Conference on Machine …, 2023 - proceedings.mlr.press
Abstract Multi-Agent Reinforcement Learning (MARL) has demonstrated its effectiveness in
learning collaboration, but it often struggles with low-quality reward signals and high non …

Reducing idleness in financial cloud services via multi-objective evolutionary reinforcement learning based load balancer

P Yang, L Zhang, H Liu, G Li - Science China Information Sciences, 2024 - Springer
In recent years, various companies have started to shift their data services from traditional
data centers to the cloud. One of the major motivations is to save on operational costs with …

Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning with Action Sequence Search for Imperfect Information Games

X Wu, Q Zhu, WN Chen, Q Lin, J Li, CAC Coello - Information Sciences, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has achieved remarkable success in perfect
information games. However, when applied to imperfect information games like Contract …

[PDF][PDF] Population-Based Diverse Exploration for Sparse-Reward Multi-Agent Tasks

P Xu, J Zhang, K Huang - Proceedings of the Thirty-Third International Joint …, 2024 - ijcai.org
Exploration under sparse rewards is a key challenge for multi-agent reinforcement learning
problems. Although population-based learning shows its potential in producing diverse …

Two-Stage Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning for Enhancing Exploration and Exploitation

Q Zhu, X Wu, Q Lin, WN Chen - … of the AAAI Conference on Artificial …, 2024 - ojs.aaai.org
The integration of Evolutionary Algorithm (EA) and Reinforcement Learning (RL) has
emerged as a promising approach for tackling some challenges in RL, such as sparse …

Evolutionary computation and reinforcement learning integrated algorithm for distributed heterogeneous flowshop scheduling

R Li, L Wang, W Gong, J Chen, Z Pan, Y Wu… - … Applications of Artificial …, 2024 - Elsevier
With the advancement of the global economy, there is a growing focus on distributed
manufacturing. This study addresses the complex challenges posed by the distributed …

Bridging Evolutionary Algorithms and Reinforcement Learning: A Comprehensive Survey on Hybrid Algorithms

P Li, J Hao, H Tang, X Fu, Y Zhen… - IEEE Transactions on …, 2024 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
Evolutionary Reinforcement Learning (ERL), which integrates Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs)
and Reinforcement Learning (RL) for optimization, has demonstrated remarkable …