Deep reinforcement learning for application scheduling in resource-constrained, multi-tenant serverless computing environments

A Mampage, S Karunasekera, R Buyya - Future Generation Computer …, 2023 - Elsevier
Serverless computing has sparked a massive interest in both the cloud service providers
and their clientele in recent years. This model entails the shift of the entire matter of resource …

[HTML][HTML] Elastic step DQN: A novel multi-step algorithm to alleviate overestimation in Deep Q-Networks

A Ly, R Dazeley, P Vamplew, F Cruz, S Aryal - Neurocomputing, 2024 - Elsevier
Abstract Deep Q-Networks algorithm (DQN) was the first reinforcement learning algorithm
using deep neural network to successfully surpass human level performance in a number of …

Elastic step DDPG: Multi-step reinforcement learning for improved sample efficiency

A Ly, R Dazeley, P Vamplew, F Cruz… - 2023 International Joint …, 2023 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
A major challenge in deep reinforcement learning is that it requires more data to converge to
an policy for complex problems. One way to improve sample efficiency is to use n-step …

The Curse of Diversity in Ensemble-Based Exploration

Z Lin, P D'Oro, E Nikishin, A Courville - arXiv preprint arXiv:2405.04342, 2024 - arxiv.org
We uncover a surprising phenomenon in deep reinforcement learning: training a diverse
ensemble of data-sharing agents--a well-established exploration strategy--can significantly …

[PDF][PDF] Autonomous Resource Management for Serverless Computing

A Mampage - 2023 - clouds.cis.unimelb.edu.au
Serverless computing is gaining momentum as the latest cloud deployment model for
applications, with many major global companies shifting towards a complete adoption of this …