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 …

SF-FWA: A Self-Adaptive Fast Fireworks Algorithm for effective large-scale optimization

M Chen, Y Tan - Swarm and Evolutionary Computation, 2023 - Elsevier
Computationally efficient algorithms for large-scale black-box optimization have become
increasingly important in recent years due to the growing complexity of engineering and …

Evolutionary reinforcement learning: A survey

H Bai, R Cheng, Y ** - 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 …

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 …

Combining evolution and deep reinforcement learning for policy search: A survey

O Sigaud - ACM Transactions on Evolutionary Learning, 2023 - dl.acm.org
Deep neuroevolution and deep Reinforcement Learning have received a lot of attention
over the past few years. Some works have compared them, highlighting their pros and cons …

Derivative-free reinforcement learning: A review

H Qian, Y Yu - Frontiers of Computer Science, 2021 - Springer
Reinforcement learning is about learning agent models that make the best sequential
decisions in unknown environments. In an unknown environment, the agent needs to …

Sample-efficient automated deep reinforcement learning

JKH Franke, G Köhler, A Biedenkapp… - arxiv preprint arxiv …, 2020 - arxiv.org
Despite significant progress in challenging problems across various domains, applying state-
of-the-art deep reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms remains challenging due to their …

Benchmarking safe deep reinforcement learning in aquatic navigation

E Marchesini, D Corsi, A Farinelli - 2021 IEEE/RSJ International …, 2021 - ieeexplore.ieee.org
We propose a novel benchmark environment for Safe Reinforcement Learning focusing on
aquatic navigation. Aquatic navigation is an extremely challenging task due to the non …

Genetic soft updates for policy evolution in deep reinforcement learning

E Marchesini, D Corsi, A Farinelli - International Conference on …, 2020 - openreview.net
The combination of Evolutionary Algorithms (EAs) and Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL)
has been recently proposed to merge the benefits of both solutions. Existing mixed …