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Improving Reinfocement Learning Agent Training using Text based Guidance: A study using Commands in Dravidian Languages

Publication Type : Conference Paper

Publisher : INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen, Bulgaria

Source : In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Speech and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages

Url : https://aclanthology.org/2023.dravidianlangtech-1.5/

Campus : Coimbatore

School : School of Artificial Intelligence - Coimbatore

Year : 2023

Abstract : Reinforcement learning (RL) agents have achieved remarkable success in various domains, such as game-playing and protein structure prediction. However, most RL agents rely on exploration to find optimal solutions without explicit guidance. This paper proposes a methodology for training RL agents using text-based instructions in Dravidian Languages, including Telugu, Tamil, and Malayalam along with using the English language. The agents are trained in a modified Lunar Lander environment, where they must follow specific paths to successfully land the lander. The methodology involves collecting a dataset of human demonstrations and textual instructions, encoding the instructions into numerical representations using text-based embeddings, and training RL agents using state-of-the-art algorithms. The results demonstrate that the trained Soft Actor-Critic (SAC) agent can effectively understand and generalize instructions in different languages, outperforming other RL algorithms such as Proximal Policy Optimization (PPO) and Deep Deterministic Policy Gradient (DDPG).

Cite this Research Publication : Nikhil Chowdary Paleti, Sai Aravind Vadlapudi, Sai Aashish Menta, Sai Akshay Menta, Vishnu Vardhan Gorantla V N S L, Janakiram Chandu, Soman K P, and Sachin Kumar S. 2023. Improving Reinfocement Learning Agent Training using Text based Guidance: A study using Commands in Dravidian Languages. In Proceedings of the Third Workshop on Speech and Language Technologies for Dravidian Languages, pages 33–42, Varna, Bulgaria. INCOMA Ltd., Shoumen, Bulgaria.

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