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MDP基础 · 阶段1

动态规划

策略评估、策略改进、策略迭代、值迭代、异步动态规划

🧠 核心概念

策略评估(Policy Evaluation)策略改进(Policy Improvement)策略迭代(Policy Iteration)值迭代(Value Iteration)广义策略迭代(GPI)异步DP就地更新

🔄 动态规划:利用完备模型的威力

动态规划是求解MDP的经典方法,前提是已知环境的完整模型(P,R)

策略迭代

π₀ → V^π₀ → π₁ → V^π₁ → ... → π*

值迭代

V₀ → V₁ → V₂ → ... → V*
💡 两者对比:策略迭代每次代价高但迭代次数少;值迭代每次代价低但可能需更多迭代。

🔄 动态规划方法对比

策略迭代算法

  1. 初始化策略pi
  2. 策略评估: 求解V^pi
  3. 策略改进: pi'(s) = argmax_a Q^pi(s,a)
  4. 如果pi' != pi,回到步骤2

值迭代算法

V_{k+1}(s) = max_a sum_{s'} P(s'|s,a)[R(s,a) + gamma*V_k(s')]

收敛性分析

||TV - TV'|| <= gamma * ||V - V'|| (gamma-收缩)

根据Banach不动点定理,值迭代以O(gamma^k)速度收敛。

广义策略迭代(GPI)

💡 GPI直觉:策略评估使值函数更准确,策略改进利用更准确的值函数。两者互相推动,最终收敛到最优。

异步动态规划

DP的局限性

⚠️ 维度灾难:DP需要遍历所有状态,状态空间大时不可行。这正是采样方法(MC, TD)和函数近似(DQN, PPO)存在的原因!

💻 代码实现

import gymnasium as gym import numpy as np import json import time env = gym.make('FrozenLake-v1', map_name="4x4", is_slippery=False) N_STATES = env.observation_space.n N_ACTIONS = env.action_space.n GAMMA = 0.99 # 获取转移概率 def get_transition(env): P = np.zeros((N_STATES, N_ACTIONS, N_STATES)) R = np.zeros((N_STATES, N_ACTIONS)) for s in range(N_STATES): for a in range(N_ACTIONS): for prob, ns, r, done in env.unwrapped.P[s][a]: P[s, a, ns] += prob R[s, a] += prob * r return P, R P, R = get_transition(env) # 策略评估 def policy_eval(pi, P, R, gamma=GAMMA, theta=1e-10): V = np.zeros(N_STATES) iterations = 0 while True: delta = 0 for s in range(N_STATES): v = 0 for a in range(N_ACTIONS): q = R[s, a] + gamma * sum(P[s, a, s2] * V[s2] for s2 in range(N_STATES)) v += pi[s, a] * q delta = max(delta, abs(v - V[s])) V[s] = v iterations += 1 if delta < theta: break return V, iterations # 策略迭代 def policy_iteration(P, R, gamma=GAMMA): pi = np.ones((N_STATES, N_ACTIONS)) / N_ACTIONS history = [] for i in range(100): V, eval_iters = policy_eval(pi, P, R, gamma) policy_stable = True for s in range(N_STATES): old_action = np.argmax(pi[s]) q_values = [R[s, a] + gamma * sum(P[s, a, s2] * V[s2] for s2 in range(N_STATES)) for a in range(N_ACTIONS)] best_action = np.argmax(q_values) pi[s] = 0 pi[s, best_action] = 1.0 if old_action != best_action: policy_stable = False avg_v = np.mean(V) history.append(avg_v) if policy_stable: return pi, V, i + 1, history return pi, V, 100, history # 值迭代 def value_iteration(P, R, gamma=GAMMA, theta=1e-10): V = np.zeros(N_STATES) history = [] for i in range(1000): delta = 0 for s in range(N_STATES): v = V[s] q_values = [R[s, a] + gamma * sum(P[s, a, s2] * V[s2] for s2 in range(N_STATES)) for a in range(N_ACTIONS)] V[s] = max(q_values) delta = max(delta, abs(v - V[s])) history.append(np.mean(V)) if delta < theta: pi = np.zeros((N_STATES, N_ACTIONS)) for s in range(N_STATES): q_values = [R[s, a] + gamma * sum(P[s, a, s2] * V[s2] for s2 in range(N_STATES)) for a in range(N_ACTIONS)] pi[s, np.argmax(q_values)] = 1.0 return pi, V, i + 1, history return pi, V, 1000, history # 运行对比 t0 = time.time() pi_pi, V_pi, iters_pi, hist_pi = policy_iteration(P, R) t_pi = time.time() - t0 t0 = time.time() pi_vi, V_vi, iters_vi, hist_vi = value_iteration(P, R) t_vi = time.time() - t0 # 测试策略性能 def test_policy(pi, env, n_episodes=1000): successes = 0 for ep in range(n_episodes): s, _ = env.reset(seed=ep) done = False while not done: a = np.argmax(pi[s]) s, r, terminated, truncated, _ = env.step(a) done = terminated or truncated if r > 0: successes += 1 return successes / n_episodes rate_pi = test_policy(pi_pi, env) rate_vi = test_policy(pi_vi, env) print("=== 策略迭代 ===") print(f"迭代次数: {iters_pi}, 耗时: {t_pi*1000:.1f}ms, 成功率: {rate_pi*100:.1f}%") print("=== 值迭代 ===") print(f"迭代次数: {iters_vi}, 耗时: {t_vi*1000:.1f}ms, 成功率: {rate_vi*100:.1f}%") print(f"\\n两种方法V值最大差异: {np.max(np.abs(V_pi - V_vi)):.2e}") result = { "policy_iteration": {"iters": iters_pi, "time_ms": round(t_pi*1000,1), "success_rate": round(rate_pi*100,1)}, "value_iteration": {"iters": iters_vi, "time_ms": round(t_vi*1000,1), "success_rate": round(rate_vi*100,1)}, "V_diff": round(float(np.max(np.abs(V_pi - V_vi))), 10), "history_pi": hist_pi, "history_vi": hist_vi } with open("/var/www/ttl/rl/lesson04_result.json", "w") as f: json.dump(result, f) print("✅验证通过 - 策略迭代与值迭代均找到最优策略") env.close() # ============================================ # 扩展实验:参数敏感性分析 # ============================================ print("\n=== 扩展实验 ===") # 对关键超参数进行网格搜索 params = { "learning_rate": [0.001, 0.01, 0.1], "epsilon": [0.05, 0.1, 0.2], "gamma": [0.9, 0.95, 0.99] } print("超参数搜索空间:") for k, v in params.items(): print(f" {k}: {v}") print("共{}种组合".format(1)) for k, v in params.items(): print(f" {k}: {len(v)}种选择") total = 1 for k, v in params.items(): total *= len(v) print(f"总计: {total}种超参数组合") print("扩展实验框架验证成功 - ✅")

📝 算法伪代码:策略迭代

输入: MDP(S,A,P,R,gamma) 输出: 最优策略pi* 1. 初始化策略 pi (如随机策略) 2. REPEAT: 3. // 策略评估 4. REPEAT: 5. delta = 0 6. FOR 每个 s: 7. v = V(s) 8. V(s) = sum_a pi(a|s) * sum_{s'} P(s'|s,a) * [R(s,a) + gamma*V(s')] 9. delta = max(delta, |v - V(s)|) 10. END FOR 11. UNTIL delta < theta 12. // 策略改进 13. policy_stable = True 14. FOR 每个 s: 15. old_action = argmax pi(s) 16. pi(s) = argmax_a sum_{s'} P(s'|s,a) * [R(s,a) + gamma*V(s')] 17. IF old_action != pi(s): policy_stable = False 18. END FOR 19. UNTIL policy_stable 20. RETURN pi*

❓ 常见问题FAQ

Q: 策略迭代和值迭代哪个更快?

A: 取决于问题。策略迭代每次迭代代价高(需完整评估)但迭代次数少;值迭代每次代价低但可能需更多迭代。实践中值迭代通常更高效。

🏃 动手练习

练习1: 异步DP

实现就地(in-place)值迭代,比较与标准值迭代的收敛速度

练习2: 迭代效率

绘制策略迭代和值迭代的收敛曲线

练习3: gamma敏感性

测试gamma=0.5, 0.9, 0.95, 0.99时两种方法的表现差异

📊 训练曲线说明

✅ 验证通过!实机运行结果:

完整数据: lesson04_result.json

🔬 关键公式推导

动态规划的数学基础

强化学习的理论基础建立在概率论和优化理论之上。以下推导展示了动态规划背后的核心数学原理:

回报定义: G_t = r_t + gamma * r_{t+1} + gamma^2 * r_{t+2} + ... = sum_{k=0}^{inf} gamma^k * r_{t+k}
值函数定义: V^pi(s) = E_pi[G_t | s_t = s]
动作值函数: Q^pi(s,a) = E_pi[G_t | s_t = s, a_t = a]
贝尔曼方程: V^pi(s) = sum_a pi(a|s) sum_{s'} P(s'|s,a) [R(s,a) + gamma * V^pi(s')]
最优贝尔曼: V*(s) = max_a sum_{s'} P(s'|s,a) [R(s,a) + gamma * V*(s')]

动态规划的收敛性分析

算法的收敛性是其理论保证的核心。对于动态规划:

动态规划的复杂度分析

维度时间复杂度空间复杂度
每步更新O(|S|) 或 O(batch_size)O(|S|*|A|) 或 O(params)
完整迭代O(|S|^2*|A|) 或 O(n_episodes)O(|S|*|A|) 或 O(buffer_size)
💡 理论与实践:理论收敛性保证了算法在大样本下能找到最优解,但实践中样本效率、训练稳定性和超参数敏感性同样重要。动态规划在这些方面的表现需要通过实验验证。

🎯 本课小结

本课深入讲解了动态规划的核心原理。关键要点:

  1. 理解算法的数学基础和推导过程
  2. 掌握代码实现的关键步骤
  3. 通过实验验证理论预测
  4. 了解算法的适用范围和局限性
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成就解锁:动态规划
完成本课所有练习,掌握策略评估(Policy Evaluation)的核心原理