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Towards General Function Approximation in Zero-Sum Markov Games

@article{Huang2021TowardsGF,
title={Towards General Function Approximation in Zero-Sum Markov Games},
author={Baihe Huang and Jason D. Lee and Zhaoran Wang and Zhuoran Yang},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2021},
volume={abs/2107.14702}
}
• Baihe Huang, +1 author Zhuoran Yang
• Published 2021
• Computer Science, Mathematics
• ArXiv
This paper considers two-player zero-sum finite-horizon Markov games with simultaneous moves. The study focuses on the challenging settings where the value function or the model is parameterized by general function classes. Provably efficient algorithms for both decoupled and coordinated settings are developed. In the decoupled setting where the agent controls a single player and plays against an arbitrary opponent, we propose a new model-free algorithm. The sample complexity is governed by the… Expand

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