Point-Based Policy Synthesis for POMDPs With Boolean and Quantitative Objectives

dc.citation.firstpage1860en_US
dc.citation.issueNumber2en_US
dc.citation.journalTitleIEEE Robotics and Automation Lettersᅠen_US
dc.citation.lastpage1867en_US
dc.citation.volumeNumber4en_US
dc.contributor.authorWang, Yueen_US
dc.contributor.authorChaudhuri, Swaraten_US
dc.contributor.authorKavraki, Lydia E.en_US
dc.date.accessioned2019-08-14T14:52:31Zen_US
dc.date.available2019-08-14T14:52:31Zen_US
dc.date.issued2019en_US
dc.description.abstractEffectively planning robust executions under uncertainty is critical for building autonomous robots. Partially observable Markov decision processes (POMDPs) provide a standard framework for modeling many robot applications under uncertainty. We study POMDPs with two kinds of objectives: (1) Boolean objectives for a correctness guarantee of accomplishing tasks and (2) quantitative objectives for optimal behaviors. For robotic domains that require both correctness and optimality, POMDPs with Boolean and quantitative objectives are natural formulations. We present a practical policy synthesis approach for POMDPs with Boolean and quantitative objectives by combining policy iteration and policy synthesis for POMDPs with only Boolean objectives. To improve efficiency, our approach produces approximate policies by performing the point-based backup on a small set of representative beliefs. Despite being approximate, our approach maintains validity (satisfying Boolean objectives) and guarantees improved policies at each iteration before termination. Moreover, the error due to approximation is bounded. We evaluate our approach in several robotic domains. The results show that our approach produces good approximate policies that guarantee task completion.en_US
dc.identifier.citationWang, Yue, Chaudhuri, Swarat and Kavraki, Lydia E.. "Point-Based Policy Synthesis for POMDPs With Boolean and Quantitative Objectives." <i>IEEE Robotics and Automation Lettersᅠ,</i> 4, no. 2 (2019) IEEE: 1860-1867. https://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2019.2898045.en_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1109/LRA.2019.2898045en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1911/106244en_US
dc.language.isoengen_US
dc.publisherIEEEen_US
dc.rightsThis is an author's peer-reviewed final manuscript, as accepted by the publisher. The published article is copyrighted by IEEE.en_US
dc.titlePoint-Based Policy Synthesis for POMDPs With Boolean and Quantitative Objectivesen_US
dc.typeJournal articleen_US
dc.type.dcmiTexten_US
dc.type.publicationpost-printen_US
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