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An Approximate Solution Method for Large Risk-Averse Markov Decision Processes

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  • Marek Petrik
  • Dharmashankar Subramanian

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Stochastic domains often involve risk-averse decision makers. While recent work has focused on how to model risk in Markov decision processes using risk measures, it has not addressed the problem of solving large risk-averse formulations. In this paper, we propose and analyze a new method for solving large risk-averse MDPs with hybrid continuous-discrete state spaces and continuous action spaces. The proposed method iteratively improves a bound on the value function using a linearity structure of the MDP. We demonstrate the utility and properties of the method on a portfolio optimization problem.

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  • Marek Petrik & Dharmashankar Subramanian, 2012. "An Approximate Solution Method for Large Risk-Averse Markov Decision Processes," Papers 1210.4901, arXiv.org.
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    1. Anthony Coache & Sebastian Jaimungal, 2021. "Reinforcement Learning with Dynamic Convex Risk Measures," Papers 2112.13414, arXiv.org, revised Nov 2022.

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