The Cross-Entropy Method for either rare-event sampling or optimization.
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The Cross Entropy Method
The Cross Entropy Method (CE or CEM) is an approach for optimization or rare-event sampling in a given class of distributions {D_p} and a score function R(x).
- In its sampling version, it is given a reference p0 and aims to sample from the tail of the distribution x ~ (D_p0 | R(x)<q), where q is defined as either a numeric value q or a quantile alpha (where q=q_alpha(R)).
- In its optimization version, it aims to find argmin_x{R(x)}.
The exact implementation of the CEM depends on the problem setup.
This repo provides a general implementation as an abstract class, where a concrete use requires writing a simple, small inherited class.
The attached tutorial.ipynb
provides a more detailed background on the CEM and on this package, along with usage examples.
Installation: pip install cross-entropy-method
.
In our separate work, we demonstrate the use of the CEM for the more realistic problem of sampling "difficult" environment-conditions in risk-averse reinforcement learning. There, D_p determines the distribution of the environment-conditions, p0 corresponds to the original distribution (or test distribution), and R(x; agent) is the return function of the agent given the conditions x.
CEM for sampling (left): the mean of the sample distribution (blue) aims to coincide with the mean of the tail of the original distribution (black). CEM for optimization (right): the mean of the sample distribution aims to be minimized. (images from tutorial.ipynb ) |
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