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IIT-M RL-ASSIGNMENT-2-GRIDWORLD

Solution for submission 131781

A detailed solution for submission 131781 submitted for challenge IIT-M RL-ASSIGNMENT-2-GRIDWORLD

Mizhaan

What is the notebook about?

Problem - Gridworld Environment Algorithms

This problem deals with a grid world and stochastic actions. The tasks you have to do are:

  • Implement Policy Iteration
  • Implement Value Iteration
  • Implement TD lamdda
  • Visualize the results
  • Explain the results

How to use this notebook? 📝

  • This is a shared template and any edits you make here will not be saved.You should make a copy in your own drive. Click the "File" menu (top-left), then "Save a Copy in Drive". You will be working in your copy however you like.

  • Update the config parameters. You can define the common variables here

Variable Description
AICROWD_DATASET_PATH Path to the file containing test data. This should be an absolute path.
AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR Path to write the output to.
AICROWD_ASSETS_DIR In case your notebook needs additional files (like model weights, etc.,), you can add them to a directory and specify the path to the directory here (please specify relative path). The contents of this directory will be sent to AIcrowd for evaluation.
AICROWD_API_KEY In order to submit your code to AIcrowd, you need to provide your account's API key. This key is available at https://www.aicrowd.com/participants/me

Setup AIcrowd Utilities 🛠

We use this to bundle the files for submission and create a submission on AIcrowd. Do not edit this block.

In [2]:
!pip install aicrowd-cli > /dev/null
ERROR: google-colab 1.0.0 has requirement requests~=2.23.0, but you'll have requests 2.25.1 which is incompatible.
ERROR: datascience 0.10.6 has requirement folium==0.2.1, but you'll have folium 0.8.3 which is incompatible.

AIcrowd Runtime Configuration 🧷

Get login API key from https://www.aicrowd.com/participants/me

In [3]:
import os

AICROWD_DATASET_PATH = os.getenv("DATASET_PATH", os.getcwd()+"/a5562c7d-55f0-4d06-841c-110655bb04ec_a2_gridworld_inputs.zip")
AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR = os.getenv("OUTPUTS_DIR", "results")
In [4]:

API Key valid
Saved API Key successfully!
a5562c7d-55f0-4d06-841c-110655bb04ec_a2_gridworld_inputs.zip: 100% 14.2k/14.2k [00:00<00:00, 499kB/s]
In [5]:
!unzip -q $AICROWD_DATASET_PATH
In [6]:
DATASET_DIR = 'inputs/'

GridWorld Environment

Read the code for the environment thoroughly

Do not edit the code for the environment

In [7]:
import numpy as np

class GridEnv_HW2:
    def __init__(self, 
                 goal_location, 
                 action_stochasticity,
                 non_terminal_reward,
                 terminal_reward,
                 grey_in,
                 brown_in,
                 grey_out,
                 brown_out
                ):

        # Do not edit this section 
        self.action_stochasticity = action_stochasticity
        self.non_terminal_reward = non_terminal_reward
        self.terminal_reward = terminal_reward
        self.grid_size = [10, 10]

        # Index of the actions 
        self.actions = {'N': (1, 0), 
                        'E': (0,1),
                        'S': (-1,0), 
                        'W': (0,-1)}
        
        self.perpendicular_order = ['N', 'E', 'S', 'W']
        
        l = ['normal' for _ in range(self.grid_size[0]) ]
        self.grid = np.array([l for _ in range(self.grid_size[1]) ], dtype=object)

        self.grid[goal_location[0], goal_location[1]] = 'goal'
        self.goal_location = goal_location

        for gi in grey_in:
            self.grid[gi[0],gi[1]] = 'grey_in'
        for bi in brown_in:    
            self.grid[bi[0], bi[1]] = 'brown_in'

        for go in grey_out:    
            self.grid[go[0], go[1]] = 'grey_out'
        for bo in brown_out:    
            self.grid[bo[0], bo[1]] = 'brown_out'

        self.grey_outs = grey_out
        self.brown_outs = brown_out

    def _out_of_grid(self, state):
        if state[0] < 0 or state[1] < 0:
            return True
        elif state[0] > self.grid_size[0] - 1:
            return True
        elif state[1] > self.grid_size[1] - 1:
            return True
        else:
            return False

    def _grid_state(self, state):
        return self.grid[state[0], state[1]]        
        
    def get_transition_probabilites_and_reward(self, state, action):
        """ 
        Returns the probabiltity of all possible transitions for the given action in the form:
        A list of tuples of (next_state, probability, reward)
        Note that based on number of state and action there can be many different next states
        Unless the state is All the probabilities of next states should add up to 1
        """

        grid_state = self._grid_state(state)
        
        if grid_state == 'goal':
            return [(self.goal_location, 1.0, 0.0)]
        elif grid_state == 'grey_in':
            npr = []
            for go in self.grey_outs:
                npr.append((go, 1/len(self.grey_outs), 
                            self.non_terminal_reward))
            return npr
        elif grid_state == 'brown_in':
            npr = []
            for bo in self.brown_outs:
                npr.append((bo, 1/len(self.brown_outs), 
                            self.non_terminal_reward))
            return npr
        
        direction = self.actions.get(action, None)
        if direction is None:
            raise ValueError("Invalid action %s , please select among" % action, list(self.actions.keys()))

        dir_index = self.perpendicular_order.index(action)
        wrap_acts = self.perpendicular_order[dir_index:] + self.perpendicular_order[:dir_index]
        next_state_probs = {}
        for prob, a in zip(self.action_stochasticity, wrap_acts):
            d = self.actions[a]
            next_state = (state[0] + d[0]), (state[1] + d[1])
            if self._out_of_grid(next_state):
                next_state = state
            next_state_probs.setdefault(next_state, 0.0)
            next_state_probs[next_state] += prob

        npr = []
        for ns, prob in next_state_probs.items():
            next_grid_state = self._grid_state(ns)
            reward = self.terminal_reward if next_grid_state == 'goal' else self.non_terminal_reward
            npr.append((ns, prob, reward))

        return npr

    def step(self, state, action):
        npr = self.get_transition_probabilites_and_reward(state, action)
        probs = [t[1] for t in npr]
        sampled_idx = np.random.choice(range(len(npr)), p=probs)
        sampled_npr = npr[sampled_idx]
        next_state = sampled_npr[0]
        reward = sampled_npr[2]
        is_terminal = next_state == tuple(self.goal_location)
        return next_state, reward, is_terminal

Example environment

This has the same setup as the pdf, do not edit the settings

In [8]:
def get_base_kwargs():
    goal_location = (9,9)
    action_stochasticity = [0.8, 0.2/3, 0.2/3, 0.2/3]
    grey_out = [(3,2), (4,2), (5,2), (6,2)]
    brown_in = [(9,7)]
    grey_in = [(0,0)]
    brown_out = [(1,7)]
    non_terminal_reward = 0
    terminal_reward = 10

    base_kwargs =  {"goal_location": goal_location, 
            "action_stochasticity": action_stochasticity,
            "brown_in": brown_in, 
            "grey_in": grey_in, 
            "brown_out": brown_out,
            "non_terminal_reward": non_terminal_reward,
            "terminal_reward": terminal_reward,
            "grey_out": grey_out,}
    
    return base_kwargs

base_kwargs = get_base_kwargs()

Task 2.1 - Value Iteration

Run value iteration on the environment and generate the policy and expected reward

In [9]:
def value_iteration(env, gamma):
    # Initial Values
    values = np.zeros((10, 10))

    # Initial policy
    policy = np.empty((10, 10), object)
    policy[:] = 'N' # Make all the policy values as 'N'

    # Begin code here
    value_grids = [];
    policies = [];
    deltas = [];
    
    tol = 1e-8
    
    while True:

        value_grids.append(values.copy())
        policies.append(policy.copy())

        J_old = values.copy()

        delta = 0

        # Max J(s) for all states
        for x1 in range(env.grid_size[0]):
            for x2 in range(env.grid_size[1]):
                s = (x1,x2)
                J_star = float('-inf')

                # Max action for J(s) given state s
                for a in env.perpendicular_order:
                    J_exp = 0
                    for t in env.get_transition_probabilites_and_reward(s,a):
                        ns, p, r = t

                        # Calculating expected reward for given action
                        J_exp += p*(r + gamma*J_old[ns[0],ns[1]])

                    if J_exp > J_star:
                        J_star = J_exp
                        a_star = a

                delta = max(delta,np.abs(J_star-J_old[x1,x2]))

                values[x1,x2] = J_star
                policy[x1,x2] = a_star      

        deltas.append(delta)
        
        if delta < tol:
            break

    value_grids.append(values.copy())
    policies.append(policy.copy())

    
    # Put your extra information needed for plots etc in this dictionary
    extra_info = {
        "Values" : value_grids,
        "Policy": policies,
        "Diffs" : deltas
    }

    # End code

    # Do not change the number of output values
    return {"Values": values, "Policy": policy}, extra_info
In [10]:
import matplotlib.pyplot as plt
In [11]:
# Plotting and visualizing functions

def visualize(env, values, pol = None):
    if pol != None:
        x = list(range(10))
        y = list(range(10))

        X, Y = np.meshgrid(x,y)

        U = np.zeros((10,10))
        V = np.zeros((10,10))

        for x1 in range(10):
            for x2 in range(10):
                dir = pol[x1,x2]
                dir = env.actions.get(dir)

                U[x1][x2] = dir[1]
                V[x1][x2] = dir[0]
        
        plt.quiver(X, Y, U, V, pivot = 'mid',color='k')
        plt.xticks(np.arange(-0.5,10)," ")
        plt.yticks(np.arange(-0.5,10)," ")
        plt.grid(True)
    
    plt.tick_params(which="both",bottom=False, left = False)

    # creating plot
    plt.figure(figsize = (6,6))
    im = plt.imshow(values, origin="lower", cmap = 'Oranges',vmax=10)
    plt.colorbar(im,fraction=0.046, pad=0.04)
In [12]:
env = GridEnv_HW2(**base_kwargs)
res, extra_info = value_iteration(env, 0.7)

# Will be used later
Jv = res['Values'].copy()
extra_info_VI = extra_info.copy()

# The rounding off is just for making print statement cleaner
print(np.flipud(np.round(res['Values'], decimals=2)))
print(np.flipud(res['Policy']))
[[0.1  0.15 0.24 0.37 0.56 0.86 1.29 0.12 8.68 0.  ]
 [0.13 0.2  0.31 0.5  0.81 1.31 2.12 3.43 5.75 8.95]
 [0.1  0.16 0.25 0.39 0.62 0.97 1.52 2.38 3.7  5.61]
 [0.07 0.11 0.17 0.26 0.41 0.64 0.99 1.54 2.38 3.52]
 [0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.64 0.99 1.53 2.21]
 [0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.64 0.98 1.39]
 [0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.63 0.87]
 [0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.4  0.55]
 [0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.26 0.35]
 [0.07 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.22]]
[['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'S' 'S' 'N' 'E' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['S' 'N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['S' 'S' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'W' 'W' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N']]

Task 2.2 - Policy Iteration

Run policy iteration on the environment and generate the policy and expected reward

In [13]:
def policy_iteration(env, gamma):
    # Initial Values
    values = np.zeros((10, 10))

    # Initial policy
    policy = np.empty((10, 10), object)
    policy[:] = 'N' # Make all the policy values as 'N'

    # Begin code here   
    value_grids = [values.copy()]
    policies = [policy.copy()]
    
    tol = 1e-8
    
    while True:
        
        # Step 1 : Policy Evaluation
        while True:
            J_old = values.copy()
            delta = 0

            for x1 in range(env.grid_size[0]):
                for x2 in range(env.grid_size[1]):
                    s = (x1,x2)

                    # evaluation
                    a = policy[x1,x2]
                    J_exp = 0
                    for t in env.get_transition_probabilites_and_reward(s,a):
                        ns, p, r = t

                        # Calculating expected reward for given action
                        J_exp += p*(r + gamma*J_old[ns[0],ns[1]])

                    delta = max(delta,np.abs(J_exp-J_old[x1,x2]))

                    values[x1,x2] = J_exp    
            
            if delta < tol:
                break
                
        
        # Saving value grid and policies after every evaluation
        value_grids.append(values.copy())
        policies.append(policy.copy())
        
        # Step 2 : Policy Improvement
        J = values.copy()

        for x1 in range(env.grid_size[0]):
            for x2 in range(env.grid_size[1]):
                s = (x1,x2)
                J_star = float('-inf')

                # improvement
                for a in env.perpendicular_order:
                    J_exp = 0
                    
                    # evaluation exp J(x1,x2)
                    for t in env.get_transition_probabilites_and_reward(s,a):
                        ns, p, r = t

                        # Calculating expected reward for given action
                        J_exp += p*(r + gamma*J[ns[0],ns[1]])
                    
                    # print((x1,x2),a,J_exp)
                    
                    # argmax
                    if J_exp > J_star:
                        J_star = J_exp
                        a_star = a

                policy[x1,x2] = a_star
                

        # Break from main loop if policy converges
        if (policies[-1] == policy).all():
            break
    
    
    # Put your extra information needed for plots etc in this dictionary
    extra_info = {
        "Values" : value_grids,
        "Policy": policies
    }

    # End code

    # Do not change the number of output values
    return {"Values": values, "Policy": policy}, extra_info
In [14]:
env = GridEnv_HW2(**base_kwargs)
res, extra_info = policy_iteration(env, 0.7)

# Will be used later
extra_info_PI = extra_info.copy()

 # The rounding off is just for making print statement cleaner
print(np.flipud(np.round(res['Values'], decimals=2)))
print(np.flipud(res['Policy']))
[[0.1  0.15 0.24 0.37 0.56 0.86 1.29 0.12 8.68 0.  ]
 [0.13 0.2  0.31 0.5  0.81 1.31 2.12 3.43 5.75 8.95]
 [0.1  0.16 0.25 0.39 0.62 0.97 1.52 2.38 3.7  5.61]
 [0.07 0.11 0.17 0.26 0.41 0.64 0.99 1.54 2.38 3.52]
 [0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.64 0.99 1.53 2.21]
 [0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.64 0.98 1.39]
 [0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.41 0.63 0.87]
 [0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.27 0.4  0.55]
 [0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.26 0.35]
 [0.07 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.03 0.05 0.07 0.11 0.17 0.22]]
[['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'S' 'S' 'N' 'E' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N']
 ['E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['S' 'N' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['S' 'S' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N' 'N']
 ['N' 'W' 'W' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'E' 'N' 'N' 'N']]

Task 2.3 - TD Lambda

Use the heuristic policy and implement TD lambda to find values on the gridworld

In [15]:
# The policy mentioned in the pdf to be used for TD lambda, do not modify this
def heuristic_policy(env, state):
    goal = env.goal_location
    dx = goal[0] - state[0]
    dy = goal[1] - state[1]
    if abs(dx) >= abs(dy):
        direction = (np.sign(dx), 0)
    else:
        direction = (0, np.sign(dy))
    for action, dir_val in env.actions.items():
        if dir_val == direction:
            target_action = action
            break
    return target_action
In [16]:
def td_lambda(env, lamda, seeds):
    alpha = 0.5
    gamma = 0.7
    N = len(seeds)
    # Usage of input_policy
    # heuristic_policy(env, state) -> action
    example_action = heuristic_policy(env, (1,2)) # Returns 'N' if goal is (9,9)

    # Example of env.step
    # env.step(state, action) -> Returns next_state, reward, is_terminal

    # Initial values
    values = np.zeros((10, 10))
    es = np.zeros((10,10))

    value_iter = [values.copy()]

    for episode_idx in range(N):
         # Do not change this else the results will not match due to environment stochas
        np.random.seed(seeds[episode_idx])
        grey_in_loc = np.where(env.grid == 'grey_in')
        state = grey_in_loc[0][0], grey_in_loc[1][0]
        done = False
        while not done:
            action = heuristic_policy(env, state)
            ns, rew, is_terminal = env.step(state, action) 
            # env.step is already taken inside the loop for you, 
            # Don't use env.step anywhere else in your code

            # Begin code here
            d = rew + gamma*values[ns] - values[state]
            es[state] += 1
            
            # Updating grid
            values = values.copy() + alpha*d*es.copy()
            es = gamma*lamda*es.copy()
            
            state = ns
            
            if is_terminal: # if ns is goal state
                done = True
        
        value_iter.append(values.copy())
                          
    # Put your extra information needed for plots etc in this dictionary
    extra_info = {"Values": value_iter}

    # End code

    # Do not change the number of output values
    return {"Values": values}, extra_info
In [17]:
env = GridEnv_HW2(**base_kwargs)
res, extra_info = td_lambda(env, lamda=0.5, seeds=np.arange(1000))

 # The rounding off is just for making print statement cleaner
print(np.flipud(np.round(res['Values'], decimals=2)))
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.18  0.91  1.4   1.28  4.85  6.98  9.92]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.24  0.42  0.63  0.71  2.08  3.28  3.8   5.89]
 [ 0.02  0.08  0.21  0.31  0.48  0.82  1.29  1.66  2.2   3.39]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.08  0.11  0.25  0.4   0.52  0.96  1.62  1.44]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.1   0.16  0.23  0.38  0.57  1.08  0.97]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.17  0.2   0.35  0.58  0.26]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.07  0.1   0.15  0.23  0.18  0.18]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.03  0.1   0.15  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.12  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.11  0.13  0.  ]]

Task 2.4 - TD Lamdba for multiple values of $\lambda$

Ideally this code should run as is

In [18]:
# This cell is only for your subjective evaluation results, display the results as asked in the pdf
# You can change it as you require, this code should run TD lamdba by default for different values of lambda

lamda_values = np.arange(0, 100+5, 5)/100
td_lamda_results = {}
extra_info = {}
for lamda in lamda_values:
    env = GridEnv_HW2(**base_kwargs)
    td_lamda_results[lamda], extra_info[lamda] = td_lambda(env, lamda,
                                                           seeds=np.arange(1000))

Generate Results ✅

In [19]:
def get_results(kwargs):

    gridenv = GridEnv_HW2(**kwargs)

    policy_iteration_results = policy_iteration(gridenv, 0.7)[0]
    value_iteration_results = value_iteration(gridenv, 0.7)[0]
    td_lambda_results = td_lambda(env, 0.5, np.arange(1000))[0]

    final_results = {}
    final_results["policy_iteration"] = policy_iteration_results
    final_results["value_iteration"] = value_iteration_results
    final_results["td_lambda"] = td_lambda_results

    return final_results
In [20]:
# Do not edit this cell, generate results with it as is
if not os.path.exists(AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR):
    os.mkdir(AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR)

for params_file in os.listdir(DATASET_DIR):
    kwargs = np.load(os.path.join(DATASET_DIR, params_file), allow_pickle=True).item()
    results = get_results(kwargs)
    idx = params_file.split('_')[-1][:-4]
    np.save(os.path.join(AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR, 'results_' + idx), results)

Check your score on the public data

This scores is not your final score, and it doesn't use the marks weightages. This is only for your reference of how arrays are matched and with what tolerance.

In [21]:
# Check your score on the given test cases (There are more private test cases not provided)
target_folder = 'targets'
result_folder = AICROWD_RESULTS_DIR

def check_algo_match(results, targets):
    if 'Policy' in results:
        policy_match = results['Policy'] == targets['Policy']
    else:
        policy_match = True
    # Reference https://numpy.org/doc/stable/reference/generated/numpy.allclose.html
    rewards_match = np.allclose(results['Values'], targets['Values'], rtol=3)
    equal = rewards_match and policy_match
    return equal

def check_score(target_folder, result_folder):
    match = []
    for out_file in os.listdir(result_folder):
        res_file = os.path.join(result_folder, out_file)
        results = np.load(res_file, allow_pickle=True).item()
        idx = out_file.split('_')[-1][:-4]  # Extract the file number
        target_file = os.path.join(target_folder, f"targets_{idx}.npy")
        targets = np.load(target_file, allow_pickle=True).item()
        algo_match = []
        for k in targets:
            algo_results = results[k]
            algo_targets = targets[k]
            algo_match.append(check_algo_match(algo_results, algo_targets))
        match.append(np.mean(algo_match))
    return np.mean(match)

if os.path.exists(target_folder):
    print("Shared data Score (normalized to 1):", check_score(target_folder, result_folder))
Shared data Score (normalized to 1): 1.0
/usr/local/lib/python3.7/dist-packages/numpy/core/_asarray.py:136: VisibleDeprecationWarning: Creating an ndarray from ragged nested sequences (which is a list-or-tuple of lists-or-tuples-or ndarrays with different lengths or shapes) is deprecated. If you meant to do this, you must specify 'dtype=object' when creating the ndarray
  return array(a, dtype, copy=False, order=order, subok=True)

Display Results of TD lambda

Display Results of TD lambda with lambda values from 0 to 1 with steps of 0.05

In [22]:
np.set_printoptions(suppress=True)

for lamda in lamda_values:
    print(' ')
    print('Lambda value :',lamda)
    print(np.flipud(np.round(td_lamda_results[lamda]['Values'], decimals=2)))
 
Lambda value : 0.0
[[0.   0.   0.   0.01 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1  9.99 0.  ]
 [0.   0.   0.03 0.09 0.69 1.09 1.56 4.79 6.95 9.91]
 [0.   0.05 0.19 0.38 0.55 0.61 1.68 3.13 3.42 5.59]
 [0.   0.05 0.18 0.2  0.27 0.47 0.82 1.5  2.29 3.52]
 [0.01 0.05 0.1  0.11 0.19 0.26 0.48 0.96 1.55 1.08]
 [0.01 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.22 0.3  0.57 0.99 0.35]
 [0.   0.02 0.04 0.04 0.07 0.12 0.14 0.33 0.55 0.  ]
 [0.   0.01 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.13 0.22 0.19 0.07]
 [0.   0.   0.01 0.   0.01 0.   0.08 0.15 0.14 0.  ]
 [0.11 0.   0.   0.   0.   0.   0.   0.07 0.07 0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.05
[[0.   0.   0.   0.01 0.03 0.05 0.08 0.1  9.99 0.  ]
 [0.   0.   0.04 0.1  0.71 1.14 1.53 4.79 6.95 9.91]
 [0.   0.05 0.2  0.38 0.55 0.62 1.72 3.15 3.45 5.61]
 [0.01 0.05 0.18 0.2  0.29 0.5  0.87 1.51 2.28 3.55]
 [0.01 0.05 0.1  0.11 0.19 0.27 0.49 0.97 1.57 1.13]
 [0.01 0.03 0.05 0.09 0.14 0.22 0.31 0.58 1.   0.4 ]
 [0.   0.02 0.04 0.05 0.08 0.13 0.15 0.34 0.56 0.  ]
 [0.   0.01 0.02 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.13 0.22 0.19 0.07]
 [0.   0.   0.01 0.   0.01 0.   0.09 0.16 0.15 0.  ]
 [0.11 0.   0.   0.   0.   0.   0.   0.07 0.08 0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.1
[[ 0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.11  0.73  1.19  1.5   4.8   6.95  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.21  0.38  0.55  0.63  1.76  3.16  3.49  5.64]
 [ 0.01  0.05  0.18  0.21  0.31  0.53  0.92  1.52  2.27  3.57]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.11  0.19  0.28  0.49  0.97  1.58  1.17]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.05  0.09  0.13  0.23  0.32  0.59  1.02  0.46]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.04  0.05  0.08  0.14  0.15  0.35  0.57  0.01]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.02  0.04  0.07  0.13  0.23  0.19  0.08]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.01  0.09  0.16  0.15  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.07  0.08  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.15
[[ 0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.11  0.75  1.23  1.48  4.81  6.96  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.21  0.39  0.55  0.64  1.8   3.18  3.52  5.67]
 [ 0.01  0.06  0.18  0.22  0.33  0.56  0.96  1.54  2.26  3.59]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.11  0.19  0.29  0.5   0.98  1.6   1.21]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.05  0.09  0.13  0.23  0.33  0.59  1.03  0.52]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.04  0.05  0.08  0.14  0.16  0.35  0.58  0.03]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.02  0.04  0.08  0.14  0.23  0.19  0.08]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.01  0.09  0.16  0.15  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.08  0.09  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.2
[[ 0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.12  0.77  1.27  1.45  4.81  6.96  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.22  0.39  0.56  0.65  1.85  3.19  3.56  5.7 ]
 [ 0.01  0.06  0.18  0.23  0.34  0.6   1.01  1.55  2.26  3.59]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.1   0.2   0.3   0.5   0.98  1.61  1.25]
 [ 0.01  0.04  0.05  0.09  0.13  0.23  0.34  0.6   1.04  0.58]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.04  0.05  0.08  0.15  0.16  0.36  0.58  0.05]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.02  0.05  0.08  0.14  0.23  0.19  0.09]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.01  0.09  0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.08  0.1   0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.25
[[ 0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.13  0.8   1.31  1.42  4.82  6.96  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.22  0.39  0.57  0.66  1.89  3.21  3.6   5.74]
 [ 0.01  0.06  0.18  0.24  0.36  0.63  1.06  1.56  2.25  3.59]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.1   0.2   0.32  0.51  0.98  1.62  1.29]
 [ 0.01  0.04  0.05  0.09  0.14  0.23  0.35  0.6   1.04  0.64]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.15  0.17  0.36  0.58  0.07]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.02  0.05  0.08  0.14  0.24  0.19  0.09]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.01  0.1   0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.    0.09  0.1   0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.3
[[ 0.    0.    0.    0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.14  0.82  1.34  1.39  4.83  6.97  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.22  0.4   0.58  0.67  1.93  3.22  3.64  5.77]
 [ 0.01  0.07  0.18  0.25  0.39  0.67  1.11  1.58  2.24  3.58]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.1   0.21  0.33  0.51  0.98  1.62  1.32]
 [ 0.01  0.04  0.05  0.09  0.14  0.23  0.36  0.59  1.05  0.7 ]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.16  0.17  0.36  0.59  0.1 ]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.09  0.14  0.24  0.19  0.1 ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.02  0.1   0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.09  0.11  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.35
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.15  0.85  1.36  1.37  4.83  6.97  9.91]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.23  0.4   0.59  0.68  1.97  3.24  3.68  5.8 ]
 [ 0.01  0.07  0.19  0.26  0.41  0.7   1.16  1.6   2.23  3.55]
 [ 0.02  0.06  0.09  0.1   0.22  0.35  0.51  0.98  1.62  1.36]
 [ 0.01  0.04  0.05  0.09  0.14  0.23  0.36  0.59  1.05  0.77]
 [ 0.    0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.16  0.18  0.36  0.59  0.13]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.09  0.15  0.24  0.19  0.12]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.02  0.02  0.1   0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.1   0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.4
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.16  0.87  1.38  1.34  4.84  6.97  9.92]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.23  0.41  0.6   0.69  2.01  3.25  3.72  5.83]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.19  0.28  0.43  0.74  1.2   1.61  2.22  3.51]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.08  0.11  0.23  0.37  0.52  0.97  1.62  1.39]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.1   0.15  0.23  0.37  0.58  1.06  0.84]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.17  0.19  0.35  0.58  0.17]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.09  0.15  0.23  0.19  0.13]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.02  0.1   0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.1   0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.45
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.17  0.89  1.4   1.31  4.84  6.98  9.92]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.24  0.42  0.61  0.7   2.05  3.27  3.76  5.86]
 [ 0.02  0.08  0.2   0.29  0.46  0.78  1.25  1.64  2.21  3.46]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.08  0.11  0.24  0.38  0.52  0.97  1.62  1.41]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.1   0.15  0.23  0.38  0.57  1.07  0.9 ]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.17  0.19  0.35  0.58  0.21]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.07  0.1   0.15  0.23  0.18  0.15]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.03  0.1   0.16  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.11  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.    0.1   0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.5
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.11 10.    0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.18  0.91  1.4   1.28  4.85  6.98  9.92]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.24  0.42  0.63  0.71  2.08  3.28  3.8   5.89]
 [ 0.02  0.08  0.21  0.31  0.48  0.82  1.29  1.66  2.2   3.39]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.08  0.11  0.25  0.4   0.52  0.96  1.62  1.44]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.1   0.16  0.23  0.38  0.57  1.08  0.97]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.17  0.2   0.35  0.58  0.26]
 [ 0.    0.01  0.03  0.03  0.07  0.1   0.15  0.23  0.18  0.18]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.03  0.1   0.15  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.12  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.11  0.13  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.55
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.08  0.1  10.01  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.19  0.93  1.4   1.25  4.86  6.98  9.93]
 [ 0.    0.05  0.25  0.43  0.64  0.72  2.12  3.3   3.84  5.92]
 [ 0.02  0.09  0.22  0.33  0.51  0.85  1.34  1.68  2.19  3.3 ]
 [ 0.02  0.07  0.09  0.11  0.26  0.42  0.53  0.96  1.61  1.46]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.11  0.17  0.23  0.39  0.56  1.09  1.04]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.05  0.08  0.17  0.21  0.35  0.58  0.31]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.03  0.08  0.11  0.15  0.23  0.17  0.2 ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.04  0.1   0.15  0.16  0.  ]
 [ 0.12  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.11  0.13  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.6
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.08  0.1  10.01  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.21  0.94  1.39  1.22  4.86  6.99  9.93]
 [ 0.    0.06  0.25  0.44  0.64  0.73  2.15  3.31  3.88  5.95]
 [ 0.03  0.09  0.23  0.35  0.54  0.89  1.38  1.71  2.19  3.2 ]
 [ 0.03  0.08  0.09  0.12  0.27  0.44  0.53  0.95  1.6   1.48]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.11  0.17  0.23  0.39  0.56  1.1   1.11]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.08  0.18  0.21  0.35  0.58  0.37]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.03  0.08  0.11  0.15  0.23  0.17  0.24]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.04  0.1   0.15  0.15  0.  ]
 [ 0.13  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.02  0.01  0.11  0.13  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.65
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.09  0.1  10.01  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.22  0.95  1.38  1.18  4.87  6.99  9.94]
 [ 0.    0.06  0.26  0.44  0.65  0.74  2.18  3.33  3.92  5.98]
 [ 0.03  0.1   0.24  0.37  0.57  0.93  1.42  1.74  2.18  3.07]
 [ 0.03  0.08  0.09  0.12  0.29  0.46  0.53  0.95  1.6   1.49]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.12  0.18  0.23  0.4   0.56  1.12  1.18]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.07  0.17  0.21  0.35  0.59  0.43]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.03  0.08  0.11  0.15  0.23  0.16  0.28]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.05  0.1   0.14  0.15  0.  ]
 [ 0.13  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.02  0.02  0.12  0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.7
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.09  0.09 10.01  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.24  0.95  1.35  1.15  4.87  7.    9.94]
 [ 0.    0.06  0.26  0.44  0.65  0.74  2.22  3.34  3.97  6.  ]
 [ 0.03  0.1   0.26  0.39  0.61  0.96  1.45  1.78  2.18  2.91]
 [ 0.03  0.08  0.09  0.13  0.31  0.48  0.53  0.95  1.59  1.49]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.12  0.19  0.23  0.4   0.58  1.14  1.24]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.07  0.17  0.22  0.36  0.6   0.49]
 [ 0.    0.02  0.03  0.04  0.09  0.12  0.15  0.24  0.15  0.34]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.04  0.06  0.1   0.14  0.14  0.  ]
 [ 0.14  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.03  0.02  0.12  0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.75
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.04  0.06  0.09  0.09 10.02  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.26  0.95  1.32  1.11  4.88  7.    9.95]
 [ 0.    0.07  0.27  0.44  0.65  0.75  2.24  3.35  4.01  6.03]
 [ 0.03  0.11  0.27  0.41  0.64  0.99  1.49  1.82  2.18  2.73]
 [ 0.03  0.09  0.1   0.14  0.32  0.5   0.52  0.96  1.58  1.49]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.05  0.13  0.21  0.23  0.4   0.6   1.17  1.3 ]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.06  0.17  0.22  0.38  0.62  0.57]
 [ 0.01  0.02  0.03  0.04  0.09  0.12  0.15  0.25  0.15  0.4 ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.04  0.07  0.1   0.14  0.14  0.  ]
 [ 0.15  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.03  0.02  0.12  0.12  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.8
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.04  0.07  0.09  0.09 10.02  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.04  0.28  0.94  1.27  1.08  4.88  7.01  9.96]
 [ 0.    0.08  0.27  0.44  0.64  0.76  2.27  3.37  4.06  6.05]
 [ 0.04  0.11  0.29  0.43  0.67  1.02  1.52  1.87  2.19  2.51]
 [ 0.03  0.1   0.1   0.14  0.34  0.52  0.52  0.97  1.58  1.48]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.06  0.14  0.22  0.23  0.4   0.63  1.21  1.36]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.03  0.06  0.06  0.16  0.22  0.41  0.66  0.65]
 [ 0.01  0.02  0.03  0.04  0.09  0.12  0.14  0.27  0.15  0.47]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.04  0.08  0.1   0.15  0.14  0.  ]
 [ 0.16  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.04  0.03  0.12  0.11  0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.85
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.05  0.07  0.1   0.09 10.02  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.03  0.3   0.92  1.22  1.04  4.89  7.01  9.97]
 [ 0.    0.09  0.27  0.43  0.62  0.77  2.3   3.38  4.11  6.06]
 [ 0.04  0.11  0.3   0.45  0.71  1.05  1.54  1.93  2.2   2.26]
 [ 0.04  0.11  0.11  0.15  0.36  0.54  0.51  0.99  1.58  1.46]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.06  0.15  0.23  0.22  0.4   0.69  1.25  1.42]
 [ 0.02  0.03  0.03  0.07  0.05  0.15  0.22  0.46  0.72  0.74]
 [ 0.01  0.02  0.03  0.04  0.08  0.12  0.14  0.3   0.15  0.56]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.04  0.09  0.09  0.16  0.14  0.  ]
 [ 0.18  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.05  0.03  0.12  0.1   0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.9
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.03  0.05  0.07  0.11  0.1  10.03  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.03  0.33  0.9   1.15  1.01  4.9   7.02  9.98]
 [ 0.    0.1   0.26  0.41  0.59  0.77  2.32  3.39  4.17  6.08]
 [ 0.05  0.11  0.32  0.47  0.74  1.08  1.57  1.99  2.22  1.98]
 [ 0.05  0.12  0.12  0.16  0.38  0.56  0.49  1.02  1.59  1.42]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.07  0.17  0.25  0.22  0.4   0.76  1.31  1.47]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.03  0.07  0.04  0.14  0.22  0.52  0.81  0.83]
 [ 0.01  0.02  0.03  0.04  0.08  0.11  0.13  0.34  0.16  0.66]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.03  0.11  0.09  0.17  0.15  0.  ]
 [ 0.19  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.06  0.03  0.11  0.1   0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 0.95
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.04  0.06  0.08  0.12  0.11 10.03  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.03  0.36  0.87  1.08  0.98  4.9   7.02  9.99]
 [ 0.    0.13  0.25  0.38  0.55  0.78  2.34  3.4   4.23  6.09]
 [ 0.06  0.1   0.33  0.48  0.78  1.1   1.59  2.07  2.25  1.65]
 [ 0.06  0.13  0.13  0.17  0.4   0.58  0.48  1.07  1.59  1.38]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.07  0.18  0.26  0.22  0.4   0.85  1.37  1.51]
 [ 0.02  0.04  0.03  0.07  0.04  0.14  0.22  0.61  0.94  0.93]
 [ 0.01  0.02  0.02  0.04  0.06  0.1   0.13  0.41  0.17  0.77]
 [ 0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.02  0.14  0.08  0.19  0.17  0.  ]
 [ 0.21  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.08  0.02  0.09  0.1   0.  ]]
 
Lambda value : 1.0
[[ 0.    0.    0.01  0.04  0.06  0.09  0.14  0.13 10.04  0.  ]
 [ 0.    0.    0.02  0.39  0.83  0.99  0.95  4.91  7.03 10.  ]
 [ 0.    0.16  0.22  0.34  0.5   0.78  2.36  3.41  4.29  6.09]
 [ 0.08  0.09  0.34  0.49  0.81  1.12  1.6   2.15  2.28  1.28]
 [ 0.08  0.14  0.14  0.18  0.42  0.6   0.46  1.12  1.61  1.33]
 [ 0.01  0.05  0.08  0.2   0.28  0.22  0.41  0.96  1.44  1.56]
 [ 0.03  0.05  0.03  0.06  0.03  0.14  0.22  0.71  1.11  1.05]
 [ 0.01  0.03  0.01  0.04  0.03  0.07  0.13  0.49  0.2   0.89]
 [ 0.    0.    0.    0.01  0.01  0.17  0.07  0.22  0.21  0.  ]
 [ 0.22  0.    0.    0.    0.    0.1   0.    0.05  0.11  0.  ]]

Subjective questions

We shall first define the error function as given in the PDF,

$$ error(J) = \sqrt{ \frac{\sum_{s \in S} (J(s) - J_v(s))^2}{|S|} }$$
In [23]:
# Defining error function

def error(values, Jv):
    """
    Takes in a list of values at every iteration from extra_info and the values
    from VI as Jv ouputting the errors for each iteration as a list.
    """
    c = Jv.size
    res = []
    for J in values:
        err = np.sqrt(np.sum(np.square(J - Jv))/c)
        res.append(err)
    
    return res

2.a Value Iteration vs Policy Iteration

  1. Compare value iteration and policy iteration for states Brown in, Brown Out, Grey out and Grey In
  2. Which one converges faster and why
In [24]:
env = GridEnv_HW2(**base_kwargs)

brown_in_loc = np.where(env.grid == 'brown_in')[0].item(), np.where(env.grid == 'brown_in')[1].item()
brown_out_loc = np.where(env.grid == 'brown_out')[0].item(), np.where(env.grid == 'brown_out')[1].item()
grey_in_loc = np.where(env.grid == 'grey_in')[0].item(), np.where(env.grid == 'grey_in')[1].item()

sp_states = ['brown_in', 'brown_out', 'grey_in']

J_VI = {}
J_PI = {}

for s in sp_states:
    J_VI[s] = []
    J_PI[s] = []

for ji in extra_info_VI['Values']:
    J_VI['brown_in'].append(ji[brown_in_loc])
    J_VI['brown_out'].append(ji[brown_out_loc])
    J_VI['grey_in'].append(ji[grey_in_loc])

n_VI = len(extra_info_VI['Values'])

for ji in extra_info_PI['Values']:
    J_PI['brown_in'].append(ji[brown_in_loc])
    J_PI['brown_out'].append(ji[brown_out_loc])
    J_PI['grey_in'].append(ji[grey_in_loc])

n_PI = len(extra_info_PI['Values'])

for s in sp_states:
    plt.figure(figsize=(12,7))
    plt.plot(list(range(n_VI)), J_VI[s], color = 'blue', label = 'VI')
    plt.plot(list(range(n_PI)), J_PI[s], color = 'red', label = 'PI')
    
    plt.xlabel('Iterations (t)',fontsize=14)
    plt.ylabel('$J$'+ '('+ s + ')',fontsize=14)
    
    plt.locator_params(axis="both", integer=True, tight=True)
    plt.legend(fontsize=14)
    plt.grid()

plt.show()

Here, it is obvious that for the 3 states mentioned, the PI algorithm converges faster. One main reason for this is that we are considering the outer-loop iterations for the PI case which makes the comparison a bit biased as there are sxtill inner-loops running within the outer-loop for the PI algorithm during the policy evaluation stages.

2.b How changing $\lambda$ affecting TD Lambda

From task 2.4 one can see that for increasing values of $\lambda$, the values $J(s), \forall s \in \mathcal{S}$ monotonically increase.

2.c Policy iteration error curve

Plot error curve of $J_i$ vs iteration $i$ for policy iteration

In [25]:
# Plotting curves

values = extra_info_PI['Values']
y = error(values, Jv)

plt.figure(figsize = (12,7))
plt.xlabel('Outer-loop iterations $(i)$',fontsize=14)
plt.ylabel('$error(J^i)$',fontsize=14)

plt.plot(list(range(len(y))), y)
plt.xlim(0,len(y)-1)
plt.ylim(0,2)
plt.grid()
plt.show()

2.d TD Lamdba error curve

Plot error curve of $J_i$ vs iteration $i$ for TD Lambda for $\lambda = [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]$

In [26]:
# Plotting curves
from scipy.signal import savgol_filter

lamda_list = [0, 0.25, 0.5, 0.75, 1]

values = {}
y = {}

plt.figure(figsize = (12,7))
plt.xlabel('Episodes $(i)$',fontsize=14)
plt.ylabel('$error(J^i)$',fontsize=14)

for lamda in lamda_list:
    values[lamda] = extra_info[lamda]["Values"].copy()

    # Using a Savitzky-Golay filter for smoother plots
    y[lamda] = savgol_filter(error(values[lamda].copy(), Jv),101,3)

    # printing mean
    print('Lambda =',lamda, ':','Mean =',np.round(np.mean(y[lamda]),decimals=4))

    plt.plot(list(range(len(y[lamda]))), y[lamda], label = '$\lambda =$' + str(lamda))

plt.legend(fontsize=14)
plt.xlim(0, len(y[lamda])-1)
plt.ylim(0, 1.6)
plt.grid()
plt.show()
Lambda = 0 : Mean = 0.4532
Lambda = 0.25 : Mean = 0.4207
Lambda = 0.5 : Mean = 0.3998
Lambda = 0.75 : Mean = 0.3965
Lambda = 1 : Mean = 0.4426

From the plot we can see that higher values of $\lambda$ converge towards 0 faster, however after 200 episodes it is evident that the trend doesnt continue. We can see that the 'red' and 'green' lines have a smaller error, while the TD(0) and MCPE cases have the highest errors.

On a much closer inspection, it was found that the means over the 1000 episodes (given above the plot) are lowest for $\lambda = 0.5 , 0.75$ as was evident from the plot.

At the end of the 1000 episodes, $\lambda = 1$ performs the worst by a considerable margin as compared to the others while the 'green' $\lambda = 0.5$ line stays the lowest towards the end.

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