What model does MuZero learn?
Model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) has drawn considerable interest in recent years, given its promise to improve sample efficiency. Moreover, when using deep-learned models, it is possible to learn compact and generalizable models from data. In this work, we study MuZero, a state-of-the-art deep model-based reinforcement learning algorithm that distinguishes itself from existing algorithms by learning a value-equivalent model. Despite MuZero's success and impact in the field of MBRL, existing literature has not thoroughly addressed why MuZero performs so well in practice. Specifically, there is a lack of in-depth investigation into the value-equivalent model learned by MuZero and its effectiveness in model-based credit assignment and policy improvement, which is vital for achieving sample efficiency in MBRL. To fill this gap, we explore two fundamental questions through our empirical analysis: 1) to what extent does MuZero achieve its learning objective of a value-equivalent model, and 2) how useful are these models for policy improvement? Our findings reveal that MuZero's model struggles to generalize when evaluating unseen policies, which limits its capacity for additional policy improvement. However, MuZero's incorporation of the policy prior in MCTS alleviates this problem, which biases the search towards actions where the model is more accurate.
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