Publications

12 peer-reviewed papers, 16 publications total, 2011-2024, 165+ citations.

2024 journal

Proximal evolutionary strategy: improving deep reinforcement learning through evolutionary policy optimization

Y Peng, G Chen, M Zhang, B Xue

Memetic Computing


2020 conference

Effective linear policy gradient search through primal-dual approximation

Y Peng, G Chen, M Zhang

Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN)


2019 thesis

Policy direct search for effective reinforcement learning

Y Peng

PhD Thesis, Victoria University of Wellington


2018 conference

Constrained Expectation-Maximization Methods for Effective Reinforcement Learning

G Chen, Y Peng, M Zhang

Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN)


2018 conference

NEAT for Large-Scale Reinforcement Learning through Evolutionary Feature Learning and Policy Gradient Search

Y Peng, G Chen, H Singh, M Zhang

Genetic and Evolutionary Computation Conference (GECCO)


2018 preprint

An Adaptive Clipping Approach for Proximal Policy Optimization

G Chen, Y Peng, M Zhang

arXiv preprint


2018 preprint

Effective Exploration for Deep Reinforcement Learning via Bootstrapped Q-Ensembles with Tsallis Entropy Regularization

G Chen, Y Peng, M Zhang

arXiv preprint


2017 conference

Effective Policy Gradient Search for Reinforcement Learning through NEAT based Feature Extraction

Y Peng, G Chen, M Zhang, Y Mei

Simulated Evolution and Learning (SEAL)


2017 conference

A Sandpile Model for Reliable Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning

Y Peng, G Chen, M Zhang, S Pang

Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN)


2017 conference

Automated State Feature Learning for Actor-Critic Reinforcement Learning through NEAT

Y Peng, G Chen, S Holdaway, Y Mei, M Zhang

GECCO Companion


2017 conference

Evolving Transferable Artificial Neural Networks for Gameplay Tasks via NEAT with Phased Searching

W Hardwick-Smith, Y Peng, G Chen, Y Mei, M Zhang

Australasian Joint Conf. on AI (AJCAI)


2016 conference

Generalized Compatible Function Approximation for Policy Gradient Search

Y Peng, G Chen, M Zhang, S Pang

Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP)


2015 conference

A Federated Online Network Traffic Analysis Engine for Cybersecurity

S Pang, Y Peng, T Ban, D Inoue, A Sarrafzadeh

Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN)


2013 conference

Chunk incremental IDR/QR LDA learning

Y Peng, S Pang, G Chen, A Sarrafzadeh, T Ban, D Inoue

Int. Joint Conf. on Neural Networks (IJCNN)


2012 conference

Exploring Crude Oil Impacts to Oil Stocks through Graphical Computational Correlation Analysis

A Lai, L Song, Y Peng, P Zhang, Q Wang, S Pang

Int. Conf. on Neural Information Processing (ICONIP)


2011 thesis

Boosting performance of incremental IDR/QR LDA

Y Peng

Masters Thesis, Auckland University of Technology