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Interactive Inverse Reinforcement Learning of Interaction Scenarios via Bi-level Optimization

Minghui Zhu, Shicheng Liu, Siyuan Xu, Yue Mao

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The pith

Interactive inverse reinforcement learning is solved by formulating it as a stochastic bi-level optimization problem with a convergent double-loop algorithm.

A machine-rendered reading of the paper's core claim, the machinery that carries it, and where it could break.

The paper seeks to extend inverse reinforcement learning beyond passive observation of demonstrations to settings where the learner actively interacts with the expert. It does so by recasting the task as a stochastic bi-level optimization problem: the inner level recovers a reward function that explains the expert's observed behavior, while the outer level learns a policy for effective interaction. A new algorithm called BISIRL alternates between solving these two levels in nested loops and is proven to converge. This matters because many practical domains, from human-robot collaboration to autonomous driving, require the learner to influence and respond to the expert in real time rather than waiting for fixed datasets.

Core claim

We formulate IIRL as a stochastic bi-level optimization problem where the lower level learns a reward function to explain the behaviors of the expert, and the upper level learns a policy to interact with the expert. We develop a double-loop algorithm, Bi-level Interactive Scenarios Inverse Reinforcement Learning (BISIRL), which solves the lower-level problem in the inner loop and the upper-level problem in the outer loop. We formally guarantee that BISIRL converges and validate our algorithm through extensive experiments.

What carries the argument

BISIRL, the double-loop algorithm that solves the inner reward-learning subproblem and the outer interaction-policy subproblem for the bi-level formulation of interactive inverse reinforcement learning.

If this is right

  • The learner can actively shape interactions to gather more informative data about the expert's reward.
  • Training of both reward and policy proceeds reliably because of the formal convergence guarantee.
  • The approach directly supports collaborative tasks where the learner must respond dynamically to the expert.
  • Empirical validation shows the algorithm works across multiple interactive scenarios.

Where Pith is reading between the lines

These are editorial extensions of the paper, not claims the author makes directly.

  • The same bi-level structure might scale to settings with several experts interacting simultaneously by adding further optimization levels.
  • In deployed systems the method could lower data requirements by inferring rewards on the fly instead of needing large offline datasets.
  • Physical tests in domains such as robot navigation around humans would reveal whether the convergence carries over from simulation.

Load-bearing premise

The expert's behavior is generated by an optimal policy with respect to a reward function that the lower-level optimization can recover, and the bi-level structure fully captures the interactive dynamics without hidden variables or non-stationarity.

What would settle it

Run BISIRL in a simulated interactive environment with a known ground-truth expert reward; check whether the recovered reward function matches the true one within a small error after convergence.

Figures

Figures reproduced from arXiv: 2605.08131 by Minghui Zhu, Shicheng Liu, Siyuan Xu, Yue Mao.

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Figure 1. Figure 1: Flowchart of the overall learning process. [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p003_1.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 2. Figure 2: MPE simulation results. Left: Agent’s reward. Right: Adversary’s reward. The horizontal lines show the cumulative rewards from a MARL method that has access to the ground-truth reward functions after convergence. In contrast, other methods learn the reward functions from demonstra￾tions and interactions, respectively. In each iteration, we compute the policies of both the adversary and the agents via MARL … view at source ↗
Figure 3
Figure 3. Figure 3: SMAC simulation results. Left: A screenshot of the game. Middle: Cumulative reward. Right: Win rate. The cumulative rewards are computed in the same manner as described in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p008_3.png] view at source ↗
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Figure 4. Figure 4: Human–robot interaction simulation results. The cumulative rewards are calculated as [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p024_4.png] view at source ↗
Figure 5
Figure 5. Figure 5: Cyber security simulation results. Left: Attack graph. Middle: Defender’s reward. Right: Attacker’s reward. The cumulative rewards are calculated in the same way described in [PITH_FULL_IMAGE:figures/full_fig_p025_5.png] view at source ↗
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Inverse reinforcement learning (IRL) learns a reward function and a corresponding policy that best fit the demonstration data of an expert. However, in the current IRL setting, the learner is isolated from the expert and can only passively observe the expert demonstrations. This limits the applicability of IRL to interactive settings, where the learner actively interacts with the expert and needs to infer the expert's reward function from the interactions. To bridge the gap, this paper studies interactive IRL (IIRL) where a learner aims to learn the reward function of an expert and a policy to interact with the expert during its interactions with the expert. We formulate IIRL as a stochastic bi-level optimization problem where the lower level learns a reward function to explain the behaviors of the expert, and the upper level learns a policy to interact with the expert. We develop a double-loop algorithm, Bi-level Interactive Scenarios Inverse Reinforcement Learning (BISIRL), which solves the lower-level problem in the inner loop and the upper-level problem in the outer loop. We formally guarantee that BISIRL converges and validate our algorithm through extensive experiments.

Editorial analysis

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Referee Report

2 major / 2 minor

Summary. The paper claims that interactive inverse reinforcement learning (IIRL) can be formulated as a stochastic bi-level optimization problem in which the lower level recovers a reward function explaining expert behavior from interaction data and the upper level optimizes a policy for interacting with the expert. It introduces the double-loop BISIRL algorithm that alternates inner-loop reward learning with outer-loop policy updates and states a formal convergence guarantee, which is supported by experimental validation on interaction scenarios.

Significance. If the convergence guarantee holds under realistic assumptions about non-stationary data, the bi-level formulation would provide a principled way to extend IRL to active, interactive settings where the learner's policy influences the expert's demonstrations. This could strengthen applications in human-AI collaboration and robotics by enabling joint learning of rewards and interaction strategies. The explicit algorithmic guarantee and double-loop structure are positive features if the analysis accommodates the data-generation dependency.

major comments (2)
  1. [§4, Theorem 1] §4, Theorem 1 (Convergence of BISIRL): The proof assumes the inner-loop lower-level problem admits a well-defined optimum that can be tracked as the outer-loop policy evolves, yet the expert demonstrations are generated by the current upper-level policy, rendering the lower-level dataset non-stationary. Standard stochastic bi-level results require either exact inner solves, strong convexity, or coupled step-size schedules; none are shown to hold here, which is load-bearing for the central convergence claim.
  2. [§3.1, Eq. (3)] §3.1, Eq. (3) (Bi-level formulation): The upper-level objective is defined using the lower-level reward recovered from interactions, but the formulation does not address how the dependence of expert behavior on the learner's policy affects the uniqueness or stability of the lower-level optimum. This circular dependency risks violating the conditions needed for the double-loop procedure to converge to a stationary point of the bi-level problem.
minor comments (2)
  1. [Algorithm 1] Algorithm 1: The pseudocode omits the precise inner-loop termination criterion (e.g., gradient norm threshold or fixed iteration count) and any hyper-parameters controlling the trade-off between inner and outer steps, hindering reproducibility.
  2. [§5] §5 (Experiments): Tables reporting performance metrics do not include standard deviations across random seeds or statistical tests comparing BISIRL to baselines, making it hard to assess whether observed gains are robust.

Simulated Author's Rebuttal

2 responses · 0 unresolved

We thank the referee for the insightful comments on our manuscript. We appreciate the focus on the convergence analysis and the bi-level formulation, which are central to our contribution. We address each major comment below and indicate the revisions we plan to make.

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  1. Referee: [§4, Theorem 1] §4, Theorem 1 (Convergence of BISIRL): The proof assumes the inner-loop lower-level problem admits a well-defined optimum that can be tracked as the outer-loop policy evolves, yet the expert demonstrations are generated by the current upper-level policy, rendering the lower-level dataset non-stationary. Standard stochastic bi-level results require either exact inner solves, strong convexity, or coupled step-size schedules; none are shown to hold here, which is load-bearing for the central convergence claim.

    Authors: We are grateful to the referee for pointing out the challenges posed by the non-stationary nature of the demonstration data in the bi-level setting. In our analysis of Theorem 1, the inner-loop problem is assumed to be strongly convex owing to the entropy regularization in the reward recovery objective, which guarantees a unique solution for any fixed upper-level policy. The BISIRL algorithm employs a double-loop structure with a sufficient number of inner iterations to approximately solve the lower level, combined with diminishing step sizes for the outer loop to ensure slow variation of the policy. Nevertheless, we recognize that an explicit bound on the tracking error due to data non-stationarity is not detailed in the current proof. In the revised manuscript, we will augment the appendix with a supporting lemma that establishes the Lipschitz continuity of the lower-level solution map with respect to the policy parameter and derive the necessary step-size conditions to control the approximation error. This constitutes a partial revision focused on strengthening the theoretical analysis without altering the algorithm or main claims. revision: partial

  2. Referee: [§3.1, Eq. (3)] §3.1, Eq. (3) (Bi-level formulation): The upper-level objective is defined using the lower-level reward recovered from interactions, but the formulation does not address how the dependence of expert behavior on the learner's policy affects the uniqueness or stability of the lower-level optimum. This circular dependency risks violating the conditions needed for the double-loop procedure to converge to a stationary point of the bi-level problem.

    Authors: The referee correctly identifies that the interactive setting introduces a dependency between the upper-level policy and the data used in the lower level. In Equation (3), this is intentionally modeled to reflect the active interaction. The lower-level IRL problem incorporates a regularization term that ensures uniqueness of the reward function for a given dataset. To handle the circularity, the algorithm collects fresh interaction data after each policy update. We agree that the manuscript would benefit from an explicit discussion of the stability of the lower-level optimum. In the revision, we will expand Section 3.1 to include a brief analysis showing that, under standard assumptions such as the expert's response being continuous in the reward function, the bi-level problem remains well-posed and the double-loop procedure converges to a stationary point. This will be a partial revision to improve clarity and address potential concerns about the formulation. revision: partial

Circularity Check

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No circularity: bi-level formulation and convergence claim rest on standard optimization results applied to IIRL

full rationale

The paper defines IIRL as a stochastic bi-level optimization where the inner level recovers a reward explaining expert behavior and the outer level optimizes an interaction policy. BISIRL is presented as a double-loop solver with a formal convergence guarantee. No quoted step reduces the central claim to a quantity defined by the same fitted data, nor does any load-bearing uniqueness or convergence result collapse to a self-citation whose own justification is internal to the paper. The derivation is self-contained against external benchmarks in stochastic bi-level optimization and standard IRL assumptions.

Axiom & Free-Parameter Ledger

0 free parameters · 1 axioms · 0 invented entities

Review is based solely on the abstract; specific free parameters, axioms, and invented entities cannot be extracted. The lower-level reward recovery implicitly relies on standard IRL assumptions about expert optimality.

axioms (1)
  • domain assumption Expert behavior is generated from an optimal policy with respect to an unknown reward function
    Invoked by the lower-level problem that learns a reward to explain expert behaviors.

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