• Media type: Text; E-Article; Electronic Conference Proceeding
  • Title: Strategy Complexity of Parity Objectives in Countable MDPs
  • Contributor: Kiefer, Stefan [Author]; Mayr, Richard [Author]; Shirmohammadi, Mahsa [Author]; Totzke, Patrick [Author]
  • Published: Schloss Dagstuhl – Leibniz-Zentrum für Informatik, 2020
  • Language: English
  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.4230/LIPIcs.CONCUR.2020.39
  • Keywords: Levy’s zero-one law ; Parity objectives ; Markov decision processes
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  • Description: We study countably infinite MDPs with parity objectives. Unlike in finite MDPs, optimal strategies need not exist, and may require infinite memory if they do. We provide a complete picture of the exact strategy complexity of ε-optimal strategies (and optimal strategies, where they exist) for all subclasses of parity objectives in the Mostowski hierarchy. Either MD-strategies, Markov strategies, or 1-bit Markov strategies are necessary and sufficient, depending on the number of colors, the branching degree of the MDP, and whether one considers ε-optimal or optimal strategies. In particular, 1-bit Markov strategies are necessary and sufficient for ε-optimal (resp. optimal) strategies for general parity objectives.
  • Access State: Open Access