Knowledge Distillation for Efficient Transformer-Based Reinforcement Learning in Hardware-Constrained Energy Management Systems

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Source paper: Knowledge Distillation for Efficient Transformer-Based Reinforcement Learning in Hardware-Constrained Energy Management Systems

PDF: https://arxiv.org/pdf/2603.26249v1

Source count: 3

Coverage: 50%

Last proof check: 2026-03-30T22:22:57.541Z

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Subject: Knowledge Distillation for Efficient Transformer-Based Reinforcement Learning in Hardware-Constrained Energy Management Systems

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We address this gap by demonstrating that KD can substantially reduce the computational overhead of DTs while preserving control performance, thereby enabling their deployment on resource-constrained energy management hardware.
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while reducing the parameter count by up to 96%
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the inference memory by up to 90%
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and the inference time by up to 63%.
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distillation largely preserves control performance and even yields small improvements of up to 1%
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Beyond these compression effects, comparable cost improvements are also observed when distilling into a student model of identical architectural capacity.
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This result is stated in the abstract and highlights the effectiveness of distillation even without architectural compression.
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However, transformer models are typically too computationally demanding for deployment on resource-constrained residential controllers, where memory and latency constraints are critical.
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This is the primary motivation for the research, clearly stated in the abstract.
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In particular, the Decision Transformer can learn effective battery dispatch policies from historical data, thereby increasing photovoltaic self-consumption and reducing electricity costs.
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This describes the capability of the base model being investigated, as stated in the abstract.
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Across a broad set of teacher-student configurations, distillation largely preserves control performance and even yields small improvements of up to 1%, while reducing the parameter count by up to 96%, the inference memory by up to 90%, and the inference time by up to 63%.
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The abstract explicitly states that distillation 'largely preserves control performance' and provides specific percentage reductions for parameter count, inference memory, and inference time.
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Overall, our results show that knowledge distillation makes Decision Transformer control more applicable for residential energy management on resource-limited hardware.
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This is a central conclusion stated in the abstract, directly linking the method (knowledge distillation) to the application domain (residential energy management on resource-limited hardware).
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In particular, the Decision Transformer can learn effective battery dispatch policies from historical data, thereby increasing photovoltaic self-consumption and reducing electricity costs.
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The abstract clearly states the capability of the Decision Transformer in the context of residential energy management.
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However, transformer models are typically too computationally demanding for deployment on resource-constrained residential controllers, where memory and latency constraints are critical.
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The abstract explicitly identifies this as the motivation for the research.
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