We’ve found that adding adaptive noise to the parameters of reinforcement learning algorithms frequently boosts performance. This exploration method is simple to implement and very rarely decreases performance, so it’s worth trying on any problem.
arXiv:2504. 17939v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We present a computational model of the mechanisms that may determine infant behavior in the "mobile paradigm".
By Josua Spisak, Sergiu Tcaci Popescu, Stefan Wermter, Matej Hoffmann, J. Kevin O'Regan
arXiv:2608. 17373v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Sample efficiency is a central challenge in reinforcement learning (RL), particularly in image-based domains where agents must learn from high-dimensional visual inputs.
By Hoda Yamani, Henry Williams, Bruce A. MacDonald
arXiv:2607. 17981v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Representation learning has enabled classical exploration strategies to be extended to deep Reinforcement Learning (RL), but often makes algorithms more complex and theoretical guarantees harder to establish.
By Waris Radji, Odalric-Ambrym Maillard
Sample efficiency is a central challenge in reinforcement learning (RL), particularly in image-based domains where agents must learn from high-dimensional visual inputs. Traditional sampling often relies on random or suboptimal experience selection, leading to redundant updates and slow learning.
arXiv:2606. 19728v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Infants are well known to develop their motor skills through dense interaction with caregivers.
By Rui Fukushima, Jun Tani
arXiv:2608. 14339v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study proactive exploration in LLM agents, i.
By Zhizhao Guan, Chen Huang, Ziming Liu, Hongru Liang, Wenqiang Lei, See-Kiong Ng, Tat-Seng Chua, Anthony G Cohn
arXiv:2608. 07870v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Improving sample efficiency remains a core challenge in reinforcement learning (RL), especially in real-world settings like robotics, where data collection is costly.
By Donghu Kim, Youngdo Lee, Hojoon Lee, Johan Obando-Ceron, Byungkun Lee, Aaron Courville, Pablo Samuel Castro, Jaegul Choo, Clare Lyle
arXiv:2605. 12236v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Fine-tuning pre-trained robot policies with reinforcement learning (RL) often inherits the bottlenecks introduced by pre-training with behavioral cloning (BC), which produces narrow action distributions that lack the coverage necessary for downstream exploration.
By Matthew M. Hong, Jesse Zhang, Anusha Nagabandi, Abhishek Gupta
arXiv:2606. 03554v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Physical systems do not merely add noise to search processes; they impose constraints that generate structured correlations.
By Song-Ju Kim
arXiv:2606. 20858v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: The temporal structure of reward composition in reinforcement learning (RL) is typically hand-designed and held fixed throughout training, leaving the progression of motivational priorities largely unexplored.
By Alan Nadelsticher Ruvalcaba
arXiv:2602. 01196v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Recurrent neural policies are widely used in partially observable control and meta-RL tasks.
By Jin Li, Yue Wu, Mengsha Huang, Yuhao Sun, Hao He, Xianyuan Zhan