arXiv Machine Learning

Direct Advantage Estimation for Scalable and Sample-efficient Deep Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2606. 20411v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Direct Advantage Estimation (DAE) has been shown to improve the sample efficiency of deep reinforcement learning algorithms.

arXiv AI
Jul 10

Principled Analysis of Deep Reinforcement Learning Evaluation and Design Paradigms

arXiv:2607. 07769v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Starting from the utilization of deep neural networks to approximate the state-action value function that led to winning one of the most challenging games, to algorithmic advancements that allowed solving problems without even explicitly stating the rules of the challenge at hand, reinforcement learning research has been the center of remarkable scientific progress for the past decade.

By Ezgi Korkmaz
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 10

Discovering Interpretable Multi-Parameter Control Policies for Evolutionary Algorithms Using Deep Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2606. 10129v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: While deep Reinforcement Learning (deep-RL) has been increasingly applied to parameter control in evolutionary algorithms, rigorous theoretical analysis of parameter control remains largely restricted to single-parameter settings, owing to the difficulty of deriving effective, interpretable multi-parameter policies amenable to formal study.

By Tai Nguyen, Phong Le, Carola Doerr, Nguyen Dang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 5

On Advantage Estimates for Max@K Policy Gradients

arXiv:2606. 06080v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement learning with verifiable rewards is widely used for post-training reasoning models, but sparse outcome rewards make exploration difficult.

By Shota Takashiro, Soichiro Nishimori, Paavo Parmas, Yongmin Kim, Kohsei Matsutani, Gouki Minegishi, Yusuke Iwasawa, Takeshi Kojima, Yutaka Matsuo