arXiv:2606. 17545v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Simulation based solvers for optimal stopping problems must discretize the stopping decision.
arXiv:2601.18681v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We consider time discretization for score-based diffusion models to generate samples from a learned reverse-time dynamic on a finite grid. Un...
In value-based reinforcement learning, improving the accuracy of policy evaluation has been shown to improve downstream policy optimization performance. The widely adopted family of approximations rel...
We study timestep allocation for score-based diffusion sampling, where a learned reverse-time dynamics is discretized on a finite grid. Uniform and hand-crafted schedules are standard choices, but they rely on fixed prescriptions and can therefore be suboptimal.
arXiv:2607. 02137v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We study timestep allocation for score-based diffusion sampling, where a learned reverse-time dynamics is discretized on a finite grid.
arXiv:2602. 08689v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Diffusion models generate samples through an iterative denoising process guided by a pretrained neural network.
arXiv:2601. 22211v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Reinforcement learning (RL) with combinatorial action spaces remains challenging because feasible action sets are exponentially large and governed by complex feasibility constraints, making direct policy parameterization impractical.
Limiting‑Kernel Q(λ) (LKQL) is an off‑policy value estimator that blends n‑step truncation with a long‑horizon approximation based on the limiting kernel. It maintains the computational efficiency of n‑step methods while improving policy evaluation accuracy, especially for long‑horizon tasks. The authors prove faster convergence of LKQL’s operator under aperiodicity and near‑on‑policy conditions, and demonstrate empirical gains on MuJoCo continuous‑control benchmarks.
HyCO is a hybrid neural solver that combines a sequential reinforcement learning (RL) solver with a global diffusion model (DM) to tackle combinatorial optimization problems. The RL component builds an initial solution prefix, after which HyCO switches to a conditional DM to finish the remaining decisions. The authors provide a theoretical framework showing that this hybrid approach yields lower expected regret than either method alone, identify an optimal trigger step for the switch, and implement a lightweight adaptive trigger based on policy entropy and RL‑DM disagreement, achieving consistent performance gains across benchmarks.
arXiv:2607. 26509v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep off-policy reinforcement learning algorithms for continuous control typically rely on neural value function approximation to guide policy improvement.
arXiv:2609.37119v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Recent approaches to reinforcement learning (RL) post-training for large language models increasingly remove the critic to reduce training instabilit...
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:2605. 29032v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Model-based reinforcement learning (MBRL) agents typically learn world models by minimizing predictive loss.