arXiv:2605. 26078v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: Wasserstein policy gradient (WPG) is a policy optimization method for reinforcement learning (RL) that exploits the optimal-transport geometry of action distributions.
By Zhaoyu Zhu, Rui Gao, Shuang Li
arXiv:2607. 22201v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: We introduce trajectory-regularized stochastic optimal control (TRSOC), which augments standard stochastic optimal control (SOC) with a Kullback--Leibler (KL) divergence between controlled and reference trajectory distributions.
By Mintae Kim, Koushil Sreenath
arXiv:2606. 16759v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study inverse reinforcement learning for discrete-time, infinite-horizon mean-field games (MFGs) under an average-reward criterion.
By \c{S}evket Kaan Alk{\i}r, Naci Sald{\i}, Berkay Anahtarc{\i}, Can Deha Kar{\i}ks{\i}z
arXiv:2607. 11005v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper develops a model-free reinforcement learning framework for continuous--time extended mean field control problems, where both the dynamics and reward may depend on the joint distribution of states and controls.
By Ziheng Cheng, Xin Guo, Huy\^en Pham, Yufei Zhang
arXiv:2602. 02250v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Kullback-Leibler (KL) divergence regularization is widely used in reinforcement learning, but it becomes infinite under support mismatch and can degenerate in low-noise regimes.
By Viktor Stein, Adwait Datar, Nihat Ay
arXiv:2606. 26498v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: This paper addresses model-free continuous-time mean-field control in a setting where the population dynamics evolve continuously according to an unknown McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equation, while only discrete-time transition data are available.
By Erhan Bayraktar, Martin Hernandez, Qinxin Yan, Yuhua Zhu
This paper addresses model-free continuous-time mean-field control in a setting where the population dynamics evolve continuously according to an unknown McKean-Vlasov stochastic differential equation, while only discrete-time transition data are available. In the model-based formulation, policy evaluation is naturally described by a stationary Hamilton-Jacobi-Bellman equation on $\mathcal P_2(\mathbb R^d)$, but this equation involves the drift and diffusion coefficients of the controlled McKean-Vlasov dynamics, which are not identifiable when only discrete-time data are available.
arXiv:2411. 15067v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We investigate proximal descent methods, inspired by the minimizing movement scheme introduced by Jordan, Kinderlehrer and Otto, for optimizing entropy-regularized functionals on the Wasserstein space.
By Razvan-Andrei Lascu, Mateusz B. Majka, David \v{S}i\v{s}ka, {\L}ukasz Szpruch
arXiv:2606. 19117v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Offline policy learning has received growing attention in causal inference.
By Yiyan Huang, Cheuk Hang Leung, Qi Wu, Zhiheng Zhang
arXiv:2607. 03168v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Entropy regularization is widely used in continuous-time reinforcement learning (RL) to reduce sensitivity to environmental perturbations, yet its robustness benefits lack a rigorous theoretical foundation.
By Jialun Cao, Fernando Acero, David \v{S}i\v{s}ka, Yufei Zhang
arXiv:2506. 07040v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: We study model-free methods for distributionally robust infinite-horizon average-reward Markov decision processes (MDPs).
By Yang Xu, Swetha Ganesh, Vaneet Aggarwal
arXiv:2606. 11431v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Mirror Descent (MD) extends Gradient Descent (GD) beyond Euclidean geometry and has recently reappeared as a lens for KL-regularized policy optimization in reinforcement learning and LLM post-training.
By Shira Vansover-Hager, Matan Schliserman, Ofir Schlisselberg, Tomer Koren