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Efficient Reinforcement Learning for Long-Horizon Tool-Use Agentic Tasks

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arXiv:2608. 10357v1 Announce Type: cross Abstract: Long-horizon tool-using agents must reason over user goals, domain policies, tool calls, simulator state, and delayed verifiable rewards.

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