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Finite-Time Analysis of Discounted Exponential-Utility Reinforcement Learning

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Discounted exponential utility provides a principled criterion for risk-sensitive sequential decision-making, but its nonlinear structure complicates reinforcement learning. A recent work \citep{thoppe2026reinforcement} addressed this difficulty by introducing a Bellman-compatible surrogate and two model-free fixed-point algorithms for optimizing it over stationary policies.

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arXiv Machine Learning
Jul 28

Finite-Time Analysis of the Natural Policy Gradient in Finite-Horizon Markov Decision Processes

arXiv:2607. 22982v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Natural Policy Gradient (NPG) is a well-established Reinforcement Learning algorithm that underlies widely used methods such as Trust Region Policy Optimization and Proximal Policy Optimization, both of which have demonstrated strong empirical success.

By Asha Barua, Sajad Khodadadian