arXiv Machine Learning August 12, 2026 By Bangyan Liao, Chenglei Yu, Yuchen Yang, Chuanrui Wang, Zhisheng Song, Peidong Liu, Tailin Wu

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arXiv:2608. 10777v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Linear Quadratic Stochastic Optimal Control (LQ-SOC) establishes a fundamental framework for steering noisy dynamical systems and has recently gained renewed interest in the machine learning community.

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