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Success Conditioning as Policy Improvement: The Optimization Problem Solved by Imitating Success

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arXiv:2601. 18175v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: A widely used technique for improving policies is success conditioning, in which one collects trajectories, identifies those that achieve a desired outcome, and updates the policy to imitate the actions taken along successful trajectories.

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