Reinforcement learning

Policy optimisation, reward modelling and RLHF — how models are trained by feedback rather than by labels.

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arXiv AI
Jun 3

ASAP: Exploiting the Satisficing Generalization Edge in Neural Combinatorial Optimization

arXiv:2501. 17377v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL) has emerged as a promising approach for solving Combinatorial Optimization (CO) problems, such as the 3D Bin Packing Problem (3D-BPP), Traveling Salesman Problem (TSP), or Vehicle Routing Problem (VRP), but these neural solvers often exhibit brittleness when facing distribution shifts.

By Han Fang, Paul Weng, Yutong Ban
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Skill-RM: Unifying Heterogeneous Evaluation Criteria via Agent Skill

arXiv:2606. 03980v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reward models (RMs) provide critical feedback signals for LLM post-training, notably in reinforced fine-tuning (RFT) and reinforcement learning (RL) pipelines.

By Tao Chen, Gangwei Jiang, Pengyu Cheng, Siyuan Huang, Yihao Liu, Jingwei Ni, Jiaqi Guo, Mengyu Zhou, Kai Tang, Junling Liu, Qinliang Su, Xiaoxi Jiang, Guanjun Jiang
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Right Makes Might: Aligning Verified Hidden States Empowers RL Reasoning

arXiv:2606. 03234v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) has become the dominant approach for improving mathematical reasoning in large language models, yet current methods reduce each correct rollout to a single reward bit, ignoring the geometric structure shared among their hidden states.

By Ziyue Wang, Aomufei Yuan, Yongfu Zhu, Shuai Dong, Wenpu Liu, Yiran Yao, Weichu Xie, Yuqi Xu, Caoyuan Ma, Wenqi Shao, Xiaoying Zhang, Nan Duan, Jiaqi Wang
arXiv AI
Jun 3

InftyThink+: Effective and Efficient Infinite-Horizon Reasoning via Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2602. 06960v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large reasoning models achieve strong performance by scaling inference-time chain-of-thought, but this paradigm suffers from quadratic cost, context length limits, and degraded reasoning due to lost-in-the-middle effects.

By Yuchen Yan, Liang Jiang, Jin Jiang, Shuaicheng Li, Zujie Wen, Zhiqiang Zhang, Jun Zhou, Jian Shao, Yueting Zhuang, Yongliang Shen
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Toward Training Superintelligent Software Agents through Self-Play SWE-RL

arXiv:2512. 18552v3 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: While current software agents powered by large language models (LLMs) and agentic reinforcement learning (RL) can boost programmer productivity, their training data (e.

By Yuxiang Wei, Zhiqing Sun, Emily McMilin, Jonas Gehring, David Zhang, Gabriel Synnaeve, Daniel Fried, Lingming Zhang, Sida Wang
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Finding Kissing Numbers with Game-theoretic Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2511. 13391v4 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Since Isaac Newton first studied the Kissing Number Problem in 1694, determining the maximal number of non-overlapping spheres around a central sphere has remained a defining challenge in discrete geometry.

By Chengdong Ma, Th\'eo Tao Zhaowei, Pengyu Li, Minghao Liu, Haojun Chen, Zihao Mao, Bo Li, Yuan Cheng, Yuan Qi, Yaodong Yang
arXiv AI
Jun 3

UR$^2$: Unify RAG and Reasoning through Reinforcement Learning

arXiv:2508. 06165v5 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: Large Language Models (LLMs) have shown strong capabilities through two complementary paradigms: Retrieval-Augmented Generation (RAG) for knowledge grounding and Reinforcement Learning from Verifiable Rewards (RLVR) for complex reasoning.

By Weitao Li, Boran Xiang, Xiaolong Wang, Zhinan Gou, Weizhi Ma, Yang Liu
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Human-Like Goalkeeping in a Realistic Football Simulation: a Sample-Efficient Reinforcement Learning Approach

arXiv:2510. 23216v4 Announce Type: replace Abstract: While several high profile video games have served as testbeds for Deep Reinforcement Learning (DRL), this technique has rarely been employed by the game industry for crafting authentic AI behaviors.

By Alessandro Sestini, Joakim Bergdahl, Jean-Philippe Barrette-LaPierre, Florian Fuchs, Brady Chen, Fabio Zinno, Michael Jones, Linus Gissl\'en
arXiv AI
Jun 3

Coupled Local and Global World Models for Efficient First Order RL

arXiv:2602. 06219v2 Announce Type: replace-cross Abstract: World models offer a promising avenue for more faithfully capturing complex dynamics, including contacts and non-rigidity, as well as complex sensory information, such as visual perception, in situations where standard simulators struggle.

By Joseph Amigo, Rooholla Khorrambakht, Nicolas Mansard, Ludovic Righetti
arXiv Machine Learning
Jun 3

Human-in-the-Loop Contextual Bandits for Short-Term Rental Dynamic Pricing: Structural Equivalence of Historical Warm-Up and Approval-Gated Live Learning

arXiv:2606. 02595v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Dynamic pricing in short-term rental (STR) markets presents a distinctive challenge for online learning algorithms: pricing decisions carry significant financial risk, operators require explainability, and market feedback is sparse (one booking outcome per listed night).

By Oleg Miroshnichenko