Policy Gradient Methods for Reinforcement Learning with Function Approximation and Action-Dependent Baselines
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We show how an action-dependent baseline can be used by the policy gradient theorem using function approximation, originally presented with action-independent baselines by (Sutton et al. 2000).
Key facts. Cited by 20 papers in the map (data through 7 Oct 2026). First posted on arXiv 20 Jun 2017.
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- 2022Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning with Exponential Criteriacited by 15
- 2023Would I have gotten that reward? Long-term credit assignment by counterfactual contribution analysiscited by 10
- 2025SEM: Reinforcement Learning for Search-Efficient Large Language Modelscited by 9
- 2021Factored Policy Gradients: Leveraging Structure for Efficient Learning in MOMDPscited by 8
- 2025Reasoning BO: Enhancing Bayesian Optimization with Long-Context Reasoning Power of LLMscited by 8
- 2021Snowflake: Scaling GNNs to High-Dimensional Continuous Control via Parameter Freezingcited by 7
- 2024Doubly Optimal Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learningcited by 7
- 2021Convergence and Optimality of Policy Gradient Methods in Weakly Smooth Settingscited by 5
- 2021Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Reliable Communication in THz/VLC Wireless VR Networkscited by 4
- 2023Policy Gradient with Tree Expansioncited by 3
- 2021Generative deep learning for decision making in gas networkscited by 2
- 2025KETCHUP: K-Step Return Estimation for Sequential Knowledge Distillationcited by 2
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- 2021Ensemble Consensus-based Representation Deep Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid FSO/RF Communication Systemscited by 1
- 2022SoftTreeMax: Policy Gradient with Tree Searchcited by 1
- 2021Tackling Variabilities in Autonomous Drivingcited by 0
- 2021On Solving a Stochastic Shortest-Path Markov Decision Process as Probabilistic Inferencecited by 0
- 2021Convergence of a Human-in-the-Loop Policy-Gradient Algorithm With Eligibility Trace Under Reward, Policy, and Advantage Feedbackcited by 0
- 2026OmniVLA-RL: A Vision-Language-Action Model with Spatial Understanding and Online RLcited by 0
- 2026Balancing Performance and Diversity in GRPO Autoregressive Text-to-Image Post-Trainingcited by 0
- 2026VICO: Visual Environments Co-Evolving for Vision-Language Model Reasoningcited by 0
- 2026VICO: Visual Environments Co-Evolving for Vision-Language Model Reasoning7 Oct 2026
- 2026Balancing Performance and Diversity in GRPO Autoregressive Text-to-Image Post-Training19 Jun 2026
- 2026OmniVLA-RL: A Vision-Language-Action Model with Spatial Understanding and Online RL20 Apr 2026
- 2025Reasoning BO: Enhancing Bayesian Optimization with Long-Context Reasoning Power of LLMs19 May 2025
- 2025SEM: Reinforcement Learning for Search-Efficient Large Language Models12 May 2025
- 2025KETCHUP: K-Step Return Estimation for Sequential Knowledge Distillation26 Apr 2025
- 2024Doubly Optimal Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learning3 Oct 2024
- 2023Would I have gotten that reward? Long-term credit assignment by counterfactual contribution analysis29 Jun 2023
- 2023Policy Gradient with Tree Expansion30 Jan 2023
- 2022Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning with Exponential Criteria18 Dec 2022
- 2022SoftTreeMax: Policy Gradient with Tree Search28 Sep 2022
- 2021Convergence and Optimality of Policy Gradient Methods in Weakly Smooth Settings30 Oct 2021
8 more
- 2021Convergence of a Human-in-the-Loop Policy-Gradient Algorithm With Eligibility Trace Under Reward, Policy, and Advantage Feedback15 Sep 2021
- 2021On Solving a Stochastic Shortest-Path Markov Decision Process as Probabilistic Inference13 Sep 2021
- 2021Ensemble Consensus-based Representation Deep Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid FSO/RF Communication Systems5 Aug 2021
- 2021Tackling Variabilities in Autonomous Driving21 Apr 2021
- 2021Snowflake: Scaling GNNs to High-Dimensional Continuous Control via Parameter Freezing1 Mar 2021
- 2021Factored Policy Gradients: Leveraging Structure for Efficient Learning in MOMDPs20 Feb 2021
- 2021Generative deep learning for decision making in gas networks3 Feb 2021
- 2021Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Reliable Communication in THz/VLC Wireless VR Networks29 Jan 2021
- 2021Tackling Variabilities in Autonomous Drivingcited by 0
- 2021Tackling Variabilities in Autonomous Driving21 Apr 2021
- 2022Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning with Exponential Criteriacited by 15
- 2023Would I have gotten that reward? Long-term credit assignment by counterfactual contribution analysiscited by 10
- 2025SEM: Reinforcement Learning for Search-Efficient Large Language Modelscited by 9
- 2021Factored Policy Gradients: Leveraging Structure for Efficient Learning in MOMDPscited by 8
- 2021Snowflake: Scaling GNNs to High-Dimensional Continuous Control via Parameter Freezingcited by 7
- 2024Doubly Optimal Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learningcited by 7
- 2021Convergence and Optimality of Policy Gradient Methods in Weakly Smooth Settingscited by 5
- 2021Meta-Reinforcement Learning for Reliable Communication in THz/VLC Wireless VR Networkscited by 4
- 2023Policy Gradient with Tree Expansioncited by 3
- 2021Generative deep learning for decision making in gas networkscited by 2
- 2025KETCHUP: K-Step Return Estimation for Sequential Knowledge Distillationcited by 2
- 2021Ensemble Consensus-based Representation Deep Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid FSO/RF Communication Systemscited by 1
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- 2025SEM: Reinforcement Learning for Search-Efficient Large Language Models12 May 2025
- 2025KETCHUP: K-Step Return Estimation for Sequential Knowledge Distillation26 Apr 2025
- 2024Doubly Optimal Policy Evaluation for Reinforcement Learning3 Oct 2024
- 2023Would I have gotten that reward? Long-term credit assignment by counterfactual contribution analysis29 Jun 2023
- 2023Policy Gradient with Tree Expansion30 Jan 2023
- 2022Risk-Sensitive Reinforcement Learning with Exponential Criteria18 Dec 2022
- 2022SoftTreeMax: Policy Gradient with Tree Search28 Sep 2022
- 2021Convergence and Optimality of Policy Gradient Methods in Weakly Smooth Settings30 Oct 2021
- 2021Convergence of a Human-in-the-Loop Policy-Gradient Algorithm With Eligibility Trace Under Reward, Policy, and Advantage Feedback15 Sep 2021
- 2021On Solving a Stochastic Shortest-Path Markov Decision Process as Probabilistic Inference13 Sep 2021
- 2021Ensemble Consensus-based Representation Deep Reinforcement Learning for Hybrid FSO/RF Communication Systems5 Aug 2021
- 2021Snowflake: Scaling GNNs to High-Dimensional Continuous Control via Parameter Freezing1 Mar 2021
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