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title: "Genetic Policy Search"
type: concept
related: [Genetic Policy Search, Local Policy Search]
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhgenetic_policy_search/
confidence: high
status: active
---

Genetic Policy Search involves performing Local Policy Search, but starting from a plurality of initial policies and perturbing the top-k most successful ones (called the &ldquo;elite samples&rdquo; \(m_{elite}\)) to generate the next set of starting points.
