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title: "SU-CS238 OCT262023"
source: https://www.jemoka.com/posts/kbhsu_cs238_oct262023/
date: 2023-10-26
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Big day. Policy Gradient.
New Concepts Approximate Policy Evaluation and Roll-out utility Policy Optimization methods: Local Policy Search (aka Hooke-Jeeves Policy Search) Genetic Policy Search Cross Entropy Method Policy Gradient, Regression Gradient and Likelyhood Ratio Gradient Reward-to-Go Important Results / Claims monte-carlo policy evaluation Finite-Difference Gradient Estimation Linear Regression Gradient Estimate Questions for next office hour
