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most citedReward Centering

3 citations · 4 across the 6 of their papers we have counts for

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6 papers

cs.LG2025

Average-reward reinforcement learning in semi-Markov decision processes via relative value iteration

Huizhen Yu, Yi Wan, Richard S. Sutton

This paper applies the authors' recent results on asynchronous stochastic approximation (SA) in the Borkar-Meyn framework to reinforcement learning in average-reward semi-Markov de…

cs.LG2024★ 1 cited

Asynchronous Stochastic Approximation with Applications to Average-Reward Reinforcement Learning

Huizhen Yu, Yi Wan, Richard S. Sutton

This paper investigates the stability and convergence properties of asynchronous stochastic approximation (SA) algorithms, with a focus on extensions relevant to average-reward rei…

cs.LG2024

On Convergence of Average-Reward Q-Learning in Weakly Communicating Markov Decision Processes

Yi Wan, Huizhen Yu, Richard S. Sutton

This paper analyzes reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms for Markov decision processes (MDPs) under the average-reward criterion. We focus on Q-learning algorithms based on relat…

cs.LG2024★ 3 cited

Reward Centering

Abhishek Naik, Yi Wan, Manan Tomar +1

We show that discounted methods for solving continuing reinforcement learning problems can perform significantly better if they center their rewards by subtracting out the rewards'…

cs.LG2023

A Note on Stability in Asynchronous Stochastic Approximation without Communication Delays

Huizhen Yu, Yi Wan, Richard S. Sutton

In this paper, we study asynchronous stochastic approximation algorithms without communication delays. Our main contribution is a stability proof for these algorithms that extends…

cs.AI2023

Iterative Option Discovery for Planning, by Planning

Kenny Young, Richard S. Sutton

Discovering useful temporal abstractions, in the form of options, is widely thought to be key to applying reinforcement learning and planning to increasingly complex domains. Build…