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Two arXiv papers explore finite-iteration theory and online inference for temporal-difference learning

Two new arXiv papers delve into the theoretical underpinnings of temporal-difference (TD) learning methods, focusing on their finite-iteration behavior and online statistical inference. The first paper by Ege Can Kaya analyzes asynchronous categorical TD learning in both scalar and multivariate settings, establishing discounted bounds and finite-iteration guarantees. The second paper examines online inference for functionals of the return distribution, proving that root-T errors converge weakly to Gaussian random elements and justifying bootstrap inference for various statistical functionals. AI

IMPACT These papers advance the theoretical understanding of temporal-difference learning, potentially leading to more robust and efficient reinforcement learning algorithms.

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Ege C. Kaya, Abolfazl Hashemi ·

    A Finite-Iteration Theory for Asynchronous Categorical Distributional Temporal-Difference Learning

    arXiv:2605.06866v2 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We study finite-iteration behavior of the exact asynchronous recursions used by categorical distributional temporal-difference methods. The analysis covers scalar categorical TD in the Cram\'er geometry and multivariate signed-c…

  2. arXiv stat.ML TIER_1 English(EN) · Yang Peng, Liangyu Zhang ·

    Online Inference in Distributional Temporal-Difference Learning

    arXiv:2608.14408v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: We study online statistical inference for functionals of the return distribution under a fixed policy. The return distribution is estimated by nonparametric distributional temporal-difference learning from a single Markov trajectory…