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New research frames MDP planning as Bayesian inference over policies

Researchers have proposed a novel approach to Markov decision process (MDP) planning by framing it as a problem of Bayesian inference over policies. This conceptual shift treats the policy itself as a latent variable, with the expected return serving as an unnormalized posterior density. The method's effectiveness was examined through experiments on various grid worlds, including Blackjack and Triangle Tireworld, comparing its induced behavior to entropy-regularized policy optimization. AI

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · David Tolpin ·

    MDP Planning as Policy Inference

    arXiv:2602.17375v3 Announce Type: replace Abstract: We formulate episodic Markov decision process (MDP) planning as Bayesian inference over policies. The primary contribution is conceptual: the policy itself is treated as the latent variable, and expected return defines an unnorm…