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Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks show significant sample-efficiency gains in RL

A new study published on arXiv explores the sample-efficiency of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks (KANs) in deep reinforcement learning. The research demonstrates that KANs can achieve comparable performance to traditional multilayer perceptron architectures using up to 40% fewer samples. Furthermore, KANs showed up to a 50% relative performance improvement during training, with these gains remaining robust even with noisy rewards. These findings suggest KANs hold significant promise for developing more sample-efficient reinforcement learning systems. AI

IMPACT KANs offer a path to more efficient reinforcement learning, potentially reducing data requirements for complex tasks.

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Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks show significant sample-efficiency gains in RL

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  1. arXiv cs.LG TIER_1 English(EN) · Kevin Riehl, Shaimaa K. El-Baklish, Fan Wu, Anastasios Kouvelas ·

    Sample-Efficiency of Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks

    arXiv:2610.10627v1 Announce Type: new Abstract: Deep reinforcement learning has achieved substantial performance gains over classical control approaches. Yet, a central challenge to learning in real-world applications is acquiring costly samples. Kolmogorov-Arnold Networks are a …