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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models

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This paper cites Genie: Generative Interactive Environments.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Genie: Generative Interactive Environments

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This paper cites Soft Actor-Critic for Discrete Action Settings.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Soft Actor-Critic for Discrete Action Settings

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This paper cites D4RL: Datasets for Deep Data-Driven Reinforcement Learning.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models D4RL: Datasets for Deep Data-Driven Reinforcement Learning

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This paper cites Improving alignment of dialogue agents via targeted human judgements.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Improving alignment of dialogue agents via targeted human judgements

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This paper cites Learning Control Barrier Functions and their application in Reinforcement Learning: A Survey.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Learning Control Barrier Functions and their application in Reinforcement Learning: A Survey

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models World Models

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This paper cites Soft Actor-Critic Algorithms and Applications.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Soft Actor-Critic Algorithms and Applications

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This paper cites Mastering Diverse Domains through World Models.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Mastering Diverse Domains through World Models

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This paper cites Nicklas Hansen, Xiaolong Wang, and Hao Su.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Nicklas Hansen, Xiaolong Wang, and Hao Su

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This paper cites Dropout Q-Functions for Doubly Efficient Reinforcement Learning.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Dropout Q-Functions for Doubly Efficient Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models ORPO: Monolithic Preference Optimization without Reference Model

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This paper cites A Control Barrier Function-Constrained Model Predictive Control Framework for Safe Reinforcement Learning.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models A Control Barrier Function-Constrained Model Predictive Control Framework for Safe Reinforcement Learning

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This paper cites Kimi k1.5: Scaling Reinforcement Learning with LLMs.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Kimi k1.5: Scaling Reinforcement Learning with LLMs

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This paper cites A Review On Safe Reinforcement Learning Using Lyapunov and Barrier Functions.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models A Review On Safe Reinforcement Learning Using Lyapunov and Barrier Functions

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This paper cites Offline Reinforcement Learning: Tutorial, Review, and Perspectives on Open Problems.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Offline Reinforcement Learning: Tutorial, Review, and Perspectives on Open Problems

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This paper cites Continuous control with deep reinforcement learning.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Continuous control with deep reinforcement learning

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This paper cites Online finetuning decision transformers with pure reinforcement learning gradients.arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00167,.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Online finetuning decision transformers with pure reinforcement learning gradients.arXiv preprint arXiv:2601.00167,

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This paper cites Efficient soft actor-critic with LLM-based action-level guidance for continuous control.arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.17468,.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Efficient soft actor-critic with LLM-based action-level guidance for continuous control.arXiv preprint arXiv:2603.17468,

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This paper cites SimPO: Simple Preference Optimization with a Reference-Free Reward.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models SimPO: Simple Preference Optimization with a Reference-Free Reward

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This paper cites AWAC: Accelerating Online Reinforcement Learning with Offline Datasets.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models AWAC: Accelerating Online Reinforcement Learning with Offline Datasets

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This paper cites How to train your latent control barrier function.arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.18606,.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models How to train your latent control barrier function.arXiv preprint arXiv:2511.18606,

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Advantage-Weighted Regression: Simple and Scalable Off-Policy Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models High-Dimensional Continuous Control Using Generalized Advantage Estimation

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This paper cites DeepSeekMath: Pushing the Limits of Mathematical Reasoning in Open Language Models.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models DeepSeekMath: Pushing the Limits of Mathematical Reasoning in Open Language Models

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This paper cites Towards Understanding Sycophancy in Language Models.

Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Towards Understanding Sycophancy in Language Models

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Defining and Characterizing Reward Hacking

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Target Return Optimizer for Multi-Game Decision Transformer

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Gymnasium: A Standard Interface for Reinforcement Learning Environments

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Deep Reinforcement Learning and the Deadly Triad

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Behavior Regularized Offline Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Qwen2.5-Math Technical Report: Toward Mathematical Expert Model via Self-Improvement

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models CBF-RL: Safety Filtering Reinforcement Learning in Training with Control Barrier Functions

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Scaling Relationship on Learning Mathematical Reasoning with Large Language Models

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models The Landscape of Agentic Reinforcement Learning for LLMs: A Survey

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models A Deeper Look at Experience Replay

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Revisiting Discrete Soft Actor-Critic

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Fine-Tuning Language Models from Human Preferences

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models DeepSeek-R1: Incentivizing Reasoning Capability in LLMs via Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models RLAIF vs. RLHF: Scaling Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback with AI Feedback

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Delgrange et al

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Studying the Interplay Between the Actor and Critic Representations in Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Concrete Problems in AI Safety

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Constitutional AI: Harmlessness from AI Feedback

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models 2024 ACM a.m

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Training Verifiers to Solve Math Word Problems

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Process Reinforcement through Implicit Rewards

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models OpenAI Gym

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Diffusion Policies as an Expressive Policy Class for Offline Reinforcement Learning

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Open Problems and Fundamental Limitations of Reinforcement Learning from Human Feedback

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models arXiv preprint

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Deep Reinforcement Learning: From First Principles to Reasoning Models Playing Atari with Deep Reinforcement Learning

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