[~Re] Exploration in Model-based Reinforcement Learning by Empirically Estimating Learning Progress

Does an exploration advantage survive across fixed environment seeds when interaction budgets are equal?

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Chartouny, Augustin; Nadal, Jean-Pierre; Khamassi, Mehdi. [~Re] Exploration in Model-based Reinforcement Learning by Empirically Estimating Learning Progress. ReScience C 9(1), #6; 10.5281/zenodo.13627804.

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