First-order derivatives: n additional function calls are needed. Second-order derivatives based on gradient calls, when the "grd" module is specified (Dennis and Schnabel 1983): n additional gradient ...

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Abstract: Reinforcement Learning is a branch of machine learning to learn control strategies that achieve a given objective through trial-and-error in the environment ...

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