New Tutorial Explains the Surrogate Objective in RL and PPO
A new blog post in an RL tutorial series explains the often-confusing surrogate objective function, covering the math behind how PPO enables Actor-Critic methods to use batched replay data.
2026-08-28 ~ 2026-08-28 · 2 related posts
- Understanding Surrogate Objective Functions in Reinforcement Learning — ShawnHymel · 2026-08-28
- Reinforcement Learning: The Surrogate Objective Function in PPO — ShawnHymel · 2026-08-28