RL Math Part 14: Baselines, Advantage Function, and Actor-Critic
ShawnHymel · x · 2026-08-20
Part 14 of the Reinforcement Learning math series covers how subtracting a baseline from the return reduces variance, leading to the advantage function, and explains how the actor-critic architecture is the logical next step.
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