Return Trajectory

Return trajectory analysis focuses on understanding and optimizing the sequence of rewards or outcomes over time, a crucial aspect in diverse fields like reinforcement learning and finance. Current research emphasizes improving the efficiency and reliability of predicting and influencing these trajectories, employing techniques like multi-step return averaging, contrastive learning to guide agents towards high-return states, and deep learning models such as LSTMs and GRUs for forecasting. These advancements have implications for enhancing reinforcement learning algorithms, improving investment strategies, and providing a more nuanced understanding of complex systems exhibiting sequential dependencies.

Papers