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title: "Actor-critic pair mathematical notation"
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# Actor-critic pair mathematical notation

Actor-critic pair is a recurring research-paper notation family. Couples a policy that selects actions with a value estimator that supplies…

## Public overview

Actor-critic pair is a recurring research-paper notation family. Couples a policy that selects actions with a value estimator that supplies lower-variance learning signals.

Actor-critic pair: Couples a policy that selects actions with a value estimator that supplies lower-variance learning signals. Example: The critic judges outcomes so the actor knows which action probabilities to increase.

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