On the Optimality of Batch Policy Optimization Algorithms

Chenjun Xiao, Yifan Wu, Jincheng Mei, Bo Dai, Tor Lattimore, Lihong Li, Csaba Szepesvári, Dale Schuurmans

Abstract: Batch policy optimization considers leveraging existing data for policy construction before interacting with an environment. Although interest in this problem has grown significantly in recent year...