Advantage Function as TD Error in RLHF
In RLHF, the advantage function, denoting the advantage of taking action given state , is commonly estimated using the Temporal Difference (TD) error. This estimate is used in both policy and value function updates. It is calculated by taking the immediate reward , adding the discounted expected value of the next state , and subtracting the estimated value of the current state . The formula is: . The state value function is typically trained concurrently using the reward model.
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Ch.4 Alignment - Foundations of Large Language Models
Foundations of Large Language Models
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