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Transforming Sparse Rewards into Dense Supervision Signals
In reinforcement learning tasks with sparse rewards, dense supervision signals can be created for each time step. Instead of only receiving feedback at the end of a sequence, a signal is generated for each step t. This signal is typically derived from the accumulated rewards from that specific time step t until the end of the sequence. By transferring information from the final outcome back to earlier actions, this process transforms a single sparse reward into a dense set of supervisory signals throughout the entire sequence.
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