Q-value iteration enters an invariant tube around Q* plus the all-ones vector in finite time, with distance decaying at rate given by the joint spectral radius of the transverse projected switching family, which can be strictly faster than the discount factor.
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Establishes Õ(1/k) mean-square last-iterate convergence for asynchronous average-reward Q-learning with adaptive stepsizes and proves adaptivity is necessary.
A new two-trajectory sampling algorithm for average-reward TD learning guarantees convergence with quadratic sample complexity and no explicit dimension dependence in both tabular and linear approximation settings.
A survey of Lyapunov techniques using generalized Moreau envelopes as universal functions for non-asymptotic mean-square convergence analysis of stochastic iterative algorithms under contractive operators.
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Beyond the Bellman Fixed Point: Geometry and Fast Policy Identification in Value Iteration
Q-value iteration enters an invariant tube around Q* plus the all-ones vector in finite time, with distance decaying at rate given by the joint spectral radius of the transverse projected switching family, which can be strictly faster than the discount factor.
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From Set Convergence to Pointwise Convergence: Finite-Time Guarantees for Average-Reward Q-Learning with Adaptive Stepsizes
Establishes Õ(1/k) mean-square last-iterate convergence for asynchronous average-reward Q-learning with adaptive stepsizes and proves adaptivity is necessary.
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Bridging the Gap Between Average and Discounted TD Learning
A new two-trajectory sampling algorithm for average-reward TD learning guarantees convergence with quadratic sample complexity and no explicit dimension dependence in both tabular and linear approximation settings.
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Non-Asymptotic Convergence of Stochastic Iterative Algorithms: A Lyapunov Framework
A survey of Lyapunov techniques using generalized Moreau envelopes as universal functions for non-asymptotic mean-square convergence analysis of stochastic iterative algorithms under contractive operators.