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Reinforcement Learning · Quiz 2 · 23 Nov 2025 · September 2025 term

Question 2: Which of the following is the correct way to represent po…

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Which of the following is the correct way to represent policy for policy search methods? Assume represents a real-valued parameter.

Select all that apply.

  1. A
  2. B
  3. C
  4. D
  5. E
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  • A

Question 2 of 17 in the IIT Madras BS Reinforcement Learning (Reinforcement Learning) Quiz 2 paper sat on 23 Nov 2025, in the September 2025 term (IIT M DEGREE AN EXAM QDB2 23 Nov 2025 NEW). It carries 3 marks.

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