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Main Authors: Nhu, Anh N., Son, Sanghyun, Lin, Ming
Format: Preprint
Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2506.08441
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  • In this work, we introduce the Time-Aware World Model (TAWM), a model-based approach that explicitly incorporates temporal dynamics. By conditioning on the time-step size, Δt, and training over a diverse range of Δt values -- rather than sampling at a fixed time-step -- TAWM learns both high- and low-frequency task dynamics across diverse control problems. Grounded in the information-theoretic insight that the optimal sampling rate depends on a system's underlying dynamics, this time-aware formulation improves both performance and data efficiency. Empirical evaluations show that TAWM consistently outperforms conventional models across varying observation rates in a variety of control tasks, using the same number of training samples and iterations. Our code can be found online at: github.com/anh-nn01/Time-Aware-World-Model.