Multi-Agent Cross-Entropy Method with Monotonic Nonlinear Critic Decomposition

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Main Authors:	Wang, Yan, Deng, Ke, Ren, Yongli
Format:	Preprint
Published:	2025
Subjects:	Machine Learning Multiagent Systems
Online Access:	Acceder al recurso
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