<p>Are all RL algorithms based on the MDP? If not, could you give examples of some which aren't? I've looked elsewhere, but I haven't seen it explicitly said. </p>

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[Here](https://qr.ae/TqUMmk)'s a very interesting answer to the question [What are some alternative learning paradigms besides Markov decision processes?](https://qr.ae/TqUuei). I had also asked a similar question two years ago [here](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/q/27010/10640).
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Thank you for your response; that Quora post is pretty interesting.
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Are there reinforcement learning algorithms not based on Markov decision processes?
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# Are there reinforcement learning algorithms not based on Markov decision processes?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2020-02-10)

Are all RL algorithms based on the MDP? If not, could you give examples of some which aren't? I've looked elsewhere, but I haven't seen it explicitly said.

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> **username_1**: [Here](https://qr.ae/TqUMmk)'s a very interesting answer to the question [What are some alternative learning paradigms besides Markov decision processes?](https://qr.ae/TqUuei). I had also asked a similar question two years ago [here](https://datascience.stackexchange.com/q/27010/10640).  
> **username_0**: Thank you for your response; that Quora post is pretty interesting.  

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