What is the role of the discount factor in reinforcement learning?
a) To give higher weight to future rewards
b) To reduce the importance of future rewards compared to immediate rewards
c) To balance the action space
d) To increase the loss function
Answer:
b) To reduce the importance of future rewards compared to immediate rewards
Explanation:
The discount factor (γ) determines how much future rewards are taken into consideration, with lower values favoring immediate rewards.
Reference:
Reinforcement Learning (RL) Quiz – MCQ Questions and Answers