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Why does one-step TD strengthen only the last action of the sequence of actions that led to the high reward, while n-step TD the last n actions?
In the caption of figure 7.4 (p. 147) of Sutton & Barto's book (2nd edition), it's written
The one-step method strengthens only the last action of the sequence of actions that led to the high ...
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What is the relation between Monte Carlo and model-free algorithms?
Monte Carlo (MC) methods are methods that use some form of randomness or sampling. For example, we can use an MC method to approximate the area of a circle inside a square: we generate random 2D ...