Exploration-Exploitation Trade-off

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The fundamental challenge in search and learning: should you exploit what you've learned (focus on high-reward nodes) or explore new options (try under-explored nodes)?

As used in Paper 24 — rStar-Math: Small LLMs Can Master Math Reasoning with Self-Evolved Deep Thinking →

The fundamental challenge in search and learning: should you exploit what you've learned (focus on high-reward nodes) or explore new options (try under-explored nodes)? UCB balances both.