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For questions related to the MAXQ approach to hierarchical reinforcement learning, which was introduced in "Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with the MAXQ Value Function Decomposition" (2000, JAIR) by Thomas G. Dietterich.

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Where does the hierarchical reinforcement learning framework name "MAXQ" come from?

I've been researching different frameworks for hierarchical RL (mainly options, HAMs, and MAXQ) and noticed that both options and HAMs have names that relate to how they function. I can't seem to find anything stating how MAXQ got its name and I was…