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Abstract: Sparse code multiple access (SCMA), as a codebook-based non-orthogonal multiple access (NOMA) technique, has received research attention in recent years. The codebook design problem for SCMA ...

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In reinforcement learning (RL), a reward function that aligns exactly with a task's true performance metric is often sparse. For example, a true task metric might encode a reward of 1 upon success and ...

Abstract: Approximate computing at the nanoscale provides sufficiently accurate and often adaptive results to improve hardware efficiency for error-tolerant applications. Differently from conventional ...