@article{derivativefreemethodsforpolicy, title = {Derivative-Free Methods for Policy Optimization: Guarantees for Linear Quadratic Systems}, author = {Dhruv Malik and Ashwin Pananjady and Kush Bhatia and Koulik Khamaru and Peter L. Bartlett and Martin J. Wainwright}, year = {2018}, eprint = {1812.08305}, archivePrefix = {arXiv}, url = {https://arxiv.org/abs/1812.08305v3}, }