Jerk Matters: Teaching Reinforcement Learning Some Mechanical Manners
A thermostat can be annoying in a very ordinary way. It does not need to fail dramatically. It only needs to keep switching equipment on and off, chasing tiny temperature deviations as if every small fluctuation were a crisis. The room stays mostly comfortable. The dashboard may even show acceptable performance. But behind the polite control signal, compressors cycle, dampers move, energy bills creep upward, and maintenance teams inherit the consequences. ...
