It's the algorithm which combines path tracing and reinforcement learning. I can't understand what $p_\omega$ is. [![enter image description here][1]][1] [1]: https://i.sstatic.net/PWbSf.png The algorithm is clear. The actions are the directions and the states are the hit points. For updating the Q-values, the hit points are considered as parts of a discretized diagram like Voronoi diagram and the directions of rays are generated by a discretization of a hemisphere surface which divides it into equal areas. The Q-values are initialized as equal for each state. First, we generate a camera ray, and when it hits a diffuse surface, it scatters according to a discrete PDF which is calculated by normalizing the Q-values of the state of hit point. Second, The Q-values are updated along the path, we have the state $s$ and the next state $s\prime$ is generated from the direction generated by PDF of Q-values in $s$. The area of each path on the hemispheres is $2\pi/n$, and integral in the update equation of Q-values is calculated like this: $\dfrac{2\pi}{n}\sum_{k=0}^{n-1}Q_k(y)f_s(\omega_k, y, -\omega)cos\theta_k$ I understand all of the algorithm, but I don't know what $p_\omega$ is in the second part. Is it $1/2\pi$ or $n/2\pi$ ? Could someone prove what it really is? I need the proof. I guess it is $1/2\pi$ because the path tracer here only use the PDF generated by Q-values. It doesn't use the Q-values at all. Am I correct? If I am correct, how can I prove it? EDIT: For clarification, a ray generated through a patch uniformly and the Q-values are generated as I said. Because we only change the directions so more samples are generated inside the patches which receive more light. I used $n/2\pi$ , but scene was so dark, so the PDF must be either $1/2\pi$ or a normalized combination of PDF's of patches. If the second is true, what it really is?