# {py:mod}`evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear`

```{py:module} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear
```

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
:allowtitles:
```

## Module Contents

### Classes

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
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* - {py:obj}`ARSWorkflow <evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.ARSWorkflow>`
  -
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### Functions

````{list-table}
:class: autosummary longtable
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* - {py:obj}`make_deterministic_ec_agent <evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_deterministic_ec_agent>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_deterministic_ec_agent
    :parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
    :summary:
    ```
* - {py:obj}`make_policy_network <evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_policy_network>`
  - ```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_policy_network
    :parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
    :summary:
    ```
````

### API

`````{py:class} ARSWorkflow(*, env: evorl.envs.Env, agent: evorl.agent.Agent, ec_optimizer: evorl.ec.optimizers.EvoOptimizer, ec_evaluator: evorl.evaluators.Evaluator, evaluator: evorl.evaluators.Evaluator, agent_state_vmap_axes: evorl.agent.AgentStateAxis = 0, config: omegaconf.DictConfig)
:canonical: evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.ARSWorkflow

Bases: {py:obj}`evorl.algorithms.ec.so.es_workflow.ESWorkflowTemplate`

````{py:method} name()
:canonical: evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.ARSWorkflow.name
:classmethod:

````

`````

````{py:function} make_deterministic_ec_agent(action_space: evorl.envs.Space, actor_hidden_layer_sizes: tuple[int] = (256, 256), use_bias: bool = True, norm_layer_type: str = 'none', normalize_obs: bool = False)
:canonical: evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_deterministic_ec_agent

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_deterministic_ec_agent
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```
````

````{py:function} make_policy_network(action_size: int, hidden_layer_sizes: collections.abc.Sequence[int] = (256, 256), use_bias: bool = True, activation: evorl.networks.ActivationFn = nn.relu, activation_final: evorl.networks.ActivationFn | None = None, norm_layer_type: str = 'none') -> flax.linen.Module
:canonical: evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_policy_network

```{autodoc2-docstring} evorl.algorithms.contrib.ars_linear.make_policy_network
:parser: autodoc2_docstrings_parser
```
````