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 # WiseMove
-WiseMove is a safe reinforcement learning framework that combines hierarchical reinforcement learning with safety verification using temporal logic constraints.  
+WiseMove is a hierarchical framework to investigate safe reinforcement learning, using incremental "learntime" verification of temporal logic constraints.  
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