Fix degenerate quantile normalization - #30
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Summary
q99 - q01 <= 1e-6.Motivation
Constant or nearly constant dimensions can have a degenerate quantile range. Applying quantile scaling to those dimensions amplifies tiny numerical differences into very large normalized values. The existing mean and standard deviation statistics already provide a stable fallback for those dimensions.
Compatibility
The change is limited to degenerate dimensions when quantile normalization is enabled. Valid quantile ranges continue to use the existing formula, and the default z-score path (
use_quantiles=False) is unchanged. No model, data loader, or policy configuration is modified.Validation
git diff --checkpassed.