DQN is solving a model-free RL problem. This method is not. You're not allowed to reset states in model-free RL. If you have access to the model/simulator which

DQN is solving a model-free RL problem. This method is not. You're not allowed to reset states in model-free RL. If you have access to the model/simulator which allows you to reset, you might as well use a model-based method like MCTS.