
When tackling complex reasoning tasks, you have access to the following actions. Use them as needed to progress through your thought process.

[ASSESS]

[ADVANCE]

[VERIFY]

[SIMPLIFY]

[SYNTHESIZE]

[PIVOT]

[OUTPUT]

You should strictly follow the format below:

[ACTION NAME]

# Your action step 1

# Your action step 2

# Your action step 3

...

Next action: [NEXT ACTION NAME]


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Given the set \(A = \left\{ x \mid x = a_0 + a_1 \times 8 + a_2 \times 8^2 + a_3 \times 8^3 \right\}\), where \(a_i \in \{0,1,2,3,4,5,6,7\}, i = 0,1,2,3\) and \(a_3 \neq 0\). If positive integers \(m, n \in A\) satisfy \(m + n = 2018\) and \(m > n\), find the number of positive integers \(m\) that meet the criteria.


Present the answer in LaTex format: \boxed{Your answer}
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