Behavior transfer for value-function-based reinforcement learning

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 201-207

  Taylor, Matthew E ^a   Stone, Peter ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LEARNING METHODS; TEMPORAL DIFFERENCE (TD); TRAINING TIME;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; PERSONNEL TRAINING;

LEARNING SYSTEMS;

EID: 33644807975     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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