Motivated reinforcement learning for adaptive characters in open-ended simulation games

ACM International Conference Proceeding Series

Volumn 203, Issue , 2007, Pages 127-134

  Merrick, Kathryn Elizabeth ^a   Maher, Mary Lou ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SYDNEY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Adaptive characters; Computer games; Context free grammar; Motivated reinforcement learning

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE SYSTEMS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; CONTEXT FREE GRAMMARS; LEARNING SYSTEMS; OPEN SYSTEMS;

ADAPTIVE CHARACTERS; COMPUTER GAMES; MOTIVATED REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; OPEN-ENDED MODELING;

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS;

EID: 34547966595     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1255047.1255073     Document Type: Conference Paper

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