Transfer via inter-task mappings in policy search reinforcement learning

Proceedings of the International Conference on Autonomous Agents

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 156-163

  Taylor, Matthew E ^a   Whiteson, Shimon ^a   Stone, Peter ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACTION SPACES; EMPIRICAL RESULTS; JOB SCHEDULING; KEEPAWAY; LEARNING TIME; NETWORK POLICIES; NOVEL METHODS; POLICY SEARCHES; ROBOT SOCCERS; TASK MAPPINGS; TRANSFER LEARNING; TRANSFER METHODS;

AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; EDUCATION; FUZZY CLUSTERING; NEURAL NETWORKS; REINFORCEMENT;

MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS;

EID: 60349107400     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1145/1329125.1329170     Document Type: Conference Paper

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