Learning companion behaviors using reinforcement learning in games

Proceedings of the 6th AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence and Interactive Digital Entertainment, AIIDE 2010

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 69-75

  Sharifi, AmirAli ^a   Zhao, Richard ^a   Szafron, Duane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GAME EXPERIENCE; LEARNING COMPANIONS; NEVERWINTER NIGHTS; NON-PLAYER CHARACTER;

ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION;

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

EID: 84883067875     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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