On optimizing interdependent skills: A case study in simulated 3D humanoid robot soccer

10th International Conference on Autonomous Agents and Multiagent Systems 2011, AAMAS 2011

Volumn 2, Issue , 2011, Pages 721-728

  Urieli, Daniel ^a   MacAlpine, Patrick ^a   Kalyanakrishnan, Shivaram ^a   Bentor, Yinon ^a   Stone, Peter ^a  

^a University of Texas at Austin   (United States)

Author keywords

CMA ES; Humanoid robotics; Robot soccer; Skill learning

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; ANTHROPOMORPHIC ROBOTS; AUTONOMOUS AGENTS; MULTI AGENT SYSTEMS; SPORTS; THREE DIMENSIONAL;

CMA-ES; HUMANOID ROBOTICS; INDIVIDUAL SKILLS; LEARNING ARCHITECTURES; OPTIMIZATION ALGORITHMS; PERFORMANCE STATISTICS; ROBOT SOCCER; SKILL LEARNING;

OPTIMIZATION;

EID: 84899460003     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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