Model minimization in hierarchical reinforcement learning

Lecture Notes in Computer Science (including subseries Lecture Notes in Artificial Intelligence and Lecture Notes in Bioinformatics)

Volumn 2371, Issue , 2002, Pages 196-211

  Ravindran, Balaraman ^a   Barto, Andrew G ^a  

^a University of Massachusetts Amherst   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSTRACTING; MACHINE LEARNING; MARKOV PROCESSES; REDUNDANCY;

EQUIVALENT MODEL; FRAME OF REFERENCE; HIERARCHICAL REINFORCEMENT LEARNING; MARKOV DECISION PROCESSES; REAL-WORLD PROBLEM;

REINFORCEMENT LEARNING;

EID: 84956854078     PISSN: 03029743     EISSN: 16113349     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-45622-8_15     Document Type: Conference Paper

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