Learning scheduling control knowledge through reinforcements

International Transactions in Operational Research

Volumn 7, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 125-138

  Miyashita, K ^a  

^a ELECTROTECHNICAL LABORATORY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Case based function approximation; Reinforcement learning; Scheduling problem; Search control knowledge

Indexed keywords

EID: 84969379788     PISSN: 09696016     EISSN: 14753995     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1475-3995.2000.tb00190.x     Document Type: Article

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