A causal approach to hierarchical decomposition in reinforcement learning

Reinforcement learning provides a means for autonomous agents to improve their action selection strategies without the need for explicit training information provided by an informed instructor. Theoretical and empirical results indicate that reinforcement learning algorithms can efficiently determin...

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Main Author: Jonsson, Anders
Language:EN
Published: ScholarWorks@UMass Amherst 2006
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Online Access:https://scholarworks.umass.edu/dissertations/AAI3212735