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Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Applicationsby: Cornelius Weber, Mark Elshaw, Norbert Michael Mayeren 3902613149 |
Reinforcement Learning: Theory and Applications
ISBN 978-3-902613-14-1
hard cover, 424 pages
Edited by: Cornelius Weber, Mark Elshaw and Norbert Michael Mayer
Publisher: I-Tech Education and Publishing, Vienna, Austria
Publication date: January 2008
Price: 80 Euro incl. package & postage
About the Book
Brains rule the world, and brain-like computation is increasingly used in computers and electronic devices. Brain-like computation is about processing and interpreting data or directly putting forward and performing actions. Learning is a very important aspect. This book is on reinforcement learning which involves performing actions to achieve a goal.
The first 11 chapters of this book describe and extend the scope of reinforcement learning. The remaining 11 chapters show that there is already wide usage in numerous fields. Reinforcement learning can tackle control tasks that are too complex for traditional, hand-designed, non-learning controllers. As learning computers can deal with technical complexities, the tasks of human operators remain to specify goals on increasingly higher levels. This book shows that reinforcement learning is a very dynamic area in terms of theory and applications and it shall stimulate and encourage new research in this field.