Reinforcement learning and adaptive dynamic programming for feedback control

  • Authors:
  • Frank L. Lewis;Draguna Vrabie

  • Affiliations:
  • Automation & Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington;Automation & Robotics Research Institute, The University of Texas at Arlington

  • Venue:
  • IEEE Circuits and Systems Magazine
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

Living organisms learn by acting on their environment, observing the resulting reward stimulus, and adjusting their actions accordingly to improve the reward. This action-based or Reinforcement Learning can capture notions of optimal behavior occurring in natural systems. We describe mathematical formulations for Reinforcement Learning and a practical implementation method known as Adaptive Dynamic Programming. These give us insight into the design of controllers for man-made engineered systems that both learn and exhibit optimal behavior.