Relational reinforcement learning

  • Authors:
  • Kurt Driessens

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Computerscience, K.U. Leuven, Leuven, Belgium

  • Venue:
  • Mutli-agents systems and applications
  • Year:
  • 2001

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Abstract

This paper presents an introduction to reinforcement learning and relational reinforcement learning at a level to be understood by students and researchers with different backgrounds. It gives an overview of the fundamental principles and techniques of reinforcement learning without involving a rigorous deduction of the mathematics involved through the use of an example application. Then, relational reinforcement learning is presented as a combination of reinforcement learning with relational learning. Its advantages —such as the possibility of using structural representations, making abstraction from specific goals pursued and exploiting the results of previous learning phases—are discussed.