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NIPS
1998
13 years 9 months ago
Gradient Descent for General Reinforcement Learning
A simple learning rule is derived, the VAPS algorithm, which can be instantiated to generate a wide range of new reinforcementlearning algorithms. These algorithms solve a number ...
Leemon C. Baird III, Andrew W. Moore
WSC
1997
13 years 9 months ago
Long-Lasting Transient Conditions in Simulations with Heavy-Tailed Workloads
Recent evidence suggests that some characteristics of computer and telecommunications systems may be well described using heavy tailed distributions — distributions whose tail d...
Mark Crovella, Lester Lipsky
AVI
2008
13 years 8 months ago
Visualizing program similarity in the Ac plagiarism detection system
Programming assignments are easy to plagiarize in such a way as to foil casual reading by graders. Graders can resort to automatic plagiarism detection systems, which can generate...
Manuel Freire
GECCO
2008
Springer
137views Optimization» more  GECCO 2008»
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Rank based variation operators for genetic algorithms
We show how and why using genetic operators that are applied with probabilities that depend on the fitness rank of a genotype or phenotype offers a robust alternative to the Sim...
Jorge Cervantes, Christopher R. Stephens
ACMDIS
2010
ACM
13 years 8 months ago
Materializing energy
Motivated and informed by perspectives on sustainability and design, this paper draws on a diverse body of scholarly works related to energy and materiality to articulate a perspe...
James Pierce, Eric Paulos