ML
1998
ACM
13 years 10 months ago
1998
ACM
Following Tesauro’s work on TD-Gammon, we used a 4000 parameter feed-forward neural network to develop a competitive backgammon evaluation function. Play proceeds by a roll of t...
NIPS
1996
14 years 6 days ago
1996
Although TD-Gammon is one of the major successes in machine learning, it has not led to similar impressive breakthroughs in temporal difference learning for other applications or ...
FLAIRS
2003
14 years 8 days ago
2003
In this paper, we present an experimental methodology and results for a machine learning approach to learning opening strategy in the game of Go, a game for which the best compute...
NIPS
2007
14 years 9 days ago
2007
We present four new reinforcement learning algorithms based on actor-critic and natural-gradient ideas, and provide their convergence proofs. Actor-critic reinforcement learning m...
NIPS
2008
14 years 9 days ago
2008
In this theoretical contribution we provide mathematical proof that two of the most important classes of network learning - correlation-based differential Hebbian learning and rew...
CG
2000
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2000
Springer
Abstract. Over the years, various research projects have attempted to develop a chess program that learns to play well given little prior knowledge beyond the rules of the game. Ea...
GECCO
2009
Springer
14 years 3 months ago
2009
Springer
We apply CMA-ES, an evolution strategy with covariance matrix adaptation, and TDL (Temporal Difference Learning) to reinforcement learning tasks. In both cases these algorithms se...
CIG
2006
IEEE
14 years 5 months ago
2006
IEEE
Abstract— This paper compares the use of temporal difference learning (TDL) versus co-evolutionary learning (CEL) for acquiring position evaluation functions for the game of Othe...