{"product_id":"9780792392347","title":"Reinforcement Learning","description":"\u003ch1\u003eReinforcement Learning\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eSutton, Richard S.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eReinforcement learning is the learning of a mapping from  situations to actions so as to maximize a scalar reward or  reinforcement signal. The learner is not told which action to take, as  in most forms of machine learning, but instead must discover which  actions yield the highest reward by trying them. In the most  interesting and challenging cases, actions may affect not only the  immediate reward, but also the next situation, and through that all  subsequent rewards. These two characteristics -- trial-and-error  search and delayed reward -- are the most important distinguishing  features of reinforcement learning. \u003cbr\u003e  Reinforcement learning is both a new and a very old topic in AI. The  term appears to have been coined by Minsk (1961), and independently in  control theory by Walz and Fu (1965). The earliest machine learning  research now viewed as directly relevant was Samuel's (1959) checker  player, which used temporal-difference learning to manage delayed  reward much as it is used today. Of course learning and reinforcement  have been studied in psychology for almost a century, and that work  has had a very strong impact on the AI\/engineering work. One could in  fact consider all of reinforcement learning to be simply the reverse  engineering of certain psychological learning processes (e.g. operant  conditioning and secondary reinforcement). \u003cbr\u003e  \u003cem\u003eReinforcement Learning\u003c\/em\u003e is an edited volume of original research,  comprising seven invited contributions by leading researchers. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 1992-05-31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Hardcover\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9780792392347\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-1-4615-3618-5\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235.0cm x155.0cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 172.0\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer US","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44407994548364,"sku":"9780792392347","price":197.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9780792392347.jpg?v=1767145406","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9780792392347","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}