Reinforcement learning

Richard S. Sutton · 1998

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Reinforcement learning is a computational approach to learning whereby an agent tries to maximize the total amount of reward it receives when interacting with its environment. This book explains the main ideas and algorithms of reinforcement learning. The book is thorough in its coverage.