reinforcement learning

noun

reinforcement learning

noun
1

A type of explorative learning via feedback in a simulated environment.

Machine learning

  • Reinforcement learning can be seen as somewhere between supervised and unsupervised learning. The learning system receives a feedback for its actions, but it is not provided with examples to learn from.2010, Lutz Frommberger, Qualitative Spatial Abstraction in Reinforcement Learning, Springer Science & Business Media, →ISBN, page 10:
  • Let us look more deeply at reinforcement learning, to see what it means to learn from our own actions. Reinforcement learning is a field in which an agent learns by interacting with an environment.2022, Aske Plaat, Deep Reinforcement Learning, Springer Nature, →ISBN, page 3:
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  • This basic “reinforcement learning” system was a small step in the direction of AI: a program that adjusted its program—that was capable of learning.2026, Sebastian Mallaby, chapter 2, in The Infinity Machine: Demis Hassabis, DeepMind and the Quest for Superintelligence, Penguin, →ISBN:
Derived terms
DRL, RLAIF, RLHF

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