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Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning
Francis Bach
A complete list of books published in the Adaptive Computation and Machine Learning
series appears at the back of this book.
The cover design is based on the trajectories of a simulated bicycle controlled by a
reinforcement learning system developed by Jette Randløv.
Reinforcement Learning:
An Introduction
second edition
Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto
The MIT Press
Cambridge, Massachusetts
London, England
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2018 Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto
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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Names: Sutton, Richard S., author. | Barto, Andrew G., author.
Title: Reinforcement learning: an introduction / Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto.
Description: Second edition.
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Cambridge, MA : The MIT Pr ess , [2018]
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Series: Adaptive
computation and machine learning series
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
Identifiers: LCCN 2018023826 | ISBN 9780262039246 (hardcover : alk. paper)
Subjec t s : LCSH: Reinforcement learning
Classification: LCC Q325.6 .R45 2018 | DDC 006.3/1--dc23 LC record available
at https://lccn.loc.gov/2018023826
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