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JACIII Vol.13 No.6 pp. 683-690
doi: 10.20965/jaciii.2009.p0683
(2009)

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Exemplar Generalization in Reinforcement Learning: Improving Performance with Fewer Exemplars

Hiroyasu Matsushima*, Kiyohiko Hattori*, and Keiki Takadama*,**

*The University of Electro-Communications, 1-5-1, Chofugaoka, Chofu, Tokyo 182-8585, Japan

**PRESTO, Japan Science and Technology Agency (JST), 4-1-8 Honcho Kawaguchi, Saitama 332-0012, Japan

Received:
April 25, 2009
Accepted:
June 19, 2009
Published:
November 20, 2009
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Keywords:
reinforcement learning, generalization, exemplar, direct policy search, real value
Abstract
This paper focuses on the generalization of exemplars (i.e., good rules) in the reinforcement learning framework and proposes Exemplar Generalization in Reinforcement Learning (EGRL) that extracts usual exemplars from a lot of exemplars provided as a prior knowledge and generalizes them by deleting unnecessary exemplars (some exemplars overlap) as much as possible. Through intensive simulation of a simple cargo layout problem to validate EGRL effectiveness, the following implications have been revealed: (1) EGRL derives good performance with fewer exemplars than using the efficient numbers of exemplars and randomly selected exemplars and (2) integration of covering, deletion, and subsumption mechanisms in EGRL is critical for improving EGRL performance and generalization.
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H. Matsushima, K. Hattori, and K. Takadama, “Exemplar Generalization in Reinforcement Learning: Improving Performance with Fewer Exemplars,” J. Adv. Comput. Intell. Intell. Inform., Vol.13 No.6, pp. 683-690, 2009.
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