http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/11/20/on-motivation/ “We can only see a short distance ahead, but we can see plenty there that needs to be done." Wed, 25 Jan 2012 01:59:37 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/11/20/on-motivation/#comment-254 JS Tue, 24 Nov 2009 17:04:37 +0000 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=1672#comment-254 It is related, though the relationship is not always clear. In the standard reinforcement learning framework everything outside the agent is "the environment." Game theory makes finer distinctions concerning the environment, and in particular assumes that the environment contains other opponent agents. Certain formal definitions of game theory are actually more general than formal definitions of reinforcement learning, but I generally like to think of game theory as trying to tackle the more specific problem of multi-agent interaction, instead of agent-environment interaction. It is related, though the relationship is not always clear. In the standard reinforcement learning framework everything outside the agent is “the environment.” Game theory makes finer distinctions concerning the environment, and in particular assumes that the environment contains other opponent agents. Certain formal definitions of game theory are actually more general than formal definitions of reinforcement learning, but I generally like to think of game theory as trying to tackle the more specific problem of multi-agent interaction, instead of agent-environment interaction.

]]> http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/2009/11/20/on-motivation/#comment-253 Chris Sat, 21 Nov 2009 21:58:54 +0000 http://www.depthfirstsearch.net/blog/?p=1672#comment-253 What you're describing sounds very similar to game theory. What you’re describing sounds very similar to game theory.

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