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Survey on reinforcement learning for language processing
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In recent years some researchers have explored the use of reinforcement learning (RL) algorithms as key components in the solution of various natural language processing (NLP) tasks. For instance, some of these algorithms leveraging deep neural learning have found their way into conversational systems. This paper reviews the state of the art of RL methods for their possible use for different problems of NLP, focusing primarily on conversational systems, mainly due to their growing relevance. We provide detailed descriptions of the problems as well as discussions of why RL is well-suited to solve them. Also, we analyze the advantages and limitations of these methods. Finally, we elaborate on promising research directions in NLP that might benefit from RL.
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- Authors
- Uc-Cetina, V., Navarro-Guerrero, N., Martin-Gonzalez, A., Weber, C., & Wermter, S.
- Affiliations
- Universität Hamburg (DE)
- German Research Centre for Artificial Intelligence (DE)
- Corresponding author
- Uc-Cetina, Víctor
- Venue
- Artificial Intelligence Review
- Published
- 2022-06-03
- Volume
- 56
- Issue
- 2
- Pages
- 1543-1575
- ISSN
- 0269-2821 (ISSN-L)
- 1573-7462
- OpenAlex
- W3156829097
- Cited by
- 177
- References
- 151
- Citations by year
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- en
- Open access
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- arXiv (Cornell University) (submittedVersion, cc-by)
- arXiv (Cornell University) (cc-by)
- Funders
- Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (TRR-169)
- CONACYT
- Universität Hamburg
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Speech and dialogue systems
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Natural Language Processing Techniques
- Keywords
- reinforcement learning, natural language processing, dialogue systems, deep reinforcement learning, NLP tasks
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