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- Authors
- Sutton, R. S., Precup, D., & Singh, S.
- Affiliations
- AT&T (United States) (US)
- University of Massachusetts Amherst (US)
- Corresponding author
- Sutton, Richard S.
- Venue
- Artificial Intelligence
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 1999-08
- Volume
- 112
- Issue
- 1-2
- Pages
- 181-211
- ISSN
- 0004-3702 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W2109910161
- Cited by
- 3,119
- References
- 75
- Citations by year
- 2026: 179 · 2025: 206 · 2024: 188 · 2023: 212 · 2022: 213 · 2021: 270 · 2020: 303 · 2019: 238 · 2018: 183 · 2017: 112 · 2016: 99 · 2015: 80 · 2014: 74 · 2013: 91 · 2012: 86
- FWCI
- 27.32
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- bronze
- doi.org
- Licence
- Locations
- Artificial Intelligence (publishedVersion)
- Funders
- National Science Foundation (9711753, 9511805)
- Air Force Office of Scientific Research (F49620)
- Topics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Reinforcement Learning in Robotics
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › AI-based Problem Solving and Planning
- Physical Sciences › Computer Science › Artificial Intelligence › Machine Learning and Algorithms
- Keywords
- temporal abstraction, options framework, semi-Markov decision process, Markov decision process, hierarchical reinforcement learning, Q-learning, dynamic programming
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