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Potential-based Reward Shaping

Potential-Based Reward Shaping is a reinforcement learning technique that modifies the reward function by adding state-dependent and next-state-dependent potential differences to accelerate learning while preserving the optimal policy.

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2017–2026

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Stepwise Reasoning for Multi-Relation Question Answering over Knowledge Graph with Weak Supervision

Yunqi Qiu, Yuanzhuo Wang, Xiaolong Jin et al. · 2020 · 153 citations

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Principled methods for advising reinforcement learning agents

Eric Wiewiora, Garrison W. Cottrell, Charles Elkan · 2003 · 150 citations

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Dynamic potential-based reward shaping

Sam Devlin, Daniel Kudenko⋆ · White Rose Research Online (University of Leeds, The University of Sheffield, University of York) · 2012 · 133 citations · Full text

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Expressing Arbitrary Reward Functions as Potential-Based Advice

Anna Harutyunyan, Sam Devlin, Peter Vrancx et al. · Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence · 2015 · 99 citations · Full text

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Potential-Based Shaping and Q-Value Initialization are Equivalent

Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 2003 · 97 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. SD
    Sam Devlin

    University of York, United Kingdom

    8 publications · 586 citations

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  2. DK
    Daniel Kudenko⋆

    University of York, United Kingdom

    7 publications · 449 citations

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  3. AN
    Ann Nowé

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    3 publications · 132 citations

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  4. MG
    Marek Grześ

    University of Kent, United Kingdom

    3 publications · 186 citations

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  5. AH
    Anna Harutyunyan

    Vrije Universiteit Brussel, Belgium

    2 publications · 111 citations

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Institutions

39

  1. University of York

    York, United Kingdom

    8 h-index

    14 publications

    970 citations

  2. Vrije Universiteit Brussel

    Brussels, Belgium

    4 h-index

    14 publications

    530 citations

  3. University of California San Diego

    San Diego, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    547 citations

  4. Changsha University

    Changsha, China

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    20 citations

  5. Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics

    Tübingen, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    24 citations

  6. University of Nebraska–Lincoln

    Lincoln, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    48 citations

  7. University of Kent

    Canterbury, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    80 citations

  8. Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey

    New Brunswick, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    210 citations

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  2. The Knowledge Engineering Review

    2 publications · 84 citations

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  3. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 1 publications · 94 citations

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  4. Robotics

    1 publications · 21 citations

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  5. Mathematics

    1 publications · 47 citations

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