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State Abstraction

State Abstraction is a methodological construct in artificial intelligence that selectively retains relevant features of a state space while discarding irrelevant details to improve computational efficiency and generalization in decision-making processes.

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410

Authors

138

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2017–2026

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Publications

158

Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning with the MAXQ Value Function Decomposition

Tom Dietterich · Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research · 2000 · 1.4K citations · Full text

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Liren Chen, Katia Sycara · 1998 · 458 citations

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Towards a Unified Theory of State Abstraction for MDPs.

Lihong Li, Thomas J. Walsh, Michael L. Littman · 2006 · 270 citations

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State abstraction for programmable reinforcement learning agents

David André, Stuart Russell · 2002 · 214 citations

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Discovering Hierarchy in Reinforcement Learning with HEXQ

Bernhard Hengst · 2002 · 184 citations

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Authors

410

  1. ML
    Michael L. Littman

    Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States

    7 publications · 532 citations

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  2. DA
    David Abel

    Brown University, United States

    7 publications · 291 citations

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  3. DP
    Doina Precup

    McGill University, Canada

    4 publications · 94 citations

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  4. MB
    Michael Bowling

    University of Alberta, Canada

    5 publications · 196 citations

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  5. TG
    Thomas G. Dietterich

    Oregon State University, United States

    3 publications · 88 citations

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Institutions

138

  1. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    12 h-index

    28 publications

    2.8K citations

  2. University of Alberta

    Edmonton, Canada

    11 h-index

    29 publications

    1.4K citations

  3. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    8 h-index

    19 publications

    860 citations

  4. Brown University

    Providence, United States

    5 h-index

    11 publications

    743 citations

  5. University of Massachusetts Amherst

    Amherst Center, United States

    5 h-index

    8 publications

    577 citations

  6. Oregon State University

    Corvallis, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    1.6K citations

  7. The University of Texas at Austin

    Austin, United States

    5 h-index

    13 publications

    488 citations

  8. Stanford University

    Stanford, United States

    5 h-index

    7 publications

    130 citations

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Venues

  1. arXiv (Cornell University)

    Repository · 8 publications · 243 citations

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  2. Proceedings of the AAAI Conference on Artificial Intelligence

    Conference · 7 publications · 231 citations

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  3. Journal of Artificial Intelligence Research

    JAIR · 6 publications · 1.7K citations

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  4. Artificial Intelligence

    5 publications · 241 citations

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