This paper formalises the problem of online algorithm selection in the context of Reinforcement Learning. The setup is as follows: given an episodic task and a finite number of off-policy RL algorithms, a meta-algorithm has to decide which RL algorithm is in control during the next episode so as to maximize the expected return. The article presents a novel meta-algorithm, called Epochal Stochas...

Dropout is a recently introduced algorithm for training neural network by randomly dropping units during training to prevent their co-adaptation. A mathematical analysis of some of the static and dynamic properties of dropout is provided using Bernoulli gating variables, general enough to accommodate dropout on units or connections, and with variable rates. The framework allows a complete analy...

We present a new reinforcement learning system more suitable to be used in robotics than existing ones. Existing reinforcement learning algorithms are not speci cally tailored for robotics and so they do not take advantage of the robotic perception characteristics as well as of the expected complexity of task that robots are likely to face. In a robot, the information about the environment come...

in this paper, we introduce a takagi-sugeno (ts) fuzzy model which is derived from a typical multi-layer perceptron neural network (mlp nn). at first, it is shown that the considered mlp nn can be interpreted as a variety of ts fuzzy model. it is discussed that the utilized membership function (mf) in such ts fuzzy model, despite its flexible structure, has some major restrictions. after modify...

in this article, a multi-objective memetic algorithm (ma) for rule learning is proposed. prediction accuracy and interpretation are two measures that conflict with each other. in this approach, we consider accuracy and interpretation of rules sets. additionally, individual classifiers face other problems such as huge sizes, high dimensionality and imbalance classes’ distribution data sets. this...

The internet and its various services have made users to easily communicate with each other. Internet benefits including online business and e-commerce. E-commerce has boosted online sales and online auction types. Despite their many uses and benefits, the internet and their services have various challenges, such as information theft, which challenges the use of these services. Information thef...