Two variable metric reinforcement learning methods, the natural actor-critic algorithm and the covariance matrix adaptation evolution strategy, are compared on a conceptual level and analysed experimentally on the mountain car benchmark task with and without noise.

the main objective followed in this study was to assess the rate of adoption of sustainable agricultural practices among extension volunteers in qazvin province. the study was a descriptive – correlational survey one. the population of the study was comprised of wheat farmers in province of qazvin who acted as agricultural extension volunteers (n=365). from among these members, 185 were selecte...

public participation in urban decision-making process is one of the main elements of a democratic system, which can help establish balance and harmony between different sections of the society. this paper mainly aims to study the effect of economic and social welfare on the degree of citizen participation in urban affairs. our main hypothesis emphasizes that there is a strong positive correlati...

Almost every elementary statistics textbook has some coverage of the chi-square test (e. g., Comrey & Lee, 2007, Kirk, 2007, Howell, 2002). In particular, the chi-square test is presented in the analysis of categorical data. Most of these textbooks will take the reader up to the contingency table that involves the cross tabulation of two categorical variables. With contingency tables, there are...