An Expectation Maximization Algorithm for Continuous Markov Decision Processes with Arbitrary Reward

We derive a new expectation maximization algorithm for policy optimization in linear Gaussian Markov decision processes, where the reward function is parameterised in terms of a flexible mixture of Gaussians. This approach exploits both analytical tractability and numerical optimization. Consequentl...

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Main Authors: Hoffman, M, de Freitas, N, Doucet, A, Peters, J
Format: Journal article
Published: 2009