Paper ID: 2304.00803

A Tutorial Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

Mathukumalli Vidyasagar

In this paper, we present a brief survey of Reinforcement Learning (RL), with particular emphasis on Stochastic Approximation (SA) as a unifying theme. The scope of the paper includes Markov Reward Processes, Markov Decision Processes, Stochastic Approximation algorithms, and widely used algorithms such as Temporal Difference Learning and $Q$-learning.

Submitted: Apr 3, 2023