Gerald Tesauro

1 milestone · 1992

Gerald Tesauro is featured for contributions to AI through TD-Gammon: Reinforcement Learning Plays Backgammon in 1992 during Second AI Winter.

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Chronology

Reinforcement learning agent-environment interaction diagram
Research

TD-Gammon: Reinforcement Learning Plays Backgammon

Gerald Tesauro created TD-Gammon, a neural network that learned to play backgammon at expert level through self-play using temporal difference reinforcement learning. It discovered novel strategies that surprised human experts.

Gerald TesauroIBM

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