# Bounds on Sample Size for Policy Evaluation in Markov Environments

@article{Peshkin2001BoundsOS,
title={Bounds on Sample Size for Policy Evaluation in Markov Environments},
author={Leonid Peshkin and Sayan Mukherjee},
journal={ArXiv},
year={2001},
volume={cs.LG/0105027}
}
• Published 17 May 2001
• Economics
• ArXiv
Reinforcement learning means finding the optimal course of action in Markovian environments without knowledge of the environment's dynamics. Stochastic optimization algorithms used in the field rely on estimates of the value of a policy. Typically, the value of a policy is estimated from results of simulating that very policy in the environment. This approach requires a large amount of simulation as different points in the policy space are considered. In this paper, we develop value estimators…
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