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Optimal strategies in measurable learning systems on metric spaces

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  14 July 2016

Ernst–Erich Doberkat*
Affiliation:
Pädagogische Hochschule Rheinland, Bonn

Abstract

A dynamic programming approach for the investigation of learning systems is taken. Making use of one-stage decision models and dynamic programs, respectively, two learning models are formulated and the existence of optimal strategies for learning in the respective models is proven.

Type
Research Papers
Copyright
Copyright © Applied Probability Trust 1977 

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