A Tutorial on Bayesian Optimization of Expensive Cost Functions, with Application to Active User Modeling and Hierarchical Reinforcement Learning

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Summary

A tutorial on Bayesian optimization, a method of finding the maximum of expensive cost functions using the Bayesian technique of setting a prior over the objective function and combining it with evidence to get a posterior function.

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2010-12-12
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Keywords

Reinforcement learning, Bayesian optimization, Computer science, Bayesian probability, Machine learning

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