Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

self-play

Word Rarity Common

Frequency: Zipf frequency 5.09 in modern English

Syllables: self---play
IPA

16

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

4

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Self-play was used by the AlphaZero program to improve its performance in the games of chess, shogi and go."

Etymology

From self- + play.

Word Breakdown

Prefix: self

Usage

Uncountable

Questions

What does self-play mean?: A technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.
Where does self-play come from?: From self- + play.

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