Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

reinforcement learning

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 3.42 in modern English

Syllables: re-in-force-men-t learn-ing
IPA

29

Scrabble Score

21

Letters

6

Syllables

12

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Learning that occurs through reinforcement, especially through rewards, encouragement, or other consequences that strengthen desired behaviours.

Uncountable

noun

A machine-learning paradigm in which a model or agent learns by taking actions and receiving reward signals that indicate how well those actions achieve a desired objective.

Uncountable

Example Sentences

"Reinforcement learning can be seen as somewhere between supervised and unsupervised learning. The learning system receives a feedback for its actions, but it is not provided with examples to learn from."
"Let us look more deeply at reinforcement learning, to see what it means to learn from our own actions. Reinforcement learning is a field in which an agent learns by interacting with an environment."
"This basic “reinforcement learning” system was a small step in the direction of AI: a program that adjusted its program—that was capable of learning."

Usage

Uncountable

Derived Forms

DRL RLAIF RLHF

Synonyms

RL

Questions

What does reinforcement learning mean?: Learning that occurs through reinforcement, especially through rewards, encouragement, or other consequences that strengthen desired behaviours.

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