Monday, April 11, 2016

A short bibliography BBAI and hierarchical RL with SOMs

This bibliography is meant for anyone who joins my research group to work on hierarchical reinforcement learning algorithms or related areas,

My publications

  • Georgios Pierris and Torbjørn S. Dahl, Learning Robot Control based on a Computational Model of Infant Cognition. In the IEEE Transactions on Cognitive and Developmental Systems, accepted for publication, 2016.
  • Georgios Pierris and Torbjørn S. Dahl, Humanoid Tactile Gesture Production using a Hierarchical SOM-based Encoding. In the IEEE Transactions on Autonomous Mental Development, 6(2):153-167, 2014.
  • Georgios Pierris and Torbjørn S. Dahl, A Developmental Perspective on Humanoid Skill Learning using a Hierarchical SOM-based Encoding. In the Proceedings of the 2014 International Joint Conference on Neural Networks (IJCNN'14), pp708-715, Beijing, China, July 6-11, 2014.
  • Torbjørn S. Dahl, Hierarchical Traces for Reduced NSM Memory Requirements. In the Proceedings of the BCS SGAI International Conference on Artificial Intelligence, pp165-178, Cambridge, UK, December 14-16, 2010.

Relevant papers

  • Daan Wierstra, Alexander Forster, Jan Peters and Jurgen Schmidhuber, Recurrent Policy Gradients.  In Logic Journal of IGPL, 18:620-634, 2010. [pdf from IDSIA]
  • Andrew G. Barto and Sridhar Mahadevan, Recent advances in hierarchical reinforcement learning, Discrete Event Dynamic Systems, 13(4):341-379, 2003. [pdf from Citeseer]
  • Harold H. Chaput and Benjamin Kuipers and Risto Miikkulainenn Constructivist learning: A neural implementation of the schema mechanism.  In the Proceedings of the Workshop on Self-Organizing Maps (WSOM03), Kitakyushu, Japan, 2003. [pdf from Citeseer]
  • Leslie B. Cohen, Harold H. Chaput and Cara H. Cashon, A constructivist model of infant cognition, Cognitive Development, 17:1323–1343, 2002 [pdf from ResearchGate]
  • Between MDPs and semi-MDPs: A framework for temporal abstraction in reinforcement learning, In Artificial Intelligence, 112:181–211, 1999. [pdf from the University of Alberta]
  • Patti Maes, How to do the right thing, Connection Science Journal, 1:291-323, 1989. [pdf from Citeseer]
  • Rodney A. Brooks, A Robust Layered Control System for a Mobile Robot, IEEE Journal of Robotics and Automation, 2(1):14-23, 1986. [pdf of MIT AI Memo 864]

Books

  • Joaquin M. Fuster, Cortex and mind: Unifying cognition, Oxford University Press, 2003. [pdf from ResearcgGate]
  • Richard S. Sutton and Andrew G. Barto, Reinforcement learning: An introduction, MIT Press, 1998. [pdf of unfinished 2nd edition]
  • G. L. Drescher, Made-up minds, MIT Press, 1991 [pdf of MIT dissertation] - An actual constructivist architecture.