Learning to Play

Prof. Aske Plaat is Professor of Data Science at Leiden University and scientific director of the Leiden Institute of Advanced Computer Science (LIACS). He is co-founder of the Leiden Centre of Data Science (LCDR) and initiated the SAILS stimulation program. His research interests include reinforcement learning, scalable combinatorial reasoning algorithms, games and self-learning systems.

• Introduction.- Intelligence and Games.- Reinforcement Learning.- Heuristic Planning.- Adaptive Sampling.- Function Approximation.- Self-Play.- Conclusion.- App. A, Deep Reinforcement Learning Environments.- App. B, Running Python.- App. C, Tutorial for the Game of Go.- App. D, AlphaGo Technical Details.- References.- List of Figures.- List of Tables.- List of Algorithms.- Index.