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Accelerated modified policy iteration algorithms for Markov decision processes

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  • Oleksandr Shlakhter
  • Chi-Guhn Lee

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We propose a new approach to accelerate the convergence of the modified policy iteration method for Markov decision processes with the total expected discounted reward. In the new policy iteration an additional operator is applied to the iterate generated by Markov operator, resulting in a bigger improvement in each iteration. Copyright Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2013

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  • Oleksandr Shlakhter & Chi-Guhn Lee, 2013. "Accelerated modified policy iteration algorithms for Markov decision processes," Mathematical Methods of Operations Research, Springer;Gesellschaft für Operations Research (GOR);Nederlands Genootschap voor Besliskunde (NGB), vol. 78(1), pages 61-76, August.
  • Handle: RePEc:spr:mathme:v:78:y:2013:i:1:p:61-76
    DOI: 10.1007/s00186-013-0432-y
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