mechanism

Specifies the learning mechanism to use.

Syntax

mechanism = name

where name is one of the following:

• alearning, ga, or a (A-learning (Guided associative learning))

• stimulusresponse or sr (Stimulus-response learning)

• expectedsarsa or es (Expected SARSA)

• qlearning or ql (Q-learning)

• actorcritic or ac (Actor-critic)

• rescorlawagner or rw (Rescorla-Wagner)

See The mechanisms for a description of the mechanisms.

Description

mechanism = name sets the learning mechanism to name.

Example

mechanism = sr

sets the learning mechanism to Stimulus-response learning. See The mechanisms.