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self-play

self-play noun: a technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.

Noun

self-play (uncountable)

  1. (machine learning) A technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.
    • Self-play was used by the AlphaZero program to improve its performance in the games of chess, shogi and go.

Origin of self-play

From self- + play.

Questions about self-play

What does self-play mean?
Self-play means a technique for improving the performance of reinforcement learning agents by having them play against themselves.
What part of speech is self-play?
Self-play is a noun.

Words near self-play in the dictionary

  1. self-pity
  2. self-pitying
  3. self-pityingly
  4. self-plagiarism
  5. self-plagiarisms
  6. self-play
  7. self-pleached
  8. self-pleasing
  9. self-pleasure
  10. self-pleasurer
  11. self-pleasurers

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