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From: sammut@qut.edu.au (David Sammut)
Newsgroups: comp.ai.neural-nets
Subject: The Truck Backer-Upper Problem
Message-ID: <1991Feb12.150429.23806@qut.edu.au>
Date: 12 Feb 91 20:04:28 GMT
Organization: Queensland University of Technology
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I am currently looking at control via neural networks and other related
techniques.  I have heard that Nguyen and Widrow released an article called
"The truck backer-upper: An example of self-learning in neural networks" that
was published in another book (Miller, Sutton and Werbos (1990), "Neural 
Networks for Robotics and Control", MIT Press).

Unfortunately the library here does not have either this book or a copy of
the paper.  Does anyone know if this article has appeared any where else or
where I can get a copy (anon. ftp etc) or even tell me whether the book is 
worth buying ?

Also, has anyone had any experience with dynamic programming in problems
such as control or similiar applications ?  Any comments or hints would
be appreciated.


Thanks in Advance


David Sammut (email: sammut@qut.edu.au)