How do I calculate MaxQ in Q-learning?

Question

I'making a implementation of Q-learning, specifically the Bellman equation.

I'm using the version from a website that guides he through the problem, but I have question: For maxQ, do I calculate the max reward using all Q-table values of the new state (s') - in my case 4 possible action (a'), each with their respective value- or the sum of the Q-table values of all the positions when taking the action (a')?

In other words, do I use the highest Q-value of all the possible actions I can take, or the summed Q-values of all the "neighbouring" squares?

score 5 · Accepted Answer · answered Oct 20 '19 at 14:37

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You always use max Q-value for all the possible actions you can take.

The idea is to pick the action with biggest (best) Q-Value of next state in order to stay in optimal policy Qpi* .

answered Oct 20 '19 at 14:37

Nikola Zubic

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How do I calculate MaxQ in Q-learning?

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