Personal details |
Name |
Professor Sean
Collins |
Job title |
Emeritus Professor
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Department |
School of Mathematics University of Bristol
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Contact details |
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Qualifications |
B.Sc.(Leeds), M.Sc. (Manc), Ph.D.(Manc.) |
Professional details |
Keywords |
optimisation under uncertainty
behavioural biology
applied probability
stochastic optimisation
game theory
reinforcement learning
behavioural ecology
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Areas of expertise |
My research interests cover a variety of themes in the area of stochastic optimisation, including the theory of Markov decision processes, game theory and reinforcement learning. Much of my work concerns the applications ideas from these areas to problems in queuing theory and behavioural ecology.
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