Abstract: Reinforcement Learning is a branch of machine learning to learn control strategies that achieve a given objective through trial-and-error in the environment ...

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The term, coined by a sociologist in the 1980s, refers to informal public spaces where people can linger — and some say they’re disappearing. By Ephrat Livni This article is part of Shop Talk, a ...

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Santa Monica’s Macerich Co. might want to consider a Black Friday sale for its hometown property, Santa Monica Place Mall, after its ongoing financial struggles at its once flagship location have ...

True Value, a national hardware retailer whose roots go back more than 70 years, said Monday that it has declared bankruptcy and will sell itself to a competitor. The Chicago-based company filed for ...

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Hardware wholesaler True Value has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy amid plans to sell its business to its home improvement rival Do It Best. True Value, based in Chicago, said in a Monday press ...

True Value filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Monday and is seeking to sell the 75-year-old business to a rival — the latest hardware company to succumb to a weak housing market, the company said. The ...

True Value, a 75-year old hardware store brand, has filed for bankruptcy and is selling substantially all of its operations to a rival, the company announced Monday. In a press release, True Value ...