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Dr Sean Collins
PhD Decision Theory
Office: 4.8
Department of Mathematics
University Walk, Clifton, Bristol BS8 1TW, U.K.
Telephone:
+44 (0)117 928-7977
Extension: 87977
Mail: e.j.collins
http://www.maths.bris.ac.uk/~maejc
Education
- BSc Mathematics
- University of Leeds
- MSc Statistics
- University of Manchester
- PhD Decision Theory
- University of Manchester
Publications
Learning rules for optimal selection in a varying environment: mate choice revisited (2006)
E. J. Collins J. M. McNamara and D. M. Ramsey
Behavioral Ecology vol: 17 , Pages: 799 - 809
Simple learning rules to cope with changing environments (2008)
R. Gross, A. I. Houston, E. J. Collins, J. M. McNamara, F.-X. Dechaume-Moncharmont and N. R. Franks
Journal of the Royal Society Interface vol: 5 , Pages: 1193 - 1202
Research Interests
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.