# Richard Sutton **Domain:** Machine Learning / Reinforcement Learning **Doc Type:** Person **Maturity:** Developed **Related:** [[Temporal-Difference Learning]], [[Andrew Barto]], [[Reinforcement Learning]], [[Schedule and Loop]] ## Definition Richard Sutton is a computer scientist whose work with Andrew Barto helped establish modern reinforcement learning and temporal-difference methods. ## Schedule–Loop Context Sutton's work formalizes learning through prediction error and makes the schedule-loop synthesis operational in machine systems. ## Backlinks - [[Schedule and Loop]] - [[articles/Schedule and Loop|Schedule and Loop]] - [[Russia and Prussia Kybernetiks]]