i><p>set of states s</p></li>
<li><p>set of actions a</p></li>
<li><p>stochastic transition model <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(P(s' \vert s,a)\)</span></p></li>
<li><p>reward function <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(R(s)\)</span></p>
<ul>
<li><p>utility aggregates rewards, for models more complex than mdps reward can be a function of past sequences of actions / observations</p></li>
</ul>
</li>
</ul>
</li>
<li><p>want policy <span class="math notranslate nohighlight">\(\pi (s)\)