The UT Austin Villa 2003 Champion Simulator Coach: A Machine Learning Approach

The UT Austin Villa 2003 simulated online soccer coach was a first time entry in the RoboCup Coach Competition. In developing the coach, the main research focus was placed on treating advice-giving as a machine learning problem. Competing against a field of mostly handcoded coaches, the UT Austin Villa coach earned first place in the competition. In this paper, we present the multi-faceted learning strategy that our coach used and examine which aspects contributed most to the coach’s success.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2004
• Where: ROBOCUP
• Authors: Gregory Kuhlmann, Peter Stone, Justin Lallinger
• Keywords: Austin Villa Coach, ROBOCUP 2004, RoboCup Coach Competition, UT Austin Villa