Question

Which functions are used as preferences over state history?

(a) Award

(b) Reward

(c) Explicit

(d) Implicit

I had been asked this question in an online interview.

Asked question is from Agent Architecture in portion Intelligent Agents of Artificial Intelligence

Select the correct answer from above options

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Answer 1

The correct answer is (b) Reward

For explanation I would say: Reward functions may be that preferences over states are really compared from preferences over state histories.