1. Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning Open Access Author: Davis, Steven Title: Maritime Navigation and Contact Avoidance through Reinforcement Learning Graduate Program: Computer Science and Engineering Keywords: reinforcement learningmachine learningmaritimeunmanned underwater vehicleautonomous underwater vehicleq learningnavigationautonomous File: Download Davis_MS_Thesis_Final.pdf Committee Members: Vijaykrishnan Narayanan, Thesis Advisor/Co-AdvisorJohn Phillip Sustersic, Jr., Thesis Advisor/Co-Advisor