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Reinforcement Learning Algorithms with Python

You're reading from   Reinforcement Learning Algorithms with Python Learn, understand, and develop smart algorithms for addressing AI challenges

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Product type Paperback
Published in Oct 2019
Publisher Packt
ISBN-13 9781789131116
Length 366 pages
Edition 1st Edition
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Andrea Lonza Andrea Lonza
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Table of Contents (19) Chapters Close

Preface 1. Section 1: Algorithms and Environments
2. The Landscape of Reinforcement Learning FREE CHAPTER 3. Implementing RL Cycle and OpenAI Gym 4. Solving Problems with Dynamic Programming 5. Section 2: Model-Free RL Algorithms
6. Q-Learning and SARSA Applications 7. Deep Q-Network 8. Learning Stochastic and PG Optimization 9. TRPO and PPO Implementation 10. DDPG and TD3 Applications 11. Section 3: Beyond Model-Free Algorithms and Improvements
12. Model-Based RL 13. Imitation Learning with the DAgger Algorithm 14. Understanding Black-Box Optimization Algorithms 15. Developing the ESBAS Algorithm 16. Practical Implementation for Resolving RL Challenges 17. Assessments
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An introduction to RL

RL is an area of machine learning that deals with sequential decision-making, aimed at reaching a desired goal. An RL problem is constituted by a decision-maker called an Agent and the physical or virtual world in which the agent interacts, is known as the Environment. The agent interacts with the environment in the form of Action which results in an effect. As a result, the environment will feedback to the agent a new State and Reward. These two signals are the consequences of the action taken by the agent. In particular, the reward is a value indicating how good or bad the action was, and the state is the current representation of the agent and the environment. This cycle is shown in the following diagram:

In this diagram the agent is represented by PacMan that based on the current state of the environment, choose which action to take. Its behavior will...

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