In this final course, you will put together your knowledge from Courses 1, 2 and 3 to implement a complete RL solution to a problem. This capstone will let you see how each component---problem formulation, algorithm selection, parameter selection and representation design---fits together into a complete solution, and how to make appropriate choices when deploying RL in the real world. This project will require you to implement both the environment to stimulate your problem, and a control agent with Neural Network function approximation. In addition, you will conduct a scientific study of your learning system to develop your ability to assess the robustness of RL agents. To use RL in the real world, it is critical to (a) appropriately formalize the problem as an MDP, (b) select appropriate algorithms, (c ) identify what choices in your implementation will have large impacts on performance and (d) validate the expected behaviour of your algorithms. This capstone is valuable for anyone who is planning on using RL to solve real problems.
A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)
This course is part of Reinforcement Learning Specialization
Instructors: Martha White
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There are 6 modules in this course
Welcome to the final capstone course of the Reinforcement Learning Specialization!!
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2 videos2 readings1 discussion prompt
This week you will read a description of a problem, and translate it into an MDP. You will complete skeleton code for this environment, to obtain a complete MDP for use in this capstone project.
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4 videos1 programming assignment
This week you will select from three algorithms, to learn a policy for the environment. You will reflect on and discuss the appropriateness of each algorithm for this environment.
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7 videos1 assignment
This week you will identify key parameters that affect the performance of your agent. The goal is to understand the space of options, to later enable you to choose which parameter you will investigate in-depth for your agent.
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4 videos1 assignment
This week, you will implement your agent using Expected Sarsa or Q-learning with RMSProp and Neural Networks. To use NNs, you will have to use a more careful stepsize selection strategy, which is why you will use RMSProp. You will also verify the correctness of your agent.
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6 videos1 programming assignment
This week you will identify a parameter to study, for your agent. Once you select the parameter to study, we will provide you with a range of values and specific values for other parameters. You will write a script to run your agent and environment on the set of parameters, to determine performance across these parameters. You will gain insight into the impact of parameters on agent performance. You will also get to visualize the agents that you learn. Your parameter study will consist of an array of values that we will check for correctness.
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Reviewed on Apr 17, 2020
The project seems to be complicated at first glance, but the notebook will guide you through the implementation, and you will know what you are doing eventually.
Reviewed on Jul 10, 2020
Strongly recommend this course to others. The project could be a little more challenging though. Thanks, Martha, Adam, and RAs, for your good teaching!
Reviewed on Aug 2, 2020
One of the most amazing set of courses that I have ever been through. This neither makes the stuff look difficult nor does it compromise on quality, absolutely the best.
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