University of Alberta
A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)
University of Alberta

A Complete Reinforcement Learning System (Capstone)

Martha White
Adam White

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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6 videos1 programming assignment

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Martha White
University of Alberta
4 Courses97,777 learners
Adam White
University of Alberta
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