5 Papers You Can't-Miss: Reinforcement Learning
Last Updated on July 17, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Ulrik Thyge Pedersen
Originally published on Towards AI.

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Reinforcement Learning (RL) is an important subfield in the area of machine learning that deals with agent programs learning actions in an environment to minimize a loss function in order to improve. It has been applied in areas such as robotics, games, finance and healthcare and has seen signification advancements in the last few years. New algorithms and architectures has been developed to tackle the complex challenges.
In this article we will take a deep dive into the most impactful research papers in the area of reinforcement learning. From a discussion on control to learning to play… Read the full blog for free on Medium.
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