Top Python Packages for Studying Reinforcement Learning
Last Updated on July 17, 2023 by Editorial Team
Author(s): Cornellius Yudha Wijaya
Originally published on Towards AI.
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Reinforcement Learning is a machine learning study field with concerns about optimal decision-making. By learning from the environment, Reinforcement Learning would find the parameter that maximizes rewards.
Unlike supervised or unsupervised learning, Reinforcement Learning uses an independent learner (agent) to learn the environment without any labels or directions. The learner must follow specific policies and reward systems set before learning.
Essentially, Reinforcement Learning requires four elements:
LearnerEnvironmentPolicy ActionReward
In general, there would be a valuable function in which the algorithm would try to maximize the reward average from learning the environment based on the action.
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