Reinforcement Learning
This course explores reinforcement learning, an area of machine learning that trains algorithms through interactions.
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Reinforcement Learning
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Reinforcement Learning
Reinforcement learning is one of the most exciting approaches to machine learning currently available to practitioners. You will examine examples of reinforcement learning in action and gain insight into the best context for the application and recognition of this approach.
Topics covered include
- Introduction to reinforcement learning
- Reinforcement features and ideas
- Problems suitable for reinforcement learning
By the end of the course, you‘ll be able to…
- Understand the fundamental ideas behind reinforcement learning
- Apply reinforcement learning approaches using publicly available resources.
Learning on this course
On every step of the course you can meet other learners, share your ideas and join in with active discussions in the comments.
Who is the course for?
This course is aimed at computing and engineering professionals who have an interest in the area of machine learning and wish to gain practical skills with sufficient theory to have a grasp of the principles behind the algorithms. This course assumes a knowledge of computer programming in Python, statistics, basic calculus and linear algebra.
What software or tools do you need?
Python.
Who developed the course?
Dublin City University
Dublin City University is a young, dynamic and ambitious Irish university with a distinctive mission to transform lives and societies through education, research and innovation.
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