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Reinforcement Learning is a subfield of Machine Learning, but is also a general purpose formalism for automated decision-making and AI. This course introduces you to statistical learning techniques where an agent explicitly takes actions and interacts with the world. Understanding the importance and challenges of learning agents that make decisions is of vital importance today, with more and more companies interested in interactive agents and intelligent decision-making. This course introduces you to the fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning. When you finish this course, you will: - Formalize problems as Markov Decision Processes - Understand basic exploration methods and the exploration/exploitation tradeoff - Understand value functions, as a general-purpose tool for optimal decision-making - Know how to implement dynamic programming as an efficient solution approach to an industrial control problem This course teaches you the key concepts of Reinforcement Learning, underlying classic and modern algorithms in RL. After completing this course, you will be able to start using RL for real problems, where you have or can specify the MDP. This is the first course of the Reinforcement Learning Specialization....

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AT

Jul 6, 2020

An excellent introduction to Reinforcement Learning, accompanied by a well-organized & informative handbook. I definitely recommend this course to have a strong foundation in Reinforcement Learning.

HT

Apr 7, 2020

This course is one of the best I've learned so far in coursera. The explanations are clear and concise enough. It took a while for me to understand Bellman equation but when I did, it felt amazing!

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By Wang G

Oct 9, 2019

Very detailed explanations in the foundations of RL. Thanks both lecturers and the staffs!

By John H

Sep 17, 2019

Very good, I suggest reading the text closely and doing exercises to get the most benefit.

By Eyal I

Jan 14, 2021

All the material is given in a clear manner, but not at the expense of going into depths.

By Rohan S

Aug 7, 2020

Really great course for all the beginners who want to learn about Reinforcement Learning.

By Thaw T

Sep 16, 2023

It helped me acquire the fundamental understanding of RL and my journey to RL expertise.

By Amit P

Aug 24, 2022

Everything was great! Course instructors, readings, programming assignments and quizzes.

By Ivan O C

Jun 27, 2021

Nice introduction to RL fundamentals... I think is a challenge topic but so exciting ...

By Jerry H

Nov 18, 2020

Great introduction to Reinforcement Learning, interesting and covered a lot of material.

By samir m m

Jan 11, 2024

the content is exceptional thanks to the lecturers who made everything clear and simple

By Ehsan S

Apr 10, 2023

It was very wonderful course! This helped me to complete my thesis. Thank you Coursera!

By Maurice M

Jun 30, 2021

Excellent first introduction coursework is light Lectures are direct and to the point.

By Mahmoud

May 5, 2021

Great intro with nice coding assignments that helps to understand the algorithms better

By Sirusala N S

Jul 4, 2020

It is one of the best courses I have taken. The fundamentals were explained very well.

By Hamed H

May 18, 2020

it was so useful since the lectures were brief and useful and Homeworks were suitable.

By Abhijit R

Apr 7, 2021

I have learnt how to apply Reinforcement Learning to create an intelligent machine...

By Tejas H V K

Aug 5, 2020

Simple Enough for anyone to understand and apply the same to any real world scenario.

By Anubhab G

Jan 9, 2020

A solid foundation for RL and great pedagogical explanations!!! Highly recommended!!

By Jan B

Sep 19, 2021

A nice introduction into the fundamentals of RL. Not trivial, but certainly doable.

By Rony A

Jun 21, 2020

Very good course for those who wants to learn some basis of reinforcement learning.

By Giancarlo P S

Sep 24, 2020

The assignments let you implement the algorithms discussed in the book and videos.

By Siddharth Y

Mar 22, 2020

Very good introduction to the world of reinforcement learning. Highly recommended.

By Xunzhao Y

Nov 7, 2019

The class is quite well organized. Instruction is clear and textbook is excellent.

By Nadarasar B

Oct 12, 2019

Awesome course which drills in the fundamental concepts of reinforcement learning.

By Charles C

Dec 27, 2022

Very good and detailed explanation for introducing all the elements related to RL

By Hannes

Sep 6, 2021

Very well-structured course with great practical exercises and challenging tests.