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Keras Reinforcement Learning Projects

By : Giuseppe Ciaburro
Book Image

Keras Reinforcement Learning Projects

By: Giuseppe Ciaburro

Overview of this book

Reinforcement learning has evolved a lot in the last couple of years and proven to be a successful technique in building smart and intelligent AI networks. Keras Reinforcement Learning Projects installs human-level performance into your applications using algorithms and techniques of reinforcement learning, coupled with Keras, a faster experimental library. The book begins with getting you up and running with the concepts of reinforcement learning using Keras. You’ll learn how to simulate a random walk using Markov chains and select the best portfolio using dynamic programming (DP) and Python. You’ll also explore projects such as forecasting stock prices using Monte Carlo methods, delivering vehicle routing application using Temporal Distance (TD) learning algorithms, and balancing a Rotating Mechanical System using Markov decision processes. Once you’ve understood the basics, you’ll move on to Modeling of a Segway, running a robot control system using deep reinforcement learning, and building a handwritten digit recognition model in Python using an image dataset. Finally, you’ll excel in playing the board game Go with the help of Q-Learning and reinforcement learning algorithms. By the end of this book, you’ll not only have developed hands-on training on concepts, algorithms, and techniques of reinforcement learning but also be all set to explore the world of AI.
Table of Contents (13 chapters)

Finding the shortest path

So far, we have only dealt with creating a graph by defining the list of vertices and the connections between them. But, we haven't said anything about the characteristics of these connections. We can state that it is precisely the characteristics of the connections that have made the graphs particularly useful for the representation of a very large number of problems.

Regarding the edge, we have only distinguished between undirected and directed edges. We can add to them another type: weighted edges. Directed or undirected edges can also have a weight or a quantitative value associated with them. This property can be used to define characteristics such as distances between the nodes of a road network, the costs necessary to find a specific resource, the capacity of a line, and the energy required to move between locations along a route. Edges can...