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Python Reinforcement Learning

By : Sudharsan Ravichandiran, Sean Saito, Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani, Yang Wenzhuo
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Python Reinforcement Learning

By: Sudharsan Ravichandiran, Sean Saito, Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani, Yang Wenzhuo

Overview of this book

Reinforcement Learning (RL) is the trending and most promising branch of artificial intelligence. This Learning Path will help you master not only the basic reinforcement learning algorithms but also the advanced deep reinforcement learning algorithms. The Learning Path starts with an introduction to RL followed by OpenAI Gym, and TensorFlow. You will then explore various RL algorithms, such as Markov Decision Process, Monte Carlo methods, and dynamic programming, including value and policy iteration. You'll also work on various datasets including image, text, and video. This example-rich guide will introduce you to deep RL algorithms, such as Dueling DQN, DRQN, A3C, PPO, and TRPO. You will gain experience in several domains, including gaming, image processing, and physical simulations. You'll explore TensorFlow and OpenAI Gym to implement algorithms that also predict stock prices, generate natural language, and even build other neural networks. You will also learn about imagination-augmented agents, learning from human preference, DQfD, HER, and many of the recent advancements in RL. By the end of the Learning Path, you will have all the knowledge and experience needed to implement RL and deep RL in your projects, and you enter the world of artificial intelligence to solve various real-life problems. This Learning Path includes content from the following Packt products: • Hands-On Reinforcement Learning with Python by Sudharsan Ravichandiran • Python Reinforcement Learning Projects by Sean Saito, Yang Wenzhuo, and Rajalingappaa Shanmugamani
Table of Contents (27 chapters)
Title Page
About Packt
Contributors
Preface
Index

Data used


The data that we will use will be the standard and poor's 500. According to Wikipedia, it is An American stock market index based on the market capitalizations of 500 large companies having common stock listed on the NYSE or NASDAQ. Here is a link to the data (https://ca.finance.yahoo.com/quote/%255EGSPC/history?p=%255EGSPC).

The data has the following columns:

  1. Date: This indicates the date under consideration
  2. Open: This indicates the price at which the market opens on the date
  3. High: This indicates the highest market price on the date
  4. Low: This indicates the lowest market price on the date
  5. Close: This indicates the price at which the market closes on the date, adjusted for the split
  6. Adj Close: This indicates the adjusted closing price for both the split and dividends
  7. Volume: This indicates the total volume of shares available

The date under consideration for training the data is as follows:

Start: 14 August 2006
End: 13th August 2015

On the website, filter the date as follows, and download...