
Reinforcement Learning the Basics: A Friendly, Step‑by‑Step Introduction to How Machines Learn to Make Decisions
Ethan Wallace
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Opening Credits
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Chapter 1: Why Teaching Machines To Decide Is Different
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Chapter 2: Agents, Environments, And The Language Of Interaction
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Chapter 3: Return, Value, And Policies: Measuring Good Decisions
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Chapter 4: The Exploration Dilemma: Trying Versus Exploiting
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Chapter 5: Bandits: The Simplest Playground For Learning From Reward
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Chapter 6: From Bandits To Worlds: Markov Decision Processes
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Chapter 7: Learning From Complete Experiences: Monte Carlo Ideas
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Chapter 8: Planning With A Model: Dynamic Programming Intuition
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Chapter 9: Temporal Difference Learning And The Road To Deep RL
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Chapter 10: From Games To The Real World: Applications, Pitfalls, And Next Steps
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Closing Credits
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