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    Learner Reviews & Feedback for Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning by University of Alberta

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    About the Course

    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 t...
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    Apr 11, 2024

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    The concepts may sound confusing in the beginning, but as you go forward you find it interesting and understanding. I suggest you completely read the reading assignments before watching the videos.

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    Sep 1, 2019

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    All the concepts were well explained and this course was perhaps the best I have found for RL.Great efforts have been put into making the course and It goes well in line with the suggested textbook.

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    It was a nice course on foundations of RL. Learned a lot.

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    Feb 16, 2022

    Fantastic course. Reinforcement AI model are fascinating

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    Sep 27, 2020

    A well-organized introduction for Reinforcement Learning.

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    Jul 11, 2020

    This is the best online course I've taken ever. Good job!

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    Jun 28, 2020

    A great course that really focusing on fundamentals of RL

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    May 16, 2020

    very good course .

    very well explained by Adam and Martha

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    Apr 3, 2020

    Amazing course with optimum blend of theory and practice.

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    Oct 6, 2019

    Great course! Good explanations, interesting assignments.

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    Aug 9, 2019

    Explained in a very simple way, with helpful assignments.

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    May 22, 2020

    Outstanding explanations and assignments. Very hands-on.

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    Oct 30, 2019

    Really interesting course based on Sutton and Burto book

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    Oct 24, 2019

    I like the concept are represented in visualization way.

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    Mar 14, 2022

    Very easy to follow and well organized course material.

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    Feb 6, 2022

    The best place to learn reinforcement learning online!

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    Jun 25, 2021

    This is a great introduction to Reinforcement Learning!

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    Aug 22, 2019

    Excellent beginners course of a very interesting topic!

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    Aug 28, 2019

    Excellent material paired with excellent instruction.

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    Mar 14, 2023

    Very great course! Also the book suggested is amazing

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    Sep 13, 2021

    Excellent introductory material. Very well explained.

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    Jul 12, 2020

    Great course, that gives a thorough foundation on RL!

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    Nov 11, 2019

    Great introductional course on Reinforcement Learning

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    Dec 11, 2020

    Very good course if you follow along with the book.

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    Nov 5, 2020

    Great course! A lot of good material and insights!

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    May 16, 2020

    Very helpful hands-on experience with the notebooks

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    Feb 9, 2020

    Everything is good except the peer review question.

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