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Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning

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  • Enables rapid development of Reinforcement Learning skills
  • Includes step-by-step operations of the most used algorithms for developing solutions in RL
  • Introduces AI, Machine Learning techniques, and explores aspects of Reinforcement Learning
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Artificial intelligence (AI) applications bring agility and modernity to our lives, and the reinforcement learning technique is at the forefront of this technology. It can outperform human competitors in strategy games, creative compositing, and autonomous movement. Moreover, it is just starting to transform our civilization.

This book provides an introduction to AI, specifies machine learning techniques, and explores various aspects of reinforcement learning, approaching the latest concepts in a didactic and illustrated manner. It is aimed at students who want to be part of technological advances and professors engaged in the development of innovative applications, helping with academic and industrial challenges.

Understanding the Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning will allow you to:

  • Understand essential AI concepts
  • Gain professional experience
  • Interpret sequential decision problems and solve them with reinforcement learning
  • Learn how the Q-Learning algorithm works
  • Practice with commented Python code
  • Find advantageous directions


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Table of contents (6 chapters)

Authors and Affiliations

  • Computing Institute, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil

    Rafael Ris-Ala

About the author

Rafael Ris-Ala José Jardim is a professor and researcher in Machine Learning and Research Methodology at the Federal University of Rio de Janeiro (UFRJ) and at Faculdade XP Educação (XPE). He holds a master's degree in Data Science from UFRJ and is currently pursuing his Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence at the same institution.

He is the author of several articles on Software Engineering and has supervised more than 50 academic papers. He is a recognized journal reviewer for Elsevier and Clarivate and participates in reviewing IEEE scientific papers.

He served as Infrastructure Project Manager at the Pontifical Catholic University of Rio de Janeiro (PUC-Rio) and was responsible for creating a Data Center. He has more than 10 years of experience in Software Development in the Brazilian Navy.

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Fundamentals of Reinforcement Learning

  • Authors: Rafael Ris-Ala

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-37345-9

  • Publisher: Springer Cham

  • eBook Packages: Computer Science, Computer Science (R0)

  • Copyright Information: The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2023

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-031-37344-2Published: 15 August 2023

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-031-37347-3Published: 17 August 2024

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-031-37345-9Published: 14 August 2023

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XV, 88

  • Number of Illustrations: 7 b/w illustrations, 87 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Machine Learning, Artificial Intelligence, Software Engineering/Programming and Operating Systems

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