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The authors , Barto and Sutton take such a complicated subject and explain it in such simple prose. I don’t think think I’ve read any other work that does thi

The authors , Barto and Sutton take such a complicated subject and explain it in such simple prose. I don’t think think I’ve read any other work that does this as well. Also RL is only going to grow in use and popularity. Highly recommend it for mL practitioners.

abhgh 8y ago
I hope it grows in popularity if only because its an interesting take on learning. I did a course on RL in 2007 and our textbook was the 1st edition of this book - back then, it was perceived to be a very niche area and a lot of ML practitioners (there weren't many of those either :) ) had only just about heard of RL. I am happy that it's popular today.
- platz 8y ago
  > I am happy that it's popular today. For doing what?
  - siekmanj 8y ago
    It's definitely finding a niche in robotic control. My lab just released a paper about running a policy trained in simulation in the real world on a bipedal robot.
  - wenc 8y ago
    Doesn't the Roomba use a form of RL?
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colmvp 8y ago
I also recommend interested people to watch David Silver's RL lectures at UCL on YouTube. He covers material from the book. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWv7GOvuf0&list=PL7-jPKtc4r78-wCZcQn5IqyuWhBZ8fOxT https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2pWv7GOvuf0&list=PL7-jPKtc4r...