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About the Course

In this final course, you will put together your knowledge from Courses 1, 2 and 3 to implement a complete RL solution to a problem. This capstone will let you see how each component---problem formulation, algorithm selection, parameter selection and representation design---fits together into a complete solution, and how to make appropriate choices when deploying RL in the real world. This project will require you to implement both the environment to stimulate your problem, and a control agent with Neural Network function approximation. In addition, you will conduct a scientific study of your learning system to develop your ability to assess the robustness of RL agents. To use RL in the real world, it is critical to (a) appropriately formalize the problem as an MDP, (b) select appropriate algorithms, (c ) identify what choices in your implementation will have large impacts on performance and (d) validate the expected behaviour of your algorithms. This capstone is valuable for anyone who is planning on using RL to solve real problems. To be successful in this course, you will need to have completed Courses 1, 2, and 3 of this Specialization or the equivalent. By the end of this course, you will be able to: Complete an RL solution to a problem, starting from problem formulation, appropriate algorithm selection and implementation and empirical study into the effectiveness of the solution....

Top reviews

JJ

Apr 27, 2020

This is the final chapter. It is one of the easiest and it was fun doing that lunar landing project. This specialisation is the best for a person taking baby steps in the reinforcement learning.

CR

Feb 26, 2020

Great course for learning the fundamentals. I liked that it tied into function approximation for deep reinforcement learning. The text book made the fundamental concepts more clear.

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By Rishi R

Aug 3, 2020

One of the most amazing set of courses that I have ever been through. This neither makes the stuff look difficult nor does it compromise on quality, absolutely the best.

By Rajendra A

Jun 1, 2021

Excellent specialization course with step by step capstone project. This specialization gave me confidence and a way to understand, learn and explore more on RL topics.

By Yancheng O

Apr 18, 2020

The project seems to be complicated at first glance, but the notebook will guide you through the implementation, and you will know what you are doing eventually.

By Gordon L W C

Apr 4, 2020

The course is applicative in real world projects. I think it is a very good choice for any one that is interested to learn how to apply reinforcement learning.

By İbrahim Y

Oct 11, 2020

The last course of the specialization provides full implementation of built knowledge by the previous lessons so it is well designed for the capstone project.

By Leonardo D

Jun 14, 2020

I was awesome to learn the theory and apply different RL algorithms successfully to solve basic problems that would be really hard to accomplish without RL.

By Mohamed S R I

Mar 26, 2020

Thanks a lot for offering this specialization! I really enjoyed watching the videos and working on the assignments while exploring various topics of RL.

By Jicheng F

Jul 11, 2020

Strongly recommend this course to others. The project could be a little more challenging though. Thanks, Martha, Adam, and RAs, for your good teaching!

By Julien T

Dec 15, 2020

Great great course, very comprehensive, does give strong foundations in Reinforcement Learning. The difficulty of the assignments is well balanced.

By Giulio C

Oct 13, 2020

The course is well constructed guiding you till the end of the project. Maybe it would be funny to see our own agent failing and learning.

By Pabel C M

Apr 30, 2021

This course was not as heavy as the other three courses, but I found it very valuable. It was great to put everything in action.

By Jose M R F

Sep 16, 2020

Short but useful course to learn all the details about the implementation side of the concepts learned along the Specialization.

By Tyler B

Aug 2, 2020

Excellent Course. Completed specialization in 3 weeks, and deeply understood concepts from Sutton & Barto 2nd Ed. Thank you!

By Casey S S

Feb 11, 2021

It was a good review, but would have preferred a course which allowed me to design my own agent on my own problem.

By Mathew

Jun 7, 2020

Very well structured and a great compliment to the Reinforcement Learning (2nd Edition) book by Sutton and Barto.

By Masashi K

Jan 16, 2021

It was really a great course! Great thanks to Martha-san and Adam-san for providing it, and I really enjoyed it!

By Gustavo B T S

Jun 3, 2020

Excellent course!! The first lesson are more theoretical but they build a solid base for the practical ones.

By Farzad E b

Aug 8, 2022

This course and this specialization was a great experience for me!

I really enjoyed it

By Lovro S

Sep 6, 2022

fantastic course, definitely not easy, but very nice challenge and new knowledge

By koji t

Nov 17, 2019

This course was the best course for me as a beginner in reinforcement learning.

By Hugo T K

Aug 18, 2020

Thanks for this course. Gives a very solid basis to delve into the subject!

By Roberto M

Mar 29, 2020

The project is well structured and very helpful to connect all the dots

By bhargav p

Jul 9, 2020

It was tough. but provides best practice for the prior 3 courses.

By DEEP P

Jul 8, 2020

Great learning Experience and really helpful lecturers and staff.

By Guillaume C

May 14, 2020

Great online course with a good mix between theory and practice