Introduction to Reinforcement Learning

Internal training program, EDF R&D, 2024

In charge of an internal reinforcement learning training program open to researchers and engineers at EDF R&D. The program covers fundamental concepts, algorithms, and practical applications of reinforcement learning in industrial settings. The course follows Emmanuel Rachelson’s MVA class material.

Approximate dynamic programming

  • Markov Decision Processes
  • Value iteration
  • Q-learning
  • Deep Q-Networks

Policy Gradient methods

  • Policy gradient theorem
  • REINFORCE
  • Actor-Critic methods
  • Proximal Policy Optimization