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Course Outline
Introduction to Reinforcement Learning and Agentic AI
- Decision-making under uncertainty and sequential planning
- Core components of RL: agents, environments, states, and rewards
- The role of RL in adaptive and agentic AI systems
Markov Decision Processes (MDPs)
- Formal definitions and properties of MDPs
- Value functions, Bellman equations, and dynamic programming
- Policy evaluation, improvement, and iterative methods
Model-Free Reinforcement Learning
- Monte Carlo and Temporal-Difference (TD) learning
- Q-learning and SARSA
- Practical exercise: implementing tabular RL methods in Python
Deep Reinforcement Learning
- Integrating neural networks with RL for function approximation
- Deep Q-Networks (DQN) and the experience replay mechanism
- Actor-Critic architectures and policy gradient methods
- Practical exercise: training agents using DQN and PPO with Stable-Baselines3
Exploration Strategies and Reward Shaping
- Balancing exploration vs. exploitation (ε-greedy, UCB, entropy-based methods)
- Designing effective reward functions and mitigating unintended behaviors
- Techniques for reward shaping and curriculum learning
Advanced Topics in RL and Decision-Making
- Multi-agent reinforcement learning and cooperative strategies
- Hierarchical reinforcement learning and the options framework
- Offline RL and imitation learning for safer deployment scenarios
Simulation Environments and Evaluation
- Leveraging OpenAI Gym and custom-built environments
- Distinguishing between continuous and discrete action spaces
- Metrics for assessing agent performance, stability, and sample efficiency
Integrating RL into Agentic AI Systems
- Combining reasoning capabilities and RL in hybrid agent architectures
- Integrating reinforcement learning with tool-utilizing agents
- Operational considerations for scaling and production deployment
Capstone Project
- Designing and implementing a reinforcement learning agent for a specific simulated task
- Analyzing training performance and optimizing hyperparameters
- Demonstrating adaptive behavior and decision-making in an agentic context
Summary and Next Steps
Requirements
- Advanced proficiency in Python programming
- A robust understanding of machine learning and deep learning principles
- Working knowledge of linear algebra, probability theory, and fundamental optimization techniques
Target Audience
- Reinforcement learning engineers and applied AI researchers
- Developers specializing in robotics and automation
- Engineering teams focused on building adaptive and agentic AI systems
28 Hours
Testimonials (3)
The trainer is patient and very helpful. He knows the topic well.
CLIFFORD TABARES - Universal Leaf Philippines, Inc.
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Good mixvof knowledge and practice
Ion Mironescu - Facultatea S.A.I.A.P.M.
Course - Agentic AI for Enterprise Applications
The mix of theory and practice and of high level and low level perspectives
