ECE 567
Reinforcement Learning Theory
Advisory Prerequisite: ECE 501. Enforced Prerequisite: None. (3 credits) Basic theories and principles of reinforcement learning, and model-based and model-free reinforcement learning algorithms. Topics: Value iteration, policy iteration, Q-learning, SARSA, policy-gradient, variance reduction, linear and nonlinear function approximation, deep reinforcement learning, exploration-exploitation, convergence analysis, regret analysis.
Topics
- Value iteration
- policy iteration
- Q-learning
- SARSA
- policy-gradient
- variance reduction
- linear and nonlinear function approximation
- deep reinforcement learning
- exploration-exploitation
- convergence analysis
- regret analysis
Topics explicitly listed in official catalogue description
Sources
- Course catalogue ↗2026-2027