--- title: Reinformcement Learning categories: session --- + **Reading:** Russel and Norvig, Chapter 16.1 and Chapter 23.1 + [Slides (PDF)](Reinforcement Learning Slides 1.pdf) and [Notes (PDF)](Reinforcement Learning Notes 1.pdf) # Exercises ## Task 1 Recall the requirements to model a problem with the MDP framework: - Sequential decision problem - Stochastic Environment - Fully observable - with a Markovian Transition model - with additive rewards And the properties: - A set of states $s \in S$ - A set of actions $a \in A$ - A transition function $T(s,a,s')$ - A reward function $R(s,a,s')$ - A start state $S_0$ ### Part A Find a problem on CodinGame (preferably one you have worked on), and check if it fulfills the requirements above. If not, can you think of how you can change the problem (e.g. by adding randomness to actions)? If this is not possible, try with another problem. ### Part B Using the properties of an MDP: Can you make a graphical representation of the modified problem from Task A? You can chose a subset of the states (and actions if necessary) to reduce the size of the representation. Use either the Dynamic Decision Network from the book (ch 16.1.4), or a simple representation as was done on the slides. (E.g. from [here](https://towardsdatascience.com/real-world-applications-of-markov-decision-process-mdp-a39685546026) or [here](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Markov_decision_process#/media/File:Markov_Decision_Process.svg) ) ### Part C - Does the problem have a finite or infinite horizon? - If you were to attempt to solve the MDP, could the current horizon pose a problem, why/why not? ### Part D - Does the problem have a discounted reward? - If you were to attempt to solve the MDP, what discount factor would make sense to use for the utility function? ## Task 2 We will be using OpenAI Gym for some of the problems in the two next sessions, and should install and familiarize us with it today (to make sure that everything works ok). Gym can simply be installed with pip: ```bash pip install pygame pip install gym ``` Check the version either with ```bash pip freeze ``` or from python: ```python import gym print(gym.__version__) ``` it should be > 0.23.0 ### Part A **Familiarize yourself with the FrozenLake environment** You can import and start it like this: ```python import gym env = gym.make('FrozenLake-v1', desc=None, map_name="4x4", is_slippery=True) obs, info = env.reset(return_info=True) env.render() ``` You should now hopefully see a render of the environment. Note that you need to call env.render() for the window to update. **Try out some of these functions and see what they do:** ```python env.action_space.sample() observation, reward, done, info = env.step(env.action_space.sample()) env.P # The MDP env.P[s] # Transition matrix of state s env.P[s][a] # Transitions from state s given action a ``` More information on standard actions can be found [here](https://www.gymlibrary.ml/pages/api/#standard-methods) More information on the FrozenLake environment can be found [here](https://www.gymlibrary.ml/pages/environments/toy_text/frozen_lake) **Try to make a custom Frozen Lake map** When creating a frozen-lake environment you can add a custom-map with the ```desc``` argument, e.g: ```python fl_map = ["HFFFS", "FHHFF", "FFFFH", "HFFHG"] env = gym.make('FrozenLake-v1', desc=fl_map, is_slippery=True) ``` For a custom 5x4 map. ## Task 3 Recall the value/utility-function: $$U(s) = \mathop\max\limits_{a \in A(s)} \sum\limits_{s'}P(s'|s,a)[R(s,a,s') + \gamma U(s')]$$ The Q-Function: $$Q(s,a) = \sum\limits_{s'}P(s'|s,a)[R(s,a,s') + \gamma \mathop\max\limits_{a'}Q(s',a')]$$ And the function to extract an optimal policy from the Q-Function: $$\pi^*(s) = \mathop{\mathrm{argmax}}\limits_aQ(s,a)$$ ### Part A Implement the above functions in Python ### Part B Given a FrozenLake map, and a list of pre-calculated expected utilities, (e.g.: ```python utilities = [0.41,0.38,0.35,0.34,0.43,0,0.12,0,0.45,0.48,0.43,0,0,0.59,0.71,1] ``` for the default FrozenLake 4x4 map) - Test out the utility-function, and see if it makes sense/work as it should. - Use the function to extract an optimal policy to move around the map (discount factor can be e.g. 0.99).