Practice What Is Exploration? (9.8.1) - Reinforcement Learning and Bandits
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What is Exploration?

Practice - What is Exploration?

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does exploration mean in reinforcement learning?

💡 Hint: Think about how you'd find the best path in an unfamiliar area.

Question 2 Easy

What is the ε-greedy strategy?

💡 Hint: This strategy is a mix of random and best-known choices!

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Question 1

What is the primary goal of exploration in reinforcement learning?

To maximize immediate rewards
To gather information about the environment
To exploit known rewards

💡 Hint: Think about why you'd want to try something new.

Question 2

True or False: Exploitation focuses on trying new actions.

True
False

💡 Hint: Remember the definitions of both terms!

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design an agent that must learn in an environment where the rewards are highly unpredictable. Explain how you would balance exploration and exploitation.

💡 Hint: Consider starting with more exploration and transitioning to exploitation.

Challenge 2 Hard

Analyze a scenario in an online advertisement system implementing UCB. Discuss how it handles the exploration-exploitation trade-off.

💡 Hint: Think about how current performance and uncertainty balance each other.

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