There are 6 reading assignments in total (6 x 5% = 30%). Each reading assignment consists of several sections from the book Reinforcement Learning: An Introduction by Richard Sutton and Andrew Barto. For each section marked with *, you are expected to write a short summary (~50 words) and ask 3 related questions, though you do not need to answer them. For each reading assignment, you are expected to submit one single PDF file containing the summaries and questions for the sections.

Assignment 1

  • Chapter 1
  • Chapter 3
    • Section 3.1 *
    • Section 3.2 *
    • Section 3.3 *
    • Section 3.4 *
    • Section 3.5 *
    • Section 3.6 *
    • Section 3.7 *
    • Section 3.8

Assignment 2

  • Chapter 4
    • Section 4.1 *
    • Section 4.2 *
    • Section 4.3 *
    • Section 4.4 *
    • Section 4.5 *
    • Section 4.6 *
    • Section 4.7 *
    • Section 4.8

Assignment 3

  • Chapter 5
    • Section 5.1 *
    • Section 5.2 *
    • Section 5.3 *
    • Section 5.4 *
    • Section 5.5 *
    • Section 5.6 *
    • Section 5.7 *
    • Section 5.10

Assignment 4

  • Chapter 6
    • Section 6.1 *
    • Section 6.2 *
    • Section 6.3 *
    • Section 6.4 *
    • Section 6.5 *
    • Section 6.6 *
    • Section 6.7 *
    • Section 6.9

Assignment 5

  • Chapter 7
    • Section 7.1 *
    • Section 7.2 *
    • Section 7.3 *
    • Section 7.5 *
    • Section 7.7

Assignment 6

  • Chapter 13
    • Section 13.1 *
    • Section 13.2 *
    • Section 13.3 *
    • Section 13.4 *
    • Section 13.5 *
    • Section 13.8