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lab_reinforcement_learning/q_learning/__init__.py
Chris Proctor e752bb848b Refactor lab
2026-06-25 21:10:13 -04:00

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import random
from itertools import count
from retro_gamer import GameEnvironment, GameMetadata
class QLearning:
"""
Trains a policy to play a game using Q-learning.
The Q-table maintains an estimate of the quality of every action at every state,
and the estimates are improved through training.
Arguments:
episodes (int): How many episodes to run.
alpha (float): Learning rate.
gamma (float): Discount factor.
epsilon (float): Starting exploration rate.
epsilon_decay (float): Multiply epsilon by this each episode.
epsilon_min (float): Epsilon never falls below this.
max_steps_per_episode (int): Safety cutoff. Without this, a lucky
random walk that keeps finding food (each pickup restores more
energy than a turn costs) can make an episode run far longer
than intended, or even effectively forever.
"""
def __init__(
self, episodes=1000, alpha=0.1, gamma=0.95, epsilon=1.0,
epsilon_decay=0.995, epsilon_min=0.05, max_steps_per_episode=500
):
self.episodes = episodes
self.alpha = alpha
self.gamma = gamma
self.epsilon = epsilon
self.epsilon_decay = epsilon_decay
self.epsilon_min = epsilon_min
self.max_steps_per_episode = max_steps_per_episode
def train(self, env, actions):
"""Trains the policy by updating estimates of the quality of state/actions
in the Q-table.
Arguments:
env (retro_gamer.GameEnvironment): a game environment, which allows
stepping through a game one action at a time.
"""
self.Q = {}
for episode in range(self.episodes):
state = env.reset()
turn = 0
total_reward = 0
for turn in range(self.max_steps_per_episode):
action = self.choose_action(state, actions)
next_state, reward, done = env.step(action)
self.update_q(state, action, reward, next_state, actions)
state = next_state
total_reward += reward
self.epsilon = max(self.epsilon_min, self.epsilon * self.epsilon_decay)
self.report_progress(episode, total_reward)
return self.Q
def choose_action(self, state, actions):
"""Choose an action using an epsilon-greedy policy.
With probability `self.epsilon`, return a random action from `actions`.
Otherwise, return the action with the highest Q-value in `self.Q`
for the given `state`. If a (state, action) pair has not been seen
before, treat its Q-value as 0.
"""
if random.random() < self.epsilon:
return random.choice(actions)
else:
action_qualities = [(self.Q.get((state, a), 0), a) for a in actions]
best_q, best_action = sorted(action_qualities, reverse=True)[0]
return best_action
def update_q(self, state, action, reward, next_state, next_actions):
"""Update an entry in self.Q. The update rule is:
Q(s, a) <- Q(s, a) + alpha * (r + gamma * max_a' Q(s', a') - Q(s, a))
where:
s, a the state we were in and the action we took
r the reward we received
s' the next state
max_a' Q(s', a') the best possible Q-value of actions from the next state
alpha the learning rate (use self.alpha)
gamma the discount factor (use self.gamma)
"""
future_qs = [(self.Q.get((next_state, a), 0), a) for a in next_actions]
best_future_q, best_future_action = sorted(future_qs, reverse=True)[0]
q = self.Q.get((state, action), 0)
self.Q[(state, action)] = q + self.alpha * (reward + self.gamma * best_future_q - q)
def report_progress(self, episode, total_reward):
if (episode + 1) % 100 == 0:
print(
f"Episode {episode + 1:5d} "
f"reward={total_reward:6.1f} "
f"epsilon={self.epsilon:.3f} "
f"q_entries={len(self.Q)}"
)