ikostrikov/pytorch-a3c

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  # pytorch-a3c
  
  This is a PyTorch implementation of Asynchronous Advantage Actor Critic (A3C) from "Asynchronous Methods for Deep Reinforcement Learning".

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  # pytorch-a3c
  
  This repository provides a PyTorch implementation of the Asynchronous Advantage Actor Critic (A3C) deep reinforcement learning algorithm, based on "Asynchronous Methods for Deep Reinforcement Learning". It serves as a reference for researchers and practitioners working with DRL.

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  Add more specific deep reinforcement learning topics

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  a3c, actor-critic, asynch, asynchronous-advantage-actor-critic, asynchronous-methods, deep-learning, deep-reinforcement-learning, python, pytorch, pytorch-a3c, reinforcement-learning

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  a3c, actor-critic, asynch, asynchronous-advantage-actor-critic, asynchronous-methods, deep-learning, deep-reinforcement-learning, python, pytorch, pytorch-a3c, reinforcement-learning, dqn, ppo, a2c, rl-algorithms, deep-rl, machine-learning-algorithms, research-code

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  https://github.com/ikostrikov/pytorch-a3c

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