README.md

Rainbow Deep Q-Network from Scratch

Welcome to my repository for the Rainbow Deep Q-Network (DQN) implementation! Here, I share my work on this state-of-the-art reinforcement learning algorithm, built entirely from scratch using PyTorch.

Contents

Rainbow DQN Project

• This project is an in-depth implementation of the Rainbow Deep Q-Network (DQN), combining several key enhancements over the standard DQN:

  • Noisy DQN for parameter noise in exploration.
  • Dueling DQN to separately estimate state value and advantage functions, improving the stability and learning efficiency.
  • N-Step DQN for faster training efficiency ( use relatively small steps).
  • Prioritized Experience Replay to prioritize important transitions.

• The architecture and methods implemented are inspired by the paper Rainbow: Combining Improvements in Deep Reinforcement Learning.

• PyTorch Ignite is used for monitoring, logging with tensorboard logger, and managing the training process.

• PTAN (link: PTAN GitHub Repository) is utilized for utility functions,code organization , and efficient implementation of priority replay buffer.

Tasks to Do

• Evaluate the performance of the Rainbow DQN on different environments.
• Experiment with different hyperparameter settings to optimize the algorithm further.
• Use Ray for hyper parameter tuning

How to Run the Code

On Local Machine

If you have a CUDA-powered machine and want to run this project locally, follow these steps:

Windows

conda env create -f environment.yml -n rainbow_dqn_env
conda activate rainbow_dqn_env

Notice

• Make sure you have Conda installed.
• The project is compatible with Python 3.11.

References

Here are some key resources that guided this implementation:

• Rainbow: Combining Improvements in Deep Reinforcement Learning
  • Description: This paper introduces Rainbow DQN, which integrates several enhancements into the DQN framework, resulting in a more robust and efficient RL algorithm.

Collaboration :

• I will be very glad to collaborate on this project or similar RL projects , please contact me for any collaboration opportunity

Final Word

• I hope this project serves as a useful resource for anyone interested in reinforcement learning and deep Q-networks. Feel free to reach out if you have any questions or want to discuss AI and reinforcement learning!