773: Deep Reinforcement Learning for Maximizing Profits, with Prof. Barrett Thomas
Super Data Science: ML & AI Podcast with Jon Krohn
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Journey from Logistics to Operations Research and the Impact of Machine Learning
Exploring the guest's career evolution from an intern in the trucking industry to working on optimizing truck utilization and incorporating machine learning in decision-making. The chapter delves into Markov decision processes, curses of dimensionality, and the application of deep learning in overcoming state space limitations. Additionally, it discusses the complexities of modeling the traveling salesman problem using genetic algorithms and unconventional methods like ant colony algorithms and exact integer programming for solving combinatorial optimization problems.
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