AI engineering glossary · Reinforcement learning

What is Double DQN?

Double DQN: A change to the deep Q-network target where the online network chooses the best next action and the target network scores it. It curbs overestimation with almost no extra cost.

Level: advancedTopic: Reinforcement learning

Double DQN: an example

Target = r + gamma * Q_target(s', argmax_a Q_online(s', a)).

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Double DQN is part of the AI Engineering Program, which teaches it with notes, a hands-on lab and an exam. The first lesson is free.

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