This course integrates meta-heuristics and reinforcement learning to provide comprehensive training in intelligent decision-making systems. The first part focuses on meta-heuristic algorithms for combinatorial optimization, including genetic algorithms, simulated annealing, tabu search, and swarm intelligence. The second part introduces reinforcement learning fundamentals, covering Markov decision processes, Q-learning, policy gradient methods, and deep reinforcement learning. Emphasis is placed on both theoretical understanding and practical implementation. Students will develop algorithms to solve real-world problems in their research domains, learning to select appropriate methods, tune parameters, and evaluate performance effectively.

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