Oh hey.
This is the code for EE5940, Optimal Control and Reinforcement Learning.
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git - For managing code. If you use a Mac or Linux, you probably have it.
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anaconda 3.7 - For code. There are two versions on the webpage, 2.7 and 3.7. This class uses 3.6. (If you already have a working Python 3 installation, you won't need this. However, you will need
jupyter,numpy,scipy,matplotlib) -
A few Python libraries. Anaconda has most of what we need. The rest can be installed in the command line
pip3 install pyglet
pip3 install cvxpy
pip3 install tensorflow
pip3 install casadi
This command creates a directory with the course files.
git clone https://github.umn.edu/ee5940/EE5940.git
When the files update, you can get them by using
git pull
The homeworks are in Jupyter notebooks. They will have filenames like homework1.ipynb.
Before you get started on an assignment you should copy it to something with a different filename. For example:
cp homework1.ipynb myHomework1.ipynb
The reason for this is as follows. If the homework file needs to change due to a bug, when you try to download the new file, it will attempt to over-write your file. (Andy will try to remember to change the filenames to prevent this, but he might forget.) Renaming your file reduces the likelihood of this issue.
(Andy once wrote a script to automate this renaming process. However, ensuring that this script works on every computer (and in particular, every Windows version) is a nightmare of its own.)
The homeworks are in Jupyter notebooks. You can open the notebook from the command line (while in the class directory)
jupyter notebook
This will open up a browser tab/window. Click on the filename and follow the instructions.
The notebooks will be uploaded to Canvas. Please download the file from your computer's file manager. Do not use "Save Link As" from the browser. This gives the HTML file rendered in the, rather than the notebook file, which contains the code.