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Web Navigation
We will now take a look at another practical application of reinforcement learning (RL): web navigation and browser automation.
In this chapter, we will:
- Discuss web navigation in general and the practical application of browser automation
- Explore how web navigation can be solved with an RL approach
- Take a deep look at one very interesting, but commonly overlooked and a bit abandoned, RL benchmark that was implemented by OpenAI, called Mini World of Bits (MiniWoB)
Web navigation
When the web was invented, it started as several text-only web pages interconnected by hyperlinks. If you're curious, here is the home of the first web page: http://info.cern.ch/, with text and links. The only thing you can do is read the text and ...
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