overview.rst

Overview
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Three Components
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PARL is made up of three components: **Model, Algorithm, Agent**. They are constructed layer-by-layer to build the main body.

Model
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A Model is owned by an Algorithm. Model is responsible for the entire network model (**forward part**) for the specific problems.

Algorithm
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Algorithm defines the way to update the parameters in the Model (**backward part**). We already implemented some common
used algorithms__, like DQN/DDPG/PPO/A3C, you can directly import and use them.

.. __: https://github.com/PaddlePaddle/PARL/tree/develop/parl/algorithms

Agent
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Agent interates with the environment and **generate data flow** outside the Algorithm.